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#21746464 - 05/31/15 09:37 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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If you haven't seen this yet, stop now and watch it. It's on Netflix. It's essentially a futuristic twilight zone.
For those of you who have seen it, what's your favorite episode? I love the White Christmas. Those eggs are so hauntingly plausible.
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Dude, that show is seriously NOTHING like the Twilight Zone.
Maybe if the Twilight Zone was a terribly shitty show, then yes, they would be exactly the same.
On all other accounts, no, that show is a disgrace to the idea of it being even a quarter as good as the Twilight Zone.
It's pretty much the worst show ever invented, ever.
The creators of it should be formally executed for making stupid episodes with shitty plots like the president fucking a pig that are nowhere near as eerie or exciting as even the blandest of Twilight Zone episodes.
Everybody should just save themselves the trouble and watch the actual Twilight Zone
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Black Mirror is fucking awesome. every episode is drastically different, and has alot of origional concepts that havnt really been in TV or movies. each episode has different characters and takes place in a different timeline
to whoever above me is saying its not like twilight zone, don't listen to them.
its far better than twilight zone, but has a similar concept.
some of the episodes are also pretty similar to the twelve monkeys trilogy by Terry Gilliam
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For those of you who have seen it, what's your favorite episode? I love the White Christmas. Those eggs are so hauntingly plausible.
white christmas is my favorite episode as well. they are all pretty unsettleing though.
i think charlie brooker is pretty fucking masterful in his art.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Adolin] 1
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Gresh said: its far better than twilight zone
That's a blatant lie if I've ever seen one
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Sheekle] 1
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i'm suprised, and doubtful youve even seen more than a few episodes of the twilight zone sheekle. and i have the sneaking suspicion that you barely watched black mirror as well
i guess its just cool to like the twilight zone now. i bet your favorite movie is Citizen Kane too? 
black mirror is the shit, and is basically a twilight zone that doesn't break the fourth wall
shame we only get an episode like once every six months
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Adolin]
#21746628 - 05/31/15 10:16 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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What a strange accusation to say that I'm only saying that because I think the Twilight Zone is hip or something.
I've seen like 30 episodes of the Twilight Zone, and one episode of shitty terrible Black Mirror and research on the general vibes/plot of the show is far more than enough to make the idea of them being comparatively good beyond laughable.
That's like saying NBOME is as good as LSD. There's nothing adventurous or mysterious about Trash Mirror, basically just a retarded-ass show from top to bottom
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Sheekle]
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Adolin]
#21746641 - 05/31/15 10:21 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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The Black Mirror is an interesting and engaging show in the same way that Napoleon Dynamite is a funny and meaningful movie.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Sheekle]
#21746644 - 05/31/15 10:22 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sheekle said: Maybe if the Twilight Zone was a terribly shitty show,:
The Twilight zone WAS a terribly shitty show, though.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Sheekle]
#21746656 - 05/31/15 10:27 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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You're out of your element Sheekle. It's An amazing show.
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Sheekle that was like the last thing we watched together. Total buzzkill.
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The Twilight zone WAS a terribly shitty show, though.
In the same way that Fur Elise was a terribly shitty piece of music, yes.
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#21746675 - 05/31/15 10:31 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Sheekle said: Maybe if the Twilight Zone was a terribly shitty show,:
The Twilight zone WAS a terribly shitty show, though.
In the same way that Fur Elise* was a terribly shitty piece of music, yes.
*Für Elise
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: koods]
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koods is wrong again. Für Elise is the German name.
in english, it is For Elise
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Adolin]
#21746701 - 05/31/15 10:38 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Gresh said: koods is wrong again. Für Elise is the German name.
in english, it is For Elise
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: koods]
#21746705 - 05/31/15 10:38 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Gresh said: koods is wrong again. Für Elise is the German name.
in english, it is For Elise
lutschen mein Schwanz
Wo wohnst du?
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Adolin]
#21746720 - 05/31/15 10:43 PM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Gresh said: koods is wrong again. Für Elise is the German name.
in english, it is For Elise
lutschen mein Schwanz
Wo wohnst du?
du fragst deine Mutter
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Hmmm awesome sounds good will do
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Am I the only one who thinks if sheekle hates it that it's probably awesome?
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The Twilight zone WAS a terribly shitty show, though.
What do you like goosebumps? Twilight zone is a classic better written then most all suspense movies/t.v. shows ever after that series. It was groundbreaking and it's still more entertaining then half the shows I watch on t.v. and I watch some good shows.
