Black Mirror ... or nah?

[Insipid]

Ok, Common People felt pretty mediocre. It also reminded me of an old Tom Scott video. I give this episode a 5/10

 

[André Toulon]

Waiting on Predator KoK for my anthology fix...but i might as well look into this sometime this weekend 

[SwimOdin]

They all look pretty good to really good, I’m excited for it to wreck my shot.

[discolé monade]

anybody gotten into it yet? i usually binge the entire season. it looks...interesting. 

[The_annoying_one]

I might start the new season tonight….if my internet decides to be good and cooperate with me.

[André Toulon]

Ive been wanting to start it for the last 2 hours but keep getting sidetracked...so might as well wait for the girl to get off from work, then i should be able to sit down.

[Insipid]

I was gonna watch a new episode, but I decided to watch San Junipero for like the fifth time. 😑

[André Toulon]

Ok common people it is

[André Toulon]

Is that rashida jones...need my glasses 

Ok and thats the Ross chick...i know her a mile away

Edited April 13 by André Toulon

[discolé monade]

starting now. 

rashida jones and chris o'dowd. i like both of them. 

[The_annoying_one]

Starting Common People right now. Wish me luck.

[discolé monade]

yeah. this is a pretty decent season. 

bête noir. i have a new fav. song. 

 

[André Toulon]

7 hours ago, discolé monade said:

yeah. this is a pretty decent season. 

bête noir. i have a new fav. song. 

 

See, I didnt like that one and its what made me turn on the game until i fell asleep.

Maybe i dont understand or catch the subtlety but i went from feeling bad for one of them..,then feeling bad for the other one....then hating both of them only for the lesson to be "stay being an entitled bitch and lack all accountability" and the logistics of "the device" still irks me. 

That said, I'm up now.... bout to smoke, eat some cold pizza and see what else the mirror has.

[André Toulon]

Ok, episode 3 had me questioning some things, like what happened irl, and who was that "mysterious lady"....but all of that took a back seat when the box got delivered at the end....someone please tell me you saw what i saw and i want to discuss the relevance in TD where i can spoil shit

[André Toulon]

Well shit, I didnt realize this was only 6 episodes...kinda shot my wad too early, now I gotta find something else to do. 

Kinda put off by how this season was blatantly thematic....like one of my things was mindlessly searching for a theme in prior seasons, but this one just rams it in your face...at any rate...npi, on a scale of 1-5

Ep1: 3

Ep2: 2

Ep3: 4

Ep4: 4

Ep5: 1

Ep6: 4....it was kinda goofy tbh, but...well, meh nevermind 

[The_annoying_one]

Ep 1 was pretty good but the ending kind of irked me for whatever reason. Watching ep 2 right now and honestly pretty bored with it.

[discolé monade]

getting snacks and i'll hit it running .

 

[Insipid]

Ok, Bete Noire was pretty meh. I would have liked it more had the protagonist faced a similar fate to Shut Up and Dance.

[The_annoying_one]

Two episodes to go. Should be done by tomorrow or Thursday. So far, Common People is the only episode that really interested me.

[discolé monade]

here we go:

1 - i really liked that. spoke to pay to play that we all know (looking at you candy crush) 4/5

2 - bête noir - i loved this. and the end music / big special - shithouse *chef's kiss* 5/5

3 - hotel reverie -  meh 3/5 i like emma corrin. i'm not familiar with issa's earlier work, but it was a little meh. 

4 - plaything - well, i love peter, and the story picked up from a previous season 4.5/5

5 - eulogy - paul g. is another favorite actor, and it was touching and confronting, and i liked it. 5/5

6 - uss callister: into infinity - i REALLY liked how this continued, and the goofy jimmi simpson. 5/5

 

 

[Insipid]

Hotel Reverie was pretty good. It was basically a sad San Junipero with a Casablanca flair. It's my favorite of the season so far. Three more to go.

[The_annoying_one]

Eulogy was quite good. All I have left is USS Callister, but that may have to wait until tomorrow. I’m quite tired today.

[Insipid]

On 7/11/2023 at 7:47 PM, Insipid said:

That and Bandersnatch are the best Black Mirror has to offer, by a substantial degree in my opinion.

Oh my God, San Junipero and Bandersnatch. Hotel Reverie and Playthings. Episodes 3 and 4. Rule 34. 4chan just got hacked. I am getting at something here.

The black mirror . . . it was fugg's hooha all this time 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

And she even had Colin as her avatar for a while 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱🤓😱

Edited April 17 by Insipid

[Insipid]

Eulogy was ok. Paul Giamatti is an underappreciated actor. But honestly, it just felt like a less depressing Coco . . . playing music to remember someone dead. And Coco is a kid's film, lol

One more left.

[Insipid]

Ok, finally finished the season. I never got around to watching the original USS Callister because I was reminded too much of Todd from Breaking Bad. Normally, this kind of thing doesn't bother me. I regret doing this because I think the original USS Callister was one of the best episodes of the entire series. The sequel was good too, not as strong I feel.

So, I'd rank the episodes from best to worst: USS Callister Infinity, Hotel Reverie, Common People, Eulogy, Plaything, Bete Noir. It was better than the last season, but Loch Henry was my favorite. Mazey Day and Joan is Awful were pretty bad, and nothing this season was that low in quality imo.