I went back and watched 'The Entire History of You' just for the **** of it. God damn that episode is a masterpiece. Even on a re-watch it still managed to make me sick to my stomach like it did the first time.

Life is good!!!

It was a great episode. I haven't rewatched a single one, not for any reason in particular. Maybe thought the majority were good with a single viewing.

Caught up on season 5. As underwhelming as the the second and third episodes were the first made up for it. Wow. First one was all kinds of new levels of ****ed up

It wasn't very uplifting for the AI running those sims. After watching the episode, do you not wonder if the sims were sentient?

I liked the last episode but it didn't really feel black mirror. I'm actually really surprised they didn't go much darker toward the end. The second episode might just be one of the worst in the series

Supposedly the three episodes of S5 are ordered according to an algorithm that builds off your watch history. So what's E1 to you is E3 to five different people.

Anyway, I watched Striking Vipers and Smithereens. Both were good but I have a feeling people are going to be butthurt with the former.

I just didn't get smithereens. I thought the reveal fell completely flat which is kind of a signature black mirror move.

The Miley Cyrus one is dumb af.

black mirror has evolved because there are so many shows these days focused on a dystopian tech society. We'll probably see more positivity. More focus on the storytelling than the twist. Which may work because Charlie Brooker is a pretty terrific storyteller.

Good God this season is trash. All 3 episodes were pure garbage...worst three by far.

:(

Oh bummer. I've only seen the Miley one which, near as I could tell, had nothing other than Miley Cyrus being in it. Just stupid bad. Was hoping the others were better.

Smithereens is more like an extended episode of a cop drama.

Striking Vipers is.. well it's like an intentional gender inverted rehash of San Junipero. Kind of.

If you watch Striking Vipers with the idea in your head that it is Falcon...its really amusing.

Horrible season

Got 20 minutes into the first ep and wanted to go to sleep when it went woke...

I feel like Striking Vipers should have been one of the "ok" episodes of a much longer season with many much better episodes. I've only seen small clips of the Miley Cyrus one and I already feel like it's a stupid rehash of the Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana back story that Miley wants to tell everyone over and over again. Is the other episode any good?

It had kind of a nice slow burn going on at first but it never really picked up into anything above average.

I'm not falling for it again.

I'm intrigued by high concept shit like this, but I'll be damned if every season isn't 1 good episode and a bunch of snore inducing sleep aids.

Well, I did like SanJun.

Bandersnatch > Striking Vipers > Smithereens though I haven't watched the other one.

When you have to preface with shit like "don't start with this episode or this one...Or this one...Or this one....Or this one..." in a series with limited content....That's not a good thing folks.

Because it's an anthology series where one episode (largely) has no relationship to other ones.

But when over half the episodes are regarded as pure shit?

Bronn is really good in his episode though

Gentlemen... It is ****ing time.

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Welcome the best most twisted ****ing anthology series ever, back.

OMFG. I am breathless.

I've been dying for this show to return.

This is GREAT news!

That said, I thought the writer said he wouldnt do anymore as he had become insanely scared of the bad roads technology was taking?

I realized I’d never watched a trailer for this and shut it off 15 seconds in.

Can’t wait.

Death, Love, and Robots isn’t too bad either.

New season dropped today.

About to savor an episode a day over the next few.

^

I've watched the first 4 out of 5.

No terrible ones yet, but I don't know if there's a great one either. Beyond the Sea was probably the best.

Started watching the first episode and lost interest half way through.

The wife has been watching this and she told me I should check it out - she said like Twilight Zone but really ****ed up! I have some time off in a few weeks so will finish up Jack Ryan and check this out next. :thumb:

I've been a fan of this show and Love, Death and Robots. The first episode was pretty uneven and the inclusion of Selma Hayek was surprising. One thing that I will agree with is that AI will replace actors in the very near future.

Netflix has gone from $8 to $16 per month. Just not worth it now.

That's on Netflix though..every other stream service is cheaper than that one. Netflix charges extra for more streams at the same time, extra for 4k other platforms don't do that..

That's a Netflix problem.

Plus the amount of new content, at least what I can find easily, is very small. I'm looking to cut the cable and my $260 bill per month. Was concerned about having to buy a specific package for the Royals however not really concerned as I enjoy the game more when I listen on the radio and can get things done.

Getting close to retirement and deciding that I really don't want to spend my days sitting in front of the idiot box.

Gotta power through it. Payoff is pretty good and changes how you’re looking at the first half.

It’s a little cheekier than the typical black mirror episode. Not one of the top 5 episodes but pretty compelling

Twighlight Zone
Tales From the Darkside
Black Mirror

I've got nothing going on this morning so I'll see if I can finish it.

OK. The second half did pick up and I enjoyed it well enough. Also I will now refer to the troublesome desktop at work as the com-puta.

Just watched my very first episode of this last night after seeing y'all compare it to twilight zone/outer limits etc.

Man ****ing pig.....yeah. Wasn't expecting that. Not exactly what i had in mind.

Yeah, guess maybe i shoulda read the thread instead of only the last few posts.

Because that was definitely man ****ing pig.

Yeah, the first episode was pretty disturbing. They can be rather uneven; I did enjoy the Star Trek based one. It's a lot later in the series.

I tell everyone to NOT start with that episode. Smooth sailing the rest of the way.

Go watch White Christmas. Then you’ll get it.

Can’t even begin to tell you how many people I’ve heard stopped watching black mirror because of the pig episode. Netflix needs to resort their season 1 so this doesn’t pop up first.

It's not like they actually show anything; more like the old days where they let your imagination do the work of the special effects team.

This is the episode to start with.

I get that. I’ve known several people who still couldn’t get past that episode purely for that reason. Just the thought of it was too much. I think they would’ve tolerated it if they started with a different episode first

Hang the DJ and The Entire History of You. Probably somewhere in my top 10 of BM episodes.

On another note, season six was ****ing terrible. Made us wait that long for a steaming pile of mediocrity. There really is not jack shit in good TV anymore outside of Severance and House of Dragons with Netflix pretty much phoning in the past BM season.

Previous season was much better

Season 7 just dropped.

Haven’t had a chance to watch any of the episodes, but this immediately looks better than the last couple seasons.

And a sequel to the USS Callister? Love it.

Hey, nice looking out. Gracias, Twisted!

Oh my. Just watched Eulogy.

I think it’s up there with some of the best older school Black Mirror episodes. Paul Giammoti is just so damned good at whatever he does.

That first episode of season 7 with the ‘Rivermind’ was spot on. I was facepalming the entire hour. A sad commentary on addiction while satirizing big tech culture of upcharging customers.

Its the only episode I've watched so far this season and I enjoyed it lol. That's exactly what would happen if that type of thing was possible.

Agreed. The second episode wasn't bad either. Although you really have to suspend your disbelief for that one. Had a nice twist ending.

Decided I'm gonna give this go. Someone mentioned it in the DC Forum and on curiosity I checked out the first episode plot synopsis. IN.

Ep1 of season 1 is one of the lesser quality episodes. It really takes off after that.

No, no.

Go watch White Christmas. If you don’t like that, stop. If you’re intrigued after that, come back and we can give you a better path.

Do not watch it in order and think that’s the right path.

WTF. This seems arduous. ROFL

You can watch any of the episodes not named White Christmas or Bandersnatch in any order you desire save for USS Callister and its sequel in the latest season.

In your case, I can safely say you should watch USS Callister and then White Christmas in that precise order before messing with any of the other episodes.

Just go watch White Christmas and then USS Callister.

You’re a bit of a reckless deviant, Clay, and I’m pretty sure after those you’re going to be foaming at the mouth for more.

I'm going in dry!!!

:facepalm:

PHENOMENAL LMAO LMAO

*blocked*

LMAO I was rooting for Captain Daly

Did someone say Twilight Zone? I'll have to check this out, I've been asking around for years if there is anything like TZ/Outer Limits. :)

I'd wait a few weeks before you watch the sequel.

ironically, one of my all-time favorite episodes is San Junipero (ironic, in that it's one of the more "happier" episodes, if you will).

This is absolutely stupendous. Won't take long to binge either.

Brooker should be ashamed on how they wasted Giamatti's services plagiarizing an entire ass movie.

Now that you understand the show, probably just start watching it chronologically. I wouldn't want to binge all the best and then work my way down - that's not satisfying.

I thought the show fell off the last 2-3 seasons but this one picked right back up.

Glad you've enjoyed it. It's truly special when it hits its speed.

This season is much better than the last one. The one with Capaldi was really creepy in a way that us programmer types can understand. We all know that one person who relates to computer games better than people. Now that I'm done with this and Resident Alien, time for Netflix to go away.

Yeah, the USS Calister episodes were really spot on as well. Season 1 Episode 1 almost turned me off on the show and I just skipped the interactive one completely because my TV didn't support it. It was weird and I really enjoy weird and/or bad SciFi... Like MoonFall, etc.