Charlie Brooker's Gameswipe

How did I miss this despite telling my useless mind not to for the past week. iPlayer!
 
It seemed to go on for ages and the first few months were just a rehash of the last Newswipes but once it got to about April I was laughing out loud almost constantly. Forgotten how much I'd missed it, though his new trendy hair and 3 o clock shadow combo was a bit jarring at first. Stop fecking the Huq and write another Nathan Barley you wanker!
 
I'd imagine the absence of Barley has more to do with Morris' business (as in busy-ness....is that a word?)



I enjoyed the programme tonight though, it was like a glass of fresh water being proferred to me, after I'd wandered through the desert that was Lee Evans on some other shit channel.

I don't really like him being trendy though (it's obviously KHuq that's smartened him up), he should be all ugly and horrendously self-deprecating.
 
Diane Abbott being referred to as the Nutty Professor was a particular highlight.
 
The message, if there was one, seemed to be "The general public are utter cnuts" which I wholeheartedly agree with. It was odd, but fascinating indeed.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Fecking missed it. Friend of mine had a small part in it too. Livid...
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It's on 4OD mate and also can download it off other sites if you can't get on 4OD.

It was pretty good I thought, the whole emphasis on the public reliance on social media whilst overplayed slightly was pretty well done and the acting was decent to. Always enjoy Charlie Brookers stuff, pushes a few boundaries and got that dark humour. Next weeks one looks decent as well.
 
That was brilliantly disturbing. For something so juvenile sounding in concept it played out far more dramatically and serious than I thought it would. The youtube comments were gold to.
 
I found a lot of the negative reaction (what there was of it, naturally in the Mail and such places) completely missed the point by trying to highlight how juvenile and unlikely it was. That was the point. It wasn't supposed to be plausible, and wouldn't really have worked as an overt satire if it had been. It would've just been a straight drama. The point was not the silly thing, it was about how people reacted to the silly thing.

The good thing was it got people discussing it fervently as soon as it had finished. In a good way.
 
Mockney said:
I found a lot of the negative reaction (what there was of it, naturally in the Mail and such places) completely missed the point by trying to highlight how juvenile and unlikely it was. That was the point. It wasn't supposed to be plausible, and wouldn't really have worked as an overt satire if it had been. It would've just been a straight drama. The point was not the silly thing, it was about how people reacted to the silly thing.

The good thing was it got people discussing it fervently as soon as it had finished. In a good way.
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You'd have to be depressingly void of braincells to criticize a satire for not being plausible. But then again... the mail and it's readers...

Brooker's pretty big on the 'cyber bullying' thing isn't he? The whole PM's wife reading youtube reminded me of his Rebecca Black rant on 10 o clock live.
 
I stems from the Jan Moir debacle apparently. He wrote a scathing piece on her and was alarmed to be then deluged by fans sending him their own nasty hit pieces on people for his approval. He says he regretted it. Personally I think Jan Moir should be forced to feck a pig, but I agree with his sentiment.
 
Mockney said:
I stems from the Jan Moir debacle apparently. He wrote a scathing piece on her and was alarmed to be then deluged by fans sending him their own nasty hit pieces on people for his approval. He says he regretted it. Personally I think Jan Moir should be forced to feck a pig, but I agree with his sentiment.
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A teary eyed Jan Moir is reading this right now. :(
 
I thought I was going to hate it, but actually enjoyed it. It was surprisingly powerful.
 
For some reason Black Mirror has been confined to Charlie Brookers gameswipe thread, when his shows are considerably awesome enough to deserve a thread each.

Meanwhile X Factor get's split into a US and English thread, when really it should just be in it's own forum... where every viewer gets banned.
 
Will I have needed to have seen the first episode to get a grasp of what is happening, or are these three stand alone episodes?
 
DouLou said:
For some reason Black Mirror has been confined to Charlie Brookers gameswipe thread, when his shows are considerably awesome enough to deserve a thread each.

Meanwhile X Factor get's split into a US and English thread, when really it should just be in it's own forum... where every viewer gets banned.
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Good point.

Would love to do the X Factor mass banning thing but will compromise by starting dedicated Black Mirror thread.
 
So...what's Black Mirror about then? I didn't watch the first one...so I guess there's no point watching the second one...or am I wrong?
 
Spoony Youngblood said:
Okay. You said something about Konnie Huq. I dislike Konnie Huq...I find her annoying as feck. I hope she's got nothing to do with the series.
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Well, she's screwing the writer. And has a co-writing credit too. Watch it and make your own mind up. Started 10 minutes ago. I'm recording it. Have to wait until after the wife finishes watching feckING X Factor.
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Well, she's screwing the writer. And has a co-writing credit too. Watch it and make your own mind up. Started 10 minutes ago. I'm recording it. Have to wait until after the wife finishes watching feckING X Factor.
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Delete the thread, I would if I have superpowers. As for Konnie...can someone delete her and all?
 
Pogue Mahone said:
Well, she's screwing the writer. And has a co-writing credit too. Watch it and make your own mind up. Started 10 minutes ago. I'm recording it. Have to wait until after the wife finishes watching feckING X Factor.
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Now that is a show I would watch.
 
Good so far...

Set in a futuristic human energy plant, as in the humans create energy on trainer-bikes and use there total mileage as currency. Some clever ideas up til now and clever use of technology. The main guy is pissed with the fakeness of it all and has just spent all his milage - which his brother past onto him after passing away - on an X-factor ticket "hot shot" for a girl he likes...
 
Another pretty messed up episode.

The ending really was blatantly self referential from Brooker, gloomy as feck too.
 
Kind of Brave New World...meets X Factor and Network(film). And to be fair, he's spot on about X Factor and reality TV.

Awful stuff. Again, I think Pogue ought to delete the damn thread on here.
 
Mockney said:
I stems from the Jan Moir debacle apparently. He wrote a scathing piece on her and was alarmed to be then deluged by fans sending him their own nasty hit pieces on people for his approval. He says he regretted it. Personally I think Jan Moir should be forced to feck a pig, but I agree with his sentiment.
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He clearly was having a pop at modern/contemporary art and all. In your face Emin...you're rubbish. Great episode...very poweful.

And deep down you just know the PM enjoyed it.
 
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