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‘Black Mirror’ creator has a savage response to ‘Bandersnatch’ haters

sudshr47 January 10, 2019

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Would you have liked Bandersnatch better if it had been a ‘normal’ Black Mirror episode, rather than the groundbreaking Choose Your Own Adventure feat that it is? Did making all those decisions stress you out?

Well, Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker doesn’t care about that. At all.

In a Q&A with HuffPost, Brooker gave a rather brutal response to those who didn’t like the fact that watching Bandersnatch involves making decisions on behalf of the main character, Stefan.

“There’s […] some people that are like, ‘I don’t wanna make decisions’, ‘I don’t want to do any of it.’ Well fuck off, then,” Brooker told HuffPost. “Do something else!”  Read more…

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‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ releases astonishing behind-the-scenes clips

sudshr47 January 3, 2019

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“There were points where in working stuff out, it got like trying to do a Rubik’s cube in your head, and I had to literally get up from my desk and kind of walk around the house holding my head.” 

According to Black Mirror creator Charlie Brooker, Bandersnatch was as mind-boggling to make as it was to watch—and he’s got the behind-the-scenes footage to prove it. 

Just days after Bandersnatch‘s successful post-holiday streaming debut, Netflix has begun publishing peeks into the interactive movie’s making-of process. From producer Annabel Jones lamenting scrapping her production plan on the first day of filming to snapshots of Brooker’s elaborate story boards, the details in these clips explain some of how the ambitious (and experimental) production was pulled off, giving viewers brand new insight into the latest Black Mirror experience. Read more…

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‘Black Mirror: Bandersnatch’ marks the dawn of a new era in television

sudshr47 December 28, 2018

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This is a choose-your-own-adventure review of the brand new choose-your-own-adventure Netflix special, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. 

You can choose to remain entirely spoiler-free until you experience it for yourself. In which case: this is quite simply a brilliant, groundbreaking piece of interactive television. One that has cracked the code as to how you let the viewer make interesting storytelling choices without spoiling the immersive mood of good drama. 

(Important spoiler-free caveat: Netflix hasn’t yet cracked the code of how to show this interactive episode to its best advantage on actual TV boxes, not even the top-of-the-line Apple TV 4K. You’ll probably end up watching on a laptop, tablet or phone. Which is odd, because all you need to play is go left, go right and…OK — things any TV remote can do.)  Read more…

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The latest ‘Black Mirror’ teaser is a creepy look at crime and memory

sudshr47 November 27, 2017

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The countdown to Black Mirror has well and truly begun.

We still don’t have an official date for Season 4 of Charlie Brooker’s nightmarish futurescape, but judging by the recent activity on the official @blackmirror Twitter account it won’t be long now.

It started last Friday, when they tweeted out the poster for “Arkangel”:

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This was followed up the next day by a teaser for the same episode:

Then, on Sunday, we got the poster for “Crocodile”: Read more…

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