The Worst Black Mirror Episode - NitPix
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I love the bee episode you fuck. This video sucks and you suck. My content is much better.
Lol
#deathto nitpix
Doctor Zadd dude don’t do that
THE BEE EPISODE IS PRETTY BEE-TEC AHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAH
Doctor Zadd LMAO
That thumbnail bait.
That's the word, thumbnail. I couldn't think of it.
I was ready to rage
Lmao he put a bee up in the corner so I thought it was hilarious
ikr I was so ready to attack this video because 15 million merits was amazing
Half of us clicked on this video to go in 😂 i was like how is it the worst!? But I absolutely hated this stupid episode as well
the thumbnail gave me the impression that you believed that 15 Million Merits was the worst Black Mirror episode and i was so ready to fight you
Mollie lol me too
I think that one was the most boring one/the worst actually :c
One of the best episodes
@caro i think it definitely had some pacing issues that made it a little boring to watch, but Daniel Kaluuya did an incredible job potraying the main character and the message was communicated very well and powerfully
We were both clickbaited...
'The Bee Episode is the WORST EPISODE of Black Mirror", Season 5, "Hold my beer..."
Smithereens is my favorite episode
I’m glad to see the Smithereens love, probably the episode I’ve seen the most
help i liked rachel jack and ashley too my opinion is wrong help me
@@jknifgijdfui Nah you're not wrong it is a good episode
@@extraplain2412 its not a good black mirror episode tho halfway thru they just make it hannah montana also i wish they made the main characters mary and kate so the episode could of been called mary kate and ashley too
Justice is in the eye of the bee-holder.
J M Oooooohhhhhhhhhhhh SHIT!
I’ll go drown myself now. Peace yo! ✌🏻
Jack Murphy well said! Which is why we should all bee-have as best we can!
Hahahaha
I thought "hated in the nation" was really good. It's not perfect. Some things could have been done better but its' core conversation on the mob mentality of the internet crowd we find ourselves in was really intriguing. Also given the situation with August Ames I thought the ep handled the careless nature of internet commentary quite well.
I enjoyed the episode for the most part. It was a little boring at times but I was still glad I watched it.
I feel exactly the same way, and the interesting thing about Black Mirror S3 is how it’s book-ended by two episodes that accurately capture the environment of the internet and social media.
I really hated the end, the episode itself is good, but the end was so unsatisfying.
Lit Trash why?
Its in my top 3 favourites
BUT WHO IS CONTROLLING THE BEES?
The candy man of course
Omega Reviews Charlie Brooker. Whenever there's an anonymous force in Black Mirror it's essentially Brooker showing his mad genius.
hated in the nation was one of my favorites but this was hilarious
same
It’s so good, but I’m low-key traumatised after watching it
I don't hate it either. Because I can't remember a fucking thing that happened in it. It's so bland and I often find myself wondering what they actually did for 90 minutes.
I agree
It was boring and we were supposed to care only because hashtags and disappearing bees. But it definitely wasn’t the worst episode.
I liked this one. It felt like a real crime story from a couple of years into the future.
Angry me.
I honestly can't believe how much you HATED this one...
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I disagree with this video greatly xD Doesn't mean the guy's bad or anything, but there was more futuristic tech and honestly I don't think every episode needs to have flying cars and shit xD
I thought this was gonna be about 15 million merits from the thumbnail and was ready to throw hands
Same. 15 Million Merits is one of the best, IMO.
Why am I so glad that people feel the same as I do
That's clickbait for you
yep
Yall ready to throw hands on youtube😂😂jeez
I actually liked this episode, sure the moral wasn’t very memorable but it was entertaining and memorable for me because of the killer bees haha
My man, the fact that you went through the trouble of cutting each of the 4 layers of video you had onscreen at 3:15 to the beat of the music is simply sublime. You put all that effort into something that hardly anyone will consciously notice, and I gotta respect that, this videos great too, I thought the bee episode was bland and terrible
Yes Ege, you can. Conscious perception generates thought, unconscious perception generates feelings. If you ever felt uneasy about something and you didn't know the reason, your subconscious most certainly knows why.
I've never edited a video in my life, yet it appears evident to me I would never edit anything NOT to the music unless it was for a specific purpose. I'm pretty sure that's a given..
