Fifteen Million Merits

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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

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

As satire it's pretty hamfisted, as this show usually is, but on a purely emotional level it wrecked me. Incredibly cruel.

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.

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

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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.

Main problem was the dystopia being unrealistc.

Excellent.

I'll never understand the appeal of Charlie Brooker