Charlie Brooker Black Mirror

[Pingfah]

^ Brooker has already had a major hand in numerous very well thought of comedies though, Brass Eye and Nathan Barley he wrote for, and the absolutely brilliant Dead Set was all his creation. He's pretty well established as a creative now.

 

[Captain Shaw]

Charlie Brooker's 2011 wipe is on BBC 4 Friday 30th dec 10.30pm.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Can it be on tonight instead?

 

[Captain Shaw]

Can it be on tonight instead?

No tonight is Downton night.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

So who watched 2011 Wipe? Really made me laugh, Charlie at his surly best.

iPlayer link for those in the UK who missed it... Charlie says the best way to get more is to watch on iPlayer because logged views will prove the popularity.

 

[Captain Shaw]

So who watched 2011 Wipe? Really made me laugh, Charlie at his surly best.

iPlayer link for those in the UK who missed it... Charlie says the best way to get more is to watch on iPlayer because logged views will prove the popularity.

Made me smile hope we get one in 2012, love to see how he reacts to the world not ending.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Probably with Anger, as it should be.

 

[Haggis and tatties]

Screenwipes was the small sparkling gem that was sticking out of the top of the steaming pile of poo that has been xmas TV this year.

 

[Captain Shaw]

Screenwipes was the small sparkling gem that was sticking out of the top of the steaming pile of poo that has been xmas TV this year.

Glad I'm not the only one who thought Christmas TV was shit this year.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Channel 4 have given Black Mirror a second series.

From Digital Spy

Charlie Brooker's critically-acclaimed dark comedy series Black Mirror will return in 2013 with a second series, it has been confirmed.

Channel 4 will air three more 60-minute dramas from Brooker, who will begin filming next month.

...

"Half of the things in the first run of Black Mirror seem to be on the verge of coming true. They've got prisoners in Brazilian prisons pedalling on exercise bikes to reduce their sentences (not entirely dissimilar to the episode '15 Million Merits') and Google Glass looks like copyright infringement as far as 'The Entire History of You' is concerned," said Brooker.

"Thankfully no-one carried out a hideous form of blackmail involving a pig. Anyway, if the stories from the second run start coming true then we're REALLY in trouble."

 

[Haggis and tatties]

^^^Good news.

 

[HappyDayRiot]

Fantastic.

 

[Captain Shaw]

Wonder what his sleep deprived mind will come up with.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Wonder what his sleep deprived mind will come up with.

Murderous iPhones. Smart TVs that are actually smart and take over the world and MP3 players that reprogramme our mind in your sleep.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Not Black Mirror but here's a clip from A Touch of Cloth


[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67xhWEOVlA[/yt]

 

[Haggis and tatties]

So is that a cop or a comedy show?

 

[Bob The Skutter]

It's Charlie Brooker's take on a cop show. So a parody of a cop show I guess.

 

[TheGodBen]

The humour appears very similar to Police Squad/The Naked Gun, but it just seems off somehow.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

Well it's entirely lacking of context. Though I admit it made me laugh when the chase was going on.

 

[Starkers]

Really obvious stuff, looked like it should have been made 20 years ago and starred Nicholas Lyndhurst...

But, good news BM is getting a second series. I hope it's a little more consistent and, dare I say it, a little more hopeful, just sometimes...