I thought was a pretty strong episode but haven't noticed much mention of it. What are peoples thoughts on it?
shareI loved it. I thought it was superbly directed and acted
I made it my joint favourite with Shut up and Dance.
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It was one of those episodes that makes Black Mirror special because it forces us to look at ourselves. When you sign up for a social media account that episode should automatically start playing.
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I loved it, it's extremely strong, and the two female leads were just perfect, both their storylines and their acting. the end left me wondering how far the ADI "bees" could fly, if it spawned a worldwide loss of life and not just in the UK. the antagonist traveled far away and changed his appearance so the bees wouldn't come for him, so he must know how far they can travel and how persistent they are.
I also can totally see people in the days after the initial attack on the "players" quite a lot of people still using "#DeathTo _______" then trying to hide from the bees.
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It was just the UK. He changed his appearance so he wouldn't get caught...
I also can totally see people in the days after the initial attack on the "players" quite a lot of people still using "#DeathTo _______" then trying to hide from the bees.
I really enjoyed it, especially in terms of its tonal resemblance to Scandinavian crime dramas. I'd agree with others in saying it was one of the best shows of the new series. The ending was quite good, if a bit hackneyed in its final few minutes, but as a whole it had that kind of overarching social consciousness that all Black Mirror episodes have.
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shareStill have 35 minutes to go but something is bothering me.
They end up in a bathroom; so why not put the woman they are trying to protect in the bathtub? Submerge her in water and give her a few straws to breath through. I dunno, this seems obvious and it bothers me that this didn't occur to either of them as they are both obviously smart and effective at their jobs.
The bees might be able to get through water but so far we don't know. Surely they have to navigate or avoid rain but going under water may be more then the bees could handle, so why not?
At the very least, why not put headphones over her ears when they knew one of the other bees entered that way.
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Interesting suggestion, but that assumes they'd think of that at the time, and also have a straw with them. Even if they came up with the idea I doubt they'd have a straw. And a bee could still go down the straw and get in.
shareI thought of it immediately when they were trying to locate her, they had more then enough time to come up with that. You don't fight bugs with your hands or with a closed anything. The straws would be too small for a bee to go down, I'm sure they could have improvised if they had simply thought, "What do we do when/if the bee gets inside?"
The bunker under the ground idea seemed like it could work. Have everyone carry a small EMP as well. But yeah, my suggestion is not long term, its short term, what could they do with what they had, they were in a house that had children in it so the chances that the house contained straws were increased.
OMG, I just noticed...you're one of them...please don't come inside my house and bore out my brains, I'll be good, those things I said on Twitter, well, they had to be said. ;)
"This is What You Want... This is What You Get"
Just stay in a bank vault for the day. Bees were also affected by magnets, so electricity could be used to magnetize large metal objects, walls or vehicles, so that the bees would get stuck there. Hell, if the government really wants to avoid another murder, then they can put the person in a submarine and send it underwater or even just give him a plane ticket to the other side of the planet. There are endless possibilities, these bees were not some super villains :)
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Fair enough, and I'm impressed you thought of that solution immediately - I had none!
shareThat's a good point. However, did they have straws with them? I know I don't carry straws around with me.
shareEven easier: Just slap a mask on her.
Bees can't see past the mask.
Also: earplugs, noseplugs, keep mouth closed.
Now the bees can't do jacksh____t.
Haha I was thinking go scuba diving in a pool. Bees probably can't go underwater plus your nose and mouth are covered. Pop in some earplugs and you're safe for a couple hours.
shareIt was my favourite. Less gimmicky.
shareI thought it was fantastic. I loved the cinematography, the writing structure and length. It looked less TV like and really showed off that Netflix money, although it went overboard with the weird compositions (like slanted framing and eyes in the bottom corners)
I did think it was a bit too silly at times. The bees went by facial recognition- but the episode didn't explore what would happen if say they had a doppelganger or the victim wore a mask or simply covered all their orifices. There was an instance of locking someone in a container but we're supposed to infer the bees just killed everyone around them instead?
I thought the acting, directing and cinematography were all great but the premise was a little silly when you boil it down to 'killer robot bees'. A bit of a weird one to expand to feature length.
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