Imagine being a writer for a moment, one people love and praise, but being trapped in a box that the people who love your work create. Imagine in the beginning you thriving in that box, people loving you more and more, but eventually you've explored everything in the box. Now suddenly people drag you down, "why is he telling stories outside the box?" This is why season 6 took 4 years, because none of these episodes were bad, but because 3 of the 5 weren't inside the box all this hate gets written. Time to move on people, something is indeed better than nothing, and the more you complain about the theme, the closer you get to black mirror straight out ending and red mirror taking it's place, because all good writers eventually learn how to silence the haters and write with their heart, not with a gun to their head.
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@paulvincent83 Sure, it's possible to look at it this way. But the show is still called Black Mirror, and people expect a certain type of story when it comes to Black Mirror. If Charlie Brooker really told every story possible with the Black Mirror theme, it is time to end it, and start a different show.
If this is the case, Black Mirror should end and go down in history for what it was (and what it was good at), not become something else under the same name.
Yes, I (and probably every fan) will give a real chance to another Charlie Brooker anthology series. I really like horror stories so if it's that, I will be happy about it. Just please call it something else - because a lot of this just wasn't what you expect when you hear the mirror cracking in the intro. I'm sure we all would be here for Red Mirror.
As for the season:
Joan is Awful - Not bad, it sure fits in the Black Mirror "theme" - maybe a bit too meta for me, a bit cringe. Kinda reminded me of Matrix Ressurrections, thankfully not as bad as that. I think it was a good idea, with a not so good execution.
Loch Henry - Probably my favorite of the season and maybe (barely) fitting the Black Mirror theme as well.
Beyond the Sea - My second favorite of the season, fitting the Black Mirror theme. Maybe a bit too long and a bit slow, but a good Black Mirror episode overall.
Hazey Day - Doesn't fit the theme, a promising horror story, a bit rushed for me.
Demon 79 - Doesn't fit the theme, predictable, not really interesting, nothing I haven't seen a 100 times before.
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Of course. and you only need an army of lawyers and a few million dollars to argue your case in front of a court within 5 to 10 years.
Only cultist Trump supporters wouldn't find this funny. Hilarious AND it has some heart.
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@the_argentinian Categorizing really isn't a liberal action, oh wait, Yes it is, but you blame others for doing the same thing. As long as it is on your agenda you are ok with it otherwise it is wrong!!???
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VIP4That was absolutely brilliant, top 10 Black Mirror episodes possibly (which is saying a lot). Incredible acting from everyone involved and kept me invested throughout its entirety.
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@thetrophymunchers huh? It was absolutely boring so far. I'm into episode 3 right now and doesn't seem to get better at all. Season 6 so far is disappointing. BM was so much better before Netflix.
I really thought there was going to be one last reveal at the end to show that Davis was secretly a part of his parent's disturbing acts
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@darksilver Yeah. They kinda made the last minute(s) feel like, there's another turn or layer of truth. Maybe it was intentional to leave that open for the audience... Or they just "overdramatically" showed the misery Davis is now living with (which tbh is an appropriate emotion, but it's Black Mirror, so it felt more like "there is even more" ).
This was a big miss as a sequel... as established early on in the movie the character of "Borat" is pretty much dead as he is part of pop culture now so he can't do the same stunts as before. To work around this issue we are instead introduced to his daughter who travels with him while Sacha is mostly going around in throw-away disguises akin to his recent "Who is America?" show (which was already plagued by similar issues). Unfortunately they did very little to help ground this in reality. Borat as a journalist had a reason to travel around and have a camera on where as in the sequel it feels quite unauthentic and often scripted. The "charm" Borat had is also mostly absent as he was mostly just in narritive driven scenes (making the Giuliani scene the "climax" AND releasing the movie with this deliberate timing only did it a big disservice imho). Did I chuckle in some scenes? Sure... but as a complete package it was just really disappointing and hollow.
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totally agree..very disappointed. expected more
Imagine being a writer for a moment, one people love and praise, but being trapped in a box that the people who love your work create. Imagine in the beginning you thriving in that box, people loving you more and more, but eventually you've explored everything in the box. Now suddenly people drag you down, "why is he telling stories outside the box?" This is why season 6 took 4 years, because none of these episodes were bad, but because 3 of the 5 weren't inside the box all this hate gets written. Time to move on people, something is indeed better than nothing, and the more you complain about the theme, the closer you get to black mirror straight out ending and red mirror taking it's place, because all good writers eventually learn how to silence the haters and write with their heart, not with a gun to their head.
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@paulvincent83 They could have made at least two seasons just around AI! They didn't because they lack imagination.
This was a big miss as a sequel... as established early on in the movie the character of "Borat" is pretty much dead as he is part of pop culture now so he can't do the same stunts as before. To work around this issue we are instead introduced to his daughter who travels with him while Sacha is mostly going around in throw-away disguises akin to his recent "Who is America?" show (which was already plagued by similar issues). Unfortunately they did very little to help ground this in reality. Borat as a journalist had a reason to travel around and have a camera on where as in the sequel it feels quite unauthentic and often scripted. The "charm" Borat had is also mostly absent as he was mostly just in narritive driven scenes (making the Giuliani scene the "climax" AND releasing the movie with this deliberate timing only did it a big disservice imho). Did I chuckle in some scenes? Sure... but as a complete package it was just really disappointing and hollow.
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@sp1ti 100% this! His last good attempt at this kind of concept was Brüno. At this point it feels like it’s just to do another sequel to top up the bank account
