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What's the deal with Black Mirror (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I never watched it, but I've heard about this show both in passing and in "left spaces." Are any of these things true about it? Thanks.

--It is too on the nose with its social commentary. --The criticism it makes is obvious. --The subjects it tackles are low-hanging fruit of the digital era. --It is the stupid person's idea of a profound show. --Something about it being British led to more dunks on it. --The reason it entered left discourse in the first place is because it had potential as a critical text, but ultimately failed at it.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Its british twilight zone but with cell phones. The first two episodes are arguably the best two episodes, the one where the prime minister fucks a pig and 15 million credits are great. After netflix bought it the show hasnt been as good, but they did make shut up and dance and nosedive which is arguably the third and forth best episodes, but the quality seems to drop over the seasons. Like one season they tried to introduce continuity and overused these AI egg things and some of the episodes do lean too heavily into “fones r bad” view of technology, and other episodes are just a bit too happy. A good black mirror episode should leave you feeling dirty.