I loved this episode, the hacker used the #DeathTo game to lure in people who wanted murder others. This made you think about how we treat others online and holds us accountable for how we behave. And his motive was the girl who tried to kill herself, because of all the online hate she had received (the girl he liked, he also found her in the bathtub with slit wrists and then saved her). This changed his concept of how he perceived the online trolls and flipped the script on them, making them kill themselves for what they decided to say online. I hope that makes sense, I am not so good with describing things but I think this episode was most realistic *because* of the lack of technology.
Its honestly one of my most favorite episodes. Although, it might not be the most favorable by fans, i thought the lesson is the most relatable to society more than all the other ones. Saying “fuck you” to someone online might seem like nothing, but you never know how much your actions hurt until they hurt.
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Thank you! I picked that up the first time I watched the episode, so for the guy in this video to say there was no real motivation, he must have not been paying attention.
I personally cannot feel bad for the people who literally voted for others to die. If you participate in something that twisted then you are human garbage. But why someone would run something so sadistic in the first place? That i'm still trying to figure out.
Yes, that's exactly the moral of the episode. It was one of my favorite.
so, the antagonist was the best part of it, it still sounds like the protagonists were just there as a vehicle for the other characters to pop out
No clip of Mark Wahlberg asking what happened to the bees?
2/10
Jk loved the video
WHOOOO IS CONTROLLING THE BEEEEES!?
I was reading this when he said it. Honest injun.
I feel like this person just watched the episode once, didn’t try to dig deeper, and just made this episode without another thought. The beauty of this episode was in how realistic it was. The main detective didn’t care because she was desensitized to her job. The characters were normal, with no twists because they reflect the majority of people. The bees were realistic and so was the government surveillance. The whole episode was eerie because it seems like something that could happen in real life, just years from now.
exactly!! that could happen like next week!! and if the characters were more unique it wouldnt have that aspect of like... that could literally be any one of us
Tbh, I don't care that the theme was interesting. This episode was so boring to watch, which I don't like. I never felt scared, disturbed as I did in other episodes.
@@phisograph It didn't feel like a black mirror episode, but it had a really good message.
How realistic? Do you live in the real world dude?
Here's my gripe with people who think this episode was "not Black Mirror-esque" or got bored because of the police procedural vibe: I'm left wondering whether these people were actually paying attention. This episode is all about shifting the blame, taking responsibility and hivemind mentality. The tech focused on in the episode wasn't the bees, the bees were merely a means to an end (and yes, I suppose also to signify a hivemind thing going on). The tech we should've been focusing on was social media. Everyone was trying to avoid responsibility, from the first user of the hashtag to be questioned saying "What are you going to do? Question all the others as well?" to the detective condemning hundreds of thousands of people to their demise just to save 1 person to the person who started it all literally running away. This was about how you cannot hide from your mistakes, your responsibilities, and how technology makes this harder every single day, because people will track you down. It's a warning, concerning but yet ultimately weirdly positive episode in the way that because there's no way to hide, crime will need to go down even if government officials won't cooperate to see this happen.
Yes! Its one of the most intresting episodes in my opinion! I will put it on the 2nd place after Nosedive
@OnePunchBrand You honestly seem to be taking more personally than the other person.
@OnePunchBrand The problem is that author of this video seems to be a bit bias aginast this episode. He said "goverment was using bees to spy on people and it was shruged off". Well not really, it was brough by characters couple times and it was the main reason why a crime like this was possible. It doesn't leave us with answer - what is going to happen now, we can see that public don't know the truth yet and it forces wievers to think - what would my goverment do in this case? Are they going to take a blame or shift it and pretend that nothing happend? He said that one problem is that detective is not taking the leads her new partner picks. But this is how it's done all around the world. You won't just blindly follow a new partner, that got moved from different stuff, is new to this matter and is overenthusiastic. I don't get it why people want Black Mirror to be very entertaining, this show is supposed to left us thinking about future, about our actions now and technology, that might go wrong. Not to bring us fun and amusement.
@OnePunchBrand Whatever you say darling ;)
Exactly
I liked this episode. Waldo was the worst one in my opinion.
Rob Young 100% agree
No doubt about it. That's the only episode that I would actually say was bad.
