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I heard the black mirror hubbub and watched the first episode and put the series away for almost 2 years before picking it back up and enjoying... I think it was 15 million merits? That pig loving episode is so awful
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The pig loving episode was good though. I especially liked the scene in the pubs where all the people are watching it in awe.
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Jun 17, 2019 22:41
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Robokomodo posted:Wait a minute. The hour-long Twilight Zones were excellent. I don’t know if I can trust you now. I'm talking about the original, black-and-white run. They switched to hour long, but their plots remained the weird setting with just one twist style, it was painful.
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Jun 17, 2019 22:44
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Drunk Nerds posted:I'm talking about the original, black-and-white run. They switched to hour long, but their plots remained the weird setting with just one twist style, it was painful. We’re talking bout the same 60’s Rod Serling episodes. A lot of them are good.
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Jun 17, 2019 23:29
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Robokomodo posted:We’re talking bout the same 60’s Rod Serling episodes. A lot of them are good. Well good, then. I'm happy to be wrong because the ones I saw were horrible. What's your favorite one, I'll watch it
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Jun 17, 2019 23:32
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What if Something Awful, but too much? "FYAD and Die"
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Jun 17, 2019 23:42
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When you get banned a little robot dog comes to your house and kills you.
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Jun 17, 2019 23:45
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Using technology Lowtax gets a robot spine. It's magnetic properties utterly bork the forums servers. Final scene is millions of goons emerging into the bright sunshine using technology somehow.
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Jun 17, 2019 23:48
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The best one is the one where there's virtual reality
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Jun 18, 2019 00:16
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i've been thinking a lot about getting what would be super good beej's from extremely horny straight guys in the form of my manic pixie dream girl it's what the world needs
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Jun 18, 2019 00:19
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That would likely be a solution to all world's problems. War, hate, and so on.
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Jun 18, 2019 00:23
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The Protagonist posted:i've been thinking a lot about getting what would be super good beej's from extremely horny straight guys in the form of my manic pixie dream girl
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Jun 18, 2019 00:26
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Cacator posted:My favourite episode Is Metalhead because it's about a woman on the run from killer robots. That's it. also the robots win in the end.
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Jun 18, 2019 00:29
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Baron von der Loon posted:For me, that episode worked because we were in the right mindset. We were only told to watch Black Mirrir with no explanation what it was about(I think even via these forims). So in the first scene when he is told he has to gently caress a pig, we assumed it was some weird British comedy show. I think it's the episode hurt most by the switch to Netflix, who has made their willingness to push boundaries a part of their advertising, and "Black Mirror" becoming so well known. When it originally aired in 2013, the reactions of the characters in the episode did a good job of mirroring the uninitiated viewers. At first, there was shock and laughter at the premise, followed by escalating disbelief that a show about pig loving was actually broadcasting live on television, followed by horror and revulsion when the episode actually went through with the deed. I remember introducing people to the show when it first came to Netflix and that dawning realization being lost, either because people already knew was "the pig loving episode" or because people wanted to pause while watching to react. E: Oh Jesus, the episode actually aired in 2011. QuoProQuid fucked around with this message at 00:40 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Jun 18, 2019 00:35
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the striking vipers ep was super unrealistic now that i think about it, they would have both played roxi and just traded off on which has the giant dick version
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Jun 18, 2019 01:14
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What if Giant Dick Roxxi is just a costume, purchaseable for only 100 Viperbux? That changes everything.
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Jun 18, 2019 01:15
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the miley cyrus episode is cringe the striking vipers episode didnt really work and the social media addiction ones big message is dont check your phone and drive? the setup was so good and THAT was the best they could come up with? 5/10 season
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Jun 18, 2019 06:53
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Evil Agita posted:I heard the black mirror hubbub and watched the first episode and put the series away for almost 2 years before picking it back up and enjoying... I think it was 15 million merits? That pig loving episode is so awful yeah after episode one i still think i'm gonna pass on the 'degrading acts or SLAVERY this time' episode. because that's the description. are there any episodes that are interesting takes on our relationship with technology and whatever, or is it just techno misery porn? because if it's the latter no thanks.
