Black Mirror (Channel 4, Netflix) TV Show • Page 21

Excited to finally have a date for 4, bummed its farther than I expected.

I still haven't actually watched all episodes. I enjoy taking my time with them. I only have like 2 or 3 left I think.

 

Playtest is so underrated imo

 

I think Waldo is the only episode I don't think is great. I just love this show.

 

Playtest takes fucking forever to get where it's going. It'd be way higher in my list if there was 10-15 minutes cut out somewhere.

 

after nosedive it feels like a breeze

 

Playtest is amazing. After my wife and I watched that one we realized that we were in for something special.

 

I thought Playtest was the 2nd best episode of Season 3. I'm in the minority, but Shut Up and Dance was my favorite, followed by Playtest and then San Junipero (apparently I don't like San Junipero as much as everyone else). Honestly, the other three released in Season 3, I didn't care for much.

 

playtest has the same adrenaline as white bear. which is nice. i don’t dislike the slow build by any means that most of the episodes have, but the genuine sense of horror from those is great.

 

My only gripe with Playtest (but it's a big one for me) is that they show security camera footage of things that never actually occur? and I feel like that's just straight up manipulative.

 

what do you mean? of course they occur. it's everything else that didn't actually occur.

 

I don't follow. He never left the all-white room. The mansion was all in his head, was it not? He died .04 seconds after the experiment began.

 

i thought you meant the security footage showing that. everything else “happened” still - it just happened in his head

 

I only have 2 more episodes and then I'll be totally caught up for season 4!

 

I know that articles a joke, but it reminds me of an ex who refused to watch Black Mirror, and every time she explained to me why, she wrote off the show as "just about hating technology and smartphones." Completely infuriated me.

In my opinion, that's a total misreading of the show and I'm pretty sure Charlie Booker himself has said he is not anti-technology. This show has always been more Twilight Zone than anything, exploring the philosophical implications of unhinged modern landscapes, advanced technology, and how human beings behave when they're posed with these instruments, environments, and abilities.

The show isn't about the tech to me. It's about the people using the tech. It's about our strange fucked-up minds and the equally awful and wonderful things we come up with if we have the tools.

 

Yeah I agree that all are good to great except Waldo

 

waldo isn’t even the worst, though it feels kinda weird given everything in 2016

 

Waldo is pretty bad. The pacing is bizarre and Waldo needs to actually be somewhat funny in order for the episode to be convincing but he’s really not funny at all.

 

i mean, it’s not great. but it’s not awful. and it’s not the worst in the show’s catalog.

 

I am so hyped about this. Going to rewatch san junipero this weekend!

 

The one with Bryce Dallas Howard is hands down the worst episode.

 

Nah.

 

No way, Waldo and the one with the killer bees are worse

 

Killer bees rules tho

 

Nosedive actually made me not want to like anything for a day so I considered that episode a success lol.

Waldo and Fifteen Million Merits are the only ones I actively disliked. Don't care for National Anthem much either