jgsugden
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2020 will be the year I gave up all hope.
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Signe
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Muse.
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Hooray!
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My Sig Image: hath rid itself of this mortal coil.
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Threash
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And the new season just dropped, first episode was great.
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MediumHigh
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And the new season just dropped, first episode was great.
I wish they stuck the landing instead of giving us "we're all happy people past societies bullshit" ending.
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Samwise
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I liked it, because ten minutes into the episode I was thinking "okay so what happens if you just say fuck it to all of this?" and they eventually answered that question for me.
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MahrinSkel
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When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
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Brief note for anyone starting the series: Power past the first episode of the first season, it is easily the weakest. Doesn't translate from British to American. It gets a lot better later.
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Threash
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Jesus fucking christ, S3E3. I need a brain scrub.
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Threash
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San Junipero is one of the best love stories ever told.
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Viin
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AMA on reddit. I haven't seen this series, but the AMA has me interested.
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- Viin
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Shannow
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Brief note for anyone starting the series: Power past the first episode of the first season, it is easily the weakest. Doesn't translate from British to American. It gets a lot better later.
--Dave
Don't skip it though. I always enjoy seeing new viewers reactions to what has to be one of the most ridicolous premises I've ever seen put on a tv screen.
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Someone liked something? Who the fuzzy fuck was this heretic? You don't come to this website and enjoy something. Fuck that. ~ The Walrus
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Rendakor
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Yea, I thought the first episode was great.
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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jgsugden
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The first two episodes of season 3 are two of the three worst of the series, but I would not avoid them. However, there is nothing wrong with watching 3.3 before them.
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Ironwood
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Watching 3.5
Given the ... ahem ... recently political upheaval, it's not much fun.
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"Mr Soft Owl has Seen Some Shit." - Sun Tzu
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jgsugden
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My three favorite episodes of the series:
1.) "Be Right Back" - Atwell was out of the world here. Not the most realistic of these tales, but she gut punched me in this one. 2.) "The Entire History of You" - The most realistic cautionary tale. 3.) "Shut Up and Dance" - I enjoyed the story, despite the clichés.
"San Junipero" could have been there, but the acting was just weak in some places. I didn't buy the attachment either of the main characters had to each other. I also didn't like the unearned twist.
I don't think I've seen White Christmas, yet, but they're all great.
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luckton
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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Slayerik
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Just crushed this show in like a day. Really enjoyed it. I like that I'm still thinking about it, just enough mindfuck for me!
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"I have more qualifications than Jesus and earn more than this whole board put together. My ego is huge and my modesty non-existant." -Ironwood
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luckton
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Follow-up: it worked! San Junipero picked up two noms, one for creator Charlie Brooker, for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special. The other for Outstanding TV Movie!
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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luckton
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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Threash
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With zero context that is still terrifying.
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luckton
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Casual dropping of "I'm 2000 years old..."
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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luckton
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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jgsugden
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6 More episodes/mini movies: Friday, Dec. 29.
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2020 will be the year I gave up all hope.
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luckton
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"Those lights, combined with the polygamous Nazi mushrooms, will mess you up."
"Tuning me out doesn't magically change the design or implementation of said design. Though, that'd be neat if it did." -schild
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Ironwood
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Well, this first episode got dark after 25 mins. You've got to admire the restraint.
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Goldenmean
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I liked the subtle Neuromancer nod in that first episode (when he's booting up, the OS is listed as Ono-Sendai)
Pretty good season thus far. Two left to go.
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Ironwood
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Wasn't a fan of Arkangel. It had too little to say.
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Spiff
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Arkangel seemed afraid to really explore the tech, I mean you implant that kind of tech into hundreds if not thousands of people and Starfleet was a lot of fun, but That might be the most unbelievable thing Black Mirror's ever done. Felt like a cop out honestly.
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Samwise
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My biggest problem with Spacefleet was
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"I have not actually recommended many games, and I'll go on the record here saying my track record is probably best in the industry." - schild
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Ironwood
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Hang the DJ was great.
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MediumHigh
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Arkangel
I keep thinking "that BITCH" the entire time and i'm only 20 minutes through.
Spacefleet
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Spiff
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They saved the best for last; The black museum was a hoot (Rolo Haynes ), loved all the little nods to previous episodes. Overall a very mixed season, "had too little to say" applies to half of it, but Hang the dj and Black museum where on par with some of Brooker's best. Metalhead though left me wondering why it's even a Black Mirror episode. Oddly the episodes with the happy (-ish) endings are the ones I enjoyed most, coincidence or is Charlie Brooker going soft? (or am I?)
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Samwise
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Looking forward to Black Museum then; only one I've got left. I think Hang the DJ was my favorite so far and it was also IMO the most Black-Mirror-ish in that I was kind of craning forward in my seat the whole time wanting to see more of the world and figure out what was behind the curtain.
I did really enjoy Metalhead as a piece of straight up survival horror, though. It seems like in general this season has been about changing up the formula and dabbling in other genres.
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Shannow
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Using a snow day to binge watch this. First episides I've watched since Season 1. Enjoyed Black Museum thoroughly. Others were solid to good.
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Someone liked something? Who the fuzzy fuck was this heretic? You don't come to this website and enjoy something. Fuck that. ~ The Walrus
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Threash
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Anyone catch Bandersnatch yet? I think i spent like two hours on it already. Some of the endings are hilarious but none are happy, at least so far.
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Rendakor
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...I'm sorry, what? I knew they had a new thing out, but how does it have multiple endings?
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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