I heard a lot of Black Mirror fans have been disappointed. I agree with episode 1. I was so EXCITED for new episodes and then they start it off with such a lame story? It was indeed slow and the only interesting part was the ending. Even though it was kind of pointless, why they didn't just leave their old lives behind and be happy.
I feel like they both felt something after the kiss in real life. It was pretty obvious but the father cared too much for the wife, kid and the future with her that he didn't want to risk anything.
The Miley episode was good in my opinion. Both episodes didin't have the typical Black Mirror-feel to them. Well only the aunt and her team anyways, I thought that was pretty dark..But I totally agree on the music industry today. It's all about money, just look at all these sick artists today. That didn't come from nothing.
They either..don't come out alive or have serious issues from being in the industry.
Not going to comment on the second episode as I haven't watched it yet. I hope it's better than the first one.
It’s strange because you’d think that at least one of the episodes would be really amazing when the season is half its usual length, but there really weren’t any episodes even as close to as great as USS Callister from series 4. The first episode definitely felt like ‘that’s it??’ to me after I first watched it lol, especially when it was over an hour long when they could have easily told the same story in 40 minutes
I also thought that Danny felt something after the kiss, but it just seems weird for them to be willing to actually kiss and test it out, only to then still be in denial, so I assume that the episode meant to say that they were genuinely only attracted when they were in the video game, but who knows
I liked the Miley episode in the first half, but at the same time I do get the backlash as it did seem like it went really childish and over the top when the sisters went on their rescue mission, it was kind of a weird feel for the show. I would have been more into it if they had made it a typically dark episode, and not gone for the Hollywood happy ending. It had its moments though, and I thought that Miley’s voice acting was very funny
And I’d be interested in what you think of the second episode when you do watch it :) I thought that it was probably the most interesting of the three when I was watching, but the ending didn’t really land for me. Maybe that’s part of what feels lacking with these episodes, they all kind of leave me feeling ‘was that it’, instead of sitting there stunned the way that you did with episodes like White Christmas and Shut Up And Dance ETA And even the happy endings with Hang The DJ and San Junipero had more impact as well, so I don’t expect every episode to be a sad one, but all three episodes from this season just really fizzled out for me towards the end
I was expecting more too. I hope we get some better episodes in the next season. I think the episode is what you make out of it. They had something for sure but I also felt like the father was being pressured by the friend as it was always him that sent him requests to join the game, it was never the father that did that.
And also the fact that they were never two men in the game...might have something to say, with why they maybe wouldn't have worked in real life?. Wasn't one of them a woman in the game anyways? I feel like they definitely got their sexuality tested and got them confused. It might have been different if they actually played men, both of them..in the game.
Like I said, maybe it was just a episode that has many theories and people will just agree with what makes most sense to them.
White Christmas was CRAZY! The little egg thingy and the person inside of that, totally reminded me of Sims. And the ending....when the guy had his whole life ruined by being blocked from seeing other people's faces was seriously so fucked up and reminded me of being blocked by people on social media, like for example facebook. I thought of facebook right away lol.
Nose dive was a interesting episode too. People will go so far for likes today.
I think the craziest episode of Black Mirror for me, has to be White bear. That one has stuck in my head since I saw the episode. I will always remember it. I love how dark it was and how they changed the normal rules of punishing people that have done something wrong. I get goosebumps just thinking about this episode. It was a great mystery as it started and kept me interested until the end.
Think about all the trouble, the huge team...all the actors have to play along. Damn..if this ever happened in the future..imagine the time and energy there would go to punishing one single person haha. That writing was brilliant.
And also the fact that they were never two men in the game...might have something to say, with why they maybe wouldn't have worked in real life?. Wasn't one of them a woman in the game anyways? I feel like they definitely got their sexuality tested and got them confused. It might have been different if they actually played men, both of them..in the game.
Yep, Danny played the man, Karl was the women. I was actually expecting Danny to experiment with being the woman after he asked Karl what it was like, and he seemed really curious, but then they did nothing else with that. It really did feel like the episode just introduced the idea of two hetro (?) friends having virtual sex and trying to figure out if they were also attracted in real life, and then..... that was the entire plot. I can’t believe that they needed 1 hour and 1 minute to tell that story, whereas White Christmas managed to pack in sooo much more with just an extra ten minutes running time
White Christmas really was a great one, it’s one of my all-time favourites, alongside White Bear, Shut Up And Dance, and USS Callister, so I guess it’s mostly the really bleak episodes that make the biggest impression on me! I really loved how both White Bear and Shut Up And Dance turned the tables at the end, making you question if these protagonists that you had previously been rooting for really deserve that kind of punishment and suffering, if anyone does. White Christmas too really confronts you with that when it gives you the most extreme number of days possible for him to have to keep on living through again and again in his own version in Hell
I feel like they both felt something after the kiss in real life. It was pretty obvious but the father cared too much for the wife, kid and the future with her that he didn't want to risk anything.
