Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Official Thread)

[Daniel.]

Watching this now this shyt is hilarious.

What is Netflix?

 

[Daniel.]

Bruhhhhhhhh the Netflix option and action sequence has me in teeeaarrsss.

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Bottom 3 episode of black mirror

 

[I AM WARHOL]

Like what was the worrisome technology in this one?

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Didn't really like this interactive movie. Maybe it's because I've played so many video games, but I just wasn't feeling it. Glad it was a new concept though

 

[Youhadasparkwhenustarted]

I suppose I'm one of the few who absolutely loved it. Simple story but it was cohesive and told well, and the meta commentary about the illusion of free will, multiple timelines, and the overall execution kept me engaged. Bandersnatch was very surreal and meta in some very subtle ways, it was a brilliant experience imo.

 

[Kaypain]

Had a weird deja vu experience watching this

 

[Saint1]

Garbage. I get the self-awareness aspect and breaking the 4th wall but the story didn't really go anywhere and the characters weren't interesting.

 

[NerdNash]

Like what was the worrisome technology in this one?

Us controlling the story with a remote from our home

 

[ELESDEE616]

I played this again today, and I've been thinking about what would be considered a "winning" ending of the ones I've seen.
From the perspective of a Black Mirror episode, it would seem that the winning endings would be:
A: Release a 5 Star rated version of Bandersnatch
or
B: Change the timeline in the past so that you die happy.

But, if this were the real world and not a Black Mirror episode, the actual "Winning" ending would be the one where you

Spoiler

Take your medication and live to release a 2.5 star version of Bandersnatch.

Stefan says that this was the wrong choice, but it really isn't. In this ending you're
-Alive
-Not in Jail or a mental hospital
-Employed
-Not a murderer
-Still working with your idol Colin
-A game designer that singlehandedly created an "OK" video game on your FIRST TRY that never got pulled from stores.
-Actually in a better relationship with your father than you were at the start

That's not losing.

That was absolutely the best ending for Stefan lol and they give it to you in the 1st 15 minutes.

Once it told me that was the wrong ending j realised it was all about the fukkery. Which ultimately what the ep was about, no free will.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Just watched and did multiple endings for like an hour and a half. Very cool. And I see there is some stuff I didn't do. Bad thing to watch before going to sleep tho.

 

[KalKal]

Like what was the worrisome technology in this one?

Drugs as a way to "hack" the human brain to access parallel universes and timestreams.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

This movie had the audacity to tell me that my smart TV isn't apparently smart enough to engage in this immersive choose A or B experience

 

[Cartier Murphy]

With how popular the games Telltale Studios were years ago, this wasn’t exactly a unique experience for me, but it was fun, and I imagine for the average Netflix watcher, a different kind of experience. I was more impressed at the work that must’ve had to go into making this, and the dedication to it.

I marked down each choice I made, so I could compare the results for later rewatches. The first ending I got where I actually see a credit scene afterwards and not them forcing you to redo yourself was

Spoiler

Stefan returning his rabbit to his childhood self and getting on that doomed train with his mom

but all of the other dead end choices were well done, in particular the 4th wall breaking scenes & the P.A.C.S. & Pax scenes had me Cool idea, hopefully next time grounded by a stronger film around it. I did enjoy the meta commentary about it though, it was a typical Black Mirror commentary about the dangers of technology but delivered in a much more unusual fashion

 

[BillBanneker]

I didn't realize this was a choice based