Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2 Review: Smithereens
The ills of social media are on full display in Black Mirror season 5's second episode.
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This review contains spoilers for Black Mirror season 5.
Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2
When real life caught up to Black Mirror, series creator Charlie Brooker promised us he’d look ahead. After moving over to Netflix for the series' third season, he delivered reality-altering leaps in episodes like “San Junipero,” and “Playtest,” and season four's “USS Callister.” Then he spent a year dismantling the medium as we know it and rebuilding it in the mold of the video game. Bandersnatch, Netflix’s first “interactive” film, nearly broke my brain when I tried in earnest to review it. I don’t know if this trajectory set expectations any higher for Black Mirror season 5, but we could reasonably infer, based on the show’s track record, that the new episodes would introduce concepts...
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This review contains spoilers for Black Mirror season 5.
Black Mirror Season 5 Episode 2
When real life caught up to Black Mirror, series creator Charlie Brooker promised us he’d look ahead. After moving over to Netflix for the series' third season, he delivered reality-altering leaps in episodes like “San Junipero,” and “Playtest,” and season four's “USS Callister.” Then he spent a year dismantling the medium as we know it and rebuilding it in the mold of the video game. Bandersnatch, Netflix’s first “interactive” film, nearly broke my brain when I tried in earnest to review it. I don’t know if this trajectory set expectations any higher for Black Mirror season 5, but we could reasonably infer, based on the show’s track record, that the new episodes would introduce concepts...
- 6/4/2019
- Den of Geek
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