I'm sure most of you have seen the Black Mirror episode "USS Callister" from 2017. If not, get to it ASAP – it's truly one of the great episodes of genre TV ever.
On the surface, it's a fun GalaxyQuest-like satire of Star Trek tropes. — Read the rest
Why have a regular cola when you can experience the unique joys of Dr. Coke instead? Dr. Coke, as advertised in this AI spoof commercial, has "cocainic acids" that will transport you to a tropical paradise where everyone is free from the burden of the third dimension. — Read the rest
Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker recently enlisted the help of AI chatbot ChatGPT to create an episode of his popular anthology series. The experiment, however, didn't quite pan out as hoped, with Brooker telling Empire Magazine the AI's efforts were, in his words, "shit." — Read the rest
Get ready to dive into the sixth season of the groundbreaking anthology series Black Mirror, set to premiere on June 15, 2023. Netflix just dropped a trailer with five episodes that explore the dark side of technology and its impact on society. — Read the rest
It's been a minute since we got a new "Black Mirror" season, so it's exciting to see that Netflix dropped the Season 6 teaser trailer today. For reference, the last season of Charlie Brooker's twisted sci-fi anthology premiered way back in 2019. — Read the rest
Apparently, Charlie Brooker has put Season 6 of Black Mirror on hold because he fears that reality has caught up with the dystopian series.
Picking up on that, a Madrid ad agency, called Brother, came up with a mock ad for the show. — Read the rest
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— Read the restThen, after five minutes of dead air that seemed like an eternity, a robotic-sounding, disembodied voice came on the line.
Netflix released the trailer for the season 5 of the dystopic science fiction series Black Mirror. It launches June 5. Only 3 episodes!
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An hour-and-a-half episode of Black Mirror, called "Bandersnatch," debuts on Netflix tomorrow. From the description: "In 1984, a young programmer begins to question reality as he adapts a sprawling fantasy novel into a video game and soon faces a mind-mangling challenge."
This edition of Asian Boss asks residents of Shanghai what they think about China's new national reputation system, a mass surveillance tool that uses big data analysis to rewards and punish people based on their social and and financial behavior.
This morning, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker and Random Penguin announced that he's editing a series of anthologies of Black Mirror novellas; I'm writing one of the three stories for the first volume, along with Claire North, and Sylvain Neuvel. — Read the rest
Literally one of the most exciting moments I had in 2016 was the realization, well into the year, that Charlie Brooker — creator of Black Mirror, Nathan Barley and TV Go Home — was going to have to make sense of the entire annus horribilis in his annual Screenwipe special (previously).
Charlie Brooker's back, and so are six of his stories: "The Twilight Zone for the digital age," as The New Yorker put it. (Previously)
Boars, Gore, and Swords is hosted by stand-up comedians Ivan Hernandez and Red Scott. In each episode they break down HBO's Game of Thrones and George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire. They also talk about movies, TV, science fiction, fantasy, and lots of other things. — Read the rest
The last episode of Black Mirror's second season airs tonight on UK Channel 4.
Do you remember the first profoundly shocking image you saw on the internet? Perhaps it would have been something you came across by accident; perhaps you followed, half horrified and half compelled, a trail of digital whispers to see if you could handle it. — Read the rest
The English have a coy euphemism for addiction: "moreish." It summons the delightful anxiety in surrendering your control to something else, the ambivalent cocktail of desire and guilt. We feel it flickering in the periphery, and we feel our smartphones in the middle of a restaurant dinner. — Read the rest
As mentioned Charlie Brooker's science fiction TV show Black Mirror is back for another season. This is the second coming of the Twilight Zone: scary, trenchant, clever and sparing in its use of special effects and fully immersive in its storytelling. — Read the rest
Here's the trailer for the new season of Charlie Booker's Channel 4 science fiction series Black Mirror.
I first heard this heart-stopping song from 1919 by Greek singer Marika Papagika on Ian Nagoski's Black Mirror: Reflections in Global Music (a compilation released on the Dust-to-Digital label a few years ago). I have since tried to track down everything else the woman ever sang. — Read the rest
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Tired of paying for Netflix's ever-rising subscription fees for content that doesn't excite you? — Read the rest
