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Old 12-21-2017, 07:52 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Season 4 on Netflix on the 29th
**** yeah. Top 3 episodes of season 3?

Mine were

1. Nosedive
2. Hated in the Nation
3. Shut Up and Dance
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Old 12-21-2017, 09:36 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Hated in the Nation is my favorite of all of Black Mirror. Holds up to lots of repeated viewings.

"Got him".
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Old 12-24-2017, 01:51 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I haven't watched it. It's one of the few shows I'm interested in watching, though.
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Old 12-26-2017, 08:37 PM   #14 (permalink)
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this one is so ****ed up

reminds me of White Bear

both similar in their total bleakness and commentary on how we treat people who make mistakes
omg nice shout out with White Bear. that was my favourite before I saw nosedive. i watched it multiple times, depressing as ****.
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Old 12-26-2017, 08:43 PM   #15 (permalink)
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PS hated in the nation was kinda weak sauce in comparison to the others I've seen

not bad, but no concepts that shook me
I'll admit it dragged and the concept was fairly generic, but I still thought it was tense **** and had some amazing moments that had me ****ting myself.
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Old 12-26-2017, 09:01 PM   #16 (permalink)
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I haven't seen Nosedive yet

the other one i saw that ****ed with me was White Christmas

the opening just had me laughing at the delicious dark humor

but the part about torturing the computer intelligence with leaving her in an empty room for months

just as a concept that got to me
Imagine being trapped in a place where you couldn't do nothing but be idle, with nothing to keep your mind preoccupied. That whole set up had me anxious just thinking about it. I mean I've seen a few videos on YT of how the mind reacts to being isolated from people and things for more than a week. And that **** looked nerve wracking. As much as I loved the ideas it was exploring in that episode, I found it wholly inconsistent. It had some great ideas and moments that really got you thinking, but a lot of it dragged and felt unnecessary.
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1. san junipero
2. white bear
3. shut up and dance

white Christmas a close #4
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PS hated in the nation was kinda weak sauce in comparison to the others I've seen not bad, but no concepts that shook me
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but the part about torturing the computer intelligence with leaving her in an empty room for months just as a concept that got to me
She screamed and he warned her but she kept on screaming so zinged her with 3 weeks. She came back screaming again so he gave her another 6 months. That broke her and she was a model AI from then on.

The freakiest part is when the 2 cops gave Joe 1,000 years at the end!
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Just watched Metalhead and I'm sure that you all saw the symbolism at the end. So what do you think she did?
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Just watched Metalhead and I'm sure that you all saw the symbolism at the end. So what do you think she did?
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Maybe she was an animal abuser? Dog fighting ring operator? I think the fact that it's in black and white is significant. Also since my quoted post is so cryptic I should probably explain my theory better.

The ending with the teddy bears was a reference to the concept of White Bear which I think implies that the whole episode was an extension of White Bear where people were heavily punished for their actions in a perpetual and purgatorial way. We put chips in dogs. Is this our White Bear scenario?
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