Rob Young not really coz of Lord Buckethead. It seems very relevant to now
I don’t know, the Waldo one was pretty entertaining whereas this bee one I couldn’t even finish. I think the newest seasons episodes were quite forgettable and disappointing haha
arielle lippo I personally feel the show was at its best during the first 2 seasons
I also hated the episode with that one chick that kept murdering people to cover up other murders. Like, it was basically a really dark version of the spongebob episode where they steal mermaid mans belt, and like, they made the protagonist as unlikable and bitchy as possible so you're not even like, rooting for her
you mean that white lady with the short hair who helped 'kill' the biker? that's one of my favorites.
it reminds me more of the spongebob episode, the nasty patty where he and mr krabs are just trying to find a spot to bury a dead body the entire episode
Fucking hate how as soon as she’s getting her comeuppance it ends
What was that episode called?
Lmao the comparison you made with that spongebob episode is pretty accurate.
When she heard the baby crying me and my friends couldn't help but burst out into laughter lmao he was like "imagine if someone else sees her kill the baby and she kills them then someone else sees her and it goes on, eventually she would've murdered the whole town!".
okay hated in the nation isnt my favourite but.. the worst??? WHEN THE WALDO MOMENT IS RIGHT THERE
Was Waldo moment even that bad??
I mean I wouldn't rewatch it but it was alright to me, I really didn't enjoy San Junipero at all though that's so far been the worst
I think the Waldo moment is just genuinely good.
I always saw this episode as a standalone SyFy B movie. It's not as "Black Mirror" as most of the others episodes, but I kind of liked it. Congrats on 50k subs btw.
It's about as good as the Bee Movie.
Brojak so the best movie in the world😂
Maxmazing BEEt me to it
When i saw the thumbnail i got genuinely worried that you didnt like 15 million merits, its such a good episode
Adrian Marsh
I know right? I don't see how it's possible though. The episode is basically perfect.
I’m not the biggest fan of 15 million merits. I thought it was a really good episode but it’s not my favorite
Ethan Elephant Which one was your favorite?
Black museum is the best episode.
I loved this episode.
And the antagonist didn't kill them all for no reason. His wife was cyberbullied and she tried to kill herself because of it. This was a big part of the episode. How did you miss that? 😂😂😂
i dont think it was even his wife. it was his roommate he liked. so like.. the reason he killed hundreds of thousands of people seems a bit less justified now, huh
The episode does kinda gloss over that part pretty quickly after the manifesto is discovered. In fact, Karin might as well have not talked to that lady at all because Blue found the manifesto which revealed everything they needed to know.
Hundreds of thousands of people over 1 woman? Huge simp if you ask me.
I thought the plot was great, showing when the kindergarden teAcher seeing with her students the bees try and kill her. Telling us that anybody who uses social media and write these herendous stuff can be anybody and never truly suffer the consiquenses of being shamed and punished. But I do agree the characters are plane, but I still think the plot was strong enough to keep it at a respectable rate
“Hella engaging” from a British accent sounds so funny!
You think this episode is worse than 'The Waldo Moment'?!
Ryan i liked that one
the waldo episode was HORRIBLE
I liked it until the ending the ending ruined he whole thing.
Smithy Chris You're the first I've met who didn't liked that episode
Smithy Chris I think it's one of the best episodes, and it's generally rated among the best. Why you didn't like it? And what is your favourite episode? Mine is White christmas, White Bear would probably my second or third favourite.
I mean, the bees do have a bit of relation, symbolically, to the theme being tackled. Hiveminds and all, how people are keen to follow social (media) without thinking much about the consequences - or their actions, even.
I don't think the episode was remarkably good or bad, honestly, but I get your criticism. Great video.
I always thought that the episode was about how people use social media to judge others
The worst episode of Black Mirror is The Waldo Moment.
Thanks for giving us your opinion on this while backing it up with some arguments that even someone who doesn’t agree with you can relate with, rather then just stating your opinion as fact!
(Just giving some advice for the future, either state your point as your opinion, or provide some evidence for your claims, cause otherwise it kind of comes across as the equivalent of saying round earthers are dumb, but I’m not gonna state any reason as to why.)
People liked him because he wasn't another corrupt politician. That's what they all thought. He wasn't part of "the system". But at the end, you see the merch, the followers, even the leader who got kicked out for trying to stop the monster he created. Waldo seems like the opposite of the system. But really, he IS the system. It went from a normal, funny guy, to a team working on marketing and business. Eventually, to become successful, everyone has to submit. You can't escape the system. Really opened my eyes
One thing that threw me off about the whole episode is that he is supposed to be a comedian but he wasn't funny in real life. That majorly ruined the episode for me
Hang the DJ is much worse than that.
