Tender and acid, poignant and cruel, this elegant black comedy parable of art and commerce manages to say volumes about consumerism, the commodification of dissent and the emptiness of contemporary existence in one short hour. It doesn't just give us two people; it also skillful and economically sketches an entire society and a way of life around them.

My favorite of the series, its a wonderfully plausible grim future.

Not V subtle. Yet, slickly executed, well-acted piece of entertaino-agit-prop. Only has 1hr to explore concepts so has 2 play it broad & obvious. Yet, very neat skewering of endless rat-race, consumerist, meaningless treadmill (here; stationary bike) vapid society we've chosen, built &/or stumbled asleep into. As well as bread & circuses aspect- themes of constant surveillance, unavoidable advertising flood & (US, UK Esp) credit ratings -> (a la Chinese) social scores ??

Clearly one of the most visually interesting Black Mirror episodes, which results in some great non-verbal storytelling.

More visually engaging and showy with its production values than 'The National Anthem', 'Fifteen Million Merits' is utterly haunting in every single facet; the warm chemistry between its two leads in the first act is depressingly contrasted with the overall hopeless, sterile, and foreboding atmosphere of this dystopian parable.

Creates an interesting and (sadly) believable dystopia in its short run time. I was a bit annoyed with the cartoony characters and all, but it's otherwise pretty much perfect. And, like the other great episodes in this series, has an amazing ending.

Seen: 3.

I got bored 15 minutes in and unfortunately, this never got any better.

On the artificialization of "reality" induced by the ubiquity of the consumerist image.

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The best episode, I think, but still is not something to write home about. Speculative fiction of the 1950's-70's has way more interesting and clever stories than black mirror. Oh, and The Twilight Zone.

The setting is so absurd and contrived that I never get invested into the story and characters like other, more relatable Black Mirror episodes.

eng; [Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits]; in einer zukunft werden durch das fahrradfahren virtuelle gegenstände, lebensqualität und credits erarbeitet - welche ein mann für die eintrittskarte eines talentwettbewerbs nutzt.;

I like good dystopian sci-fi, even when it's this silly. Not much to stay about it, Black Mirror has consistently been good.

This is the only Black Mirror episode I've seen, so this review exists in a sort of a vacuum. This episode crafted a fascinating and totally plausible dystopian world, but I couldn't help but feel that it could've gone much deeper in it's social commentary. As a side note, the writers of this show must really hate network executives, huh?

Excellent.

My least favourite episode, though I was still impressed (and depressed) with its gloomy, prison-like futuristic setting, but it's all just too on-the-nose and a bit too cynical. Despite being one of the longer episodes, it doesn't manage to get out all its information, like to establish the heartfelt romance that's so crucial. I liked how the main character ended up, it was good to see at least some consistency in this overly-cynical vision, though it could've fleshed out its romance even more.

I'll never understand the appeal of Charlie Brooker

Main problem was the dystopia being unrealistc.

One of my favorites, the story is great and takes fantastically dark twist and turns. The sci-fi world that is created is so bizarre and crazy but has enough elements to feel oddly realistic.

More enjoyable than most TV talent contests. They should really do this.

Episode review: https://youtu.be/vdfI8xN7HRQ