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Why “Mr. Robot” Deserves a Re-Watch

By @GIJoeRepairShop With the PHP critical vulnerability in the news this week, it seems an opportune time to recommend that everyone rewatch the television show “Mr. Robot.” Mr. Robot originally aired on the USA Network from 2015 to 2019, showing 45 episodes over 4 seasons. In a nutshell, Mr. Robot is a thriller which follows Elliot Alderson (played by Rami Malek), a cybersecurity engineer and vigilante hacker with severe social anxiety, clinical depression, a drug habit, and dissociative identity disorder. He’s recruited by an anarchist named Mr. Robot (played by…

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The POP-EXPOSE 

Flashback: New York Comic Con 2016

Story by @GIJoeRepairShop For many years, my spouse worked as an editor at several major comics publishers. One nice perk of the job was tickets to several major comics conventions around the country. Since this week is NYCC, I thought I’d look back at NYCC 2016, including what the major cultural forces were at a time before the G.I. Joe Classified line was launched. It was the first time I ever dressed up for a con. I went as Mr. Robot, the character from the popular television show of the…

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“Resurrection of the Stars: Battlestar Galactica TV Reboot Receives Encouraging Update from Executive Producer Sam Esmail”

In a galaxy not so far away, the iconic sci-fi series, Battlestar Galactica, is poised for an electrifying return, thanks to an encouraging update from executive producer Sam Esmail. Heralded as a reimagining of the beloved 1970s cult classic, Battlestar Galactica originally graced our screens from 2004 to 2009. After several short-lived spinoffs and expansions, the series is now set to soar once more, this time as a full-fledged reboot. Peacock, the streaming platform, first unfurled the banner of this ambitious project back in 2019. Simultaneously, while the Battlestar Galactica…

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