Well this show might aswell be called The Twilight Zone now as it used to be set in England all the time, that is what actually made it Black Mirror and set apart from everything else.
The 1st episode set in America, the 2nd had an American in it, the 4th set in America again. Not watched anymore yet but would have prefered if it was still on channel 4 as opposed to Netflix.
The last episode (6) was British AF, but sadly it was the worst episode for me. Plenty seem to have liked it though.
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What sets Black Mirror Apart from everything else has nothing to do with where it is set. I admit, I was a little skeptical of the move at first, but its exactly the same show.
What about the forests?...... NOPE!
I wish Netflix would never had picked this up. I feared for the worst, and it happened. It feels like a completely different show. Like most of north-american entertainment, these episoded feel stale, and predictable. With all of them falling short at the end, like they've been rushed or ran out of ideas. Season 1 and 2 episodes really used to give you a kick in the face that would leave you speechless for 10 minutes. Now you pretty much see what's coming and new episodes seem to be lacking certain boldness.
shareI completely agree with everything that you've said. The final twists are the worst part. The great thing about Black Mirror was that they raised the stakes to this dizzying mental height and then twist the stakes over and over again until you get sick and can barely watch. Playtest was good overall but the ending was conventional. Nosedive and San Junipero came no where close to Black Mirror in terms of suspense, intrigue, and mystery and San Junipero actually had a ridiculously happy ending. The Americanized Netflix is anti-climatic and uninspired. Social media and racism was the first subject? The UK Black Mirror took on issues like societal revenge on murderers and pedophiles, humiliation of public figures, and human trafficking and mass slavery. This season is a joke.
shareHaven't finished watching yet, but I'm somewhat surprised, as it's still helmed by Charlie Brooker.
shareThere are 3 very typical Black Mirror style episodes if that was what you were looking for:
1: Nosedive
3: Shut up and Dance
5: Men Against Fire
They all had that sickly twist or bittersweetness we've come to expect, but they weren't necessarily the best this season IMO.
The other 3 were great: wow cinematography and production, extra long too, and showed off that money! I'd like to have seen more of that.
Looking forward to the next 6! Although I think Charlie Brooker needs to work with more like-minded writers as he may be spreading his talents too thin.
I think it was more than the setting. It's not really as good as the best of the Twilight zone either. It's more Outer Limits stuff. They've tamed it down and dumbed it down for the American audience. Most of them have never heard about Black Mirror and they're too stupid to understand a single episode. Now they're flooding the boards with their comments about how their memories are too short to even remember the episode and they have the pretense to act as if they could understand subtext or the dark disturbing nightmare twists of Black Mirror. This is the worst thing that has ever happened to anything ever in the entire history of mankind and nothing this bad will ever happen again.
shareThis is the worst thing that has ever happened to anything ever in the entire history of mankind and nothing this bad will ever happen again.