Television
I'm a big fan of black mirror but completely forgot there was supposed to be a new season, so I spontaneously watched it with essentially no expectations.
I thought it was great!
Yeah, I bailed on the final episode because the rest was so underwhelming, and the last episode was bordering on feature length.
It's a shame because I'm a big fan of Charlie Brooker, I loved the earlier seasons.
I thought Joan Is Awful was alright, but too much time was spent on the premise and the twist felt rushed. Loch Henry was good, but not the "what would happen if was real" type premise that I've come to expect from the show. Beyond the Sea was about 40 minutes too long. Mazey Day... I have no idea what they were thinking.
I genuinely wish I liked it more, but this is two underwhelming seasons in a row for me now 😕
Loch Henry would have ended in his mother's bedroom if or the kitchen table if it was season 1 or 2
Maybe I have mistaken but I thought Black Mirror involves sci-fi elements?
Did I really watched a Black Mirror season? Some episode involves none of sci-fi part, and even straight up in supernatural category.
Oh, I guess I took "Black Mirror" literally, as in at the end of the episode and the TV is blank, it's just me (and maybe whoever I'm watching with) looking into this black reflective screen and I'm staring back at me. Like, what I just watched is a figurative reflection of me and I, as a human being, am capable of being as cruel and disgusting and angry as the characters in each story. The only difference is not because it's fiction, it's because I've never been put into a desperate enough situation to truly test that theory.
Well, except for the mom in
spoiler
Loch Henry.
She can go get fucked in hell by hitler with a pineapple.
God I don’t think I enjoyed a single episode and I loved the earlier seasons. Maybe I am just jaded though…
One episode in particular is completely unredeemable (the Paparazzi one). No idea what they were thinking with that one.
I really enjoyed two of the episodes, but I agree, the paparazzi one was the worst of the bunch. I didn't care about any of the characters and spent so much time showing this girl's mundane life. Then it ends with seizure inducing camera flashes. If only it had followed the one character that had something interesting going on with her, but nope.
Even though the sci-fi elements were very light this season, I liked it. It's not as good as the first seasons, but it's good. My favorite was Joane is Awful, and my least favorite was Demon 79 (it was way too supernatural to fit in the show's premise). Beyond the Sea would work better if they shortened it to the traditional 50 minute episode length.
I've watched the first 2 episodes and really liked them. I saw someone complaining that Loch Henry doesn't have a tech aspect, but I disagree. The principle of Black Mirror is to look at how tech interacts with people, but that doesn't have to be new technology. Film is a technology that changed the world, and enables us to learn about others and connect with our family more, for better and worse.
Ah tech wasn't a strong theme in these, it was very twilight zone. No judgement but the tech in Loch Henry is nearly a reach.
There's zero tech in one of the other episodes later.
3/6 episodes were good to me. The other 3 were downright awful
Which 3 did you like?
I was mistaken. It was 3/5 for me. Joan is Awful, Beyond the Sea, and Demon 79
I watched the first two, really didn’t like them at all, checked discussions online and saw that there were very mixed reactions, but basically decided that the rest of the season just wasn’t for me. I enjoyed the dystopic futuristic elements of the other seasons, and while I guess it’s ok to deviate from that, I didn’t feel obligated to watch.
Yes! I completely agree, it was constantly building dread on a whole different level than even usual. It gets so chilling without ever actually showing you some of the big horrors of it and the ending floored me, it was a blast.
It somewhat reminded me of that creeping feeling that I had watching the movie Heriditary but like without completely traumatizing me at the same time.