oh manhttps://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/jun/07/black-mirror-miley-cyrus-rachel-jack-ashley-tooso uh, this reviewer has some decent comments on the plot but completely missed the central running joke that all of the music is Nine Inch Nails songs, with the pop star versions having cheery lyrics. cringing and giggling over here
The Cyrus we meet at the start of the episode makes manufactured pop that’s slick, well-made, personal (her lyrics come directly from her dream diary) and popular. She is very, very good at this. But by the end she has become, for want of a better word, Nickelback. She starts shouting very bad, very witless, completely anonymous grunge-lite songs back to back with her bassist (who has a nose ring, because attitude). She’s happy, but only because she’s adopted a hard shell of “authenticity” that’s arguably even more constrictive than her former persona.
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 01:48 (four years ago) link
I actually thought they were going to start having video game sex in all the different characters to really prove the TRUE LOVE, so I was disappointed by the polar bear throwaway.
― Yerac, Sunday, 9 June 2019 02:34 (four years ago) link
we were denied the polar bear fucking we deserve
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 03:12 (four years ago) link
her bassist (who has a nose ring, because attitude) also seems to have missed that "her bassist" was Jack
― Colonel Poo, Sunday, 9 June 2019 09:44 (four years ago) link
grafting an entire review on to a templates premise of rockism and misplaced adherence to authenticity, completely failing to notice it’s just all nin coverskind of beautiful
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 14:02 (four years ago) link
Moral of Striking Vipers: Video games make you gay
― akm, Sunday, 9 June 2019 14:40 (four years ago) link
otm
― johnny crunch, Sunday, 9 June 2019 14:52 (four years ago) link
not a furry though, apparentlyexcept for maybe whoever was fucking people as a polar bear
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 16:01 (four years ago) link
polar bears have had a rough decade.
The Miley Cyrus one was fine. It should've been a lot shorter. The drag was apparent when it hit the Alexa comes to life bit.
― Yerac, Sunday, 9 June 2019 16:32 (four years ago) link
I didn't read that Guardian article because of the choice of shirt he chose for his writer pic.
― Yerac, Sunday, 9 June 2019 16:36 (four years ago) link
I thought the robot was one of the best parts and, although a total rehash of prior episodes trapping a consciousness in a machine, was actually fleshed out
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 16:37 (four years ago) link
It was, it just highlighted how meandering the first part was. When the robot came to life all of a sudden it was a different episode with a different vibe with odd adults are stupid hijinks.
― Yerac, Sunday, 9 June 2019 16:41 (four years ago) link
too many undercooked plot segmentswas most disappointed by Smithereens, all we got was some good Andrew Scott emoting and a too-generous portrayal of a Jack Dorsey type by Topher Grace
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:05 (four years ago) link
I dunno, just because the guardian guy may not be a big NIN fan and didn't get the in-joke doesn't mean he hasn't got a valid point that the episode denouement felt a bit rockist
― or something, Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:23 (four years ago) link
Not that I can be particularly arsed to defend a guardian culture journo
― or something, Sunday, 9 June 2019 17:24 (four years ago) link
he praised the other lyrics in the episode which were: a cover of another NIN song, and a nonsense version of “head like a hole” with funny lyrics written by Bookeryou could make the argument for it being rockist or w/e but it really feels like a template being applied by a guy who has read a lot about music criticism but hasn’t a lot of interest in listening to music
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:16 (four years ago) link
I wouldn't dispute your latter point
― or something, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
i should buy the t-shirt thoughwish it didn’t say “black mirror” on there, though. kind of gives the game awayhttps://store.nin.com/products/head-like-a-hole-x-black-mirror-tee
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:28 (four years ago) link
Brooker doesn't come across as someone who's that into music either tbh xp
― or something, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:29 (four years ago) link
tbf he’s had a lot of good people working on the soundtrack for this series with mixed resultsit’s kind of turned into a soundtrack/actor/location showcase with the plots being a real mixed bag
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:32 (four years ago) link
Idk I didn’t think the episode applied a rockist judgement to the music? Ashley O was still writing all those songs but she wasn’t being coerced by medication into producing stuff that wasn’t how she felt anymore? I didn’t feel that it judged pop more negatively.
