fidget spinners are PEOPLE
― kajagoogoo's kazooist (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 2 June 2017 13:06 (seven years ago) link
In a dystopian future, everyone is glued to an outlandish, ott reality TV show featuring totally insane, depraved acts. They just can't stop watching because it is so crazy. But then it turns out ... that crazy reality TV show *is* reality, and the people on the "shows" have all been watching everyone else, amazed at how boring and "fake" their lives are!
In a dystopian future, we replace our teachers with perfect robots, and the schools improve significantly. Grades and tests are up, our kids are smarter and more competent. And then we discover ... the robot teachers have replaced all our kids with robots!
In a dystopian future, a new strain of addictive pornography proliferates. Almost everyone becomes entranced, despite the fact that it eventually literally makes you go blind. It turns out this strain of pornography was devised ... by blind people! They have a big victory party and assume control until - twist! - they are beset by a newer strain of addictive audio pornography ... devised by deaf people!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 June 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
"what if phones, but too much?" is a lot of these episodes... great fb group, i recommend it
credit where due to CB, apparently that phrase can actually be seen in a newspaper headline or something somewhere in s3
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Friday, 2 June 2017 15:23 (seven years ago) link
what if robot sex, but too much?
― kajagoogoo's kazooist (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 2 June 2017 16:50 (seven years ago) link
In a dystopian future, an insecure man spends his life's savings to get a cybernetic robot penis installed and becomes a literal sex machine. But then it turns out his lover has been a secret robot sub all along, and his partner long ago left him for another man ... who turns out to be a robot! With a REAL penis! Irony!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 2 June 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
Brilliant work by Josh in Chicago in this thread.
― Eyeball Kicks, Tuesday, 6 June 2017 15:26 (seven years ago) link
Basically, sure, but my love for this series isn't lessened.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 7 June 2017 02:15 (seven years ago) link
I thought we went over all that way back when
― mh, Wednesday, 7 June 2017 03:56 (seven years ago) link
Ok I hadn't seen this before. Lol.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:06 (seven years ago) link
Ahead of its time.
― Treeship, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:08 (seven years ago) link
now I feel old because all of Black Mirror seems to have aired recently, or at least in the "now," but I guess it did start in 2011
― mh, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:13 (seven years ago) link
I just watched season 1 episode 1.
"Jane...... please"
― Treeship, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:16 (seven years ago) link
Episode 2 sucks
― Treeship, Tuesday, 27 June 2017 21:36 (seven years ago) link
Season 4 coming soon. Episode titles & credits:
“Arkangel” Cast: Rosemarie Dewitt (La La Land, Mad Men), Brenna Harding (A Place to Call Home), Owen Teague (Bloodline)Director: Jodie FosterWritten by: Charlie Brooker
“USS Callister” Cast: Jesse Plemons (Black Mass, Fargo), Cristin Milioti (The Wolf of Wall Street, Fargo), Jimmi Simpson (Westworld, House of Cards), Michaela Coel (Chewing Gum, Monsters: Dark Continent)Director: Toby Haynes (Dr Who, Sherlock)Written By: Charlie Brooker & William Bridges
“Crocodile”Cast: Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, Bloodline), Andrew Gower (Outlander), Kiran Sonia Sawar (Murdered By My Father)Director: John Hillcoat (Triple Nine, Lawless)Written By: Charlie Brooker
“Hang the DJ” Cast: Georgina Campbell (Flowers, Broadchurch), Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders, Green Room), George Blagden (Versailles, Vikings)Director: Tim Van Patten (The Sopranos, Game of Thrones)Written By: Charlie Brooker
“Metalhead” Cast: Maxine Peake (The Theory Of Everything, The Village), Jake Davies (The Missing, A Brilliant Young Mind), Clint Dyer (Hope Springs)Director: David Slade (Hannibal, American Gods)Written By: Charlie Brooker
“Black Museum” Cast: Douglas Hodge (The Night Manager, Catastrophe), Letitia Wright (Humans, Ready Player One), Babs Olusanmokun (Roots, The Defenders)Director: Colm McCarthyWritten By: Charlie Brooker
― flappy bird, Friday, 25 August 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
Teaser is out..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH85obU350E
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 27 August 2017 08:02 (seven years ago) link
Premieres December 29thhttps://pitchfork.com/news/netflix-announces-black-mirror-season-4-premiere-date/
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 19:42 (six years ago) link
still excited for the possibility of a fidget spinner episode
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Thursday, 7 December 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
I know it was deeply flawed but Nathan Barley was a deeply accurate glimpse of the future pre-Black Mirror, but the future is now
― mh, Thursday, 7 December 2017 02:50 (six years ago) link
josh az otm, massive own-goal if they do not feature
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 December 2017 10:52 (six years ago) link
let's do this then. Enjoying the first one so far.