@someguy ihate Not even close. What about metalhead? or national anthem?
I actually find the anthology to be the strength of Black Mirror--Some episodes suck, some end too soon, But each one is fresh, new, different.
even though you think the issue of robotic bees is mockable and stupid, it’s actually probably one of black mirrors closest shots to reality given that real robotic bees are being created and tested in real life, making it a real potential issue
what’s funny is i hated “the national anthem” and i loved “hated in the nation”...
I know I'm about 9 months late but how the fuck do you hate the national anthem
national anthem was just so fucking good
Alicia Robadey I love both but why do you hate national anthem?
@@hewhohewhohehewhohewhowho6988 I didn't hate National Anthem, but I din't like it very much either, and the reason is a grrat part of the inpact of the episode is just the shock of having a guy fucking a pig. Seems like it just works because it's in the first season, so it was an amazing thibg. Imagine this wasn't a S01 episode, but a S05 episode.
National Antgem is still net positive for me
@@raiorai2 yea I've got a few like that tbh not hated but certainly not loved like the national anthem
I thought that Hated in the Nation was pretty interesting, not the best episode by any means but thoroughly entertaining. I believe that Men Against Fire (or whatever it’s called) is the worst one, just a complete mess imo.
I actually think men against fire was one of the best even though I feel like it ripped off the 5th wave or was just a coincidence
Shut up and dance is literally the best thing I have ever seen in my life
Hated in the nation is one of my favourite black mirror episodes
The point isn't that "cyber bullying" is bad. It's about going as far as wishing death upon and dehumanizing public figures or people they don't even know based on one thing they did or being losely informed about things they do that people disagree with. The fact that people think they have the right to get this demonic about it and acting like it's no big deal. The fact that you downplay it as "cyber bullying" shows that you didn't understand a thing. Black Mirror has NEVER been about the technology itself or a change in society. The technology is a story telling device and the society a setup. None if those EVER change in the end of an episode. You go in with the same technology and society as you go out with. The point is to follow the characters through a journey that shows not the weak points of the technology but the loss of control over it. A weakness that the characters see in a society that is adjusted to it and facing the strong consequences. You didn't like the episode due to an utter lack of understanding the concept of the show. It's showing us the dark side of the society we are or are likely to become and how quickly that escalates. Either you are a part of that society already and so ignorant that you cannot differentiate between a teenager getting a few mean comments about their looks and people being literally treated like they comitted some unforgivable crime/are a monster; or you're downright stupid and live inside a bubble where you only watch the show without understanding half of it going like "ah yeah it's about um cool technology and humans...changing i guess"
CYBER BULLYING DOESNT EXIST
Its what when wishing upon death for anyone even as joke having consequences, and i like the twist.
I agree.
yes he didn't seem to understand, maybe for the haters is only a joke, but for the victims, what they have supposed to do if everybody seem to hates them? people die for this.
@@juanwiththebigballs8574 Exactly. Crying "cyber bully!!" is just a way to limit free speech.
There's also the conflict between progress&'security' v/s the right to privacy (which turns out to be safer). ...And the fact that every good intentioned project (like protecting the environment) is going to be corrupted in order to get support from authorities, because they generally don't care unless it's for their direct benefit.
They should have made a Barry Bee Benson chapter instead.
NERD Incorporated my god.
Cant argue with your points but I still enjoyed the episode...
Well, considered this episode dethroned after Ashley Too.
CYBER BULLYING IS BAD REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
It's more about groupthink mentality than Cyber bullying
I LOVE GROUPTHINK! At least i think I should. Should I?
ImJustADude no
Ok dude
More about the mob mentality and the court of public opinion than cyber bullying.
Melancholy Hill by Gorillaz. I love it.
So... Death Note, but shittier.
Wow I didn't think of that
Death Note but bees
So.. Psycho Pass but shittier.
So... Bee Movie, but better.
Have you actually SEEN Netflix's Death Note?.....
What this episode really needed was a secondary conflict - some kind of b story...
I'll let myself out, thx.
