Thursday, 3 September 2015

"Calm down everyone" - S01E10 eps1.9_zer0-day.avi

James Plouffe (Richard Bekins), E Corp EVP of Technology, has been giving a live to air interview about his optimism about data recovery. He suddenly pauses, and then tells the interviewer "the public should be worried ... I mean, personally my life is over". Plouffe then produces a handgun, looks toward Angela (Portia Doubleday) and says "calm down everyone". He then shoots himself in the mouth.

The interior of this Evil Corp scene was filmed on the 46th floor of Trump Soho Hotel inside the SoHi Meeting Room.
Source: www.greatplacesdirectory.com
In a previous scene Plouffe is being made up by a mirror in the corner of the same SoHi Meeting Room.
Source: https://www.trumphotelcollection.com
Trump Soho Hotel is located at 246 Spring St, New York, NY 10013 (corner of Varick St and Spring Street).  



The corner of Varick St and Spring Street is where Cisco (Michael Drayerpretends to be a street peddler and sells a malware infected CD to Ollie (Ben Rappaport) and Angela (Portia Doubleday) in S01E02

"Who am I?" - S01E10 eps1.9_zer0-day.avi

Elliot (Rami Malek) is in a parking lot sleeping in Tyrell Wellick's (Martin Wallström) car. Behind Elliot is a huge mural of a man in a pinstripe suit spraying I Heart NY on the wall. A parking attendant (Kareem Savinon) knocks on the window and Elliot asks "Who am I?"

The car park is located at 6th Ave & W 17th St New York NY 10011 and the artwork is called "Love Vandal" by British street artist Nick Walker.




The most recent StreetView image was taken before the mural was painted but Joe Russo at Arrested Motion has some excellent photo's of Nick Walker's mural.

Credit: Joe Russo www.arrestedmotion.com


Tuesday, 1 September 2015

"Can I ... can I think about it?" - S01E02 eps1.1_ones-and-zer0es.mpeg

S01E01 concludes with men in suits taking Elliot from Times Square to see Tyrell Wellick at Evil Corp. S01E02 opens where S01E01 leaves off with Elliot (Rami Wellick) standing before Tyrell Wellick (Martin Wallström) and "11 of our most annoying lawyers". Wellick offers Elliot a position as Head of Evil Corp's cyber security division. Elliot replies "Can I ... can I think about it?"

While the exterior of "Evil Corp" was filmed outside 135 E 57th St New York, NY 10022 (the corner of Lexington and E 57th St) the interior of this Evil Corp scene was filmed on the 46th floor of Trump Soho inside the SoHi Meeting Room.


Source: www.greatplacesdirectory.com
Source: https://www.trumphotelcollection.com
Trump Soho Hotel is located at 246 Spring St, New York, NY 10013 (corner of Varick St and Spring Street).  



The corner of Varick St and Spring Street is where Cisco (Michael Drayer) pretends to be a street peddler and sells a malware infected CD to Ollie (Ben Rappaport) and Angela (Portia Doubleday) later in this episode. 


Saturday, 22 August 2015

Mr. Robot store - S01E09 eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt

S01E09 opens with a flashback to 1994 while Elliot (Rami Malek) and his Dad/Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) are at their "Mr. Robot" store. Lots of old tech to see here and a brief morality play involving a customer who accuses Elliot of stealing from his wallet.

"Timecop or Stargate?" says Mr. Robot but Elliot chooses Pulp Fiction.

After they leave the store the camera pulls back to show the store front and we flash forward to see the store become empty and available for lease, then become a drycleaners, a florist, a tattoo parlour, and finally a Bank of E.

While the Mr. Robot store and other tenants are fictitious the filming location was at a real store located at 18 Main St Yonkers, NY 10701.




Yonkers Station, the filming location of a scene later in this episode, is only a 5 minute walk from the Mr. Robot store.



"I thought that was you" - S01E09 eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt

Elliot (Rami Malek) and Mr Robot (Christian Slater) are standing on a station platform waiting for a train to take them to the Alderson family home. A man in a black suit appears to look toward them and says "I thought that was you". The man in black walks forward and embraces a woman on the platform.

If you look carefully there is an F-Society sign on the pillar to the left of the man in black as he embraces the woman, and in the distance behind them there is a large smokestack.

The station sign on the platform says "Port Jervis" but is it really?

This scene was filmed on the Southbound platform of Yonkers Station on the MTA Hudson line overlooking The Palisades (source: rantsthoughtsmerde).



The large smokestack in the background of the shot is at the North Yonkers Pump Station 19 Alexander St Yonkers, NY 10701.

Friday, 21 August 2015

"He's not here" - S01E09 eps1.8_m1rr0r1ng.qt

Darlene (Carly Chaikin) and Angela (Portia Doubleday) are trying to find Elliot.

Darlene: "You're the one that found him last time he was like this. I really need your help"

Angela: "Ok. Where are you?"

In the next scene Darlene and Angela are standing above a giant model of New York city.

Angela: "He's not here."

This scene was filmed at the Panorama of the City of New York exhibit at the Queens Museum New York City Building, Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368.

Source: Wikimedia Commons OptimumPx



Thursday, 13 August 2015

"Hey Elliot, there's a bunch of nude pics of me that some asshole wants to leak online." - S01E08 eps1.7_wh1ter0se.m4v

Elliot (Rami Malek) is on his way to meet with the White Rose. He stops by a fountain to talk to Angela (Portia Doubleday) about being blackmailed by Cisco (Michael Drayer) into installing the disk at AllSafe.

In real life Rami Malek and Portia Doubleday played the scene next to the fountain outside the Chase Bank at 1251 6th Ave New York, NY 10020.



The Rockefeller Centre and Magnolia Bakery can be seen across the road during the scene.