Black Mirror Recaps And Ramblings
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We are very much on the same page with these two. But I'm a little more generous with my ratings.
s02e02 White Bear - The is the best episode of the series so far. The mystery throughout the ep was great, the eerie nature of all the people following around with cameras was very spooky and the payoff way amazing. Like I was talking about before it started off dark and ended even darker. My favorite. 5/5
s02e03 The Waldo Moment - Following the series best, we have the series worst. It's fun to take a look at national politics as a joke that can easily be taken over by a cartoon character but it just didn't do it for me. I liked some of the story lines, like with Waldo and the female candidate but overall this one didn't give me that creepy, unsettling feeling so many of the other episodes manage to pull off. Like the part with the random "American" from "the agency". That was dumb and the actor did an awful job trying to pull off an American accent. I liked the dark ending but it wasn't enough to save it. 1.5/5
And now we are at the same point in the series Wolf. I will watch the Jon Hamm episode (which I'm really looking forward to, I remember loving it) tonight or tomorrow and then it will be fun getting into season 3 and the start of the Netflix years. They clearly got a higher production budget after the move and have many more recognizable guest stars. Netflix has been good for the series.
s02e02 White Bear - The is the best episode of the series so far. The mystery throughout the ep was great, the eerie nature of all the people following around with cameras was very spooky and the payoff way amazing. Like I was talking about before it started off dark and ended even darker. My favorite. 5/5
s02e03 The Waldo Moment - Following the series best, we have the series worst. It's fun to take a look at national politics as a joke that can easily be taken over by a cartoon character but it just didn't do it for me. I liked some of the story lines, like with Waldo and the female candidate but overall this one didn't give me that creepy, unsettling feeling so many of the other episodes manage to pull off. Like the part with the random "American" from "the agency". That was dumb and the actor did an awful job trying to pull off an American accent. I liked the dark ending but it wasn't enough to save it. 1.5/5
And now we are at the same point in the series Wolf. I will watch the Jon Hamm episode (which I'm really looking forward to, I remember loving it) tonight or tomorrow and then it will be fun getting into season 3 and the start of the Netflix years. They clearly got a higher production budget after the move and have many more recognizable guest stars. Netflix has been good for the series.
Wolf
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How can you give that episode a perfect 5? Yea very dark, but embarrassing that woman every day and erasing her mind. What makes it worst, they turn it into a theme park. So totally f'ed up!
I'm watching the season 2 finale "White Christmas" which has a decent cast:
Jon Hamm - Keeping Up With The Joneses
Rafe Spall - Harry Potter movies
Oona Chaplin - Avatar 2 and 3
Natalia Tena - Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
It was great! And she deserved the mental torture, but even if she didn't I'd love it cause of how mean and dark it was.
Just started it myself. I don't think it can be called the season finale. They do a cool thing in Britain where they have Christmas specials for various shows. They did it with Downton Abbey and still do it with Doctor Who. They fall somewhere in between the season finale and season premier. That's the one bad part of the show moving to Netflix. We only get this one Christmas special. So I'd say White Bear was the season 2 finale and Nosedive is the season 3 premier despite how Netflix has them listed. Nosedive by the way is a memorable one about being addicted to social media "likes". I'm looking forward to see that one again too.
I wonder how many, if any, other Netflix subscribers are watching White Christmas right now besides the two of us.
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This is neat. I didn't put it together before but now that we're watching them all back to back I think the augmented reality implant from s01e03 The Entire History of You is the same thing they use to block people from vision in White Christmas. That's really cool.
And, no spoilers but another thing in this episode will be used again.
And, no spoilers but another thing in this episode will be used again.
Wolf
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I could never be that cold and think like that unless they would have shown the murder and then I would have enjoyed the torture.
I'm calling it the season finale with Netflix. I'll post my review of that episode in a bit because I just completed it. I'll get started on S3E1 now.
I believe Netflix doesn't release their numbers on how many watch a show.
Wolf
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S2E4 "White Christmas" - Kinda intrsting this episode has 4 storylines.
Opens up with a couple of guys in a cabin talking about there lives. Jon Hamm helps a guy to get a woman as other guys watch, kinda creepy on that part. The other woman thinks, he crazy when he talking to himself. She invites him over for sex, instead of poison him with a drink along with herself as everybody witness a murder.
Basically, some crazy woman wanted to get her conscious out of her head and put it on a cookie device. Now the cookie controls her house as the house of tomorrow, which is kinda cool.
I see they are using the grain in the head again, a very happy loving couple enjoying there lives. Until Joe finds out Beth is pregnant and she doesn't want to have the baby. They argue and she blocks him with that remote device. Kinda cool to do that in real life. But apparently it lasts a few years, so Joe can't see her and his daughter. Until she dies and the blocking stops. Hoping to see his daughter for the first time, which apparently that not his kid. He argues with the grandfather and kills him. The little girl leaves and dies in the blizzard as Joe finally gets the confession out of him.
Then the story ends as he doesn't go to prison and gets blocked from everyone and Joe is trapped in a cabin to go insane living 1,000 years every minute.
Yea this episode is strange, weird and interesting I give it 4/5.
Opens up with a couple of guys in a cabin talking about there lives. Jon Hamm helps a guy to get a woman as other guys watch, kinda creepy on that part. The other woman thinks, he crazy when he talking to himself. She invites him over for sex, instead of poison him with a drink along with herself as everybody witness a murder.
