I haven't watched all of the episodes, but from what I have seen it's been great.
Watched White Christmas last night... and it's a doozy, but I highly recommend people give it a shot and since Black Mirror is an anthology series, you don't have to watch the previous season (though I think there are very minor background linkages among the episodes as things progress.) For the episode itself, you're in for a treat if you're a fan of a certain series lead from a certain period drama from AMC.
I skipped around San Junipero from Season 3 after seeing Redditors rave about the episode and because of Mackenzie Davis. Great concept for a story and definitely worth viewing.
I talked about USS Callister from Season 4 in the Star Trek thread and again I say that it's worth a watch. I was sold once I saw Cristin Milioti and Jimmi Simpson in the cast.. but Jesse Plemons fucking knocked the episode out of the park.
Hang the DJ... oh man. Maybe it's because of my age and the thematic matter of the episode, but fuck that's a definite must recommend from my end. [Reply]
Great show overall. It can be a bit too topical at times which wont age well, and maybe a bit too deep in the social justice weeds, but I like the overwhelming creativity. This season wasnt bad, and I think Metalhead is the most underrated episode of the bunch. [Reply]
Watched the very first episode, National Anthem, and thought it was the stupidest thing I'd seen in a long while. The entire premise was just so ridiculous and unbelievable, I didn't want to continue with the rest of the episodes. Painfully stupid and disgusting.
Synopsis, if you haven't seen it and don't care about spoilers:
Spoiler!
So the princess of England is kidnapped. The kidnapper gives his demands, which is only that the Prime Minister of England had to fuck a pig on live TV and it had to be broadcast on every station, and he had to "Finish". And for some reason, every single person in the country is like "Sorry, dude you have to go through with it and fuck that pig on worldwide TV because it's the princess." Nobody but the Prime Minister seems to give a moments pause that they shouldn't give in to terrorist demands or anything. Nope, just pig fucking. No choice, just get on with it.
Originally Posted by Fish:
Watched the very first episode, National Anthem, and thought it was the stupidest thing I'd seen in a long while. The entire premise was just so ridiculous and unbelievable, I didn't want to continue with the rest of the episodes. Painfully stupid and disgusting.
Synopsis, if you haven't seen it and don't care about spoilers:
Spoiler!
So the princess of England is kidnapped. The kidnapper gives his demands, which is only that the Prime Minister of England had to **** a pig on live TV and it had to be broadcast on every station, and he had to "Finish". And for some reason, every single person in the country is like "Sorry, dude you have to go through with it and **** that pig on worldwide TV because it's the princess." Nobody but the Prime Minister seems to give a moments pause that they shouldn't give in to terrorist demands or anything. Nope, just pig ****ing. No choice, just get on with it.
I saw NewChief put this series on his watch list so I too watched this episode. My reaction was the EXACT same as yours.
I mean WTF?
Maybe I’ll watch a different ep to see if this one was an outlier. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Bowser:
Great list. Check these episodes out, Fish.
All right, I'll give it a chance. Thank you guys for the explanation. I didn't necessarily realize that each episode was a completely individual universe/plot. That changes everything.... I'll try again.. [Reply]
Originally Posted by vailpass:
I saw NewChief put this series on his watch list so I too watched this episode. My reaction was the EXACT same as yours.
I mean WTF?
Maybe I’ll watch a different ep to see if this one was an outlier.
A few posts later I also recommended that people NOT start with that episode. It’s the consensus among fans of the show to recommend newbies start somewhere other than S1E1. It’s a shame that they don’t just reorder the show because a lot of people really dislike the first episode. [Reply]
A few posts later I also recommended that people NOT start with that episode. It’s the consensus among fans of the show to recommend newbies start somewhere other than S1E1. It’s a shame that they don’t just reorder the show because a lot of people really dislike the first episode.
Agree. I started a couple of weeks ago with Metalhead, then started watching them in order. However, I enjoyed National Anthem. Not from a perverse manner, but from a perspective of how truly warped this series is. The next two episodes of season one confirmed this program is a mind job. [Reply]
A few posts later I also recommended that people NOT start with that episode. It’s the consensus among fans of the show to recommend newbies start somewhere other than S1E1. It’s a shame that they don’t just reorder the show because a lot of people really dislike the first episode.
I actually liked that ep. Then again I'm kind of a twisted fuck.
I thought the "Dog" episode was probably the weakest but the one set in the desert museum was probably the best. It had that Twilight Zone/Amazing Stories feel to it.
I think it's probably the most consistently good series in the "Twilight Zone" genre of storytelling... [Reply]
A few posts later I also recommended that people NOT start with that episode. It’s the consensus among fans of the show to recommend newbies start somewhere other than S1E1. It’s a shame that they don’t just reorder the show because a lot of people really dislike the first episode.
God damnit I didn’t read that far! I tend to like a lot of what you recommend so I tried it. Guess I’ll give it another go with a different episode. It’s not that I have a problem with the pig fucking premise per se,found it amusing,but the story just didn’t click for me.
BTW I still can’t understand a word they say in Peaky Blinders:-) [Reply]
Probably just a coincidence, but in 'Hang the DJ', notice how the initials of the two main character's names are the beginning and end of the six letters used in hexadecimal.