I actually liked this episode. It did seem to drag on, but I think it was really important for Black Mirror as a whole. The whole point of Black Mirror is to be a thrilling near possible future of our world. I’ve seen multiple articles discussing how people are actually trying to make robotic bees since our environment sucks. I do see that they could have done it differently (very different), but I think that the overall storyline was a good idea.
are we saying that in the future, robotic bees would be the only robots used period?
I dont know why everyone is saying men against fire is the worst one. The bee episode I had to watch in chunks every night just to get through the monotony. Men against fire delves into the purpose of propaganda and the morality behind it, advanced weaponry/technology, the effects of PTSD. It challenges the trustworthiness of the military, which in part makes it one of the more unique episodes of the series.
pfeifanddrum THANK YOU! Men Against Fire is one of the most underrated episodes of the show
Hell yeah one of my favorites
Because yes, it has those themes, but it's done in such an on-the-nose way that the whole episode seems crafted to force this message on us. There's very little good story to take us in, flat boring characters, predictable twist and most the reveal comes as just talking in a room with a 2D 'evil' scientist (just exposition). Hated In The Nation was gripping and subtle, it had fantastic humour and a dark undertone too, with a very cool karma ending which totally trumped the juvenile "hell yeah awesome revenge" ending of Black Museum for example. Hated may have been too subtle to keep some people interested but I honestly didn't recognise any of the complaints this video makes about it, in fact I thought it was honestly one of the most fun & surprising episodes of TV I've seen in recent years.
I thought men against fire was boring at first, probably because I tried to assume what was gonna happen. But then as black mirror does it surprises you and u question everything and as I got to the end my perspective changed
I just discovered your channel and even though I love black mirror and I liked this episode, I have to say you are so damn funny! "But WHOOOOOO STARTED THE HASHTAG ?" HAS ME DYING
I just watched it and it's my favorite episode so far. I found it creative and while it was predictable at times, that just makes the twists all the better. You don't want it to be too confusing or have so many twists you yet lost. Also, I don't like it when I only discover the point of the show at the very end, I like having some idea of what's going on. This episode explored many issues related to the modern day like how what we say online has an impact in the real world, cancel culture, mob mentality, government surveillance, environmental protection, and the hacker's twisted sense of mortality (he kills those who wished death on others, even those who didn't know what their actions meant). It also demonstrates to us the danger of modern technology and how even things we are told can't be hacked can be. I really enjoyed the episode, found it exciting, and very relevant to the modern day.
Shut Up and Dance is the best episode.
Agreed.
Rick Berman McCallum the entire history of you is the best episode. Followed closely by San junipero.....
soooo true
100% the best
I preferred "White Bear," but shut up and dance was a close second.
The motivation is understandable. He lost a friend to the cruelty and callousness of internet mobs. He wanted to punish this social behaviour and teach us all a lesson we would never forget. Considering he just carried the single greatest act of mass brutality in human history, society has certainly learned. No one would ever call for somebody else's death on the internet ever again. He achieved his goal in changing society for the better.
Yeah
Yes. He clearly didn´t get it.
he's approaching it with the same desire for total vengeance that the White Bear Justice Park visitors and employees employ on Victoria Skillane on a daily basis. I view the episodes as two sides of the same coin - not just because of the "I investigated the Skillane killings" easter egg, but because both episodes cover weaponized vigilante justice as a misguided means for remedying the problems inherent in our society (not realizing that vigilantism is in of itself an extension of toxic masculinity - why try to reform your victim/punishee than by beating them and proceeding to gaslight them in an effort to "fix what is wrong"?)
it's the same reason why Ozymandias forcing Earth to stop the Cold War by creating the squid monster (and killing anybody who assisted in the creation of it) can be seen as both a necessary evil to achieve a greater good or the most monstrous thing you can think of
the emergency protocol aimed towards users of the #DeathTo hashtag can be seen as such. yes, it will stop cyberviolence, but how long will that peace last? how long must we wait until people realize how bullshit the peace's origin was?
Every terrorist's fantasy.
He didn't lose a friend, he SAVED her life
IT'S INTERESTING....MOST PEOPLE I'VE TALKED TO HATE THE FIRST EPISODE BUT IT'S THIS GUY'S FAVOURITE. I ACTUALLY LIKED THE BEE EPISODE BUT I APPRECIATE THIS PERSPECTIVE.
Why would people hate it? Are they idiots?