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Are you afraid of the dark? Breh.
I'm just kidding. I didn't really like 90s horror but it is laughable to watch when you're high
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The Twilight zone WAS a terribly shitty show, though.
Are you? The Twilight Zone is gold man even though it's black and white even though some stunts are kinda off, even though some episodes aren't as good as others. It's still much better than black mirror.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Adolin]
#21747487 - 06/01/15 07:00 AM (8 years, 7 months ago) |
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Gresh said: black mirror is the shit, and is basically a twilight zone that doesn't break the fourth wall
shame we only get an episode like once every six months
Black mirror is awesome but, I'll never stand up to it's Twilight Zone ancestor. I could watch reruns of Twilight zone all day and still have a good time even though I've seen them all but a few episodes on season 4 which is an hour long shows that Netflix doesn't own the rights to
Twilight zone ftw obviously
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Season 3 was just released on Netflix.
I've seen 3 episodes so far... Pretty good, imo
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: shLong]
#23785776 - 10/30/16 02:56 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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And it's similar to The Twilight Zone in that each episode is a standalone story that takes place in a slightly different reality, but not much off from our own.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: shLong] 1
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Yeah I saw the first few of season 3....first exposure to the show. It's real good.
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Yeah, I really enjoy it.
I saw the original 7 episodes a year or so ago and really wished they had more available to watch. Glad that I have a few left to watch.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: shLong]
#23785853 - 10/30/16 03:17 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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This show is hit or miss. Some very good episodes and some pretty bad ones.
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I agree... The only one I truly didn't like was the cartoon politician one
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: shLong]
#23785943 - 10/30/16 03:38 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Season 3 is out?! Fuck yeah
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It's pretty good too.
Just got done watching the 3rd season.
Sheeks, the first episode is the pigfucking one, it's just the pilot episode. I expect some good stuff out of the show.
I mean I have seen every twilight one episode at least twice, nothing hurts seeing new stuff I can ridicule. Outer limits generally sucked too, but they had a couple ok ones.
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#23786026 - 10/30/16 03:59 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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the outer limits rocked dude.
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Season 3 of Black Mirror is awesome. My favorite eps are "Nosedive" (the one with the rating system), "Shut Up and Dance" (the one with the blackmailed teen), and "San Junipero" (the one about the tourists). Every episode of that show is written by the same guy, Charlie Brooker, who is basically a madman, to judge by his creative output. Amazing series.
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Yeah those were great. The video game one too....that was one of the biggest headfucks I've seen on the screen.
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God im so excited Nosedive is already looking good
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I wonder how long until that's how video games are played. Just like plugging your mind into The Matrix. Gonna be wild.
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I used to like black mirror but this latest show just makes me sneer. It's too close to home. Scifi my arse. It's what's gonna happen tomorrow.
Pig fucker one to me feels like a fed plot, like how the lone gunmen pilot was a fed plot. I doubt Charlie Brooker is ever going to admit "some seriously scary blokes who didn't identify themselves told me in no uncertain terms that this was the script and I was to put my name on it."
Lone Gunmen pilot for those that haven't seen it. This show was pretty hit and miss to.
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San Junipero doesnt really fit in with the rest of the series. Seems to be the weakest so far.
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Fuck may have called that too soon
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I just binge watched the whole thing. It's awesome.
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San Junipero isn't dark and tense like the other episodes, so it stands out. But it's very touching and I thought it was real sweet and emotional. I like that one a lot, but for different reasons compared to other episodes. Overall, I do think it fits in with the rest of the series though.
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Just started watching it because i saw rhis thread. It's pretty damn good.
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Men Against Fire and Shut Up And Dance were both ideas that I felt were poorly executed. The latter has been done many times, and the former was a good idea that could have been done better.
Nosedive is my favorite of the season, with the biggest classic Black Mirror feel to it, and a cool aesthetic flair. Playtest is solid, I liked the concept and it made me feel incredibly uneasy. San Junipero was neither shockingly good nor notably bad - It sort of just trudged on from the beginning.
Have not seen the last episode yet however. Overall I don't think it's the strongest season, but i'm glad there are more episodes.
From favorite to least: White Christmas Fifteen Million Merits Nosedive The Entire History Of You Playtest The Waldo Moment White Bear San Junipero Be Right Back Men Against Fire The National Anthem Shut Up and Dance
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Fifteen Million Merits San Junipero White Christmas White Bear Nosedive
Top 5 in order, the rest are too hard to put in order after that. I thought San Junipero was fucking great, and I watched it again immediately after seeing it the first time. It's really a 1a and 1b for the first two. It seems like White Christmas was made up of a few different story ideas that they couldn't stretch into standalone episodes, or something like that.
