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Just binged through this series, reading through the thread as I went along. I'm not sure I feel about Black Mirror. Some episodes are absolutely brilliant, but they were relatively sparse among the ones that were mediocre-to-bad. The most recent season fell pretty flat, other than USS Callister which wasn't so good as a Black Mirror episode but was great as a Galaxy Quest remake. 15MM was easily my favorite overall. And this right here from early 2015 was my favorite post:Look Sir Droids posted:Waldo Moment: I didn't care for it. I don't really buy the conclusions. I'm cynical about political systems, but this ep crossed over to ridiculous territory for me.
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Politics is just getting weird. Donald Trump recently lost in a Texas poll between him and fire ants.
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Just watched Otherlife the otherday on Netflix. Not bad, felt like a Black Mirror episode turned into a feature film. I think I heard about it from this thread, so thanks! I love anything to do with time dilation (like in White Christmas). I mentioned it before but I'd love for Stephen King's 'The Jaunt' to be adapted into an extended episode of this show but it's missing that societal commentary from its story.
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'The Jaunt' messed me up after reading it, for a good five minutes at least. Also, thanks for mentioning 'Otherlife'. I had never heard of it before now so I put it in my list.
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John F Bennett posted:'The Jaunt' messed me up after reading it, for a good five minutes at least. It's the only King story to have actually terrified me. I mean, just the thought of that woman who was pushed through when the gate's destination was set to 'nil'. Holy gently caress. 
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:It's the only King story to have actually terrified me. I mean, just the thought of that woman who was pushed through when the gate's destination was set to 'nil'. Holy gently caress.
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I'm sorry to necro this thread but apparently the robodogs that were used as the basis for Metalhead are gonna be for sale next year, so that's cool. What if dogs but too much? 
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Countdown 'till the army starts mounting machine guns on these and releasing them into warzones?
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Astrofig posted:Countdown 'till the army starts mounting machine guns on these and releasing them into warzones? So half life 2 is happening but real?
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Finally got around to finishing season 4. I intentionally delayed finishing it because I wanted to make the six episodes last, and they are good to watch between binge watching other things. I saw a lot of complaints about how this season was below the rest, and honestly I didn't feel that way at all. I enjoyed every episode, though I felt Arkangel and Crocodile were the weakest of the bunch. I think Black Mirror works better if you watch sparingly and start each episode with a "cleansed palate." That said, I hope they hold themselves back from doing another "AI copy of human consciousness" story.
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I dunno if bad is the right word, but it certainly felt a lot less original than the previous series. Metalhead and USS Callister were the only episodes that felt experimental, and Black Museum and Hang the DJ were basically rehashes of previous episodes.
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I don't mind every (6-episode) season have at least one cookie-inspired episode. As long as their application is different, I really dig em.
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Vanderdeath posted:What if dogs but too much? Season 4: What if VR but too much What if parental supervision but too much What if memories but too much What if dating apps but too much What if robotic security but too much What if Black Mirror but too much
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Jun 23, 2018 01:05
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If you enjoyed Black Mirror, you should watch the movie "Upgrade", recently released on DVD/BR.
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Aug 25, 2018 13:59
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Does one ever truly "enjoy" Black Mirror?
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Has a new season been announced? I'm ready for a new round of folks to get bitchmad about humans antagonizing a few lines of code.
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Sort of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFbVl0Dawn4
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Grem posted:Has a new season been announced? I'm ready for a new round of folks to get bitchmad about humans antagonizing a few lines of code. A potent self own from the defective code
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https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45717606quote:Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror is going interactive as Netflix hopes to find new ways to grow audiences. 
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Oct 8, 2018 11:35
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Wait is the entire season just one choose your own adventure?
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Oct 8, 2018 13:12
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Netflix has a few kid programs that use the tech. Basically it's like those old interactive fmv games where the story pauses to give you decisions every so often.
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mcbexx posted:If you enjoyed Black Mirror, you should watch the movie "Upgrade", recently released on DVD/BR. good watch but they really should've used the cool locked camera a lot more.
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I wonder if they would use it so that we the viewer became the subject of the episode. A character on the show sobbing asking why you made the choice leading up to this moment. How could you be so heartless. You wanting me to suffer for your own entertainment. Etc.
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Oct 8, 2018 13:46
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I mean that's basically The Sims but with better graphics so I don't see why not
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double nine posted:how .. how is that even going to work? Press enter to make everyone die horribly.
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Alhazred posted:Press enter to make everyone die horribly. that's every Black Mirror episode.
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Mokinokaro posted:Netflix has a few kid programs that use the tech. Do you know the name of one? I wanna see how it works and if it works on chromecast. edit: Nevermind, I found them. edit edit: They do not appear to work on chromecast. El Jeffe fucked around with this message at 20:14 on Oct 8, 2018 |
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double nine posted:that's every Black Mirror episode. I mean, that's kinda....the joke.
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Oct 8, 2018 20:56
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I've been running around tired all day, ignore my total lack of conversational awareness
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Oct 8, 2018 21:52
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New Black Mirror appears to be dropping this Friday, and appears to be the choose your adventure episode: https://www.joe.ie/movies-tv/black-mirror-movie-netflix-652853 (I don't think there's any actual spoilers, just a one-sentence description teaser that leaked)
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If you want the main character to engage in sex with the pig, select A. If you'd rather he commit suicide, select B. To see his consciousness transferred into a computer to be tortured for all eternity for no apparent reason, select C. (Selection A offers three ways of having sex with the pig, selection B offers three different suicide choices, selection C offers three different computer consciousness tortures.) 
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I'm going to need to see a diagram of this. No seriously, not being able to navigate every path properly is going to give me anxiety.
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I suspect one will exist after a couple of days. But if choose your own adventure films are your thing, I would highly recommend "Late Night" No massive twists like black mirror, but an entertaining thriller nonetheless.
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https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/1078228999183237120 Trailer just appeared on twitter. It is indeed releasing the 28th.
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Daedalus1134 posted:https://twitter.com/blackmirror/status/1078228999183237120 What if indie games, but too much?
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Cojawfee posted:Politics is just getting weird. Donald Trump recently lost in a Texas poll between him and fire ants. Unlike the real election that one probably wasn't subject to gerrymandering.
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I was pretty disappointed with last season but I liked this trailer. I hope it's good. I'm nervous about the "choose your own adventure" angle though, not sure I really want that.
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nomapple posted:I was pretty disappointed with last season but I liked this trailer. I hope it's good. I'm nervous about the "choose your own adventure" angle though, not sure I really want that. It's only one episode that works like that, so it's a cool experiment even if it doesn't fully come off
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Calling it now that the ending is something fourth wall breaking about how it's a CYOA and then the main character looks out the screen at you or something.
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