Black Mirror Season 6 - First Impressions

[PogromStallone]

Episode 2 - Loch Henry

Great little thriller packed into a tight and worthwhile 55 minutes, deconstructing the psychology of the popular true crime miniseries of the week genre. Characters start of one dimensional but are given enough room to grow in the allotted time, story is very simple, if not a little rushed. The biggest missed opportunity, I felt, was the downplaying of the visual aspects, not just the gore, but some of the visual symbolism, such as the mask, and the creeks and what not, which felt like a half measure at the end. Overall, it's barely Black Mirror, but worth a watch. I'll give it a 7 out of 10.

The way the mom danced in the video has really stuck with me for some reason. Really unnerving.

 

[TheGhostOfAbeVigoda]

That show makes me too sad to watch it.

 

[PogromStallone]

That show makes me too sad to watch it.

The Entire History Of You fucked me up.

 

[guest]

Third episode is amazing, totally worth the length, except for the last 7 minutes. And I'm like - yeah, he's a painter, of course this is paint, he's making a point by painting a thing that will show Jesse how he feels. It's not the stuff it looks like, its his art. Nope. Lets go shocking and dumb instead.

edit : Also, why wouldn't NASA immediately move the remaining replica to a base of some kind and have them share it 50/50 while giving Josh Hartnett a fuck tonne of counseling?

Watched it last night. The ending was a let down. What was his motivation? Nihilism? Spite? Weak. It would've been much better if it was paint and he was trying to make him see things from his pov, like you said. But then the "let him smell fresh air" thing would have to have gone and they'd had to have made a point that the replicas have no sense of smell as well as no need to eat food, otherwise he'd immediately know it wasn't blood.

 

[HR@PaneraBread]

So we instituted Figure It Out For Yourself Friday so that we could push TV Tuesday to yesterday without being bothered by the new staff about what they're supposed to be doing and get all this done in the space of a workday. Lord knows what we'll be doing on Tuesday now, so long as it begins with a T we'll be OK.

Anyhow here's what we thought:

Joan is Awful is awful. Put your phone down and it's done in 15 minutes, dummy. Or get a new phone and don't install any apps. There are a dozen ways around it. Tomlinson level stupid.

Loch Henry absolutely rules. You kinda see the twist coming at the end but it's done really well and is sinister as fuck.

Beyond the sea could have been done in half the time. It wasn't too bad but it's rough going sometimes, kinda like being in space. Kate Mara would still get it and Aaron Paul needs to not cry in everything.

Edit - So how about send the robots to space, leave the real people at home, save yourself an hour?

Mazey Day is just an absolute mess. There's a monster in all of us maaaaan

Demon79 is too campy to be in any way psychologically horrifying. It feels like an old timey British comedy. Carry on Blood Sacrificing.

 

[guest]

I cant wait till you post back here all defeated about some horrendous gay sex scene.

Watched it all now. Loch Henry was easily the best, but the season as a whole was better than the previous two and that shitty interactive movie.

 

[PickleRickle]

Watched it all now. Loch Henry was easily the best, but the season as a whole was better than the previous two and that shitty interactive movie.

Nice! Glad it worked out and they didnt ham it up too bad on you, or worse.

 

[guest]

Nice! Glad it worked out and they didnt ham it up too bad on you, or worse.

There were no black dudes who abruptly went from lifelong bros to deeply in-love homosexuals via a virtual reality fighting game, so there was that.

 

[Dusty Dan]

America ruined this show

 

[guest]

America ruined this show

It's almost like Brooker has a clause in his contract where he can write one bleak, British episode per season since the show went to Netflix. This season it was Loch Henry, season five was gay and didn't have one, four - Crocodile, three - Shut Up and Dance.

 

[CowManager]

i read the descriptions and there is one episode where a paki bitch is killing racists, no thanks

 

[guest]

i read the descriptions and there is one episode where a paki bitch is killing racists, no thanks

The main bad guy is a right-wing politician basically doing a Nigel Farage impression. Brooker is much better when he doesn’t stamp his predictable political views onto his writing.

 

[Jenna]

The fourth episode STUNK! They could have gone with so many better angles if they wanted to do a story about the paparazzi, hell do something with that gay actor killing himself because you outed him for $600.

Also does every story have to be in the past? That one took place in 2006 only so they could have one scene where the protag listens to an Amerie song on her ipod nano. Set that shit in 2040 and show me how the paparazzi has evolved.

 

[Meownaw]

The fourth episode STUNK! They could have gone with so many better angles if they wanted to do a story about the paparazzi, hell do something with that gay actor killing himself because you outed him for $600.

Also does every story have to be in the past? That one took place in 2006 only so they could have one scene where the protag listens to an Amerie song on her ipod nano. Set that shit in 2040 and show me how the paparazzi has evolved.

Chip has evolved

 

[Milk74]

1, Couldn't make it more than 10mins.

2, The best episode, but it's basic horror...Has a strong female POC lead.

3, The technology doesn't add up, but ok, I'll go with it, I mean this is black mirror after all....Why wouldn't the clones be sent into space? "You just killed my wife and daughter but ok, I'll just take a seat and finish the mission with you". Wtf?

4, Strong female POC lead, fucking werewolves.

5, Strong female POC lead, All white men are evil, child molesting wife beating perverts, and of course....Nazis.

This isn't a season of Black Mirror...It's a new season of "Two sentence horror stories" which is also a Netflix show.

Despite Netflix tanking they keep pumping out anti-white porn. When the fuck is this shit going to stop?

 

[CowManager]

Two fucking minutes in, there's been already a cuck husband making breakfest to his cheating wife while she's getting messages from her lover, unnecessary female "empowering" nigger music and this...

I fast forwarded a little bit, I'm surprised they didn't make the husband white and the lover black, might be because they want the two cheaters to be white. Also, she fires a black girl who uses "carbon footprint" arguments to try and keep her job?

What a shitshow!

jesus how do any of you watch this shit lmao

 

[Meownaw]

jesus how do any of you watch this shit lmao

These are the same people that think I Think You Should Leave is funny. Madness.

 

[Jenna]

Two fucking minutes in, there's been already a cuck husband making breakfest to his cheating wife while she's getting messages from her lover, unnecessary female "empowering" nigger music and this...

I fast forwarded a little bit, I'm surprised they didn't make the husband white and the lover black, might be because they want the two cheaters to be white. Also, she fires a black girl who uses "carbon footprint" arguments to try and keep her job?

What a shitshow!

I don't want to ruin the twist, but if you finish the episode everything connects by the end.

You guys are watching the first 10 minutes and getting worked like a bunch of marks.

 

[Billy Hollywood]

I don't want to ruin the twist, but if you finish the episode everything connects by the end.

You guys are watching the first 10 minutes and getting worked like a bunch of marks.

Aiight Jenna, your reputation's on the line. I'll watch this episode through the end and report back.

 

[Billy Hollywood]

I don't want to ruin the twist, but if you finish the episode everything connects by the end.

You guys are watching the first 10 minutes and getting worked like a bunch of marks.

Aiight Jenna, your reputation's on the line. I'll watch this episode through the end and report back.

Finally watched it. You are right, the episode was good.
Thank you.