Does anyone watch Black Mirror?

[VeryViolet]

I have watched two episodes with DH. He loves it and I found it way too disturbing. There really isn't a premise in that each episode is a stand alone story. I can't speak to all of them so I am just kind of basing it on what I have seen but they are a near future, dystopian view of the world and technology. I have become kind of a wuss about tv/movies in the past few years so don't take my inability to watch it as anything but a comment on my tastes.

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Yes! It's really good, though dark.

The format is similar to the Twilight Zone - none of the episodes are connected to each other (at least not in an way I noticed, lol). They are all about future society and the ways technology is used to alter the way humans behave and interact with each other. I'm probably not explaining it very well. It's really good and thought provoking (and scary, because that's the direction technology could take us).

Its also one of those infuriating British shows that only has 3 episodes per season, so there are exactly 7 episodes and IDK if they are making more. The first 6 are on Netflix. I'd recommend checking it out. The first episode is shocking but also interesting/entertaining.

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What article did you read? I'd be interested in reading it.

I think it's one of the most well done shows I've seen in a while.

[spitforspat]

It's intense. I loved it. Jon Hamm is in the Christmas special.

[Eagles]

A friend suggested it, so I tried to watch the first episode. OMG no. It gives nothing away to tell you that in the first three minutes, a terrorist group kidnaps a member of the British royal family and threatens to kill her if the PM doesn't fuck a pig on live TV. I tried to watch the whole episode in the background while I was cleaning, and just nope.

[goaskalice]

It was too disturbing for me, but I'm pretty sensitive. I watched it because of those "OMG it's so amazing and under appreciated" reviews and I do not agree at all. I only watched two episodes before I gave up.

[FastHands]

I really like it. I've watched the first "season" (3 eps), and the last episode has really stayed with me. Even though it was a bit predictable, it is extremely well done on an emotional level. Very easy to connect with the characters and imagine the situations, etc.

As for disturbing, I guess it can be somewhat, but that's.. sort of the point.

I'd love to talk about it, actually. There were points DH and I differed on. We spent a while talking about the ending of the first episode. That's another plus, for me -- a show that inspires real conversations afterward.

[Kit]

I couldn't get into it. I watched 1.5 episodes with H, and the one full one I saw was the one Eagles mentioned, and then half of another one.

Nope. Not for me.

[sequins]

It's lovely and intense and makes you think of the extreme forms in which society can change. Watch it!!

[orangello]

It's very good - very disturbing and thought provoking.

[mellimel19]

It's kind of like the twilight zone. There's no real premise, but each episode seems to center around technology in some way.

[adlove]

Yes we watched it. Many of the episodes were unsettling but even then I wish there were more episodes. Worth a watch for sure.

[Nonny]

As the other's said it's kind of a technology themed, British, Twilight Zone like show. I really enjoyed it, although some of the episodes aren't as good as others. I'm not as big of a fan of the political leaning ones (the S1E1 and S2E3), and I cried pretty much all through the episode titled, "Be Right Back."  ETA:  The crying was because I found it sad.