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Have you seen the latest black mirror season? Spoiler alert: it's pretty bad. But in more seriousness, I'm sure they are trying to optimize for producing the l

Have you seen the latest black mirror season? Spoiler alert: it's pretty bad. But in more seriousness, I'm sure they are trying to optimize for producing the least amount of content in order to retain existing users.

shrimpx 3y ago
> it's pretty bad I found it refreshing that they broadened away from “computer horror” which had started to get worn out. Now it’s closer to a modern twilight zone or outer limits.
x86x87 3y ago
I guess I like "pretty bad" things. Out of the 5 episodes imho only one is mediocre (would not even call it bad). The other 4 are great with 2 of them being exceptional. Go watch them!
- mupuff1234 3y ago
  I've watched the first two, they were at best 6/10 in my book. I'll probably watch the 3rd since I heard it's slightly better, but then plan on cancelling my subscription.
  - godtoldmetodoit 3y ago
    It gets worse after that, the first two episodes were definitely the strongest imo.
    - polotics 3y ago
      This kind of evaluation, ie. "it is pretty bad" is where experience have told me that unless I know the person giving feedback, predictive power on how much I will agree is zero. What is bad? I watched just one episode so far and loved it, are all the other rehashes of previous themes with obvious low budget and bad actors?
      - x86x87 3y ago
        If you like the previous 5 seasons odds are you'll enjoy it.
      - hairofadog 3y ago
        No, they’re all pretty good.
    - emptysongglass 3y ago
      Demon 71 is fantastic. Art direction, music selection, style in spades. Very clever twists on the old horror genre with small camera trick homages. The one in space featured excellent acting from the actor formerly of Breaking Bad. The level of human cruelty on display left me reeling for a good day and a half. Honestly, this is one of the stronger seasons. My favorite episode remains Crocodile from a season or two ago: its actress remains criminally underrated.
      - x86x87 3y ago
        I think it's 79 but yes agree that it's a masterpiece.
  - x86x87 3y ago
    The meta on "Joan is awful" is amazing. The self-deprecating humor is hilarious and the whole episode js through provoking. I loved it. Second episode is a slow burn but it delivers. Third one is the best episode imho, although the ending may shock you. The fifth episode is classic Black Mirror and may be for some people the strongest in the series.
aflag 3y ago
I've watched only the first episode this far. I'd rank it average in relation to the other episodes, which is still around 8/10 for me, as I like the series.
wetpaws 3y ago
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akiselev 3y ago
Agreed. They leaned so heavily into the horror/thriller anthology genre that the techno-dystopian angle got lost completely (although I haven’t watched the streaming episode yet). None of the episodes felt imaginative like the early seasons did. It was just a season of British Horror Stories with one episode set in spaaaace and another one with a disco demon (what?!). If they want to keep it going all they have to do is go back to some of their best episodes and write more stories set in those worlds. What happened to lead to Metalhead? What’s a rich playboy’s life like in the universe of 15 million merits? Whats the prison industrial complex like in White Christmas? Whats crime like in White Bear? There’s so much content to mine!
glimshe 3y ago
Agreed. 2 episodes were good, but not great. The others weren't not necessarily bad, but they were not Black Mirror - I wouldn't necessarily want to watch them if they weren't part of Black Mirror. Season 6 is thus a disappointment, the worst Black Mirror season.
hairofadog 3y ago
Another perspective: it’s pretty great, and holds up to (and even exceeds) the quality of some previous seasons. Even my least favorite episodes of this season were still pretty good. I expect if we each listed our favorite episodes they’d be pretty different – which is great, and one of the things I like about Black Mirror. Some filmmakers are all about ideas, others are about vibes, and others are about character-driven narrative (my preference). I think the best are ones who play with all three, which I think Black Mirror continues to do very well.
- mupuff1234 3y ago
  Season 5 & 6 are the lowest rated seasons by both critics and consumers, so seems like it's somewhat universally agreed upon. Personally I thought the episodes I watched were meh at best in most of the categories you listed, but obviously that's subjective.
- nicce 3y ago
  If you compare to the any other show, plots were quite unique, and cast was quite good. I did not think in any moment that the show was bad. Just that maybe some previous seasons had even more interesting episodes. I guess our expectations have just gone too high.

