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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 434492" data-attributes="member: 8">[ATTACH=full]58159[/ATTACH]A very spooky eerie episode, and I figured they were all in it à la THE WICKER MAN. It&#039;s also the funniest episode of series 6.BERGERAC is available on DVD so that was very suspicious.It does an even better streaming-commentary than JOAN IS AWFUL when it tackles the shameless serial-killersploitation as seen on Netflix itself.Or maybe it&#039;s not brave, but just Netflix saying: yes, we stream tacky content and we don&#039;t care how it looks as long as people watch it.Food for thought, peeps!I&#039;m not sure if I had heard this song before.[MEDIA=youtube]ME076RTFbRE, list: RDME076RTFbRE[/MEDIA]I love it! (it&#039;s Melanie&#039;s People In The Front Row - just in case the video gets deleted and I don&#039;t remember what it was)[ATTACH=full]58160[/ATTACH]I don&#039;t mind the super-grim ending but it doesn&#039;t feel like a great payoff. Science fiction is about what could happen even if it looks totally unbelievable, but to put that in a retro setting in which it obviously never happened...it just seems unnecessarily convoluted.Nevertheless I applaud them for lulling me into a false sense of happily ever after romance, and what happens on screen looks very good.[ATTACH=full]58161[/ATTACH]It&#039;s a fabulous pre-ABIGAIL plot twist but apart from that I didn&#039;t find much to enjoy in this episode.[ATTACH=full]58162[/ATTACH]The obvious nod to classic Hammer House (preceding the HHoH TV series by just one year) looks very Ti West-esque.The story itself is everything but the kitchen sink, and whatever social commentary that can be found in the episode seems to further the plot rather than trying to say something meaningful. And why shouldn&#039;t they use it as a plot device?Most of the story is sort of an ALADDIN with a twist, starring a fake Bobby Farrell as the devilish genie on a mission. The Boney M classics used in this episode kinda sounds like hearing them for the first time.I felt the same when they played Bee Gees&#039; To Love Somebody&nbsp;&nbsp; in GLASS ONION. Then, my first reaction was &quot;they are better than the Beatles!&quot; Of course I wouldn&#039;t think that if they had played a Beatles song.Or maybe....yes, now I think about it....it&#039;s the Boney M classics from a British&nbsp; perspective. It&#039;s different, it&#039;s just different.A very entertaining, unpredictable and rewatchable episode.Still, the first episode is the best quintessential BLACK MIRROR story of series 6, imho. I knew that I was watching JOAN IS AWFUL but I didn&#039;t know that I was watching-watching it. So clever.Roll on series 7!Goodbye.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 434492, member: 8"] [ATTACH type="full"]58159[/ATTACH] A very spooky eerie episode, and I figured they were all in it à la THE WICKER MAN. It's also the funniest episode of series 6. BERGERAC is available on DVD so that was very suspicious. It does an even better streaming-commentary than JOAN IS AWFUL when it tackles the shameless serial-killersploitation as seen on Netflix itself. Or maybe it's not brave, but just Netflix saying: yes, we stream tacky content and we don't care how it looks as long as people watch it. Food for thought, peeps! I'm not sure if I had heard this song before. [MEDIA=youtube]ME076RTFbRE, list: RDME076RTFbRE[/MEDIA] I love it! [SIZE=3](it's Melanie's [I]People In The Front Row[/I] - just in case the video gets deleted and I don't remember what it was)[/SIZE] [ATTACH type="full"]58160[/ATTACH] I don't mind the super-grim ending but it doesn't feel like a great payoff. Science fiction is about what could happen even if it looks totally unbelievable, but to put that in a retro setting in which it obviously never happened...it just seems unnecessarily convoluted. Nevertheless I applaud them for lulling me into a false sense of happily ever after romance, and what happens on screen looks very good. [ATTACH type="full"]58161[/ATTACH] It's a fabulous pre-ABIGAIL plot twist but apart from that I didn't find much to enjoy in this episode. [ATTACH type="full"]58162[/ATTACH] The obvious nod to classic Hammer House (preceding the HHoH TV series by just one year) looks very Ti West-esque. The story itself is everything but the kitchen sink, and whatever social commentary that can be found in the episode seems to further the plot rather than trying to say something meaningful. And why shouldn't they use it as a plot device? Most of the story is sort of an ALADDIN with a twist, starring a fake Bobby Farrell as the devilish genie on a mission. The Boney M classics used in this episode kinda sounds like hearing them for the first time. I felt the same when they played Bee Gees' [I]To Love Somebody[/I] in GLASS ONION. Then, my first reaction was "they are better than the Beatles!" Of course I wouldn't think that if they had played a Beatles song. Or [I]maybe[/I]....yes, now I think about it....it's the Boney M classics from a [I]British[/I] perspective. It's different, it's just different. A very entertaining, unpredictable and rewatchable episode. Still, the first episode is the best quintessential BLACK MIRROR story of series 6, imho. I knew that I was watching JOAN IS AWFUL but I didn't know that I was watching-watching it. So clever. Roll on series 7! Goodbye. [/QUOTE]

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