― gyac, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:49 (four years ago) link
trent reznor is a rockism victim. made dark but poppy synthesizer album and was bullied into incorporating more guitars throughout the entire 90s!!also there’s that elephant in the room which is miley cyrus’s entire musical career where she was a disney pop kid? idk, lots of unexplored angles in journalism, anyone wanting to write a little can have these tips for free
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 18:52 (four years ago) link
xpost I almost brought up how a lot of episodes remind of Until the End of the World because of the "soundtrack/actor/location showcase." The videogame episode in Brazil was disconcerting.
― Yerac, Sunday, 9 June 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
Topher Grace just sitting on top of a big old hill in the desert
― mh, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
I file NiN under “things I just don’t care about”
― calstars, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
Idk if Reznor was really “bullied” into adding guitars in the 90s.I’ve only seen the Vipers ep of the first season and if that’s the high point I’m worried about the rest.
― circa1916, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:20 (four years ago) link
Reznor getting his first No. 1 with "Old Town Road" is the best Black Mirror episode.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:23 (four years ago) link
lol
― calstars, Sunday, 9 June 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
xxp lol i’ve got to start using the sarcasm tag again i guess
― mh, Monday, 10 June 2019 00:18 (four years ago) link
had enough of this show. all these episodes are too fucking long
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Tuesday, 11 June 2019 21:34 (four years ago) link
what if ye phone was ye mum
― boobie, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 16:17 (four years ago) link
what if ya bruv was a hot and horny chun li type
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 12 June 2019 16:18 (four years ago) link
I find myself very anti-Topher Grace so I will probably not watch that episode.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
he's fine in it! no aggravated vocal mannerisms or anything
― mh, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:29 (four years ago) link
That ep was bad and hated but I liked it and felt the denouement was great
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:33 (four years ago) link
I thought it was fine, it was just a half gallon of plot in a five gallon bucket
― mh, Wednesday, 12 June 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
Really dug the Miley episode, with so much packed into an hour and such a satisfying final 15 minutes.
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 18 July 2019 06:31 (four years ago) link
#BlackMirror Creator Says the World Is Too Bleak Right Now for Season 6 https://t.co/ix0l7uFUkX pic.twitter.com/qAswxYknU5— IndieWire (@IndieWire) May 6, 2020
TBH, I'd rather see a Philomena Cunk Moments of Wonder segment devoted to epidemiology.
― speaking moistly (Sanpaku), Thursday, 7 May 2020 07:01 (three years ago) link
my friend messaged me asking if that means Brooker can bring back Nathan Barley instead
― mh, Thursday, 7 May 2020 13:17 (three years ago) link
not bleak anymore, then?
https://variety.com/2022/tv/global/black-mirror-season-6-netflix-1235266891/
― StanM, Monday, 16 May 2022 14:41 (one year ago) link
Season 6 trailer is out!
15 June will be a fever dream. pic.twitter.com/XcGN12FP1z— Black Mirror (@blackmirror) May 31, 2023
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:05 (ten months ago) link
Can't believe it's been a decade
Always liked this show but man are they slow to release episodes
― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:17 (ten months ago) link
*steels self for trailer*
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:34 (ten months ago) link
*has to admit that this new season looks pretty dope after the show kinda fell off before the hiatus*
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:37 (ten months ago) link
One of these episodes features… David Shields?!? Which seems appropriate.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:41 (ten months ago) link
Interesting angle, two episodes into this season. (It’s an angle they played with a bit before, but they’re leaning harder into it.)
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Saturday, 17 June 2023 03:22 (ten months ago) link
First episode is terrible, second is fucking traumatising wtf
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:17 (ten months ago) link
Probably the most fucked up since Shut Up and Dance
― half the population ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (gyac), Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:20 (ten months ago) link
Demon 79 is the only good one imo and Anjana Vasan is superb in it.
― calzino, Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:50 (ten months ago) link
Beyond the Sea was so dull I can't even remember what happened at the end of it.
― calzino, Sunday, 18 June 2023 14:55 (ten months ago) link