shrimpx 3y ago

> it's pretty bad I found it refreshing that they broadened away from “computer horror” which had started to get worn out. Now it’s closer to a modern twilight zone or outer limits.

x86x87 3y ago

I guess I like "pretty bad" things. Out of the 5 episodes imho only one is mediocre (would not even call it bad). The other 4 are great with 2 of them being exceptional. Go watch them!

mupuff1234 3y ago
I've watched the first two, they were at best 6/10 in my book. I'll probably watch the 3rd since I heard it's slightly better, but then plan on cancelling my subscription.
- godtoldmetodoit 3y ago
  It gets worse after that, the first two episodes were definitely the strongest imo.
  - polotics 3y ago
    This kind of evaluation, ie. "it is pretty bad" is where experience have told me that unless I know the person giving feedback, predictive power on how much I will agree is zero. What is bad? I watched just one episode so far and loved it, are all the other rehashes of previous themes with obvious low budget and bad actors?
    - x86x87 3y ago
      If you like the previous 5 seasons odds are you'll enjoy it.
    - hairofadog 3y ago
      No, they’re all pretty good.
  - emptysongglass 3y ago
    Demon 71 is fantastic. Art direction, music selection, style in spades. Very clever twists on the old horror genre with small camera trick homages. The one in space featured excellent acting from the actor formerly of Breaking Bad. The level of human cruelty on display left me reeling for a good day and a half. Honestly, this is one of the stronger seasons. My favorite episode remains Crocodile from a season or two ago: its actress remains criminally underrated.
    - x86x87 3y ago
      I think it's 79 but yes agree that it's a masterpiece.
- x86x87 3y ago
  The meta on "Joan is awful" is amazing. The self-deprecating humor is hilarious and the whole episode js through provoking. I loved it. Second episode is a slow burn but it delivers. Third one is the best episode imho, although the ending may shock you. The fifth episode is classic Black Mirror and may be for some people the strongest in the series.

aflag 3y ago

I've watched only the first episode this far. I'd rank it average in relation to the other episodes, which is still around 8/10 for me, as I like the series.

wetpaws 3y ago

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akiselev 3y ago

Agreed. They leaned so heavily into the horror/thriller anthology genre that the techno-dystopian angle got lost completely (although I haven’t watched the streaming episode yet). None of the episodes felt imaginative like the early seasons did. It was just a season of British Horror Stories with one episode set in spaaaace and another one with a disco demon (what?!). If they want to keep it going all they have to do is go back to some of their best episodes and write more stories set in those worlds. What happened to lead to Metalhead? What’s a rich playboy’s life like in the universe of 15 million merits? Whats the prison industrial complex like in White Christmas? Whats crime like in White Bear? There’s so much content to mine!

glimshe 3y ago

Agreed. 2 episodes were good, but not great. The others weren't not necessarily bad, but they were not Black Mirror - I wouldn't necessarily want to watch them if they weren't part of Black Mirror. Season 6 is thus a disappointment, the worst Black Mirror season.

hairofadog 3y ago

Another perspective: it’s pretty great, and holds up to (and even exceeds) the quality of some previous seasons. Even my least favorite episodes of this season were still pretty good. I expect if we each listed our favorite episodes they’d be pretty different – which is great, and one of the things I like about Black Mirror. Some filmmakers are all about ideas, others are about vibes, and others are about character-driven narrative (my preference). I think the best are ones who play with all three, which I think Black Mirror continues to do very well.

mupuff1234 3y ago
Season 5 & 6 are the lowest rated seasons by both critics and consumers, so seems like it's somewhat universally agreed upon. Personally I thought the episodes I watched were meh at best in most of the categories you listed, but obviously that's subjective.
nicce 3y ago
If you compare to the any other show, plots were quite unique, and cast was quite good. I did not think in any moment that the show was bad. Just that maybe some previous seasons had even more interesting episodes. I guess our expectations have just gone too high.