trent reznor is a rockism victim. made dark but poppy synthesizer album and was bullied into incorporating more guitars throughout the entire 90s!!also there’s that elephant in the room which is miley cyrus’s entire musical career where she was a disney pop kid? idk, lots of unexplored angles in journalism, anyone wanting to write a little can have these tips for free
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
xpost I almost brought up how a lot of episodes remind of Until the End of the World because of the "soundtrack/actor/location showcase." The videogame episode in Brazil was disconcerting.
― Yerac, Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
Topher Grace just sitting on top of a big old hill in the desert
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
I file NiN under “things I just don’t care about”
― calstars, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
Idk if Reznor was really “bullied” into adding guitars in the 90s.I’ve only seen the Vipers ep of the first season and if that’s the high point I’m worried about the rest.
― circa1916, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
Reznor getting his first No. 1 with "Old Town Road" is the best Black Mirror episode.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
lol
― calstars, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
xxp lol i’ve got to start using the sarcasm tag again i guess
― mh, Monday, 10 June 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
had enough of this show. all these episodes are too fucking long
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
what if ye phone was ye mum
― boobie, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
what if ya bruv was a hot and horny chun li type
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
I find myself very anti-Topher Grace so I will probably not watch that episode.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
he's fine in it! no aggravated vocal mannerisms or anything
― mh, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
That ep was bad and hated but I liked it and felt the denouement was great
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
I thought it was fine, it was just a half gallon of plot in a five gallon bucket
― mh, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
Really dug the Miley episode, with so much packed into an hour and such a satisfying final 15 minutes.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 18 July 2019 06:31 (four years ago) link
#BlackMirror Creator Says the World Is Too Bleak Right Now for Season 6 https://t.co/ix0l7uFUkX pic.twitter.com/qAswxYknU5— IndieWire (@IndieWire) May 6, 2020
TBH, I'd rather see a Philomena Cunk Moments of Wonder segment devoted to epidemiology.
― speaking moistly (Sanpaku), Thursday, 7 May 2020 07:01 (four years ago) link
my friend messaged me asking if that means Brooker can bring back Nathan Barley instead
― mh, Thursday, 7 May 2020 13:17 (four years ago) link
not bleak anymore, then?
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/black-mirror-season-6-netflix-1235266891/
― StanM, Monday, 16 May 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
Season 6 trailer is out!
15 June will be a fever dream. pic.twitter.com/XcGN12FP1z— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) May 31, 2023
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:05 (one year ago) link
Can't believe it's been a decade
Always liked this show but man are they slow to release episodes
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:17 (one year ago) link
*steels self for trailer*
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:34 (one year ago) link
*has to admit that this new season looks pretty dope after the show kinda fell off before the hiatus*
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:37 (one year ago) link
One of these episodes features… David Shields?!? Which seems appropriate.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
Interesting angle, two episodes into this season. (It’s an angle they played with a bit before, but they’re leaning harder into it.)
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 17 June 2023 03:22 (eleven months ago) link
First episode is terrible, second is fucking traumatising wtf
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:17 (eleven months ago) link
Probably the most fucked up since Shut Up and Dance
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:20 (eleven months ago) link
Demon 79 is the only good one imo and Anjana Vasan is superb in it.
― calzino, Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:50 (eleven months ago) link
Beyond the Sea was so dull I can't even remember what happened at the end of it.
― calzino, Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:55 (eleven months ago) link
The second episode was so good (and yes, emotionally brutal) that it enters the “best Black Mirror episodes) conversation. They haven’t fucked with me like that in a while.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 18 June 2023 15:04 (eleven months ago) link
I’m only partway through Beyond The Sea so no comment on that one yet.
It’s not the twist itself, it’s the absolute calm that one character with full knowledge of the events relates them back, and on the other hand the other person with a partial understanding of it is a complete shell. The way Pia moves from being a real person to a face on the screen, distant and unreal. It’s so great but it was a lot.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 15:06 (eleven months ago) link
it reminded me of Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer in the sense that I didn't enjoy anything about it and feel like I'd have felt better if I hadn't watched it.
― calzino, Sunday, 18 June 2023 15:12 (eleven months ago) link
Weirdly, this is one of those shows where many of the best episodes are episodes I could never watch again or recommend in good conscience to people who would never watch Black Mirror or emotionally/psychologically harsh films or shows.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 18 June 2023 15:18 (eleven months ago) link
Example: White Deer.
xp otmThe fictive stuff in Joan Is Awful reminded me very much of The Invisibles towards the end but the execution was terrible. Like I got what they were going for, but no.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 15:30 (eleven months ago) link
Beyond the Sea was slow but good, I wouldn’t call it boring! You can see what’s going to happen a mile away when David’s a little too interested in Lana being bored in the country, and obviously I love some good 2001 references. The pace of it reflects the whole horror of it, being helpless to do anything in a tragedy because of distance, either physical or emotional. Incredibly bleak ending, even for this series.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 15:47 (eleven months ago) link
demon 79 was bad
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 18 June 2023 23:02 (eleven months ago) link
I enjoyed the unshamed puerility of "Joan is Awful", it felt like the closest Black Mirror has gotten to a TV Go Home listing. But, yeah, it was maybe slightly too silly.
Also enjoyed "Loch Henry" but you could see the twist coming from a mile away esp. because of the meta casting (unless that was the point). The pub owner's son was very funny. But I don't think it ratcheted up the tension quite as tightly as it could've.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 19 June 2023 00:12 (eleven months ago) link
“Joan is Awful” was good. “Demon 79” was really good. Haven’t seen the others yet.
― treeship., Monday, 19 June 2023 04:00 (eleven months ago) link
what is you were turned into a computer and tortured forever
makes u think
― formerly abanana (dat), Monday, 19 June 2023 04:27 (eleven months ago) link
E3 is somehow heavier than E2, though I prefer E2. E4 is shaping up to be very strong.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 19 June 2023 17:33 (eleven months ago) link
I kind of wish this season were 100% parasitic/morally fried Hollywood bullshit, but that would wear out its welcome.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 19 June 2023 17:36 (eleven months ago) link
Come baby come baby baby come come
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 June 2023 19:33 (eleven months ago) link
I’ll never hear that song the same way again
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 19 June 2023 19:45 (eleven months ago) link
Seriously. I can't get that moment out of my head now
― the manwich horror (Neanderthal), Monday, 19 June 2023 19:53 (eleven months ago) link
Calz is right, demon 79 is the best one. As a millennial who grew up in the tmz era, I should have loved e4, but it was the most forgettable.
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Monday, 19 June 2023 20:31 (eleven months ago) link
I liked the idea of e4 a lot but it was lacking … something.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 19 June 2023 20:33 (eleven months ago) link
I found Demon 79 the most emotive episode and appreciated the lols with the graphic violence and Anjana Vasan's performance as a "corruptible" downtrodden good person was just perfect.
― calzino, Monday, 19 June 2023 21:02 (eleven months ago) link
It was totally great, I was so sold on the ending after the last one was prevented from happening. I suspect you felt the same, calz!
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Monday, 19 June 2023 21:30 (eleven months ago) link