'Mr. Robot' Episode 1 Reviews & Highlights: What to Expect in USA Network's Hacker Drama
- Staff Reporter
- Jun 24, 2015 07:47 AM EDT
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The USA Network's newest TV series, "Mr. Robot" received plenty of criticism even before its debut on Wednesday, noting how the hacker drama is "poorly titled" and is just a "sophomoric rhetoric and reactive buzzwords."
As the Comcast-owned network settled on airing the pilot episode of the show on Wednesday, several reports have already expressed their comments on its title as well as its attempt to glowing in the world of television series while presenting a "dark world."
According to its official Web page, the hacker drama's plot revolves around the quest of Eliot played by the "Night at the Museum" star Rami Malek, who was recruited by an underground group aimed at destroying E Corp., a company that he is being paid to protect.
After finding himself at a crossroads between keeping his job as a cyber-security engineer for E Corp. and becoming vigilante hacker that would destroy it, principle-driven Eliot struggles to resist the tempting chance of destroying "the top 1 percent of the top 1 percent who play God without permission" whom he believes are ruining the world.
Here's a peak in Sam Esmail's creation which was made into reality by "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" director Niels Arden Oplev.
In a review, USA Today's Robert Bianco says that the show could have gotten a more appropriate title particularly because "names matter" in the TV universe.
"So why saddle USA's 'Mr. Robot' with a title that has nothing to do with the premise, beyond being the name of a secondary character, and is likely to disappoint those who come expecting a show about a robot and chase away those who have no interest in one?" he blatantly asks.
The secondary character he is referring to is the leader of the vigilante group named "Mr. Robot" who is portrayed by "The Adderall Diaries" star Christian Slater.
While Mr. Robot is the character that sparked Eliot's inner vigilante, Bianco still deem this not enough reason for the show to be named after him.
Aside from the moniker mishap, Bianco is also not impressed with how it was introduced by a 10-minute disorienting opening which can become discouraging for the audiences, noting that this can be a "sizeable handicap" for the show.
Meanwhile, Deadline writer Dominic Patten sees the drama as one of the most 'silent' hacker drama series ever produced, emphasizing that it failed to convince him that the show's "big ideas of fighting the man, the evil corporations and the prying eyes and ear of the state is anything more than sophomoric rhetoric and reactive buzzwords."
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