Ever since the new 7th series of Black Mirror dropped on Netflix in April, I’ve been rewatching the entire show from the beginning, as I haven’t seen the earlier series for quite a while, and never even got around to Series 6 after it launched. Consequently, I’ve been writing little reviews in my Favourites posts each month, but now I’m finally up to date, I thought I would gather everything together in one post, including my reactions to the latest series.
Black Mirror is an anthology show by Charlie Brooker, which originally started on Channel 4 before Netflix took over production from Series 3. It consists of 33 episodes of varying durations, each of which tells a standalone story (apart from the finale of the latest series, which serves as a sequel to a much earlier episode). There was also an interactive film called Bandersnatch, but that was removed on May 12 as part of a general overhaul to the streaming service. I’ve included my review from the time of its release in this post for completeness.
The various scenarios are generally set in the not-too-distant future, looking at advances in technology and media that are based in reality but pushed to their extremes. There are occasional deviations from that though, including episodes that focus purely on human psychology, take place in earlier time periods, or even stray into the supernatural.
In any case, it’s often very dark and unsettling, as well as interesting and entertaining. Even though we know the events are very unlikely to actually happen in most cases, and are sometimes in the realm of sci-fi or fantasy, they’re not entirely implausible either and tend to be quite relatable in some way. Where technology plays a key part of the story, for example, we know it could exist one day or even does already in some cases. And we’re already well aware of how manipulation and misinformation are rife in certain corners of social media, journalism and politics. Hence the show is a ‘black mirror’, exposing the dark sides of humanity and technology.
With every story being so unique in content and style, featuring a different cast every time, it’s inevitable that some are better than others, and every viewer will have their own preferences. So here are my own personal reactions to each episode, without revealing any major spoilers given that the stories often go in surprising directions that are meant to provoke thought or just shock you. I hope you find it interesting.
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