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I liked the bees episode - yeah it was goofy but the lead actors made it fun to watch. I especially appreciated that the programmers at Bee AI Central had the foresight to add a color to the bee monitors that identified berserk bees. Like they're super sure that it's impossible to hack the BAI, but there's a bit more money in the budget so let's go ahead and program the bee-pins to glow a menacing red just in case the bees start to feel murdery.
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Jimmi Simpson is great in USS Callister. The only part of that episode that I rolled my eyes at was the CTO guy being stuck in the game or whatever at the end, which was a little too Black Mirror, and also didn't make sense (wouldn't the tech have failsafes?). I was disappointed that we didn't see more of the real world parts, since I enjoyed the toxic startup work environment parody more than Westworld in space, but overall it was a good episode. Arkangel was just awful. No original sci fi concepts, and none of the decisions that the characters made after the midpoint made sense, so the human drama fell flat as well.
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DrVenkman posted:Also, regarding the end I feel like him dying was just this narrative convenience and didn't really make all that much sense. It feels as though they realised that if he just wakes up, he could do the whole thing again and had to get out of it. I agree, but the lollipop shows up as an exhibit in the Black Museum, so it's implied that the real world protagonist got the authorities involved at some point. Apparently not before he starves to death?
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Gobbeldygook posted:Arkangel is a great example of an episode that most people don't like but that you also shouldn't skip in case you're the target audience. Here's Paste magazine on why they ranked it the third best episode: Arkangel had a decent premise but escalated so much and so quickly that it became completely ludicrous
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What a fantastic season. I'm so glad they decided to explore new ideas and genres instead of being chained to the formula. Joan is Awful: Dumb but entertaining. Salma Hayek chewing the poo poo out of the scenery carried this one. Did anyone else notice the little side blurb article in one of the news sites talking about how the grain was losing popularity and the manufacturers wanted to focus on tech that allowed their users to "focus on the optimism of living in the moment instead of reliving the past" or something like that? I wonder if that's a teaser of things to come or some kind of metacommentary on the show. Loch Henry: People saying that episodes like this or National Anthem or Mazey Day don't feel like Black Mirror are missing the point. It's not just about scary future tech but too much, it's about how media changes us, how the act of seeing ourselves through a lens distorts our image and reflects it back into real life as we chase the image we've created. Anyway, it was a solid little thriller. My main beef with it was how disposable Pia is to the story. There's even a running theme at the beginning of how the boy character sees Pia as his helpful sidekick in his dream of making a documentary. Then she unceremoniously dies in a ditch so we can focus on how much pain it caused him. It just left a bad taste in my mouth. Beyond the Sea: My strongest and most mixed feelings are reserved for this one. One thing I haven't seen people comment on a lot: I think it's significant that the episode is set in 1969, when the technology shown obviously did not exist then and would be quite futuristic even for the present day. The structure, plot, and pacing of the episode felt like a homage to slow-rear end 1960s sci-fi. I had no problem with the pacing, it felt right when we're following these characters between an isolated space station that mostly runs itself and slow lazy summer days in the country. The fact that for the most part the escalating callousness of the men towards their families isn't questioned or called out as concerning is straight from 60s media as well. The red flags are just part of everyday life: David's interactions with his kids as they sit for a portrait (not a red flag out of context), Cliff's son being clearly afraid of him, Cliff isolating and withholding affection from his wife, etc. It doesn't comment on or condemn them at all throughout the episode, and as a modern viewer that feels weird. Then the ending also feels weird, because on its face it's another story where women are expendable vehicles to explore men's pain, and also feels out of character for Chris if you haven't been reading between the lines. But I think it's also the only commentary that the show is willing to give us about how abusive these men really are - it just feels like it comes out of nowhere if you were relying on the show to tell you that rather than forming opinions about what it's showing you (which I admittedly did on my first viewing). Anyway, it's the one that I'm still thinking about the most after watching it. Mazey Day: Please cast Zazie Beetz in everything, I have the biggest celebrity crush on her and she's a great actor. Not a lot to say about this episode, but I was not expecting Black Mirror to ever have a creature feature and I love that they went there. I did roll my eyes at the pun at the end though. Demon 79: Another great episode, just fun to watch from beginning to end. Did anyone else feel that the creepy politician, in addition to being Literally Britler was supposed to be literally the antichrist? It would fit in with that 70s horror vibe, and his interactions with the shoe shop girl made me feel like there was something going on with him. Or maybe that's just what Tories are like, I'm not British so idk. UnbearablyBlight fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Jun 18, 2023 |
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Darko posted:We still do when you hear it in the office microwave. Wasn't the case there, due to the era and no microwave to amplify the smell, but people do inconsideratey destroy offices with their lunches. Lmao, I’m so glad I live in a diverse area and never had to work in an office with people who get upset by the smell of warm biryani, Jesus Christ.
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It would give birth to a whole phenomenon of people doing outrageous stuff to try to get people to watch their show and become minor celebrities. Like that guy who filmed the suicide forest but now he doesn’t have to carry his own camera.
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Real disappointed with (first ep spoiler) “what if lovely subscription service models but the American healthcare system” episode. The mashup feels like it’s simultaneously overstating the impact of luxury/entertainment services enshittification and understating the impact of this country’s sociopathic healthcare on people’s lives. Also it was boring and predictable. Good cast though! They can’t all be winners.
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Bleh, this season sucked. I'm not going to bother to rank the episodes because they all stretched out their paper thin concept into oblivion and were boring as hell, except maybe Bete Noir which was at least entertaining even if it was dumb. I'm sad they didn't bring back a Red Mirror concept, Demon 79 was a better episode than anything they've done since Series 3.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:Bernie's is real, and strong , and my friend. So how does the work argument play out in this version? Are the coworkers the ones arguing that it’s Barnies like a barn?
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