BizarreWizard Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Just watched Joan is Awful. Thought it was a decent first episode, works nicely as an intro to this season. I like it that not every episode of Black Mirror have to be completely depressing (San Junipero, USS Callister, Ashley Too). Beyond the Sea was genius. Reminded me just how much technology will always be superior to humankind. The three other episodes are very fantastic/horror coded. Felt like watching American Horror Stories at times. Beyond the Sea > Joan Is Awful > Loch Henry > Demon 79 > Mazey Day Edited June 16, 2023 by BizarreWizard
Cefh Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 The "Loch Henry" praise in here such a GREAT episode, I'll give it a 9/10
fountain Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 Loch Henry: Didn’t really love this one. It was okay to a certain point, but took a dive when things really started unraveling. The ~twist~ was way too predictable in my opinion, and the characters actions were too dumb for this to feel like a good, sophisticated Black Mirror episode. But I liked the set up and where things were headed up to that point, and I liked how the ending really completed this story. If I hadn’t of seen it coming I could’ve seen this being great, but there was too many pointers tbh. Mazey Day: Yeah… this is definitely not a favourite. I like the concept of using paparazzi for an episode, but the way they took this one was just random (like, why?) and lacked depth overall. Doesn’t really provide any grand revelation or effective perspective, so probably one of the least memorable episodes for me (even despite the bizarre turn). Fell asleep for a couple minutes too and didn’t even miss anything, which isn’t great considering it’s already the shortest episode. I guess I ended up watching two of the lesser hyped episodes back to back, but seeing the praise for the others leaves me still looking forward to the two I have left. And having seen three episodes now I’d say in comparison to Season 5’s three, this season feels stronger already.
Bandito Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 I must agree that I loved the setup for Loch Henry but the twist was way too predictable. As soon as we made it into the Spoiler mom's house and saw that immense VHS collection, I knew there was going to be some hidden video / clue on it. Pia also got such a random and quick death that it really took me out of it until the ending. I was literally watching him in his hotel room during that final scene wondering if he would get a text from her revealing that she had faked her death for even more clout / notoriety.
fountain Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 42 minutes ago, Bandito said: I must agree that I loved the setup for Loch Henry but the twist was way too predictable. As soon as we made it into the Hide contents mom's house and saw that immense VHS collection, I knew there was going to be some hidden video / clue on it. Pia also got such a random and quick death that it really took me out of it until the ending. I was literally watching him in his hotel room during that final scene wondering if he would get a text from her revealing that she had faked her death for even more clout / notoriety. Yeah exactly the same for me and my issue with that episode Spoiler Immediately seeing the amount of tapes and the focus it got, it was completely obvious that there would be something significant with it implicating the mother. It didn’t really help that the mother had awkward / odd vibes regardless, like it really was not subtle at all and felt very predictable. And I agree, the girls death was random and silly. She was pretty dumb to even put herself in that situation like… the moment she saw the tape she should have quietly RAN, but no she decided to sit down and eat dinner with the psycho and give herself away, like the stupidity girl… plus the bf literally warned her earlier about how people always go missing in the area because of the dangerous landscape and she still chose to try and go through the river for some reason even though she had already successfully escaped.