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Jun 18, 2019 07:26
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its not all techno misery, but it definitely leans that way. Nosedive is probably the quintessential episode of the series. Charlie Brooker seems to have solo writing credit for a lot of these episodes which tons of them are like really tonally different. not super familiar with him before this show. numberoneposter fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Jun 18, 2019 |
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Jun 18, 2019 07:54
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A weird museum guy finds me in a coma and turns me into lowtaxs neck bone forever
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Jun 19, 2019 17:14
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It's just misery porn and  material for people who have never thought about technology before in their lives??
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Jun 19, 2019 17:18
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Instead of something relevent like how Facebook is a manipulative advertising parasite, we get 'hmmm what if when u don't get 10 likes a day the MIBs turn up and kill you for no reason'. I think we've all faced that problem
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Jun 19, 2019 17:21
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...no?
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Jun 19, 2019 17:22
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numberoneposter posted:
He's a nazi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ7QREWIkt8
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Jun 19, 2019 17:33
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Strategic Tea posted:It's just misery porn and It is yeah.
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Jun 19, 2019 17:42
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This may be a big surprise for you but not everyone is a smarty pants braniac who scratches their balls all day and thunks about technology! Most people have lives and don't think about things much.
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Jun 19, 2019 23:12
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Strategic Tea posted:It's just misery porn and
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Jun 19, 2019 23:22
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Colonel Cancer posted:This may be a big surprise for you but not everyone is a smarty pants braniac who scratches their balls all day and thunks about technology! Most people have lives and don't think about things much. Plus it's a TV show. TV has never been known for being a medium for deep pondering. TV is real good for just sitting back in a comfy chair and passively watching entertainment.
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Jun 20, 2019 01:11
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Strategic Tea posted:It's just misery porn and lmao its not misery porn, even the darkest episodes have some dark humour to them. As soon as something is even slightly british americans are completely unable to contextualise the tone
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Jun 20, 2019 02:09
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If hero doesn't heroically survive in the end making sure liberty prevails once and for all, it's not a good story!
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Jun 20, 2019 02:23
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It was pretty freaking good I def enjoyed watching it but I didn't like it as much as the one where the guy got to have sex with a pig because I often fantasize about the OPs mom
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Jun 20, 2019 03:46
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Caesar Saladin posted:lmao its not misery porn, even the darkest episodes have some dark humour to them. As soon as something is even slightly british americans are completely unable to contextualise the tone no it isn't really "misery porn", it's just boring and obvious. has nothing to do with dumb british vs us bullshit. i might have caught it at a bad time and wouldn't mind rewatching what little i saw, but why bother
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Jun 20, 2019 04:05
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Strategic Tea posted:It's just misery porn and When I asked you to pull up a seat and share your thoughts I assumed you'd bring g a whole chair and not just the EEEEEEEDGE
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Jun 20, 2019 04:08
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americans can't handle sophisticated british tv like watching a guy shove his hog in a hog
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Jun 20, 2019 04:21
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just wrapped up the whole thing and heres my list of my fav eps that i think are good and ill probably watch again at some point in time Fifteen Million Merits White Bear Nosedive Playtest Shut Up and Dance San Junipero USS Callister Crocodile Hang the DJ Metalhead havnt seen bandersnatch i need to watch it when i can hang out with my buddy who has a netflix account
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Jun 20, 2019 04:34
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at least it isn't love death and robots
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Jun 20, 2019 05:02
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:at least it isn't love death and robots It's pretty wild they had an animation budget of a billion zillion dollars and the best writing concepts they could come up with were bangers like "robots don't know what cats are" and "redneck mecha vs zerglings"
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Jun 20, 2019 05:35
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This show is extremely hit or miss but I still get entertainment out of watching each episode unfold, even if lately everything turns out as dumb or dumber than I think it will.
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Jun 20, 2019 05:42
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:americans can't handle sophisticated british tv like watching a guy shove his hog in a hog americans are straight up less subtle than most other countries in pretty much all aspects of their culture, its demonstrated time and time again when americans try to adapt things
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Let's face it the US pig loving episode would be about Beorge W Gush and he'd be seen as a hero of the story.
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