I was pleasantly shocked, but only momentarily. It made sense and fit in with Mr Robot's love of cultural refs (running a tie, it seems, with Jimmy McGill/Saul Goodman).
I took it as a double-edged comment, both a send-up of the very good spy show that often descended into silliness (how could it not, with Bruce Campbell on board?), but a great sum-up of the status of fsociety's members: they are not even NOC's; they have no chance of official redemption, like Michael Westen was seeking.
The villains, esp. Price and White Rose, share many of the same qualities as the ones Michael finally meets, like John C. McGinley and John Mahoney, who are captains of industry or higher-ups in the CIA and other Government agencies.
I followed all the rules...and you followed none of them. And they all loved you more.
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Sluggr-3
8 years ago
Burn Notice and Castle are my two "watch it to enjoy it" shows right before bedtime, so if I nod off during the show, no biggie. The Firefly references in Castle were amazing, some even several lines deep. There were a few valuable pieces of spycraft early on but then they just became stupid or unrealistic, I'm guessing, to avoid a lawsuit. The one about shooting at angle through the wall adjacent to a reinforced door to take out the guy behind the door makes sense. Pretty much all of my friends admitted it was a weak spot in their perimeter.
And anything with John C. McGinley is golden and sacred.
My Chimp DNA seems to have lost its password temporarily. Sluggr-2
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ShannonTriumphant
8 years ago
I definitely feel that way about Burn Notice! I could never get into Castle because of Nathan Fillian--remember him in Buffy the Vampire Slayer? His character was so vile and twisted that I developed a permanent dislike for him.
John C. McGinley as golden and sacred? I'm there. :D My favorite performance of his is as one of "the Bobs" in "Office Space". He's hilarious.
I followed all the rules...and you followed none of them. And they all loved you more.
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