Black Mirror s4 includes a classic Star Trek episode... (spoilers)

[Morrus]

I just finished Ep3 and it's dark. Even more so than most.

Yeah, that was pretty dark. Grassed up by a guinea pig!

I kept trying to work out where that was set. I think Scotland from the landscape; everybody had very faint Scottish accents.

 

[Ryujin]

Yeah, that was pretty dark. Grassed up by a guinea pig!

I kept trying to work out where that was set. I think Scotland from the landscape; everybody had very faint Scottish accents.

Definite Scottish accents, but left hand drive cars. That got me thinking about somewhere like Norway but it was sparsely populated enough to be Iceland.

 

[Morrus]

Definite Scottish accents, but left hand drive cars. That got me thinking about somewhere like Norway but it was sparsely populated enough to be Iceland.

Just looked it up. Yep, set in Iceland. Not sure why everybody was Scottish. Apparently the script was Scotland, but they changed it to Iceland for the desolate scenery.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-crocodile-interview/

 

[Ryujin]

Just looked it up. Yep, set in Iceland. Not sure why everybody was Scottish. Apparently the script was Scotland, but they changed it to Iceland for the desolate scenery.

http://ew.com/tv/2017/12/29/black-mirror-crocodile-interview/

It was definitely a good choice; lots of desolate areas in which to shoot. It sure matched the tone of the story. Thinking back on the deep drops to fjords and all the volcanic rock it should have been my first guess.

 

[CapnZapp]

That was a really good episode. Dark and creepy. I really think Charlie Brooker is one of my favourite writers.

I think this satirises Trek better than what I’ve seen of Orville (we’ve only had a couple of episodes though).

The guy playing the captain channeled Shatner well.

Looked to me like J.J. Abrams' personal wet dream of Star Trek. Excellent parody. Even the 'god powers' not being used was like in Star Trek; 'because story.'

I think I'll stick to my other thread, where I invite you to discuss that episode specifically (and with spoilers)

 

[Morrus]

So I've stopped at Crocodile for now. I'll watch the rest after New Year.

I'd rank them so far:

USS Callister
Crocodile
Arkangel (I wasn't a fan of that one)

I don't think any of them yet rival Nosedive or San Junipero from last year.

I've been thinking more about USS Callister. It is a good episode, and the satire (not parody) of TOS Trek is very well realised. I think I need to see it again, as I think I missed some plot point which might solve minor questions I have.

Mildly annoyed that this season apparently took up so much of Charlie Brooker's time that he didn't do his yearly Screen Wipe which I always look forward to.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I found that one surprisingly predictable.

It felt like it didn't really go anywhere, or didn't go far enough to surprise or shock.

I just finished Ep3 and it's dark. Even more so than most.

Crocodile was certainly extremely bleak.

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I figured she would be found out eventually, because that would IMO add to the bleakness - all those deaths for nothing.

I suspected that maybe the kid would be the point where she'd stop and couldn't do it anymore, but nope, it wasn't. It was the damn Hamster. That the kid was actually blind was a bit too contrived, IMO, but I guess it enforces the bleakness.
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[Morrus]

It felt like it didn't really go anywhere, or didn't go far enough to surprise or shock.



Crocodile was certainly extremely bleak.

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I figured she would be found out eventually, because that would IMO add to the bleakness - all those deaths for nothing.

I suspected that maybe the kid would be the point where she'd stop and couldn't do it anymore, but nope, it wasn't. It was the damn Hamster. That the kid was actually blind was a bit too contrived, IMO, but I guess it enforces the bleakness.
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The blindness was the kick afterwards - the fact that the final murder was pointless.

 

[Morrus]

Hang the DJ. I guessed the twist within the first few minutes. It was still very good though.

 

[Ryujin]

Hang the DJ. I guessed the twist within the first few minutes. It was still very good though.

I think that's one of the problems when a series like this sets the same tone for all of it's episodes; predictability. They're well written, well shot, and well produced, but would you ever watch an M. Night Shyamalan movie and not be looking for the twist?