AuthenticM
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Last night, the girlfriend and I watched two episodes of Black Mirror on Netflix. The second one was San Junipero, the fourth episode of the third season.
Man... it was so beautiful. Everything from the writing, the cinematography, the actresses' performances and the music. Everything was put together so well that the whole is better than the sum of its parts. It is poignant and touching and sad and sweet.
All you need to know before watching it is that it is a story about friendship and love between two women, set in the late eighties.
(yes, I'm totally going to use tumblr gifs because fuck you)
The episode totally nails the setting, more than many period pieces I've seen. You feel like you're there.
At the end of the episode, both my girlfriend and I were crying of joy. I don't know about her, but it was a first for me. I simply was not expecting this at all. It was such a breath of fresh air too, as most of the episodes of this show have soul-crushing stories. But not this one. It's as if the show's creator said "fuck it" and did a complete 180 to write something so opposite to what he's been doing so far.
As Black Mirror is purely an anthology series, there is no connection between this episode and any other one. You can safely watch it as your first episode of Black Mirror. I immensely recommend that you do. It's on Netflix. Go watch it. Right now.
The only thing I wish had been different about the episode is its length. I wanted it to be longer. In fact, this should have been a fucking two-hour feature film released in theatres.
I consciously titled this thread "my favorite episode" over "the best episode" because I don't want to compare it to other episodes. If we went all objectivity on it, I'm sure we'd find some stuff that does certain aspects better. But that does not matter. This episode spoke to me on a personal level like few things have, and that means a lot. I can't even imagine what some other people who could see themselves in the characters must have felt; it must have been exquisite.
I don't want to talk about the story any more because it needs to be seen for yourself. It will move you and give you hope for the world. Unless you're some sort of monster.
Do yourself a favour and watch San Junipero.
Man... it was so beautiful. Everything from the writing, the cinematography, the actresses' performances and the music. Everything was put together so well that the whole is better than the sum of its parts. It is poignant and touching and sad and sweet.
All you need to know before watching it is that it is a story about friendship and love between two women, set in the late eighties.
(yes, I'm totally going to use tumblr gifs because fuck you)
The episode totally nails the setting, more than many period pieces I've seen. You feel like you're there.
At the end of the episode, both my girlfriend and I were crying of joy. I don't know about her, but it was a first for me. I simply was not expecting this at all. It was such a breath of fresh air too, as most of the episodes of this show have soul-crushing stories. But not this one. It's as if the show's creator said "fuck it" and did a complete 180 to write something so opposite to what he's been doing so far.
As Black Mirror is purely an anthology series, there is no connection between this episode and any other one. You can safely watch it as your first episode of Black Mirror. I immensely recommend that you do. It's on Netflix. Go watch it. Right now.
The only thing I wish had been different about the episode is its length. I wanted it to be longer. In fact, this should have been a fucking two-hour feature film released in theatres.
I consciously titled this thread "my favorite episode" over "the best episode" because I don't want to compare it to other episodes. If we went all objectivity on it, I'm sure we'd find some stuff that does certain aspects better. But that does not matter. This episode spoke to me on a personal level like few things have, and that means a lot. I can't even imagine what some other people who could see themselves in the characters must have felt; it must have been exquisite.
I don't want to talk about the story any more because it needs to be seen for yourself. It will move you and give you hope for the world. Unless you're some sort of monster.
Do yourself a favour and watch San Junipero.
