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Originally Posted by DC11GTR
DAMMIT!!!
Thought this was coming back from the bump. GAH!!!!!
I did too.
My rankings for the episodes would be (out of 10):
Tier 1: Entire History of You (10), Be Right Back(9).
Tier 2: Fifteen Million Merits(7), The Waldo Moment(6.5)
Tier 3: The National Anthem(4), White Bear(4)
I thought the pig-screwing and psychological punishment theme park were both segments that I would have rather read a short-story than watched it. I think they work better when you can't visualize the absurdity of them and I think in written word both of those stories could have gone a little more bonkers and been more enjoyable. IMO the pig-screwing episode wasn't effective enough at making a statement about technology or society, it didn't make me think any differently about either. I felt White Bear wasn't even trying to make any point, it was just "wouldn't this be crazy". It did surprise me, however, being shocking doesn't make something good in my opinion.
As a whole though I found Black Mirror to be a cool concept. I'm glad a show like that could be made. I would certainly watch a second installment of segments and I hope more television shows try to take big swings like Black Mirror did.
Last edited by Ahutz; 08-14-2014 at 07:00 PM.