Black Mirror is a science fiction anthology series about the dark side of technology (so REAL sf then, though some are so near in the future, they're really thrillers), kind of a Twilight Zone for the 21st Century, and just, flippin', AMAZING. I mean, I just chugged the 13 available episodes, and kept wanting more despite there being no continuing stories or characters (pleasantly, the series does have a couple of recurring leitmotifs however). Each has the feel of one of those direct-to-Netflix SF idea pictures (a few are even feature-length), but are mostly better! It helps that Black Mirror has gotten some of the UK's best actors (and in the later half, strong American ones too), but more than that, the show feels at once prescient about where our current tech and society are going, and yet amplifications of what's already happening. The show consistently made me squirm in my seat, gave me fears that used to only be doubts, much scarier, in the current context, than any number of jumpy horror flicks. Some favorite episodes include "Fifteen Million Merits", "The Entire History of You", "White Christmas", and "Nosedive".
Black Mirror Season 4 moves away from feature-length episodes, most under an hour, and one closer to 40 minutes. The show's futurist nightmares also start with a couple of American/Canadian episodes, which made me believe the British content was completely excised (it wasn't, it's half and half). Is the format better/worse? Well, I'm not convinced it reaches the heights achieved in the first three seasons, and its lows (which are still better than most shows') are more shallow. I'd say the strongest episodes are about love, and the weakest about hate, with a couple of thrillery endings that have you wondering what kind of scum the leads were to even get to that point. Targets include parental controls, MMORPGs, and dating apps, with a strong focus on downloaded consciousness. The season starts with the much ballyhooed Star Trek spoof episode, which should have been my jam, but featured the hateful nerd trope (which I disliked) and made the character unimaginative in his fandom (which irked me even more). The strongest episodes were definitely Black Museum, Metalhead (the shortest, but most efficient story), and Hang the DJ. The series could be in danger of repeating itself in the long run, but for now, the repetition serves to connect the series into a more cohesive world.
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MarthaMay
Genius.preacher
wow!! amazing seriesthe 4 episode in the 2 season espacially, it gave me nightmares
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Simply Perfect.Jook
Second episode was the best for me.Great mini-series, looking forward to more.
Siskoid
Black Mirror is a science fiction anthology series about the dark side of technology (so REAL sf then, though some are so near in the future, they're really thrillers), kind of a Twilight Zone for the 21st Century, and just, flippin', AMAZING. I mean, I just chugged the 13 available episodes, and kept wanting more despite there being no continuing stories or characters (pleasantly, the series does have a couple of recurring leitmotifs however). Each has the feel of one of those direct-to-Netflix SF idea pictures (a few are even feature-length), but are mostly better! It helps that Black Mirror has gotten some of the UK's best actors (and in the later half, strong American ones too), but more than that, the show feels at once prescient about where our current tech and society are going, and yet amplifications of what's already happening. The show consistently made me squirm in my seat, gave me fears that used to only be doubts, much scarier, in the current context, than any number of jumpy horror flicks. Some favorite episodes include "Fifteen Million Merits", "The Entire History of You", "White Christmas", and "Nosedive".Black Mirror Season 4 moves away from feature-length episodes, most under an hour, and one closer to 40 minutes. The show's futurist nightmares also start with a couple of American/Canadian episodes, which made me believe the British content was completely excised (it wasn't, it's half and half). Is the format better/worse? Well, I'm not convinced it reaches the heights achieved in the first three seasons, and its lows (which are still better than most shows') are more shallow. I'd say the strongest episodes are about love, and the weakest about hate, with a couple of thrillery endings that have you wondering what kind of scum the leads were to even get to that point. Targets include parental controls, MMORPGs, and dating apps, with a strong focus on downloaded consciousness. The season starts with the much ballyhooed Star Trek spoof episode, which should have been my jam, but featured the hateful nerd trope (which I disliked) and made the character unimaginative in his fandom (which irked me even more). The strongest episodes were definitely Black Museum, Metalhead (the shortest, but most efficient story), and Hang the DJ. The series could be in danger of repeating itself in the long run, but for now, the repetition serves to connect the series into a more cohesive world.
scdawson
If you have Netflix, do check out the new Netflix Original Season 3 of 2016. Six episodes, and very much up to the standards of the first two.Nine99
The first episode is the best.ChrisReynolds
Callow gonna get pig AIDS LOLkurvduam
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