Black Mirror doesn't really hit anymore

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Accolon
04/15/2025
09:54 AM
#1
Just gotta turn on the news and you'll see a far more dystopian world.
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Voidgolem
04/15/2025
10:28 AM
#2
It does kind of lose it's appeal when you see people attempt to emulate it instead of using it as a cautionary thing

Whole show of "hey so we invented the torment nexus from the episode 'do not invent the torment nexus'"
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Starks
04/15/2025
10:36 AM
#3
I might only watch the new Callister
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Lobinde
04/15/2025
11:06 AM
#4
Yeah but at least the whole "smartphones/social media is bad" messaging feels a lot more relevant now.
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Hexenherz
04/15/2025
11:12 AM
#6
I've generally disliked more Black Mirror episodes than liked, but this season all the episodes have made me feel a certain way and I've been pleasantly surprised. Some are a little hokey and predictable but still really enjoyable.
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ModernPost
04/15/2025
02:49 PM
#8
Welcome to the desert of the real.
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specialkid8
04/15/2025
02:52 PM
#9
It always felt like it was written by old men who were afraid of Facebook.
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Giacomo_Hawkins
04/15/2025
07:26 PM
#10
I dislike the introduction of straight-up supernatural elements to the series. Werewolves and demons in the last season, and (episode 2 spoiler) calling magic quantum doesn't make it not supernatural .
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loafy013
04/15/2025
07:41 PM
#11
Giacomo_Hawkins posted...
I dislike the introduction of straight-up supernatural elements to the series. Werewolves and demons in the last season, and (episode 2 spoiler) calling magic quantum doesn't make it not supernatural .
I heard it was to be used as a back door pilot to a new series.
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Hayame_Zero
04/15/2025
07:42 PM
#12
Really? I thought it hit the same early on as it does now.
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boomgetchopped3
04/15/2025
07:52 PM
#13
I just started season 7. Episode 1 was so brutal I think I need a breather before I keep going. A better ending would be some kind of uprising with that customer service rep getting thrown to the crowd
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Bleuets
04/15/2025
07:55 PM
#14
Black Mirror has always been hit or miss. The very first episode with the pig is still one of the worst episodes of the series. And i can name several episodes from the early seasons that were flat out awful episodes.
Toonstrack
04/15/2025
07:59 PM
#15
Knew what this post was gonna say before I even opened the topic
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ssjevot
04/15/2025
09:02 PM
#17
Bleuets posted...
Black Mirror has always been hit or miss. The very first episode with the pig is still one of the worst episodes of the series. And i can name several episodes from the early seasons that were flat out awful episodes.

The pig episode isn't that good, but after last season and the absolute low bar that is Mazey Day I don't think it can go into one of the worst pile. Probably only Waldo Moment competes with Mazey Day.
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lilORANG
04/15/2025
09:07 PM
#18
I really only thought season 1 was excellent.
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refmon
04/15/2025
09:15 PM
#19
Bleuets posted...
The very first episode with the pig is still one of the worst episodes of the series
It's unironically the best episode.
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Justin2Krelian
04/15/2025
09:16 PM
#20
First episode was apparently one of the two best, and I think it was just pretty good. Last seasons premier was easily better.
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Justin2Krelian
04/15/2025
09:18 PM
#21
And yeah, I also consider the first episode of the series to probably be the worst, and ironically enough the second episode (10 million merits) to still be the best. History of You was good but overrated.

Only episode I might consider as bad as the first was Hated in the Nation.
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boomgetchopped3
04/15/2025
09:21 PM
#22
refmon posted...
It's unironically the best episode.

That episode is a triumph tbh. People hate a premise that is too far fetched but I love how they slowly managed to convince him to do it. Great writing
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Bleuets
04/15/2025
10:24 PM
#23
I guess my issue with that particular episode (and other Black Mirror episodes I dont care for) is that the premise is too unbelievable. And what I mean by that is that it is unbelievable in the sense that people would not act like they do within that episode.

Its almost as though the writers dont understand humans, how they behave, and how they would react given these hypothetical situations. I can take the premise (stupid as it is), but the way it plays out is just so far off on what would actually happen it makes it look like an AI wrote it. Its justbad.. Almost made me not continue the show.
modena
04/15/2025
10:26 PM
#24
I thought the idea was to throw out our idea on how people should react/behave with the "new norms" that the episodes seem to establish.
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lilORANG
04/16/2025
08:15 AM
#25
refmon posted...
It's unironically the best episode.
Yup. The only reason I stuck with the show as long as I did was because of how hooked I was after episode 1, even though they never came close to topping it.
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ai123
04/16/2025
08:33 AM
#26
The first episode is one of the very best. It answers every 'but that wouldn't happen' objection. It is one of the most 'British' (along with Demon 79 and Waldo), though.

It is a very uneven series. Black Museum, Nosedive, and Loch Henry are fantastic. Maizey Day was straight up awful, and too many rely over much on their customary twist endings (Playtest being the major offender).

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UnfairRepresent
04/16/2025
08:35 AM
#27
It makes horror games where like a dude wants to take over the world or chase you around with a sharp object so hilarious
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