Pointy Vee Cast 007 - Mr. Robot Season 01E05 Audio MP3 As I was rewatching episode five of Mr. Robot, it dawned upon me that this episode focused primarily on all the "exploits" that we have as human beings. While infiltrating Steel Mountain was the primary objective for the protagonists as well as the main … Continue reading The Human Exploit – Mr. Robot Season 01 Episode 05
Captain Phasma’s Wasn’t a Wasted Character
https://youtu.be/EuMMUsEsntE Pointy Vee Cast 006 - Why Phasma Wasn't a Wasted Character There is this popular belief that somehow Captain Phasma was "wasted" as a character in the Last Jedi. The truth is that she was never a unique character to begin with, even in the Force Awakens. In fact, I would further that argument … Continue reading Captain Phasma’s Wasn’t a Wasted Character
The meaning behind Elliot’s hallucination scene in Mr. Robot S01E04 – Daemons
Pointy Vee Cast 005 - Mr Robot S01E04 - Exorcising DaemonsVideo version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/c1XEBZ6xLP8 I'm going to do something a little different than usual from summarizing the entire episode and adding some commentary. I would like to shift the entire focus of this post to the hallucination Elliot has while suffering from withdrawal from … Continue reading The meaning behind Elliot’s hallucination scene in Mr. Robot S01E04 – Daemons
Debugging Elliot – Mr. Robot S01E03
At first glance, Mr. Robot may seem to be your typical drama-thriller about hackers with elements of mystery, intrigue, thrills, and drama surrounding it's cast of broken characters. It is, however, first and foremost a story about the human condition as explored through Elliot. The reason why I appreciate and love the first season of … Continue reading Debugging Elliot – Mr. Robot S01E03
Diving into the character of Elliot through S01E02 – Ones and Zeroes
Episode two starts off where episode one left off, with Elliot meeting Tyrell Wellick and his team of corporate lawyers sitting at a round table. It is kind of humorous to note here the extravagantly bloated and inefficient corporate structure of Evil Corp. One man needed eleven lawyers to make sure that Mister Wellick did … Continue reading Diving into the character of Elliot through S01E02 – Ones and Zeroes
Rise of Skywalker didn’t rise to the occasion
Star Wars IX: Rise of Skywalker is emblematic of why poor movies are produced when the wrong directors are hired and more focus testing than necessary is conducted. Rise of Skywalker contains nothing that made the Star Wars universe, and the characters living in it, so beloved and treasured throughout the world. As a movie … Continue reading Rise of Skywalker didn’t rise to the occasion
An introduction to Mr. Robot through S01E01 – Hello Friend
Created by Sam Esmail. Season 1, Episode 1 released on June 24, 2015 (USA)Written by Sam Esmail, Directed by Niels Arden OplevStarring Rami Malek, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallstrom, Christian Slater, and more.Full Credits: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4652838/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Mr. Robot is a drama/thriller about a young hacker named Elliot Anderson, played by Rami Malek, who is deeply disillusioned with … Continue reading An introduction to Mr. Robot through S01E01 – Hello Friend
Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi is a Decent Movie
The Last Jedi is a pretty controversial and divisive movie with a Rotten Tomatoes Score of 91% for critics and 43% for audience as of this writing. I'm pretty sure I am in the same boat as most people where upon first viewing at the theaters, I thought the movie was pretty mediocre. Then the … Continue reading Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi is a Decent Movie