Black Mirror- Netflix [ Spoilers ]

Tony EH · 23-12-2020 12:41am

LOL

Him or Philomena should appear on a future screenwipe complaining about it.

The Black Oil · 27-12-2020 5:55pm

It's up now.

Credit Checker Moose · 27-12-2020 7:46pm

I really enjoyed that.

JTMan · 27-12-2020 9:31pm

Credit Checker Moose wrote: »

I really enjoyed that.

Ditto. First mockumentary that I have really enjoyed watching. Nice to watch a light hearted retrospective on the year 2020.

kerplun k · 27-12-2020 9:40pm

Thought that was quite funny.
The sound bites for 2021 was hilarious.

fritzelly · 28-12-2020 4:16am

A few funny lines that made me smile but overall rather boring watch that was pretty much all US centric

CB has sold his soul to pander to the US for Netflix

SpacialNeeds · 28-12-2020 4:28am

I agree, it was very American and a smattering British except for a mention of the fire in Australia and footage of the Beirut explosion.

Some of the actors were inherently unfunny and kept making the same jokes, like Phoebe from Friends, Hugh Grant as an old man and the person with the massive eyebrows who was supposed to be a right wing soccer mom.

In fact, the narrator was the funniest thing about it. Really disappointing from Brooker. It being terrible is quite in keeping with the theme of the show, I'm sure he'd argue.

iLikeWaffles · 28-12-2020 5:28pm

That was really good but also really depressing at times. Wondering how much of it was actually scripted and how much was improv?! The 1 of the 5 most average people in the world (Diane Morgan) is extremely dry like that sounded like she was adding bits at times.

Pacifico · 28-12-2020 10:04pm

Terrible crap really...usually enjoy his yearly wipe but this wasn’t close

Acosta · 29-12-2020 3:36pm

Pacifico wrote: »

Terrible crap really...usually enjoy his yearly wipe but this wasn’t close

Ah it had some laughs, but not even close the the standard of his old BBC wipes. And this year really deserved a UK wipe. He probably could have spent the hour on Matt Hancock alone.

sterz · 31-12-2020 1:50pm

That was horrendous. Don't think I laughed once throughout the whole thing.

Yearly Wipe was always a good watch but he'll never go back to that now. Unless to take the piss out of something like Death to 2020.

el Fenomeno · 31-12-2020 2:59pm

Some laughs but mostly poor.

The parts with the guy from Stranger Things doing YouTube videos was horrendously bad. Not a bit funny.

Also find it quite cringy that they were all for making fun of the years events - Covid, Brexit, Trump etc. - but a big serious 5 minute montage of the BLM movement in the middle and not a joke in sight. Scared of any backlash.

Ash.J.Williams · 31-12-2020 5:05pm

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Some laughs but mostly poor.

The parts with the guy from Stranger Things doing YouTube videos was horrendously bad. Not a bit funny.

Also find it quite cringy that they were all for making fun of the years events - Covid, Brexit, Trump etc. - but a big serious 5 minute montage of the BLM movement in the middle and not a joke in sight. Scared of any backlash.

It was good for what it was , a simplified wipe for the Americans:)

Thecageyone · 31-12-2020 7:22pm

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Some laughs but mostly poor.

The parts with the guy from Stranger Things doing YouTube videos was horrendously bad. Not a bit funny.

Also find it quite cringy that they were all for making fun of the years events - Covid, Brexit, Trump etc. - but a big serious 5 minute montage of the BLM movement in the middle and not a joke in sight. Scared of any backlash.

I've read a couple reviews on it and it really sounds dull, waste of some great actors

Ash.J.Williams · 31-12-2020 8:20pm

el Fenomeno wrote: »

Some laughs but mostly poor.

The parts with the guy from Stranger Things doing YouTube videos was horrendously bad. Not a bit funny.

Also find it quite cringy that they were all for making fun of the years events - Covid, Brexit, Trump etc. - but a big serious 5 minute montage of the BLM movement in the middle and not a joke in sight. Scared of any backlash.

I enjoyed the BLM bit actually

corkie · 21-06-2021 5:26pm

Netflix Developing Spinoff to Black Mirror’s USS Callister

"We’ve seen evidence that a spinoff of the episode is moving forward but unfortunetely, information right now is extremely limited. As a result, take this with a pinch of salt until any official announcement.

It’s early days but the title is expected to be simply called Callister with no names attached.

This isn’t the first time a spinoff for U.S.S. Callister has been floated. It’s been widely rumored since the release of that episode that it could be on the horizon."

JP Liz V1 · 16-05-2022 1:32pm

A new series returning to Netflix

readyletsgo · 16-05-2022 1:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119070328#Comment_119070328

Got a link or anything?

nomdeboardie · 16-05-2022 1:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119070364#Comment_119070364

Googling [netflix black mirror] --> News tab gives

https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/black-mirror-season-6-netflix-1235266891/

https://deadline.com/2022/05/black-mirror-returning-to-netflix-for-sixth-season-1235024606/

(no estimated arrival date, though)

JP Liz V1 · 16-05-2022 3:47pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119070364#Comment_119070364

https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1526204083777986563

...

2smiggy · 16-05-2022 4:12pm

definitely looking forward to it, but can be very hit and miss. Hopefully the 3 years of a break gave them good time to come up with good ideas.

JP Liz V1 · 16-05-2022 4:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119071232#Comment_119071232

We have been living it 😄

Tony EH · 16-05-2022 5:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119071232#Comment_119071232

Maybe they needed it. The majority of stuff is either mediocre or very poor.

I think the only Black Mirror episode that I can definitely say was great was Shut Up And Dance.