― kinder, Friday, 29 December 2017 21:50 (six years ago) link
[as a parent] fuck you brooker for putting that image in my head
― kinder, Friday, 29 December 2017 21:56 (six years ago) link
I know EXACTLY what image
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 29 December 2017 22:38 (six years ago) link
I'm watching "Arkangel". Parents, please have a full glass of wine before you spin this one up.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 29 December 2017 22:41 (six years ago) link
Seriously, this is devastating stuff.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Friday, 29 December 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
I’m watching that one right now and alternating between cringe and outrage and hoping this doesn’t go the way I’m worried about but ohhh nooo
― mh, Friday, 29 December 2017 23:25 (six years ago) link
is USS Callister any good? I'm not interested in Star Trek or any of that stuff so I'd be inclined to avoid it.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Friday, 29 December 2017 23:29 (six years ago) link
yes, it’s about a simulated world, just happens to be trek themed
― mh, Friday, 29 December 2017 23:31 (six years ago) link
I think I'd rather watch an hourlong interview with Brooker than an episode of his show, but I'll give the Star Trek one a go.
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 29 December 2017 23:44 (six years ago) link
"Crocodile" is bleak af
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
holy heck
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:21 (six years ago) link
I don't really need any more from tv shows
― Joan Digimon (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:24 (six years ago) link
chekov’s pig
― mh, Saturday, 30 December 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
ah crud, forgot it was only six episodes and accidentally the whole thing there were a couple uplifting bits in there and I liked the anthology horror format of the last one
― mh, Saturday, 30 December 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
Don’t think many people liked Metalhead, minimal as it is, but I did! Maxine Peake was great.
Arkangel hurt a bit to watch. It’s good, though. I had a lot of questions about the core technology that the episode didn’t go into, but that’s beside the point.
Hang the DJ is great, though not quite as good as San Junipero. Gets incredibly bleak at points which makes the ending even more satisfying.
― gyac, Saturday, 30 December 2017 12:25 (six years ago) link
Seen Arkangel and Crocodile so far. Enjoyed both just hoping the next one doesn't involve a chip in a head.
Any idea why Crocodile was filmed in Iceland (by the looks of it) but everyone had an English accent?
― i know kore-eda (or something), Saturday, 30 December 2017 20:46 (six years ago) link
I'm guessing some sort of massive tax break.
I thought some of USS Callister might have been filmed there as well. That lake had a cold look about it.
― trishyb, Saturday, 30 December 2017 22:17 (six years ago) link
USS Callister was great. Never expected anyone to pull off (or even attempt) a fun and enjoyable version of I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
― i know kore-eda (or something), Sunday, 31 December 2017 01:02 (six years ago) link
I did enjoy seeing my hometown used in Arkangel.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 31 December 2017 02:54 (six years ago) link
And as a dad of a three year old girl, the rest was a serious bummer.
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Sunday, 31 December 2017 03:24 (six years ago) link
I really enjoyed Metalhead. Short form escape story of the type Blomkamp’s being trying for but with more of a human touch
― mh, Monday, 1 January 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
only seen uss callister so far and (without spoiling anything) i don't understand why anyone would care about most of the principal characters
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 1 January 2018 22:15 (six years ago) link
Ugh, this Black Museum episode is awful and boring. It better have a point.
― trishyb, Monday, 1 January 2018 23:33 (six years ago) link
uss mcallister giving me the cat person vibes
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 1 January 2018 23:40 (six years ago) link
Black museum was rubbish "would you like your comatose wife to live inside your head?" "Yeah why not"
― i know kore-eda (or something), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 08:34 (six years ago) link
what if phones, but too much
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 09:58 (six years ago) link
We wondered if the AV Club reviewer might have had a point, and that episode was supposed to be a grotesque "wrong" version of a Black Mirror story, which then tipped over into just being bad. It's the only one that doesn't have a female protagonist, and the others are mostly set in cold places, whereas this episode makes a big deal out of telling you how hot it is (which I know is germane to the plot, but still...). Anyway, it was weirdly out of place and terrible.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 11:05 (six years ago) link
https://78.media.tumblr.com/2846dda95be5efaa86f0a0826cec4cea/tumblr_p1te4jNIBK1vtwqhpo1_1280.jpg
― ♫ very clever with maracas.jpg ♫ (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 12:28 (six years ago) link
Black Museum episode reminded me of Tales from the Crypt, complete with the ending where someone's trying to kill the cryptkeeper for being a purveyor of misery
― mh, Tuesday, 2 January 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
Black Mirror S4 episode list :1. Cor Blimey, What If Facebook Likes Were The Only Way To Earn a Quid2. There Is An App That Can Download You, Well Scary Innit Bruv3. Me New Misses Is a Android And I Aint Bovvered4. The Cheeky Gov'na Got A Pic Of Me Bollocks Through Me Webcam— Callum (@rasta_dad) December 29, 2017
I've only watched the first episode of this season so far. It made little sense within the "constraints" of the Black Mirror universe but Jesse Plemmons does one HELL of a good Shatner.
― Monster fatberg (Phil D.), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 16:23 (six years ago) link
i fucking loved that episode. way more playful than they usually are (but still p dark at the same time).
― Mad Piratical (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Tuesday, 2 January 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link