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BLACK MIRROR S5
Diminishing returns throughout this season, ending with the Miley Cyrus episode, where I feel like they went for a Short Circuit / semi-comedic ep that kinda doesn't work. Even their bad episodes I still enjoy watching though, so hopefully Brooker will make some more at some point. The ending to Episode 2 also bothered me, on a couple of levels. But the amazingness of episode 1 makes up for both of the others, very worth it.
GOOD OMENS
Michael Sheen is amazing in this. David Tennant is doing his best "Bill Nighy in LOVE ACTUALLY" impression, which was so spot on I really couldn't stop thinking "why didn't they just get Bill Nighy for this role"? Maybe he's too old. Anyway...
I found the resolution somewhat anti-climactic. There were sort of 2 resolutions, and the final one ends up being more satisfying, which I imagine is what they were going for. But I just spent a week watching CHERNOBYL and WHEN THEY SEE US, so I almost feel like I wasn't quite ready to bounce back to light entertainment. I kept waiting for it to get super dark. I'm not joking, episode 4 of 6 something happens along the lines of a love story / romance, and I FINALLY thought to myself "oh, so this whole series is supposed to be sort of twee and optimistic." That lack of understanding of what the tone was probably killed the enjoyment somewhat for me, although it was mainly worth it to watch Sheen play the pinky-raised Felix to Tennant's supernatural Oscar.
Also, the constant "signpost" animation that was shuttling you from time-to-time and place-to-place felt really basic cable to me. It bothered me much more than it should've.
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