The first two episodes were great in my opinion.
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quindraco@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Did he not watch the latest season? Fuck, one episode was literally devoid of scifi entirely. Latest season only had one good ep in it.
ShunkW@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Cheesus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ever since Netflix took over, it’s been a step down in quality
MeatsOfRage@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Eh, I never bought this. The show has always been wildly uneven. The first season was very strong with two great episodes but the first episode is not great. The second season is pretty bad overall with the exception of Be Right Back. White Christmas was a good one off. The first Netflix season had some really strong showings with Nosedive, Shut Up And Dance and my personal favorite of the whole series San Junipero. I even thought season 4 was pretty decent overall. Also, banderanatch was actually pretty cool, especially if you really dug into all the paths.
The last 2 seasons, 5 & 6 were pretty bad overall with only one good episode each and some particularly bad ones. But honestly Charlie is probably just running out of ideas and I can’t really blame him at this point. I suspect he’s just trying different things. Sometimes big swings work and sometimes you just get Mazey Day.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I really, really could not get behind the premise that the PM of the UK would fuck a pig to save a princess.
In the real world, it would have been “we do not make deals with terrorists” and that would be that, ratings be damned. Like holy shit, did he start with a completely unrealistic premise.
dimeslime@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
The “do horrible thing to save someone” story, yeah, maybe.
But the pig thing had been going around for years about the then/former prime minister. Some kind of hazing at eton or wherever those posh folks go. The episode was just a reference to that.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I think he’s trying to steal the lightning from the episodes that resonated well with the audiences to make new episodes and it’s just not hitting quite as hard.
The old formula was amazing stories meets Twilight zone meets tales from the crypt we’re 8 out of 10 times the protagonist gets right fucked for just trying to be a good person.
It feels to me like the take away from sending apparel was that people like happy endings so they’re trying to apply it to everything
lloram239@feddit.de 11 months ago
The biggest problem is just that they ran out of ideas, they have recycled the cookie-brain-upload thing over and over again. The first few seasons were far more creative and covered a broad spectrum of technological and social issues, without relying on a single gimmick.
dangblingus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Nah. Even season 3 there’s a distinct lack of “okay this is supremely fucked up” that you got in series 1 and 2. There’s some fantastic episodes in the first couple netflix seasons, but they dialed back the dread factor in favor of exploring new sci fi concepts. Not complaining, but the og channel 4 episodes are way darker.
Cheesus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It comes down to what you like about the show. Do you like the darker sides of technology that raises questions? Seasons 1 and 2 are great. Do you like sci-fi happy endings with a better production value? The Netflix seasons are better.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Me too. It’s literally the only episode I rewatched. 🙌
kratoz29@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I thought it was a Netflix original 😂
Where did this tv show aired then if not Netflix?
cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Channel 4 in England, I think?
Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Well I’m pretty sure Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland too