Black Mirror (Netflix) -- Season 4 Thread
 

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Never heard of these actors, I only know just the two directors Jodie Foster and Tim Van Patten.

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I know all the ones from “USS Callister”
Jesse Plemons = Meth Damon from Breaking Bad
Cristin Milioti = Mom from HIMYM
Jimmi Simpson = McPoyle on Always Sunny

John Hillcoat directed The Road and Lawless (and The Proposition)
David Slade directed Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night

And Rosemarie Dewitt always struck me as one of those people expected to be big but never quite made it.

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Can't wait for S4!

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Recognized very few of those names, but am anxiously awaiting Season 4!

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Season 4 is up on Netflix tomorrow.

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Thanks for the reminder!

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Jesus, Crocodile was the most fucked up episode of any season so far. Too dark to even be entertaining, really. Hopefully it’ll turn out to be the only low point of the season. USS Callister was really good, and Arkangel was decent. I’ll catch the final 3 tonight.

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The Star Trek episode was great. It was along, too. 76 minutes. I'll be binging the rest today.

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I love Black Mirror but I feel like they're starting to run out of fresh concepts and are recycling a few too many ideas in slightly different scenarios.

As such, I'm a little mixed on the Callister episode but Milioti fucking rocked in it.

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That’s how I felt about it too.

The voice cameo was a nice treat.

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I'm episode 3. The 2nd one was fucked up and directed by Jodie Foster.

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Episode 3 was beautifully shot but yeah...

Moral of the story?

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So far Hang The DJ is my favorite.

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Ahhhh

Metalhead just looked goofy in spots, took some cues from Tetsuo which was cool but I wish they shot on grittier cameras.

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My ranking:
1. Black Museum
2. USS Callister
3. Hang the DJ
4. Arkangel
5. Crocodile
6. Metalhead

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Just wrapped it up and another cool season in the books.

My ranking:

USS Callister
Black Museum
Hang the DJ
Crocodile
Arkangel
Metalhead

I guess season 6 will have the continuation of San Junipero, right?

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Through the first three so far ...

I thought Arkangel was the darkest, but maybe that’s because I can totally see my wife doing something like that. She is constantly checking where the kids are on their phones and creeping on social media.

Jodie Foster did a great job directing that one. I really thought it would end with but instead was royally fucked up. I had to cave and look up the actress to see where I knew her from — Mad Men.

Crocodile was just dark. Why the title though? I didn’t get the connection. I think there were some social issues to be explored that they left on the table in lieu of just telling a messed up story: private companies (insurance) coercing people to give access to their thoughts, the security of the information we do share, etc.

USS Callister was pretty enjoyable and I liked the cast. The video game concept has been done a few times, but this was a bit of a different perspective.

Hoping to wrap up the last three tomorrow night.

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Yeah, not sure why the title. I watched it trying to see any connection but couldn't figure it out.

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Next season is Season 5. And there is no actual confirmation that they are doing that.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No way we'd do a *direct sequel* with same characters unless it was, say, a graphic novel.</p>&mdash; Charlie Brooker (@charltonbrooker) <a href="https://twitter.com/charltonbrooker/status/905518614513582080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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^ Ah, gotcha.

Although there was some nice Easter egg stuff in that talked about the early tech used I almost thought that one was a prequel of sorts until it wasn't.


As far as Crocodile as a title - I initially thought it was going to be about the drug that causes people's skin to rot off and look like crocodile hide. Glad it had nothing to do with that.

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I figured Crocodile was just named after crocodiles, they latch on, drag you down, and they simply do not let go which is pretty descriptive of the plot.

I thought it did a nice job of just exploring the side effects of this particular technology. Something so incredibly innocent leading to an inevitable chain reaction. And it is also the most beautifully shot episode yet.

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Nice. I caught that too. I think what Brooker said once is he would do lilttle Easter eggs like that about it. So it’s nice he actually did.

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I was surprised to see that Hillcoat did this one and not Metalhead. Crocodile seems more up Slade’s alley and Metalhead Hillcoat’s. But it was interesting to see.