Sad Professor · 16-05-2022 7:40pm

I loved this show but we now live in the dystopian world that it depicts. I also think satire is dead and after suffering through 20-30 minutes of Death to 2020 don't believe Brooker is any exception to that.

peteeeed · 26-04-2023 4:53pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7uFcpF0pXk

season 6 trailer

peteeeed · 31-05-2023 2:57pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jY1ecibLYo

Sad Professor · 31-05-2023 3:08pm

Please be good

2smiggy · 31-05-2023 3:33pm

they had 4 years. Hopefully there are 5 good episodes

gmisk · 15-06-2023 6:22pm

New episodes woo hoo.

Gonna watch ep1 tonight.

gmisk · 15-06-2023 7:27pm

Joan is awful

==========

Really enjoyable and funny.

Annie Murphy is excellent in this a really talented actress not surprised she was terrific in schitts creek and Kevin can f##k himself.

Brilliant cast and some top notch cameos.

Good premise and a very meta episode ha ha. I did guess pretty early that netflix...sorry streamberry had the rights to her life, who reads the ts and cs to be fair! A pretty rare "happy" ending too.

fritzelly · 15-06-2023 8:18pm

Well that was a weird and wonderful opening episode

fritzelly · 15-06-2023 10:17pm

Wasn't mad about Loch Henry - found most of the episode quite boring to just turn in to some timid

horror episode

fritzelly · 15-06-2023 11:40pm

Episode 3 was very predictable - hmm not loving this season so far, just random stories, past two episodes are stories already told elsewhere

fritzelly · 16-06-2023 12:40am

Episode 4 - how is this a Black Mirror episode - terrible

Werewolves - really??? Not even a glimpse of tech bar an old modem loading screen

Tony EH · 16-06-2023 1:10am

Most Black Mirror episodes aren't that good really.

Forge83 · 16-06-2023 12:20pm

Do people actually watch them as a stand alone storyline? Surely the interest is in figuring out the different underlying meanings while watching and not necessarily the storyline.

gmisk · 16-06-2023 7:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120720268#Comment_120720268

Yeah

It was ok but not great, pretty much guessed where it was going early on unfortunately.

The lead girl I only know from Industry was meh, her weird eye brows distracted, the young male lead was excellent, I do love Monica Potter though a seriously underrated actress.

Lot of Easter eggs, his laptop sticker was the digital character who ran for election I think, the doc was on streamberry in the last episode, reference to the San junipero episode at the baftas, the callow years doc poster pretty sure the politician and the pig guy was called Callow, probably missed a few.

fritzelly · 16-06-2023 8:03pm

Liked episode 5 but this season has been sorely lacking "tech" - may as well change the show's title to British Horror Story

Greyfox · 16-06-2023 8:59pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120720748#Comment_120720748

The best ones are absolutely amazing. Last season thou didn't have an amazing episode so im trying to lower my expectations for this season.

Lil Fred · 16-06-2023 9:01pm

This really is a steaming pile of dung. Talk about flogging a dead and decaying horse

fritzelly · 16-06-2023 9:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120724316#Comment_120724316

Yeah, there's only ever a couple of really good ones per season surrounded by some stinkers

Snake Plisken · 17-06-2023 2:16am

Well 3 episodes in and I might be in the minority here but really enjoying this season so far. I love the little easter egg references to the Black Mirror universe

Good breakdown for episodes 1 and 3 below for those interested

https://youtu.be/_HTOr7z11eI

https://youtu.be/Dh24-DNgJKY

Shelga · 17-06-2023 11:47am

I have only watched 1 and 2 so far, thought 1 was enjoyable and really liked Salma Hayek’s lines, but there was too much exposition and it ended up being less than the sum of its parts.

Thought episode 2 was fantastic though! Have long been a bit disturbed by people being obsessed with true crime. Monica Dolan was great, even though her accent was dodgy. Although why didn’t Pima have eyebrows, that was annoying and distracting 😅

NIMAN · 17-06-2023 10:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120724316#Comment_120724316

As someone who has seen 1 epsiode of BM I think (the one about the PM riding the pig), could you recommend some of the amazing episodes so I can check them out.

Snake Plisken · 18-06-2023 2:30am

Damn that was a fine season not one weak episode of all 5 well crafted stories from Charlie Broker

I couldn't sleep last thinking about the ending of Beyond The Sea.

I thought Demon 79 was excellent they really captured the UK in the 70's and Loch Henry had a great ending

Mazey day made me smile with the call back to a classic practical effects scene of a certain movie I'll say no more.

Joan is Awful captures where we are heading with modern technology AI Streaming services.

Overall a big improvement over Season 5 I do hope we get a season 7 from Charlie Brooker in a few years.

el Fenomeno · 18-06-2023 10:52am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120728600#Comment_120728600

San Junipero is oft regarded as the best episode of the show.

Shut Up And Dance is also excellent.

Greyfox · 18-06-2023 12:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120728600#Comment_120728600

White bear, USS callisar, and San Junipero are my fav's, they really stay with you. White Christmas, 15 million merrits and hang the DJ are also excellent

Amberjack · 19-06-2023 8:11pm

San Junipero is my favourite by a long shot

Fysh · 20-06-2023 8:56am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120728600#Comment_120728600

For me the better Black Mirror episodes are relatively earlier in the series - IMO probably the best is 15 Million Merits. Other particularly good ones are Shut Up and Dance, White Bear, White Christmas, Crocodile and Metalhead.

Akabusi · 20-06-2023 9:51pm

Really enjoyed Demon 79 of this season. Loch Henry and Beyond the Sea were not bad either.

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Black Mirror- Netflix [ Spoilers ]