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by G-Rat » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:02 pm

Not enough pig pr0nz.

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by Tafdolphin » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:02 pm

I don't know why, but I found the whole thing particularly unsettling. Made me feel very uncomfortable.

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Memento Mori » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:02 pm

It wasn't much of a twist. A twist would have been that the princess had already been dead for hours or that she was the kidnapper.

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PostCharlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Dual » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:03 pm

Quite excellent.

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by Skippy » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:03 pm

That was really good. Definitely more timely than timeless. Pretty much exactly what I was expecting

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Wiggy G32 » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:04 pm

Rudolphin wrote:I don't know why, but I found the whole thing particularly unsettling. Made me feel very uncomfortable.



Pretty much this i thought it was done pretty well

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by G-Rat » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:04 pm

Rudolphin wrote:I don't know why, but I found the whole thing particularly unsettling. Made me feel very uncomfortable.


Yeahh, I felt like this a bit, but then just tried to overthink it to then cancel out that feeling.

I laughed at the initial "reveal" of the ransom though. :lol:


I would respect the hell out of the PM if he did that for realz though.

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by Cuttooth » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:07 pm

Memento Mori wrote:It wasn't much of a twist. A twist would have been that the princess had already been dead for hours or that she was the kidnapper.

I thought it would end up being an elaborate prank by the 'Facebook princess' but it was set up from the beginning, which was good enough for me. Although it's not like "artist points out horrors in YOU!" is anything new.

Boring and poorly written mostly.

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by rinks » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:14 pm

I liked it, generally.

Though I can't really forgive the glaring idiocy that someone could see that artist's finger and think it was that of a princess.

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by Skarjo » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:21 pm

Other than the glaring plot hole pointed out by rinks, I quite enjoyed that.

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Cuttooth » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:32 pm

Maybe he just had slender fingers? I guess he would have made his finger up beforehand too.

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Monkey Man » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:38 pm

Really enjoyed that. Another plot-hole was the bloke tweeting a picture of the porn star. He took the picture in front of everyone so surely would have been jumped on and his camera phone confiscated.

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Skippy » Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:50 pm

I loved that the kidnapper was a Turner prize winner given that the awards show is tomorrow night

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by coldspice » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:02 pm

When will this be up on 4od? Just missed it :x

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by The People's ElboReformat » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:03 pm

That was alright ignoring the plot holes..

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Floex » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:27 pm

I quite liked the lead up as in some bizarre way you felt like perhaps one day in the future something like this could happen. It's one of those shows though I will never need to watch again, there wasn't enough meat and the characters were instantly forgettable. That blonde girl at the hospital, how long was the staff sitting there for?

The finger bit stuck immediately

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Knoyleo » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:32 pm

So it's not a new Screen/News Wipe?

Pass.

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by satriales » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:40 pm

I liked it, but I couldn't buy the fact that everyone was happy to negotiate with terrorists.

It's good to see a few one-off stories though and I hope it gets a second series (Brooker already has another story written).

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by satriales » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:41 pm

Knoyleo wrote:So it's not a new Screen/News Wipe?

Pass.

There is going to be an end of the year Screen/News Wipe that covers the events of 2011.

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PostRe: Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror Starts Tonight 9PM CH4
by Foxhound » Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:52 pm

Eh, watchable enough silly predictable fluff. Knew everything that was going to happen before it did. Nothing about the ransom made me think the terrorist would actually go through with it. Plus the plot holes mentioned. Not sure how well it worked as a commentary on pop/internet culture.

tbh, I spent a lot of the time thinking "Man, Charlie Brooker would rip this idiocy to shreds on Screenwipe..."

Still, I'll tune in for the other two anyway.


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