interesting that was the only one brooker didn't write. it was jesse armstrong from peep show (being made into a robert downy jr film iirc)
― NI, Monday, 30 September 2013 20:19 (ten years ago) link
but yeah, classic science fiction. like i said above, would be so great if the uk produced a series to rival 50s twilight zone - quite possible off the back of TEHOY, but not so much the rest
― NI, Monday, 30 September 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Watched the first two last night - the first is good, audacious, etc.; but the second is goddamned draining and exhausting. Can't wait to watch the third tonight.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Thursday, 19 December 2013 16:29 (ten years ago) link
'The Entire History of You' is the high point of the series. even though it's a living nightmare, anyone who uses a computer should watch it.
― Milton Parker, Thursday, 19 December 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
I like the second one because I like that song that sounds a bit like the flamingos.
― a beef supreme (dog latin), Friday, 20 December 2013 00:46 (ten years ago) link
finally broke down and T0RR3nt333333333DDDDddddv v curious
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 January 2014 17:52 (ten years ago) link
i mean as much web love as this got in 2013 it is amazing it has pretty much no US distribution
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 January 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
It is weird that Netflix US couldn't make this deal happen. Mirror, Shadow Line, Utopia ... I mean if they can get Engrenages they should have been able to get this going
― Brakhage, Friday, 3 January 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
I kind wish Brooker would intro each ep on the DVD with cig in hand Rod Serling-style
― Brakhage, Friday, 3 January 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
Maybe it'll show up on Youtube complete. The 2013 Wipe and 25 Games specials are both on there, which is how I got to watch them from over here without torrenting.
― An Android Pug of Some Kind? (kingfish), Friday, 3 January 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
yeah not sure why neither this nor utopia have wound up in the US. I t0rr3nt3d too. they were great.
― akm, Friday, 3 January 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
could have something to do with the film option on the one episode that Robert Downey Jr has maybe
iron man shagging a pig
would watch
― ^ sarcasm (ken c), Friday, 3 January 2014 23:31 (ten years ago) link
jesus christ the pig fucking episode
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Friday, 3 January 2014 23:48 (ten years ago) link
what in the fuck
White Christmas, 16th December, ch4
― koogs, Friday, 5 December 2014 21:03 (nine years ago) link
That was pretty good.
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:35 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, nice format, unusual for TV.
― koogs, Tuesday, 16 December 2014 22:59 (nine years ago) link
Not mind blowing but, you know, a decent hour and a half of television.
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 16 December 2014 23:09 (nine years ago) link
can't wait to see this, just rewatched the first 2 series over the weekend.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
this was pompous sophomoric trenchant social commentary bullshit just like the one episode of this I endured a few years back (and nearly everything the nearly useless charlie brooker produces) but it's improved slightly in terms of watchability
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 00:54 (nine years ago) link
Not avail legally in the U.S.?
― calstars, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 03:16 (nine years ago) link
netflix streaming.
― a stupid red mute juggalo (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 05:57 (nine years ago) link
can't find the new thing on there tho
― I can just, like, YOLO with Uber (bernard snowy), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 07:31 (nine years ago) link
it only aired here last night.
― koogs, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 09:25 (nine years ago) link
From the bits of half-watching I did it seemed to be the usual 1984 type bollocks.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 10:03 (nine years ago) link
jeez do you guys hate fun? this was like a solid mid-level episode of the Twilight Zone, i.e. fun, except with an extra layer of Brooker's pointless cruelty which i could have easily done without
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 10:32 (nine years ago) link
I like fun but I especially like being accused of hating it because that is the last refuge of someone who knows they're defending something shit & it's nice to get reassurance
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 10:39 (nine years ago) link
"It's like mid-level something old, but much worse!"
ooh fun
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 10:40 (nine years ago) link
the prosecution rests you ornery old git
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 10:41 (nine years ago) link
I just happen to catch bits of it and am allergic to a lot of Orwell. Then again I am not interested in fun.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 17 December 2014 10:52 (nine years ago) link
=]
― tl;dr, gukbar, morbis detrius (wins), Wednesday, 17 December 2014 11:11 (nine years ago) link
I don't know if I buy the last few minutes of "The Waldo Moment" - it reads more like the comedian's worst nightmare than "reality," it's just too...cartoonish (heh).
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 2 January 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
Just watched S1 ep1. Seemed like I missed the payoff at the end? The story comes to an end pretty much like you would expect from the setup. I guess I'm missing the magic. Just a depressing story.
― calstars, Friday, 2 January 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
My sense of this show - episodes are good to great - is that the biggest aim is to leave a viewer with a bit of nasty aftertaste and food for thought. Like, tons of conversation should follow. After watching all seven of these I'm just bursting with ideas and fears and wanting to talk to other people about it all.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 2 January 2015 17:55 (nine years ago) link
I didn't really like the American idol concept one, except for the vending machine graphic when he bought an apple of "People who purchased your item, also liked [banana pic]"
― johnny crunch, Friday, 23 January 2015 17:23 (nine years ago) link
I don't think I often see such varied opinion on which episodes were best or worst. For me, the one with the recorded memories dragged the most of all.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Friday, 23 January 2015 17:49 (nine years ago) link
banana graphic def a hilight of that one
― gr8080, Friday, 23 January 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
ok if I'd have known the first episode was "fortyfive minutes of guy being forced to fuck a pig" I wouldn't have watched it
― pilate is my cogod (Crabbits), Monday, 26 January 2015 01:27 (nine years ago) link
I feel like we need a separate Black Mirror thread for people who want to discuss it instead of hate on it
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 26 January 2015 02:02 (nine years ago) link
caught this on a stopover in london. guardian ran two reviews, one disgusted three stars, one disgusted four stars. it sure was uncomfortable. but if you liked Black Mirror!
http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/mar/08/game-review-mike-bartlett-voyeurs-audience
― Milton Parker, Monday, 30 March 2015 17:22 (nine years ago) link
was the first episode directed by banksy? does this get better?
― 龜, Monday, 29 June 2015 01:31 (nine years ago) link
1st ep is a series lowpoint IMO but maybe it has extra appeal if you're english c.2012? -- I was told not to bother with it & went straight to S1E2 "Fifteen Million Merits" -- sorry I couldn't warn you in time
― Heroic melancholy continues to have a forceful grip on (bernard snowy), Monday, 29 June 2015 03:34 (nine years ago) link
series lowpoint IMO
correct
― back once again with the panel behaviour (sic), Monday, 29 June 2015 04:43 (nine years ago) link
was the first episode directed by banksy?
basically, yeah
― the story of ilm: an ottyssey (wins), Monday, 29 June 2015 06:39 (nine years ago) link
e01 reads like an extended dramatisation of one of brooker's one-liners. didn't really merit being made into a whole episode.
― cod latin (dog latin), Monday, 29 June 2015 08:45 (nine years ago) link
dayo the only ones really worth watching are s01e03 s02e01 and the christmas special. and even those have an annoying DO U SEE? quality
― max, Monday, 29 June 2015 11:28 (nine years ago) link
Charlie Brooker has an annoying DO U SEE? quality.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 29 June 2015 11:33 (nine years ago) link
i liked S01E02 but it was sentimental in a Christmassy way that might not work in summer.
― cod latin (dog latin), Monday, 29 June 2015 11:35 (nine years ago) link
thank you all, yeah the DO U SEE quality was very bad
i will put all of this into the calculus of whether or not i continue *watches anime forever*
― 龜, Monday, 29 June 2015 11:40 (nine years ago) link