NEW Black Mirror series...

[WarrenB]

cobra kid said:

ch37 said:

Realised I'd somehow never seen White Christmas so I watched that tonight. I figured out what was going on shortly before the reveal but it didn't matter too much, awesome bit of telly.

The 1000 year per minute punishment at the end is just utterly horrific. Unimaginable really.

A few flicks of the dial and they walk out. Very clever and very bad.

That's something I try and comprehend occasionally, and fail. Going off the original broadcast date he's only 9 years into his first 1000 year minute.

Quite anxiety inducing just thinking about it!

[Silverage]

I watched and enjoyed "Demon 79" last night. I got half way through "Beyond the Sea" and gave up as it seemed very slow and I thought I could see where it was headed. Having just read some of the previous comment though I may have been wrong so I'll probably stick the other half on at some stage.

[Arun_D]

Fun fact - The cinema and town scenes in 'Beyond the Sea' were filmed in Worthing and Rye, respectively.

[cobra kid]

San Junipero - great episode that left me very very moist eyed this morning.

[InitialDave]

cobra kid said:

San Junipero - great episode that left me very very moist eyed this morning.

I think it's the best one out of their entire run.

[jgrewal]

ch37 said:

Realised I'd somehow never seen White Christmas so I watched that tonight. I figured out what was going on shortly before the reveal but it didn't matter too much, awesome bit of telly.

The 1000 year per minute punishment at the end is just utterly horrific. Unimaginable really.

One of my favourite episodes from start to finish its class!

[MC Bodge]

I've just seen "Joan is awful".

It was really poor compared with some of the episodes on the early series'.

Black Mirror should probably be brought to an end.

Ps. Yes, San Junipero was excellent.

Pps. I like the fact that none of the episodes have been filmed in the USA AFAIK.

[Cockaigne]

MC Bodge said:

Black Mirror should probably be brought to an end.

it feels like the existing stories just given a different twist. It feels a bit half hearted now, the original stuff was masterful when you look back, this season just feels like going through motions. They should do a film and finish it.

[nebpor]

I've been a Charlie fan since TVGoHome. He's probably my favourite writer. This was the weakest season by a country mile. Not bad, some wonderful moments, but not a patch on earlier seasons IMO.

Hopefully he keeps going

[shih tzu faced]

Just finished the latest series, enjoyed it all in all with even the weakest two still being quality tv.

Loch Henry was my favourite, properly drew me in and had me completely hooked after the first few minutes.

Joan Is Awful was ok, watchable enough but much as I like Selma Hayek it just didn’t really work for me. She was playing for laughs with a caricature of herself and it added nothing to the show. Lovely trophies on display in the yellow cabinet though.

Beyond The Sea and Demon 79 both enjoyable with really nice retro attention to detail in their sets.

Mazey Day was my least favourite, I was interested enough in the twist but then lost it… anything to do with werewolves, vampires, zombies, any of that crap I just can’t be arsed with it

[thebraketester]

It does seem a bit “vanilla” compared to his previous BM offerings. We both enjoyed the first two episodes but they seems to both lack the depth previous episodes contained. Loch Henry was good, but the fate of the girlfriend seems a little gratuitous.

[shih tzu faced]

thebraketester said:

It does seem a bit “vanilla” compared to his previous BM offerings. We both enjoyed the first two episodes but they seems to both lack the depth previous episodes contained. Loch Henry was good, but the fate of the girlfriend seems a little gratuitous.

I see what you mean but on the other hand I think she had to die in order to leave him completely alone at the end as he wins his BAFTA. As he sits there contemplating that both of his parents and his girlfriend are all dead because of the subject of the film that he made.

[PositronicRay]

We're late to party with this, not sure what to think.


Just watched White Bear, pretty nasty.

[MC Bodge]

I found Loch Henry surprisingly disturbing (and had been waiting for it to turn unpleasant), although it was more a comment on the "true crime" genre. "Bergerac", eh?


I recognised some of the impressive outdoor locations, having been to some of them.

[Cockaigne]

MC Bodge said:

I found Loch Henry surprisingly disturbing (and had been waiting for it to turn unpleasant), although it was more a comment on the "true crime" genre. "Bergerac", eh?
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felt like a poorer inside no 9 episode.

[Kiribati268]

While this series was good it's lost the depth that it used to have. Earlier seasons based on the evolution of tech and how it can impact life had an 'oh st, that could be us one day' factor. The world is actually pretty scary when you think about it.

Most of the episodes in this season just feel like standard channel 4 film.

Joan is awful was the only one that felt like a black mirror episode.

Beyond the sea was so predictable, Aaron Paul was the only reason I didn't turn it off. The ending seemed fairly pointless, just felt like i'd wasted 90 mins of my life. Maybe a better idea would be to..

Have the people that killed David's family, find Cliff's family but only David (as Cliff on earth) knows and attempts to stop them, without wanting to alarm Cliff or his family.

One huge flaw with it was if they lived on the space station but could transmit down to earth to control and live as a robot, why not reverse it? Have the humans safely on earth and the robot versions on the space station.

Edited by Kiribati268 on Tuesday 15th August 22:31

Edited by Kiribati268 on Tuesday 15th August 22:32

[lornemalvo]

I thought the episode with the bees was terrifying