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“” Season 5 might not be debuting on before the end of 2018, but it’s become increasingly clear that “” probably will, and it’s most likely happening on December 28. What is “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch”?
A Netflix at the beginning of December suggested it could be the first episode of Seasn 5, but a new report from (via ) reveals it’s a “Black Mirror” movie, which would be the first of its kind.While Netflix will not confirm “Bandersnatch,” Esquire made note that an already exists for the title and labels it a “Netflix film.” Any Netflix subscriber can search for “Bandersnatch” on the streaming platform and be directed to this landing page, which confirms it’s not an episode but a film (see photo below). The leak at the start of the month said “Bandersnatch” would drop December 28, which lines up with the end-of-the-year release of “Black Mirror” Season 4 in 2017. The landing page does not confirm December 28 but it does say 2018. The latest reported details on “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” are the most clear-cut yet. The movie’s alleged official plot description reads: “A young programmer makes a fantasy novel into a game. Soon, reality and virtual world are mixed and start to create confusion.” That “Bandersnatch” would be set in the world of video games lines up with recent, as “Bandersnatch” was the name of a video game listed in the Season 3 episode “Playtest,” directed by Dan Trachtenberg and starring Wyatt Russell.
Additionally, “Bandersnatch” was a video game developed in real life by Imagine Software in 1984, but it was never released to the public. “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” Landing Page on NetflixNetflix/ScreenshotIn addition to the plot description, The Independent reports “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” is directed by David Slade and stars “Dunkirk” breakout Fionn Whitehead in the lead role.
Slade is already a member of the “Black Mirror” franchise, having directed the Season 4 episode “Metalhead.” Slade’s film credits include “Hard Candy” and “30 Days of Nights,” and he has also directed episodes of “Breaking Bad,” “Hannibal,” and “American Gods.”The most interesting new detail is that “Bandersnatch” reportedly has 312 minutes of footage, which is over five hours. A huge number like that would be ridiculously long for a feature film, but it would make sense given reports that “Black Mirror” is planning a choose-your-own adventure storyline. News first broke on an interactive “Black Mirror” episode in October, and the 312 minute “Bandersnatch” runtime suggests it’s a choose-your-own-adventure movie.As previously noted, Netflix has not confirmed these details, nor have they released any concrete information about “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” outside of its official. Expect every “Black Mirror” fan to be waiting in front of the television December 28.
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Dec 21, 2014 Black Mirror is a show that takes technology and puts into a Twilight Zone format. Although the plots can be either raunchy or ridiculous, the negative effects of technology are highlighted on this show and, although somewhat inappropriate, can influence kids and adults to take perspective on how technology can be bad.
Quotes:There's messages in every game. Like Pac-Man. Do you know what 'Pac' stands for? P-A-C: program and control. He's Program and Control Man.
The whole thing's a metaphor. He thinks he's got free will, but really he's trapped in a maze, in a system. All he can do is consume, he's pursued by demons that are probably just in his own head and even if he does manage to escape by slipping out one side of the maze, what happens?
He comes right back in the other side. People think it's a happy game. The graphics and music were great, and the transition was smooth at the 'crossroads'.
But the story. It didn't feel like much of a story, and then I felt pushed into making choices that I did not want to make. I think it captured the choose-your-own-path game feeling, but to me that didn't really feel right in a movie, everything felt too simple and a bit too forced. It's great that Black Mirror wanted to do something innovative, which this truly is, but because it is Black Mirror all the endings feel wrong. In a game like this, you play for the best outcome, but here, you just play to see what else you can get.
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