I agree with you, but I'm disliking the vid because of the blatant thumbnail bait
There is a bee in it
But did you notice the bee
George Lucas I disagree with you. Yes it uses a character from another episode, slightly misleading, but he looks like he’s about to kill himself and is looking at the bee. The message is pretty clear when you think about it for a second.
I've actually never seen a sponsorship that the creator uses for a video so well done.
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your channel is literally my favourite thing, I usually get bored of TV/Film analysis but you're so hilarious and genuinely interesting, cannot wait for more dude
Thank God this was the episode that I decided to skip because I was sleepy and around the next day, I have completely forgotten this episode and started to binge watch the next season.
Black Mirror is a very interpretable show. Which I guess is how this is actually my favourite episode from the show.
Shame, this my favourite episode. Least favourite is "Men Against Fire". Saw the twist coming miles away and it's attempts to be morally ambiguous felt incredibly forced.
Holy Mackerel the Third Doesn’t need to be morally ambiguous to get its point across
Omg I love your work with jerma! I love... you
I agree, Men Against Fire was poorly written and poorly directed. And I also didn't care for National Anthem - certainly liked it less than Hated In The Nation (which was mediocre but not the worst). In fact I gave up on Black Mirror for about a month after watching National Anthem. I was not impressed. I'm glad I came back to the show though, because I actually love the show as a whole.
Cringed so bad at that EVIL scientist line at the end. Literally any indirect way would''ve been better. Hollywoodising and preaching accompanied by not so indirect identity politics is what downright ruined certain episodes in the third season for me.
Holy Mackerel the Third I agree. Men Against Fire was far worse than Hated in the Nation. There was no twist in Men Against Fire. I was never lead to believe the 'roaches' were as dangerous as the soldiers believed them to be. The episode had nothing new to say. Its only messages were 'genocide is bad' and 'brainwashing is bad'. There was no hint at moral ambiguity. Even in Hated in the Nation, the hacker had some sort of point to make, as twisted as his methods were. But Men Against Fire had nothing to say that anyone who's not a psychopath doesn't already know.
I was so freaked out because the thumbnail image was from 15 million merits which is my favorite, but then I watched and yeah, fantastic analysis, terrible episode!!
wow717 SAME i was like "what?? 15 million merits is my shit wtf is this" so I actually felt relieved that it wasn't lol
He's a clickbaity fuck. But his accent is lovely
It's not about the ending, it's about the gripping sensation of shittyness that permeates the whole episode.
What I like about it isn't the plot, it's the awesome detail, and that even though it's the least speculative of them all, and their society is not our own (in contrast with all other episodes, the societies depicted are basically our society but with freaky awesome tech. This one is different)... And though it doesn't feel like we would ever get to the point of making dancing and biking concentration camps, it still feels like a HUMAN society, and it still has our problems with spectacle, visibility, hyperconnectivity, social engineering, etc. but in a different context. Also dat bitch hot niggu
Federica Brenni it's been a while since I watched the episode but I remember feeling like they littered it with small things that made it feel like a true society, not some made up dystopia like Hunger Games, even though they have like an hour to do so. I'd have to rewatch to be more specific.
What was it about the ending that you didn't like?
No! Thank you for the most civilized conversation in RUclips! Quite a pleasure.
"That hit you like a mid-life crisis!"
Hahahahah! That´s hilarious but true.
Why do I put myself through so many sadistic episodes?
His motivation was that his roommate (who he might've had a thing for) attempted suicide because of cyberbullying and he felt he needed to avenge her. I can personally see that happening very easily and the entire hashtag and moral lesson makes a lot more sense
So is it just me, or did everyone else get upset at the fact that the whole point the hacker was trying to push is that all actions have consequences, but then tries to dodge what he brought on himself in the end? I felt it ruined the message.
John Stamos good point lol
Extremism and hypocricy often go hand in hand.
I don't think they wanted two extremist performance artists who killed themselves.
But that was the point of the episode. The message wasn't "all actions have consequences", the message was "how does wanting this guy to atone for his sins make us any better than the people who post a #DeathTo hashtag?". It's about anonymity, mob mentality and hypocrisy. Everyone in this episode was trying to push the blame on someone else, trying to justify their shitty behaviour by saying "Oh, but I'm not the only one. Think of the greater good."