Basically, some crazy woman wanted to get her conscious out of her head and put it on a cookie device. Now the cookie controls her house as the house of tomorrow, which is kinda cool.
I see they are using the grain in the head again, a very happy loving couple enjoying there lives. Until Joe finds out Beth is pregnant and she doesn't want to have the baby. They argue and she blocks him with that remote device. Kinda cool to do that in real life. But apparently it lasts a few years, so Joe can't see her and his daughter. Until she dies and the blocking stops. Hoping to see his daughter for the first time, which apparently that not his kid. He argues with the grandfather and kills him. The little girl leaves and dies in the blizzard as Joe finally gets the confession out of him.
Then the story ends as he doesn't go to prison and gets blocked from everyone and Joe is trapped in a cabin to go insane living 1,000 years every minute.
Yea this episode is strange, weird and interesting I give it 4/5.
Wolf
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S3E1 "Nosedive" - This episode was really good, using the eye chips and social media as a rating system. Lacie was trying hard to make herself popular and get a great rating. Wanting to move away from her lazy brother, finds an old friend and basically wants to be like her. But unfortunately, life shits on her plate and everything goes downhill for her. Her life sucks and gets thrown into a cell and argues with a man, without being worried being rated. I love the technology, basically a futuristic iPhone and iPad and cool seeing Bryce Dallas Howard.
I give this episode a 5/5, because this episode is almost like my lifestyle. I would like to become popular, but I also try to hard and feels like everybody does rate me. I sometimes get into arguments with people in real life for no stupid reason. So I do enjoy using social media, but I hardly interact with people. I try and push myself but I basically don't know how to become sociable with somebody without causing an issue. So if we had a rating system like that in real life, I would be probably be rated below a 2.0.
I give this episode a 5/5, because this episode is almost like my lifestyle. I would like to become popular, but I also try to hard and feels like everybody does rate me. I sometimes get into arguments with people in real life for no stupid reason. So I do enjoy using social media, but I hardly interact with people. I try and push myself but I basically don't know how to become sociable with somebody without causing an issue. So if we had a rating system like that in real life, I would be probably be rated below a 2.0.
Wolf
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Wolf
AI is here, time to obey our robot overlords!
Wolf
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S3E2 "Playtest" - Started off alright, Cooper leaving his house to travel the world. Has a banking error in England and sleeps with a girl. Appartally the girl enjoys playing video games and participates in a reality video game which is pretty cool. Interacting with AR and then a live version which becomes realistic and a nightmare. Which he wants to quit, they try to stop it and they can't. The mushroom chip endorses mental and physical pain. He believes he finally went back home to visit his mom which now has alzheimers. He gets out of that nightmare and finally starts from the beginning and when his phone rings which cause an interference and causes him to die.
I give this episode 4/5
I give this episode 4/5
Wolf
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Wolf
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S3E3 "Shut Up and Dance" - Stars Jerome Flynn from Game of Thrones. This episode was interesting, basically, some hackers catch people in the act and blackmail them to do stuff. If they complete everything, their secret won't be leaked. We'll the hackers lie and expose everything to all of there families and friends.
I give it a 4/5
I give it a 4/5
Wolf
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S3E4 "San Junipero" - Stars Mackenzie Davis from Halt and Catch Fire. That show uses to be good, but now it's finally off the air. Kinda funny seeing Mackenzie Davis in the 80's again, which Halt and Catch Fire also took place during that decade.
First off great 80's tunes in this episode. A couple of lesbos find each other, one tries to find the other in one week. But a decade jumps and the same thing again. Finally, they meet up at a hospital as she is paralyzed, one gets in other head and they get married as Mackenzie Davis dies. Her mind goes to the 80's, I thought they would live happily ever after in the 80's. But they have an argument as she tries to kill herself, but lives and leaps forward as she is old again. But she downloads her mind back to the 80's and they both party forever in the 80's
I give this episode 1.5/5
First off great 80's tunes in this episode. A couple of lesbos find each other, one tries to find the other in one week. But a decade jumps and the same thing again. Finally, they meet up at a hospital as she is paralyzed, one gets in other head and they get married as Mackenzie Davis dies. Her mind goes to the 80's, I thought they would live happily ever after in the 80's. But they have an argument as she tries to kill herself, but lives and leaps forward as she is old again. But she downloads her mind back to the 80's and they both party forever in the 80's
I give this episode 1.5/5
Wolf
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I watched this episode last night.
S3E5 "Men Against Fire" - Uses the eye video technology again, which is pretty cool. Soldiers attempting to kill mutant roaches. Stripe looks at some green light beam which messes with his head and eye video technology. Now he sees roaches as humans and tries to save them.
I give this episode 3/5
Hey Koop, you still on White Christmas? I put some of my main shows on hold to finish off this series, I did DVR them and I'll watch them this weekend. I'll finish off season 3 tomorrow and probably have season 4 halfway completed.
S3E5 "Men Against Fire" - Uses the eye video technology again, which is pretty cool. Soldiers attempting to kill mutant roaches. Stripe looks at some green light beam which messes with his head and eye video technology. Now he sees roaches as humans and tries to save them.
I give this episode 3/5
Hey Koop, you still on White Christmas? I put some of my main shows on hold to finish off this series, I did DVR them and I'll watch them this weekend. I'll finish off season 3 tomorrow and probably have season 4 halfway completed.
Wolf
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I'm not a Hulu subscriber, I tried that free trial and didn't care for it. The format is confusing to use and when you finally try and find a show, the services don't carry all the seasons. To me, Hulu is a waste of money.