NEW Black Mirror series...
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Just rematched the first series over the last couple of nights with the missus.
Going to watch the second lot next week then the new one, they're all on Netflix currently.
I remember loving them when they came out, and watching them again they're even better I feel as you're more aware of the little details
Going to watch the second lot next week then the new one, they're all on Netflix currently.
I remember loving them when they came out, and watching them again they're even better I feel as you're more aware of the little details
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Can someone please explain the second episode of the first series...the one where the girl is followed by people in some sort of game show, they're all using mobile phones to film her whilst the main actors in the game show try to kill her.
What's that all about - I don't get it
its like a theme park.... people pay to go see the girl wake up and not know what going on and be attacked by the weird people... as entertainment... the girl has her memory wiped or something before each "show" ... What's that all about - I don't get it
(been a while since i watched it, but i think thats the plot... )
like the killer clown craze...
Lynchie999 said:
Dr Doofenshmirtz said:
Can someone please explain the second episode of the first series...the one where the girl is followed by people in some sort of game show, they're all using mobile phones to film her whilst the main actors in the game show try to kill her.
What's that all about - I don't get it
its like a theme park.... people pay to go see the girl wake up and not know what going on and be attacked by the weird people... as entertainment... the girl has her memory wiped or something before each "show" ... What's that all about - I don't get it
(been a while since i watched it, but i think thats the plot... )
like the killer clown craze...
I've ended up liking the episodes everyone hates and vice versa, but the first episode is a cracker. Deliciously believably awful, slightly tempered by the main character being kind of a b
h. If she wasn't I'd slit my wrists.
Also,look out for the Daewoo matrix.
h. If she wasn't I'd slit my wrists.Also,look out for the Daewoo matrix.
Edited by paranoid airbag on Friday 21st October 22:43
Christ EP 2 and 3 have a bleak ending.
Very hard to find any TV/Films these days with an unhappy ending, refreshing as much as its harrowing.
EP 1 reflects my opinion of social media perfectly, I used to care about facebook likes and re tweets etc when I was younger and naive, but now I just don't give a damn, and have never been happier.
Very hard to find any TV/Films these days with an unhappy ending, refreshing as much as its harrowing.
EP 1 reflects my opinion of social media perfectly, I used to care about facebook likes and re tweets etc when I was younger and naive, but now I just don't give a damn, and have never been happier.
Watched the first two, very good so far 
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In the second one, the movie he's watching on the plane is Big Ass Spider, it has Greg Grunberg from Heroes in it and will probably be shown on the horror channel at some point, if it hasn't been shown already.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1830713/
.In the second one, the movie he's watching on the plane is Big Ass Spider, it has Greg Grunberg from Heroes in it and will probably be shown on the horror channel at some point, if it hasn't been shown already.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1830713/
E31Shrew said:
Just subscribed to Netflix to watch these. Do they all have no speech? Thought the centre channel had gone up the swanny! With the first one we watched about Social media.
You watched it with people's mouths moving and thought it was a stylistic decision to have no dialogue audio or something?
Watched Shut Up and Dance last night - man that reveal was brutal. All the way through the episode I was thinking "what's the big deal? Teen masturbates to porn, stop the presses!" then the reveal came and it was a bit of a gut punch. I both like and hate the way the episode makes you really sympathise with the boy throughout, then turns it on its head and asks the question of the audience whether or not any empathy for a pedophile is justified. It re-colours the whole interaction he has with that little girl too. Ugh.
Of all the episodes I've seen so far this felt the closest to present day reality. Although it has shades of White Bear about it, White Bear always felt a bit fantastical in both premise and execution. This on the other hand I could believe could happen right now.
Durzel said:
Watched Shut Up and Dance last night - man that reveal was brutal. All the way through the episode I was thinking "what's the big deal? Teen masturbates to porn, stop the presses!" then the reveal came and it was a bit of a gut punch. I both like and hate the way the episode makes you really sympathise with the boy throughout, then turns it on its head and asks the question of the audience whether or not any empathy for a pedophile is justified. It re-colours the whole interaction he has with that little girl too. Ugh.
Of all the episodes I've seen so far this felt the closest to present day reality. Although it has shades of White Bear about it, White Bear always felt a bit fantastical in both premise and execution. This on the other hand I could believe could happen right now.
Just watched that one. Yes to everything you said.Of all the episodes I've seen so far this felt the closest to present day reality. Although it has shades of White Bear about it, White Bear always felt a bit fantastical in both premise and execution. This on the other hand I could believe could happen right now.
Watched no. 4 tonight, San Junipero.
Different to what's gone before, but still Black Mirror, somehow. No real big twist, just the story moving on and dropping hints to what was happening as it went. I got the feeling there was some kind of Second Life or VR thing fairly early on, but the way it was done was good, and made a much happier hour of TV than no.3 last night
Different to what's gone before, but still Black Mirror, somehow. No real big twist, just the story moving on and dropping hints to what was happening as it went. I got the feeling there was some kind of Second Life or VR thing fairly early on, but the way it was done was good, and made a much happier hour of TV than no.3 last night
ajprice said:
Watched no. 4 tonight, San Junipero.
Different to what's gone before, but still Black Mirror, somehow. No real big twist, just the story moving on and dropping hints to what was happening as it went. I got the feeling there was some kind of Second Life or VR thing fairly early on, but the way it was done was good, and made a much happier hour of TV than no.3 last night
Holly fDifferent to what's gone before, but still Black Mirror, somehow. No real big twist, just the story moving on and dropping hints to what was happening as it went. I got the feeling there was some kind of Second Life or VR thing fairly early on, but the way it was done was good, and made a much happier hour of TV than no.3 last night
k. Cried like a baby. One of the best bits of TV I've ever seen. So uplifting. I'll never listen to Belinda Carlisle quite the same again.Aside: the girl that played Yorkie has been cast in the new bladerunner film.
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