Matt Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 <iframe width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/S8I8uZ0TpoU?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I thought the first programme was very good and I look forward to the bizarre ideas that Charlie Brooker comes up with- that was the most original ransom demand I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 It was good, but it was beyond weird. Charlie Brooker is a brilliantly twisted man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Twistingly, intriguingly, fascinatingly watchable!! Can't wait for the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackey Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I flat out cheered when the cop shot the reporter! I :censored:ing hate plots which build up a locked down, über secret place where the cops/robbers spend hours planning their assault only for the story driver (reporter/brave civilian/child) to walk in and out unnoticed. Coupled with my hatred of prolonged chase scenes where simply shooting the :censored:er in the leg will both capture them and leave them alive for questioning and it was basically the best 60 seconds of tv ever for my overly analytical / fussy brain. Overall it was good but not great. Happy to wait for 2/4 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 I loved the idea, strange. I like the fact he "went through with it" so to speak. The acting of the fringe actors i.e. the reporters, journalists, doctors and nurses just annoyed me. I thought they were crap and completely unbelievable. The bloke playing the PM was very good though. 7/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Bit rubbish. Terrible set-up, but implausibility isn't the main problem. The main problem was the script and the story were a lot like the half-cut conversations I hear journalists having sometimes. I was bored by it. The world doesn't work like the writer thinks it does - or else, more realistically, the writer is a bluffer and a fraud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted December 12, 2011 Share Posted December 12, 2011 Tonight's was very good, co-written with his missus, the very lovely Konnie Huq. I think she got a few things off her chest after her spell on the xtra factor, a mash-up of popular science fiction themes but overall very enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted December 13, 2011 Share Posted December 13, 2011 (edited) I was bored senseless by the 2nd one. Nowt happened. The big rant near the end felt forced and added on, trying to be like the Movie Network. It just didn't work for me, I'd stopped caring. There were plenty of bits such as the "compliance drink" and and girl moaning about not being seen first which no doubt plenty of journo's will say "ooh - thats how it is" and "ha ha, thats satirical" - but I just didn't care for the characters at all and wanted him to kill himself when he threatened to - just to end it. There was no explaination of why the world was in that state for a kick off. In my opinion it tried to be clever, but wasn't. Edited December 13, 2011 by pukka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pukka Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I enjoyed last nights, the best of the 3 in my opinion - some good performances, especially from Liam. Good concept too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futchers briefs Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I enjoyed last nights, the best of the 3 in my opinion - some good performances, especially from Liam. Good concept too. I bet there were some squeaky bums up and down the country watching that - particularly Christmas party time!!! Plenty of geezers checking their necks! Enjoyed it - the series for me in this order 1st - 1st episode 2nd - 3rd episode 3rd - 2nd episode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'd say 3,2,1. The 3rd one just seemed more developed than the others. I liked the 2nd one was I've read too many dystopian novels so I was happy to accept the world that was created with the bikes and stuff. As for the 1st, it was ok, probably quite accurate as to how things would pan out if Kate Middleton was kidnapped. Half the country would want Cameron to get it on with a pig to save the nation's sweetheart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Third was hands down the best, really enjoyed it. First was the next and then the second was the last but I still enjoyed all three. The second was a better satire than the first but, as mentioned above, not much happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Third one was best by miles - but then it was written by a writer rather than a moonlighting journo. Here's another thing that bugs me about Charlie Brooker. He's a copyist, and not a very good one. Brooker on Black Mirror: "they're all about the way we live now – and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy." JG Ballard: "I believe in the next five minutes." and..."I’ve moved away from science fiction but I’m still very much interested in the next five minutes." Black Mirror is for people who can't stomach the real thing. There. I said it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Look, I get it, we'd all like a go Konnie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimsleftfoot Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I didn’t like the first one as it lacked any subtlety which means that it lacks the cleverness of true satire. Nothing compared to Brass Eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 He's done 3 more http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/4od First one aired last night. Very dark and creepy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Enjoyed last night's, was quite creepy in parts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Enjoyed last night's, was quite creepy in parts... Recorded it but haven't watched it yet. Hayley Atwell is a welcome bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Enjoyed last night's, was quite creepy in parts... Yeh me too, wont give it away for Stevie but its like what everyone wishes for but you soon realise its not what you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsslatic Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Filipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razza699 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Filipe? I'd only want the real Filipe, not an emotionless cyborg that just has his traits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 I'm a massive fan of Brooker and have enjoyed all of the Black Mirror episodes. The one with the chip in the head that records everything was probably the best one but I also enjoyed the pig one. That was written at the height of a whole load of twitter campaigns, around the time when NoTW closed, there was a massive groundswell of tweets to the companies that advertised in that paper and it was only when they started pulling their adverts that Murdoch closed the paper. There were other campaigns at the time, the superinjunction ones, not just Giggs but there was a company that had been upto serious no good but the name escapes me. I thought the pig episode was reflecting on that, the power of the people via the internet to affect the inner circle of government to such an extent that the PM had no option but to do the pig. The latest one was good, I dread to think sort of awful creature the sum of my internet ramblings would create, I'm sure my wife would not respond to the second email! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie_J Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I don't say this lightly but that episode tonight was :censored:ing genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beag_teeets Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 There were points of it that I thought "I've seen this many times before" but then the twist happened and it really worked for me. I really enjoyed that and enjoyed spotting reference points. Bioshock, Fallout 3 & New Vegas for the people chasing the main character and the flip, the way you are sympathetic to the main character at first but then have that turned around was a bit similar to Breaking Bad as you realise she isn't a character you should be sympathising with. The baying mob when she was being carried back to the house was classic Big Brother at its peak. The shots over the final credits where it showed the scenes repeating themselves but this time you had the knowledge of what is going on really worked for me. I enjoyed that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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