i'm not buying mia's "crocodile tears" following her murders
― treeship 2, Sunday, 14 January 2018 01:19 (six years ago) link
lol this children's recital with the 1920s mobsters
― treeship 2, Sunday, 14 January 2018 01:22 (six years ago) link
Crocodile is phenomenal.
All but the first and last are super imho.
― lilcraigyboi (Craigo Boingo), Sunday, 14 January 2018 18:14 (six years ago) link
The first one was the weakest so far for sure. Going to watch metalhead tonight.
― treeship 2, Sunday, 14 January 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
They really go hard on this “virtual selves” idea, and the moral chaos that would emerge from it. I find it interesting, but it’s also really outlandish and might take away from the show’s ability to respond to our actual relationship to technology and media, which it clearly intends to do.
― treeship 2, Sunday, 14 January 2018 18:22 (six years ago) link
watching Hang the Dj, it's reminding me of The Lobster
― kinder, Sunday, 14 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
and another current tv show
― kinder, Sunday, 14 January 2018 21:26 (six years ago) link
uss callister ended up being my least favourite of the lot, by a long way. black museum was nicely done for what it was. ‘er indoors hated metalheads and she is wrong.re aldo’s “what if phones but too much”: i mean yes i agree, but nearly the whole world is basically “phones” now, so it’s an ideal speculative launching pad for “but too much”. “what if consciousness but simulated by some code which is being tortured” is where it lost me.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 11:20 (six years ago) link
"what if phones but too much" was Mallory Ortberg
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:09 (six years ago) link
and CB liked it so much he snuck it into last season
I only tried USS Callister but I had to bail on it, so bored of the one-dimensionally toxic dude characters
― Simon H., Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:13 (six years ago) link
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Wednesday, 17 January 2018 07:09 (eight minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well bugger me
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:24 (six years ago) link
one-dimensionally toxic dude characters
Hrm; I thought the show was fiction
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 20:46 (six years ago) link
but you want more than one dimension in order to care about what happens to them/other people. that’s one of the reasons the whole negan thing got so stupid.
― rove mcmanus island (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 16 January 2018 21:55 (six years ago) link
When I was watching the first episode I was impressed at how committed Matt Damon was to the role and going full schlub -- then I saw that he was played by Landry and I was :(.
― Kirk Cobain (Leee), Thursday, 18 January 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link
The craziest thing that happened in this season of Black Mirror is that Britishers considered Bugsy Malone well liked enough to be a school play
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:17 (six years ago) link
https://www.mtishows.com/bugsy-malone
a popular license for use with small children, apparently
― mh, Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
Bugsy Malone is only available to license in the United States and Canada.
cannot forgive this inaccuracy in the show
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:33 (six years ago) link
whoops, wrong licenser
http://www.thebritishblacklist.com/tbbs-nora-denis-reviews-bugsy-malone-lyric-theatre-hammersmith/
apparently it was a popular stage attraction in 2015 in Britain?!?
― mh, Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:35 (six years ago) link
I figured they just put in something with an uplifting end tune that they were able to easily license, but no, this musical actually had a run in recent years
my school did a production of Bugsy Malone in the 90s
― kinder, Thursday, 18 January 2018 18:50 (six years ago) link
I think Bugsy Malone was quite popular here. At least it seemed to be on TV a lot when I was a kid
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:00 (six years ago) link
It seems like it’s on at least three times over every Christmas period.
― kim jong deal (suzy), Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
yah Britishers love Scot Baio.
― kurt schwitterz, Thursday, 18 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link
We've watched up to Hang The DJ and so far, HTDJ has been the episode that's stuck with me the most. Season 4 seems better overall too than S3
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 08:52 (six years ago) link
Thought "Metalhead" was thrilling and one of the better things this show has done, but I have soft spot for Terminator-esque scenarios.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14:53 (six years ago) link
Final shot with the box reveal was a little dopey.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 14:54 (six years ago) link
have you watched all the episodes?
it's either more or less dopey if you connect it to a teddy bear reference in the last episode
― mh, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:36 (six years ago) link
Ahh, haven’t gotten there yet.
― circa1916, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 15:46 (six years ago) link
The box reveal was super hokey.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:04 (six years ago) link
I thought the stuffed animal in the last episode was a monkey?
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 23:17 (six years ago) link
yeah, there’s a vagueness, just kind of “here’s another stuffed animal”
― mh, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 23:32 (six years ago) link
I really, really hope the next season of Black Mirror is them taking old episodes and re-editing/reshooting scenes to make them vastly better. Maybe then I would be wowed.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link
I want an off-brand Black Mirror ripoff with stories like this: https://www.techspot.com/news/72899-smartphone-battery-explodes-after-man-bites.html
― mh, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 00:18 (six years ago) link
browned glass
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 24 January 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
'Black Mirror' also a reference to an Aztec scrying stone John Dee ended up in possession of iirc
― Never changed username before (cardamon), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 23:51 (six years ago) link
I liked most of these but accepted the 'do you see' factor as inevitable
what do you think of 'the social network' in terms of being a fincher-directed black mirror episode?
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 25 January 2018 00:49 (six years ago) link
Half way season 3 and this is all just fine
Maybe a couple really good episodes
The shut up and dance episode was the dumbest thing I’ve seen in a while but it was good for the lolz
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 8 October 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
Also yeah weird fetishization of american stereotypes by the british in this show is hilarious bc they’re about half right or something is always off/odd about it
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 8 October 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
where are people talking about "electric dreams"? 'kill all others' feels like the best black mirror episode in a while
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 8 October 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Haven’t watched itHOOS recommending it?
― F# A# (∞), Monday, 8 October 2018 19:26 (five years ago) link
its hit or miss overall, some great performances mixed in with boring or uncompelling plots, or inventive ideas paired with wooden acting. half very good and half meh. it's generally distinct enough in tone and approach from black mirror but 'kill all others' felt like it could have been a black mirror episode.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 8 October 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
a whole episode starring steve buscemi ffs and i could not have been less interested in the outcome
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 8 October 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
I thought 'The Commuter' was great.
― mirostones, Monday, 8 October 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link
yeah, haunting!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 8 October 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
so this choose your own adventure thing then...
― Number None, Friday, 28 December 2018 12:46 (five years ago) link
Just started the first run-through.
First niggle: when he gets on the bus The Now cassette starts mid-song but the tape is on the run-in because you can see the pink tape.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Friday, 28 December 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
insufferable
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 29 December 2018 01:35 (five years ago) link
More fucking Brooker crap.
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― calzino, Saturday, 29 December 2018 02:01 (five years ago) link
damn this is frumious as hell
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Saturday, 29 December 2018 03:40 (five years ago) link