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Definitely gonna check this out!
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: sh4d0ws]
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Yes, please do. It's a great series.
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wtf??.. canadian netflix doesn't have season 1, only has 1 episode from season 2, but has season 3 
I don't want to have to torrent this... wonder why they did that?
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: LuSiD9]
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Well that blows.
I'm in Canada too. Guess I'll have to torrent or use a VPN to say I'm in the states.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: sh4d0ws]
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no sound on the first episode of season 3 either
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: LuSiD9]
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i watched a few more episodes of this last night and i think its a halfway decent show in its own right but anybody who says its the next twilight zone is kidding themself. its really nowhere near as eerie as the twilight zone and the characters in the show are in way too much control of the events of the episodes
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Sheekle]
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I don't want to have to torrent this... wonder why they did that?
Yeah I noticed this too, I think it might be because they didn't give potential viewers a bad impression and turn them off from watching the new ones Netflix made. So instead of starting off on the one where the British PM has to fuck a pig, you start off on the one with that guy from Mad Men.
I ended up torrenting the first season and watching the second season on a streaming site.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: Sheekle]
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Sheekle said: i watched a few more episodes of this last night and i think its a halfway decent show in its own right but anybody who says its the next twilight zone is kidding themself. its really nowhere near as eerie as the twilight zone and the characters in the show are in way too much control of the events of the episodes
Well yeah it's not exactly the same, but there are some very strong similarities in both the format and in the apparent motivation for making it (e.g. a lot of exploration of "mob mentality" in contemporary culture and its relationship with technological advancement). I find a lot of it pretty eerie.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: psi]
#23787822 - 10/31/16 08:46 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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It shouldn't even be being compared to TTZ. It's a whole different show, just that it has similarities to the way TTZ is setup is all. (standalone episodes that are slightly different than our current reality)
But anyways, glad I remembered to post that the new episodes are out. I think a lot of people would enjoy this and happy to see a lot are.
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shLong



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Re: Black Mirror [Re: psi]
#23787823 - 10/31/16 08:46 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sheekle said: i watched a few more episodes of this last night and i think its a halfway decent show in its own right but anybody who says its the next twilight zone is kidding themself. its really nowhere near as eerie as the twilight zone and the characters in the show are in way too much control of the events of the episodes
Well yeah it's not exactly the same, but there are some very strong similarities in both the format and in the apparent motivation for making it (e.g. a lot of exploration of "mob mentality" in contemporary culture and its relationship with technological advancement). I find a lot of it pretty eerie.
Beat me to it, kind of
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Deathby69
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: shLong]
#23787835 - 10/31/16 08:52 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's okay. 20 years ago something of this caliber would've been par for the course. Now, it's The Best Thing Ever.
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ModestMouse
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Television is better than it ever was. The final episode was strong
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vandago



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Ya the last one was definitely my favorite. Probably because it is the most realistically terrifying and possibly close.
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: vandago]
#23788594 - 10/31/16 01:22 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I thought Shut Up and Dance was the most plausible episode. Shit like that has even already happened. Robot bees controlled by hashtags? Not so much. I did like that episode though; Kelly MacDonald is awesome.
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nooneman


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I liked nosedive best so far. Although perhaps unrealistic, it highlighted real problems with our current society and how people use social media and treat their popular/unpopular friends even today. And companies are already doing stuff like offering lower insurance rates based on who your friends on social media are.
Also it's kinda funny that the shroomery actually uses a 5 "star" system. Works pretty well here, so who knows, maybe it would actually work IRL?
Edited by nooneman (10/31/16 08:51 PM)
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Deathby69
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Re: Black Mirror [Re: nooneman]
#23791474 - 11/01/16 02:03 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I thought "nosedive" had a good premise, just poorly executed.
I kept waiting for a big reveal or twist...I mean BM is called the TZ of the modern era or whatever so I guess I was just disappointed that they just took the episode in a very straight-forward and predictable path. Using stock tropes (the 'old master / helper') and taking us where we knew we were going in the first 10 minutes of the show. I dunno, not trying to piss in anyone's face.
Just think it's an overrated show. Good but overrated. "Shut Up and Dance" was kinda weak as well. I may check out the last ep since people here are saying it was the strongest...
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