Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Rupert Everett, Daniel Kaluuya, David Flynn, Allen Leech, Rory Kinnear, Lindsay Duncan, Colin Michael Carmichael, Dominic Le Moignan, Allin Kempthorne, Jessica Brown Findlay, Julia Davis, Isabella Laughland, Paul Popplewell |
| Director: | Euros Lyn |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Television - Series/Miniseries |
| Studio: | 4DVD |
| Name | Discs | |
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Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 34 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 27 Feb 2012 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Absolutely amazing - if you're brave enough to watch it
By nat_mann (9 reviews) , 13 Jan 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
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Smart, biting, dark, razor sharp satire with real teeth. There's not enough material out there like this. Actually, there's pretty much *nothing* out there like this. One of the best things I've ever seen on TV.
This is a series of three shows that extend current trends in internet, twitter, advertising, game shows, journalistic ethics, political polling and memory storage technology a bit farther than where they are now. After watching you may come to the conclusion that it's not as far away as one might like.
This is not canned sitcom with a laugh track to tell you when to be amused. It's hard hitting and not afraid to be provocative in order to be thought provoking. Television that makes you think. What a concept!- Was this review helpful to you?
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(10)Our future if we're not careful.
By bobsto (58 reviews) from Pangbourne , 27 Mar 2013Before watching I thought this was probably going to be pretentious, self important, weird and dull. Actually it was riveting,a series of thoughtful and intelligent musings on the influence of our high tech on our way of life. The greatest paradox is that our amazing technology has facilitated the dumbing down of our culture and reduced us to some less than dignified behavoir. My favourite episode is 15m credits, it contains a hauntingly beautiful rendition of a song about love that contrasts all the vacuousness of a high tech TV, celebrity and interent obsessed culture that swamps the singer. Rupert Everett is brilliant as a crowd baiting manipulative talent show judge.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Really amazing
By Exitpursuedbyabear (19 reviews) , 18 Mar 2013I took this DVD with me on a long train journey, along with a fairly hefty paperback. I thought that I would watch a bit of the DVD, then turn my attention to reading for the rest of the journey. I ended up completely ignoring my book and watched the entire DVD in one go. I was completely blown away by the first episode and only marginally less by the second. The third was strange, but incredibly watchable. The irony is that, given the subject matter about the frightening onward rush of technology and how it can completely dominate our lives to the exclusion of everything else, I occasionally looked up from my screen to find practically everyone else in the carriage staring in silence at some kind of gadget - laptops, iPads, mobile phones, Kindles - and taking absolutely no notice of their travelling companions or the passing scenery. Everyone was inhabiting a completely virtual world.... scary. The one thing I didnt like was Rupert Everett's pretty poor attempt at maintaining an accent - he couldnt decide whether he was being an Australian, a New Zealander, a South African or a Dutchman!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Strange but worth a try
By Minty8 (196 reviews) from Randalstown, Antrim , 10 Mar 2013A strange series but good. hard to explain as liked it one minute then not the next. Give it a go- Was this review helpful to you?
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Ignore bad comments, This series is satirical genius!
By Meggz (1 review) , 20 Feb 2013I absolutely love this series, it is dark of course but that's what satire means. I feel that people who don't enjoy it must not be able to understand it. Every episode is completely different and makes you question the very nature of the human race. There needs to be more of these!- Was this review helpful to you?
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A British 'Twilight Zone' for the 2010's
By BonzoDog (12 reviews) from Norwich, UK , 19 Feb 2013Ignore the negative reviews you may have read above. This is a piece of landmark TV that, years from now, will become a cult classic. This is not a comedy (although there are darkly funny moments in it). This is not particularly uplifting viewing. In fact, some of it is ugly or painful to watch. And that is the point. What it is, is TV to challenge you - which is something rare in this day and age. When the writer of several episodes, Charlie Brooker, was asked about Black Mirror (BM) he said that what he was aiming for was something dystopian, unnerving and uncomfortable. A modern, updated, long-lost cousin to The Twilight Zone. That's exactly what he's achieved. BM taps into that unspoken unease that many people feel with modern society; the relentless quest for fame and interactive programming, public obsession with technology and 'content', corporate brainwashing and, even, contemplates what makes us human. This is challenging stuff. It's not for everyone. Like listening to a challenging album like 'Kid A', there will be some who simply don't connect with it - or thinks that all TV should make you 'feel good'. And that's fine. But for those who do connect with it there's rewarding television and some great ideas.- Was this review helpful to you?
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