Mr Robot has been described as "fight club but long"

an alienated protagonist disillusioned with consumerist society

a charismatic, anarchic alter ego who embodies rebellion

a mission to tear down the system

themes of fractured identity and mental illness

a gritty, cynical critique of corporate modernity

But where Fight Club is a two-hour adrenaline blast, Mr. Robot stretches that thesis over four seasons, letting it explore how someone might actually try to hack and sabotage the world rather than just punch it in the face. It takes more time to dig into the consequences, the conspiracies, and the personal toll of sustained resistance.

So “Fight Club but long” is true, but maybe Fight Club with a hacking manual and a four-season character study would be the slightly more precise tagline.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyzmv4390Z8&pp=ygUNbXIgcm9ib3QgcmVhbA%3D%3D

-None of them are real.

-Neither is whoever you're talking to.

-Then you are not real. You're not real.

-And what? You are? Is any of it real? I mean, look at this, look at it! A world built on fantasy! Synthetic emotions in the form of pills! Psychological warfare in the form of advertising! Mind altering chemicals in the form of food! Brainwashing seminars in the form of media! Controlled isolated bubbles in the form of social networks. Real? You wanna talk about reality? We haven't lived in anything remotely close to it since the turn of the century. We turned it off, took out the batteries, snacked on a bag of GMOs while we tossed the remnants in the ever-expanding dumpster of the human condition. We live in branded houses, trademarked by corporations built on bipolar numbers jumping up and down on digital displays, hypnotizing us into the biggest slumber mankind has ever seen. You have to dig pretty deep, kiddo, before you can find anything real. We live in a kingdom of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥! A kingdom you've lived in for far too long. So, don't tell me about not being real! I'm no less real than the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ beef patty in your Big Mac. As far as you are concerned, Elliot, I am very real. We are all together now, whether you like it or not.