Geoff’s Take
While trying to write this review, I struggled to give a good synopsis of what Black Mirror is, or what it does well to earn a review. It’s not necessarily a new show, having started airing in 2011; though, as a British television show, it is new to America and was released on Netflix somewhat recently. As well, I could compare it to The Twilight Zone in that the show is made of separate stories of speculative fiction, but that would be doing Black Mirror an injustice, since it sets itself apart completely with gruesome and adult themes that you would never have seen in The Twilight Zone. I think the only fair comment I can make is that it is one of the most thought-provoking television series of recent years. Read more...