The Miley episode was good in my opinion. Both episodes didin't have the typical Black Mirror-feel to them. Well only the aunt and her team anyways, I thought that was pretty dark..But I totally agree on the music industry today. It's all about money, just look at all these sick artists today. That didn't come from nothing.
They either..don't come out alive or have serious issues from being in the industry.
Not going to comment on the second episode as I haven't watched it yet. I hope it's better than the first one.
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I also thought that Danny felt something after the kiss, but it just seems weird for them to be willing to actually kiss and test it out, only to then still be in denial, so I assume that the episode meant to say that they were genuinely only attracted when they were in the video game, but who knows
I liked the Miley episode in the first half, but at the same time I do get the backlash as it did seem like it went really childish and over the top when the sisters went on their rescue mission, it was kind of a weird feel for the show. I would have been more into it if they had made it a typically dark episode, and not gone for the Hollywood happy ending. It had its moments though, and I thought that Miley’s voice acting was very funny
And I’d be interested in what you think of the second episode when you do watch it :) I thought that it was probably the most interesting of the three when I was watching, but the ending didn’t really land for me. Maybe that’s part of what feels lacking with these episodes, they all kind of leave me feeling ‘was that it’, instead of sitting there stunned the way that you did with episodes like White Christmas and Shut Up And Dance ETA And even the happy endings with Hang The DJ and San Junipero had more impact as well, so I don’t expect every episode to be a sad one, but all three episodes from this season just really fizzled out for me towards the end
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I was expecting more too. I hope we get some better episodes in the next season. I think the episode is what you make out of it. They had something for sure but I also felt like the father was being pressured by the friend as it was always him that sent him requests to join the game, it was never the father that did that.
And also the fact that they were never two men in the game...might have something to say, with why they maybe wouldn't have worked in real life?. Wasn't one of them a woman in the game anyways? I feel like they definitely got their sexuality tested and got them confused. It might have been different if they actually played men, both of them..in the game.
Like I said, maybe it was just a episode that has many theories and people will just agree with what makes most sense to them.
White Christmas was CRAZY! The little egg thingy and the person inside of that, totally reminded me of Sims. And the ending....when the guy had his whole life ruined by being blocked from seeing other people's faces was seriously so fucked up and reminded me of being blocked by people on social media, like for example facebook. I thought of facebook right away lol.
Nose dive was a interesting episode too. People will go so far for likes today.
I think the craziest episode of Black Mirror for me, has to be White bear. That one has stuck in my head since I saw the episode. I will always remember it. I love how dark it was and how they changed the normal rules of punishing people that have done something wrong. I get goosebumps just thinking about this episode. It was a great mystery as it started and kept me interested until the end.
Think about all the trouble, the huge team...all the actors have to play along. Damn..if this ever happened in the future..imagine the time and energy there would go to punishing one single person haha. That writing was brilliant.
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Yep, Danny played the man, Karl was the women. I was actually expecting Danny to experiment with being the woman after he asked Karl what it was like, and he seemed really curious, but then they did nothing else with that. It really did feel like the episode just introduced the idea of two hetro (?) friends having virtual sex and trying to figure out if they were also attracted in real life, and then..... that was the entire plot. I can’t believe that they needed 1 hour and 1 minute to tell that story, whereas White Christmas managed to pack in sooo much more with just an extra ten minutes running time
White Christmas really was a great one, it’s one of my all-time favourites, alongside White Bear, Shut Up And Dance, and USS Callister, so I guess it’s mostly the really bleak episodes that make the biggest impression on me! I really loved how both White Bear and Shut Up And Dance turned the tables at the end, making you question if these protagonists that you had previously been rooting for really deserve that kind of punishment and suffering, if anyone does. White Christmas too really confronts you with that when it gives you the most extreme number of days possible for him to have to keep on living through again and again in his own version in Hell
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