RihannaLoverrr Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Only watched up to Loch Henry and wow… amazing episode. My bf predicted that twist like halfway through it, and I was like there’s no way. Idk how I convinced myself it was the friends dad. I was SHOOK Edited June 16, 2023 by RihannaLoverrr
ATRL Moderator Unoriginal Posted June 16, 2023 ATRL Moderator Posted June 16, 2023 the last two episodes sent me loch henry > beyond the sea > joan is awful > demon 79 > mazey day
Gwendolyn Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) I miss the british feel the show had. I like the newer seasons but I loved how doomist the first 2 seasons felt, tragic how C4 is struggling due to budget cuts rn. ---- I liked Joan was Awful but Loch Ness was particularly crazy. I need to finish the rest. Edited June 16, 2023 by Gwendolyn
BeachRat Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Joan Is Awful had that wholesome bittersweet release feeling i got from Nosedive (my favorite episode ever) and it’s up there too now! absolutely loved it. Loch Henry was….not a black mirror episode. if the show is about the dark side of technology i don’t understand how commenting on true crime sellout craze is related. especially when we only get 5 episodes, i want doomsday. not that. it was cute tho. brb after watching the rest✌🏻 Edited June 16, 2023 by BeachRat
Khal Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 Mazey Day is on 'Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too' levels of awful, but at least the Ashley ep birthed a catchy song, while Mazey was just shite with nothing to redeem it Honestly another underwhelming season and now I'm wondering if maybe the show just doesn't have anything new or interesting to say? Lately, the writing just aren't as gripping compared to eps like White Christmas, White Bear, Shut Up & Dance, The Entire History of Us, Nosedive that felt like peak tv My ranking would be: Loch Henry>Beyond The Sea>Demon 79>>>>>Joan is Awful>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Mazey Day
barbiegrande Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Idk if this show works in 2023. It was groundbreaking in 2014, but now the “technology will end us” trope has been kind ran into the ground. To the point where now the media uses it to fear monger, so it’s just a constant idea in our heads. I might check out this season, but season 5 was really bad Edited June 16, 2023 by barbiegrande
illia Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 Dropped this show after Season 3 for some reason, planning to get back
Gwendolyn Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 Mazey Day was terrible, one of the worst episodes in the show. One of the most un-black mirror thing I've ever seen.
playboi Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 (edited) Some of these hardly felt like BM episodes, where is the technology in demon 79 it felt like those very lazy netflix shows that go viral for no reason other than good marketing I'm dropping this show now it's lame and corny The only good thing about this is the hot bear in Loch Henry I didn't even realise it was Pod from GOT Edited June 16, 2023 by playboi
shookspeare Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 glad I'm watching a rip of this cuz this sucks and I almost bought a netflix subscription just to watch it
TrashMagiq Posted June 16, 2023 Posted June 16, 2023 This used to be one of my favorite shows but this new season is just... not good. And neither was season 5. Loch Henry was amazing but that was truly the only episode that hit me like the older episodes did. That Mazey Day episode was just straight up dumb. It felt so out of place. Like I actually got annoyed by that plot twist bsdfh HOW is that a black mirror episode... This entire season felt like they just put together a couple of scripts that weren't written to be Black Mirror episodes and formed a season with them released with the Black Mirror name so people would watch it. I haven't watched the last episode yet and I'm probs not going to cause based on what I've read about it it seems like it's another occult horror episode that has absolutely no business being a part of this show at all. This just did not feel like a new season of Black Mirror.
flower moon Posted June 17, 2023 Posted June 17, 2023 loch henry was a decent episode... but not of black mirror. was just a quick little crime/horror film. i cant @ people praising episodes for being "lighter". black mirror is supposed to be dark and dystopic. literally worst case scenario type stuff anyway, on to ep3.
Taylucifer Posted June 17, 2023 Posted June 17, 2023 someone said the director just wanted their own version of AHS and they’re right these episodes (except ep 1 and 3) felt more AHS than Black Mirror
dussel_06 Posted June 17, 2023 Posted June 17, 2023 People complaining about the lack of technology like haven’t you all seen Season 1 Episode 1 and Shut Up and Dance? Two of the best episodes ever. I think charlie broker is pushing something to show the dark side and perversion of humanity and technology is just an instrument to it, not the cause of it. Overall, this is better than season 5 but okay-ish. 3>2>5>4>1
fountain Posted June 17, 2023 Posted June 17, 2023 Beyond the Sea- This was really good. I did think the direction it went in was quite expected, but still enjoyable to watch it play out and made for a great episode. Felt like classic early seasons Black Mirror.
MonsterNavy Posted June 17, 2023 Posted June 17, 2023 just finished ep 1 and hope the rest are better
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