some highlights from inside black mirror
the forward ends with brooker telling the reader to stop reading the forward and to “get the fuck off my page”
brooker thinks fact that the national anthem makes it hard for people to recommend black mirror is funny
the national anthem was inspired by i’m a celebrity get me out of here
the pig’s name was madge
the national anthem’s name comes from the obvious source AND the radiohead song, which came up randomly on spotify
when brooker found out about piggate his immediate reaction was to question his reality
fifteen million merits is an intentional critique of capitalism
daniel kaluuya sleeps a lot on set
the real white bear plush is hidden in the garden of the house where the protagonist wakes up
“and i always take from it that victoria’s incredibly remorseful about what she’s done. being constantly shown the evil things she’s done to that little girl, it’s obviously destroying her, and there’s real remorse there” aka this character will always break my heart
the concept art for waldo of moment fame is actually extremely cute
waldo was partially inspired by gorillaz and had at least three puppeteers working on making him move at all times
bryce dallas howard had an emotional breakdown over fifteen million merits
nosedive was originally about a celebrity fighting for his life to get his rating down to a 0
brooker thinks he might be autistic
the setting aesthetics of nosedive were inspired by the truman show
the scene where lacie falls into the muddy swamp was filmed on bryce’s birthday and they immediately sang happy birthday to her afterwards
bryce and wyatt russell don’t hide the fact that they’re nepo babies <3
shut up and dance was originally set in america ONLY because it’d be easier for the main characters to get a gun
the twist was added a bit later because kenny doing All That just to avoid leaking a video of him jacking off was objectively unrealistic
kenny’s clothes are all too big on purpose to make them look sad and lonely and like someone hiding his body without screaming “that’s a man in a pedophile coat”
it was really hard to find anyone who’d let their kid play the little girl for obvious reasons so jones got her own daughter to do it, and lawther was creeped out just playing the scene
lawther and brooker both found kenny smelling his fingers after jacking off “fucking weird” and then half the production team passed around the blame as to who put that in the scene
this is getting very long i should save the rest for reblogs
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Might be trying to write a fun pop anthem for pokeshipping?? Holy shit holy shit :DD
Anyways if someone could spot check this and lmk if it sound like a song that already exists, that would be great! (I'm suspicious of myself for how fast I came up with this, and I'm convinced I must've stolen it from somewhere lolol)
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ok so i was told that if i liked Jordan Peele’s movies, i would probably like the show Black Mirror, and WOW they were so right. i watched two episodes from different seasons (each episode is like it’s own story, so you can skip around): Joan is Awful and USS Callister. very good. highly recommend.
i’ve been told not to watch the National Anthem episode first and after googling i see why
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Predictions for next episode?
I have no idea!! Maybe Ricky is planning to tell Gina that he was caught on camera saying something about her, because he doesn't want to lie to her, but then maybe overhears Gina and EJ making up and decided against it? And then we'll have Kristoff's Lullaby?? I really wanted Ricky to sing Kristoff's Lullaby TO her, though, so I'll be trying to manifest it 🥹
I also want a Kourtney solo. Maybe Dangerous to Dream, linking it to her anxiety and her fear of not being a good Elsa? I think "Monster" is a bit too angsty at this point, but I'll accept it too hhsjdksks
I have no idea how Maddox and Jet's plot will follow after last episode. It breaks my heart, but i am LOVING to see such a raw portrait of siblings in this show?? Can we have a duet? Please give me an angsty duet. Also, i think Jet might have something to do with a certain appearance of another guest star...
About Ash, i am SOOO very confused, because i feel like she has more chemistry/feelings towards Maddox than Val??? At the same time, i don't think they're pushing another relationship on her way when Big Red isn't there. I think she's just slowly acknowledging she also feels attracted to women, and she doesn't need to break up with Big Red to prove it (or to "validate" her sexuality). Maybe this is a first step to something that might he a conflict for them in the next season, if Val and Maddox come back somehow.
EJ must've called Miss Jenn to help him out with the play and honestly GOOD FOR HIM, he certainly needs a bit of guidance. At the same time, it would be great to see him actually enjoying being the director, and maybe wishing to follow this career. Miss Jenn could help him succeed, instead of take over the work for him. However, i hope they don't put a Glee twist and make him Miss Jenn's assistant next season 🤣
I guess that's it?? I can't believe there are only 3 episodes left. WHY IS THIS SEASON SO SHORT, IT'S THE BEST SEASON YET
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