Streaming Black Mirror

[EskimoPAFC]

I watched another two...

Still trying to work out what I thought about Hotel Reverie. Was deeply flawed and went over a lot of the ground of San Junipero, yet there was something about it, in some scenes, that just worked. When it was good it was very very good, when it was bad not so much. Still trying to wrap my head around it.

Plaything was I thought the weakest episode so far... needed a longer run time as it felt a bit rushed to me, the storyline was overly simple, and they could have done a lot more with it - especially with the civilisation and the way it interacted with humans. Feels like they've tried to get in to this nerdy type gaming three times now with Playtest, Plaything and Bandersnatch (I'm not including the console gaming in Striking Vipers), and for me only Bandersnatch was really a home run (and I'm well aware I'm very much a minority in that view even).

I've got Reverie > Common People ~ Bete Noire > Plaything so far.

I like that there isn't any really off-topic shit like Mazey Day so far, season is definitely a return to at least average.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Eulogy. My god just beautiful and brutal. Incredible episode. I do want to re watch Reverie but its the best episode of the season for me right now.

Trying to get through Callister 2 now but its so unbelievably boring and there is still half an hour to get through. Unless it has a killer ending I actually think it might be the worst BM episode ever. At least shit episodes like Smithereens, Metalhead and Mazey Day were short. This is painful.

Eulogy > Reverie > Common People ~ Bete Noire > Plaything >>> Callister 2.

 

[JHF1870]

Not gonna lie. I hated common people. Not sure if I was meant to hate that guy but I did.

Its a bit of a piss take on Netflix etc but that was the only intriguing aspect. Nosedive was much better.

Callister 2 was 8/10. First was 9.5

Bete Noire was awesome. Fell in love with Verity. She was bad ass.

Spoiler

well done with just the right amount of distraction to the twist. We"re led to believe she is losing her mind.far fetched but classic BM sci fi. Loved the concept

 

[JHF1870]

 

[Catfish Alley]

I think that’s the first time I’ve heard of anybody hating Chris O’Dowd.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Ill give credit where its due, the final act of Callister 2 was much better than the first two thirds, even if it did re tread old ground. Milotti elevated the garage confrontation. Still probably a bottom 5 episode for me, but not the worst.

 

[ElectricG]

Awful, awful programme