Joan lives a fairly average existence and is shocked to discover that her everyday life has been made into a TV show, with Salma Hayek playing her. Every embarrassing detail is depicted within hours of it occurring. As a result of these revelations she loses her job, her boyfriend and her privacy. There's no legal way to prevent the producers doing this so she resorts to drastic measures.
I was at first pleasantly surprised that, four and a half years after Season 5, there's a Season 6 of Black Mirror. It is one of my favourite drama series of recent times and captures quite accurately the risks, phobias and pleasures of modern technology.
However, I was also worried in that after such a long gap the creativity isn't there any more and that Netflix and Charlie Brooker just wanted to cash in on how highly regarded the show is.
I needn't have worried. Episode 1 of Season 6 is as good as ever, with a clever Christopher Nolan-like layers-of-reality plot and some great performances. Very profound and thought-provoking too (as Black Mirror usually is). Plus, it's all so plausible, which has always been the scariest part of Black Mirror.
Can't wait to watch the remainder of Season 6.
I was at first pleasantly surprised that, four and a half years after Season 5, there's a Season 6 of Black Mirror. It is one of my favourite drama series of recent times and captures quite accurately the risks, phobias and pleasures of modern technology.
However, I was also worried in that after such a long gap the creativity isn't there any more and that Netflix and Charlie Brooker just wanted to cash in on how highly regarded the show is.
I needn't have worried. Episode 1 of Season 6 is as good as ever, with a clever Christopher Nolan-like layers-of-reality plot and some great performances. Very profound and thought-provoking too (as Black Mirror usually is). Plus, it's all so plausible, which has always been the scariest part of Black Mirror.
Can't wait to watch the remainder of Season 6.