Black Mirror (Channel 4, Netflix) TV Show • Page 33

I don't agree that Black Museum was unjustifiably morbid in the context of the the recurrent themes of the series. Advances in technology being corrupted and having extreme immoral or unethical consequences, some of them very morbid, is really where the show runners shine imo. It reminded me a lot of White Christmas-a very morbid episode, which is another Black Mirror standout to me.

 

trying to watch black mirror with my girlfriend but she can't do any torture scenes or excessive screaming. she usually just walks out of the room. instead of having that happen, I'm trying to prevent it ahead of time. we already watched "USS Callister," "Arkangel," and "Hang the DJ" from this season, and I heard that "Crocodile" isn't an episode that she should watch. any feedback on "Metalhead" or "Black Museum"? any torture or excessive screaming in either of those?

thanks so much in advance!

 

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmm

maybe skip them both with her :/

 

Black Museum and Crocodile I would say are no-nos if that's an issue. Metalhead I think is ok

 

I'd agree. I don't think Metalhead was too over the top.

Black Museum on the other hand...

 

Black Museum almost felt like self-parody

 

I liked Black Museum, but it felt like 2-3 seperate episode ideas all crammed into one. Felt a little underdeveloped/rushed.

 

I loved that aspect about it, they had 3 stories that benefitted from being 20 minutes instead of an hour long, I thought it was a really well done episode

 

The first story in black museum got a little too gross for me

 

I feel like any of the ideas in black museum would've overstayed their welcome if they were stretched into a full episode. Stories we got were all the right length. On the other hand, Arkangel may not have been so bad if it had been a 20 minute story in an anthology episode instead of the full thing.

 

Maybe they didn't need to all be spread out to their own full episode, but I felt like the ending just kinda came abruptly because they needed a "gotcha" Black Mirror ending, when the 40 minutes leading up to it were about something different. I dunno...

 

ha, okay. thanks! based on the trailer for "Black Museum," I thought it was a no go, but I wanted to double check.

 

Did you feel the same way about white christmas?

 

I probably need to watch it again to make a fair assessment, but I guess no, I didn't feel the same way. I remember liking it quite a bit, but I've only seen it once and that was when it first premiered and I honestly barely remember it.

 

white christmas is probably one of the best episodes of television ever and is perfect story telling.

 

hmm

yeah

considering it's not a top 4 BM episode, unless we're saying all black mirror episodes are the pinnacle of television I'm gonna have to disagree lol

 

I'd say The Entire History of You and maybe San Junipero fit that description honestly.

 

finally finished this yesterday.

1. USS Callister/Hang the DJ thought the concept of Callister was a little bit better, but the chemistry of the two main characters in Hang the DJ was fantastic. so, they're tied.
2. Black Museum

3. Metalhead I liked that they took a risk with this, but HATED the teddy bear reveal. It was almost laughably bad.
4. Arkangel take out the part where she hitchhikes in the last 30 seconds and this would probably be a little higher. if they ended with the mom yelling out "Sara!" with blood all over her face in the middle of the street, I would've liked it. I didn't need them to tie it all together at the end by letting us know what Sara decides to do.
5. Crocodile just eh? the concept wasn't great. I was still interested by it, but it was kinda boring overall. I couldn't stand the woman from her first murder on, but seeing her about to be arrested didn't even feel like redemption, so they messed something up along the way.
edit: I don't know what the formatting is so messed up, but I guess it's cause I added those spoiler tags.

 

Finally got around to starting the new season last night. Watched USS Callister and Arkangel and dang did I miss this show. Good Stuff.

 

1. Black Museum
2. Hang the DJ
3. Arkangel
4. USS Callister
5. Crocodile
6. Metalhead

 

Loved this season! The recycling of The Shining score in Metalhead was super weird.

Hang the D.J.
Black Museum
U.S.S. Calliber
Crocodile
Arkangel
Metalhead

 

Watched Metalhead last night. Not very entertaining.

 

RE: Metalhead

 

I binged this over the weekend and San Junipero is the best episode of this show. Just...wow.

not sure how i'd rank S4, probably uss callister first though. hang the DJ was great too.

 

My first thought when seeing Metalhead was that the Boston Dynamics robots were pissed from the years of abuse. Those things have always creeped me out. Probably part of why I enjoyed that episode as much as I did.