"Black Mirror" - Wick magazine in the era of digital post-apocalypse. Discussing in the Watcher
Miscellaneous / / April 05, 2023
How the series was conceived, why its ratings began to fall over time, and what projects are close to it in spirit.
The name "Black Mirror" was heard, probably, even by those who did not watch the series. He is constantly talked about on the Web, as the show is replete with vivid metaphors that refer to modern life realities, high technology and the peculiarities of human relations in the 21st century.
In a new episode of The Watcher, Mikhail Volnykh and Alexei Khromov talk about how Charlie Brooker went from comedy sketch shows on the BBC to a dark sci-fi project, for which the series was criticized and how to watch the game episode "Bundersnatch".
02:28 - why scenes with sexual violence shock the viewer more than rivers of blood.
06:32 How Charlie Brooker came up with Black Mirror.
10:39 - which metaphors the viewer understands better: those that are hidden, or those that hit right in the forehead.
17:55 - for which critics scold "Black Mirror".
22:14 - why the ratings of the series began to fall over time.
28:59 - which version of the Bandersnatch interactive series to watch: the original "game" version from Netflix or the edited hour and a half.
34:05 - what is similar to the "Black Mirror" is worth seeing.
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