Tek wrote:

I'll give a bigger review tomorrow but let me just say this.

HOLY FUCK IT'S A MASTERPIECE!!

Let me elaborate why.

The fact it was set in the 80's. The soundtrack, set, clothing, characters,acting etc etc were all utterly superb.

Taking over a main street in South London and re-fitting the shops to all look like 80's versions of WH Smiths's , Wimpy's etc. Really added to the authenticity of the film.

The interactive multiple choice selection in gaming is nothing new but to bring this function to the medium of television was very very clever, particulary when the storyline was heavily entrenched in the gaming industry. 

To me the "end credits" were the equivalent (in an unsuccessfully played computer game) of 'game over' and the the multiple choice question thereafter was the equivalent of 'quit' or 'continue'.

That you got deeper and deeper down the Bandersnatch 'wormhole' made you feel akin to the main character i.e that you were losing the thread of what was happening.

This (for me) was a masterful piece of television.

Charlie Brooker has not only raised his own (very high) bar but to a small extent, perhaps changed how we watch television (on streaming devices anyway).

5 stars out of 5
 

Season 5 out now. Watched the first episode—excellent as usual.

Bombed them all and while I enjoyed felt they didn't hit the heights of past efforts.

I thought they were good, not great.

A very very high bar to reach so I wouldn’t complain too much. IMO the Miley episode was Brookers stab at a teen comedy. Passable.

The next batch will be dark (I hope)

Watched them all. Enjoyed the Scottish set one the most. Only felt like two episodes carried on the “scary tech” theme. Hard to believe this thread is nearly a decade old!!

I thought the new episodes were more like Twilight Zone type stories than the usual disturbing dystopian fiction.