THE BLACK MIRROR HINTS MOVIE
'Black Mirror' Duo on the Challenges of Netflix's First Interactive Movie - and Why They Would Do It AgainĪndrew Scott plays Christopher, a ride-share driver who parks outside a tech company called Smithereen. But none lasting long enough to be a real threat - that’s exclusively a challenge that seems to come from within, as fans (and critics) can sometimes obsess over the misses and, one could argue, are unduly jaded after four seasons, a Christmas special and an interactive movie, about the constraints of the form, with a lingering “oh, more of that” kind of weariness sinking in.
THE BLACK MIRROR HINTS SERIES
But that meant that seasons three and four, with their double episode count, were routinely judged on any standout weakness.īrooker and co-executive producer Annabel Jones, who has been there from the beginning, have crafted such an urgently inventive series that they have spawned a number of like-minded competitors through the years. Brooker had set such a high bar for himself that he was bound to, on occasion, tumble short on certain episodes.īut since Black Mirror is an anthology series, it’s often unjustly judged on its episodes rather than its whole season - something that probably started because the first two seasons were merely three episodes each. That expanded six-episode third season featured the much-loved “San Junipero” episode, a template for Brooker becoming more interested in the emotional forefront of the technology fallout rather than the technology itself, a step into more nuanced storytelling that truly raised the bar.Īnother six-episode fourth season was wonderfully, wildly all over the map, but it also represented Peak Black Mirror Episode Rankings, and a (frustrating) fan focus more on the inconsistencies of the episodes and less on the fact that Black Mirror had, since its 2011 premiere, been fantastically original and weirdly prescient when it came to all things techno-terror. Somewhere around the third season, after two critically acclaimed and arguably “cult” seasons, the secret was out and fans were more demanding of the content of Black Mirror - less satisfied with creator Charlie Brooker’s wildly eclectic sense of style and direction, more prone to ranking episodes from best to worst (the truest sign in the age of Twitter that we actually shouldn’t be allowed to have good things). Heading into its fifth season, Netflix’s Black Mirrorremains a prime example of an often brilliant series with a rabid fan base that turned - as the series grew more popular, expanded and drew more actors (and thus eyeballs) into its orbit - a different kind of rabid.
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