The Yellow Peril strikes again...
Television Black Mirror | Season 6 out June 15th
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Although kind of interesting it was really piss poor in the end.
Definitely not as good as some of the others in the past (in terms of the story). Though it does what I think the show is all about (?) and gives possible scenarios of the future and how technology could scarily work for people, each with their own intention whether deemed good or bad.
I thought it would be better than it was.
Was freakin me out a tad so I turned it off around one and a quarter hours in.
I thought it was very good - the stories worked despite some twists being telegraphed, and the standard of acting was high throughout. Good work all round.
I liked it alright, but it was probably the weakest one apart from The Waldo moment. That's okay though really, it's the nature of anthology series.
I thought it was f'kin terrifying.
1000 hours a minute and Wizzard on non stop. Jesus.
1000 hours a minute and Wizzard on non stop. Jesus.
Meh. It was good not great, some of the scenes were terrifying though. The first murder, the Oona Chaplin segment and the final scene were the bits I thought worked best.
Wizzard over the end credits sounded ridiculously menacing.
Wizzard over the end credits sounded ridiculously menacing.
10,000 years a minute, for at least a day.
Just watching the first one of these. What a load of bollocks
The pig fecking one? That was good
Meh. It was good not great, some of the scenes were terrifying though. The first murder, the Oona Chaplin segment and the final scene were the bits I thought worked best.
Wizzard over the end credits sounded ridiculously menacing.
Every time it comes on the radio I shudder
I enjoyed it, if that's the right word. Some great ideas but sadly not a great episode.
Same for me. Saw most of the twists coming, if they were even meant to be twists, as you say a few were quite obvious. That's not really the point with Black Mirror for me tho. It's more the overall concept and the freaky little details than the specifics of the plot that interest me. Thought the technological concept of it and the potential implications for society were very interesting, very scary. A better twist in the plot would have obviously been good but it still worked well without it I thought.
Thought it was very good. Lots of different ideas in one. You could get a whole episode out of the sex offender register blocking at the end.
New series starting on the 21st October on Netflix. Think it'll have 12 episodes but only 6 have been listed on Wikipedia so far (titled San Junipero, Shut Up and Dance, Nosedive, Men against Fire, Hated in the Nation and Playtest).
Excellent.
Great news.
Trailer's got me hyped.
Can't wait.
Worth watching then?
Absolutely.
I love the one with clone Domnhall Gleeson, and the PM pig fecking one, but the others were either too slow or too on the nose for me. It reminds me of BBC Sherlock: how is it that a show with only 3 episodes a season still manages to have filler?
They hit different people in different ways as they pull on different strings. I disagree about the filler as I actually found the one where you record your life and the 15 million merits episodes to be my favourite.
Episodes are up!
Time to get a months free Netflix trial.
Looking forward to this!... Though a tiny bit concerned that the Rashida Jones written one is basically just the Community Meow Meow Beanz episode played straight...
Pretty much was.
I have no idea what the Community Meow Meow Beanz episode might be, nor will I let it ruin my enjoyment of this series. Which I am super excited about watching. I always thought Meow Meow was slang for one of the legal highs?
I like the story for Episode 5
So basically a zombie episode? How original!
What is interesting here is Black Mirrors take on it, they always have a different way of telling the story.
Fair point, and at least having zombies should guarantee that it can't be worse than the Waldo episode.
Charlie Brooker's already written a zombie movie. Which was decent. The Big Brother/zombie mash up with Riz Ahmed in it. Can't remember the name but well worth a watch if you missed it first time around.
Dead Set
Yeah it is named "Dead Set" and is a TV miniseries, I am acquiring it now. It got great reviews.
Well, imagine a more comedic, off the wall version of this Black Mirror episode (it's the first one) only with togas, and the writer of Arrested Development as the villain.
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Mephedrone. Not legal anymore I don't think.
Just watched episode 3. Thats all kinds of fecked up.jeez