That IS the message, that he too got what was coming to him, but that it will never undo the pain everyone else brought upon themselves by falling for the mob bait
5:44 This is pure gold, I saw that ad so when I saw you commenting on it I died laughing
The bee episode is so long you could almost call it a movie…the bee movie
The beauty of black mirror is that the audience all have their own preferences. What some people think is the worst is also someone’s top of the list. It’s beautiful
It was a fun ep about how bees are dying mass mob mentality on the Internet, and how the police are literally idiots like in real life fumbling. So I'd say it's Pretty good.
I didn't think it was a bad piece of entertainment; just a bad Black Mirror episode :/
You don't know what your talking about. Hated in the nation is one of the best. The episode reflect the mentality of those blindly following the herd on using hashtags on social media, then karma hits them. The worst is the roach episode Men Against Fire.
I've seen all episodes of black mirror but can't remember a single thing about this one, even after you explained what happened. At least it was a better episode than anything in the newest season
This is a little funny to me because I'm pretty sure the absolute worst episode of Black Mirror is the one you said was one of your favorites. The very first one. Mostly because I almost didn't watch Black Mirror because of it. The show was recommended to me by a friend, and the first episode didn't have _any_ of the qualities he said the show had - that had encouraged me to watch. I thought it was silly, stupid, gratuitous and cruel. I wasn't entirely surprised to learn that Black Mirror was conceived and crafted by a comedian. Because only a comedian could revel in a premise with absolute sincerity, to a viewing audience that is mostly unaware of how he's behind the scenes laughing the _entire_ time about how depraved it is.
I could see through the sincerity, and I thought it was too infantile to be funny, so it wasn't worth the hour. Your analysis of the bee episode seems fair enough, but I bet one could similarly pick apart episodes that you presumably thought were much better. There have been whole threads dedicated to what a "shit" episode " "White Christmas" is - full of "plot holes" and "failed ideas." People could complain about how the heroes of "White Bear" and "Shut up and Dance" are unsympathetic, or about how "San Junipero," is out of place, and lacks any grit or substance - and they have. And they can pinpoint elements within them all that reinforce those perceptions. I think it would be interesting for you to play devil's advocate. Take an episode that you really love and try to poke holes in it, see if you can't find almost as many problems as you had with this episode. Even if they're not things that bother you. It'd be an interesting experiment.
futurestoryteller yea I haven’t come back to the show since that stupid first episode. I mean come on they didn’t check the finger print, or DNA.
Nicely said. I almost gave up on the show after National Anthem. Hated in the Nation, on the other hand, is one of my favourites, and I like that it's so different from other episodes.
Yep ditto. "National Anthem" is IMHO the worst, and unfortunately the first. "Hated In The Nation" easily makes my top 4, along with Be Right Back, San Junipero, and White Christmas.
skinflutey your loss. Keep watching
arianebarnes I'm right there with you for the most part. Although I can't say for sure any episode within season 3 is a favorite of mine. Even though all the complaining about how it was "worse than the rest" or "suffering on Netflix" just annoyed me. So did the few people who thought San Junipero was bad because it "wasn't depressing. enough for Black Mirror." - My favorites were probably: Be Right Back, 15 Million Merits, White Bear, and White Christmas.
It's very likely the revised list would contain episodes from Season 4 somewhere. Most likely U.S.S. Callister and Hang the DJ. But I have to think about it.
DrSingha23 Seriously I would not recommend to anyone that they skip this show based on that. Of course I admitted to coming *extremely* close. But the show gets almost supernaturally good immediately preceding National Anthem. While it has some episodes that aren't... great, they are very few and far between. I think that's why I hold onto 15 Million Merits. A lot of the episodes are just as good, so it's hard to quantify them - 15 Million Merits will always go down as the episode that made me go "Whoa! Shit - no, actually I *_need_* to watch this show."
That Segway into the ad was legendary
Lol Hated in Nation is one of the best episodes of the Black Mirror.
It kept me hooked for the whole duration. Kudos to the writers.
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not all black mirror episodes have to bee high-tech to bee good, just look at shut up and dance, my personal favourite. and it didn't need high-tech to make the viewer think about the line between justice and crime
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the detectives don't need to bee interesting and unusual because they aren't the focus of the episode, the whole bee hacking thing is, along with the hashtag
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you say that as if they don't care about the genocide that happens in the episode. and, once again, why do they need to have a personal connection to the plot if it isn't about them?
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it makes sense that this futuristic army of robots is used against people, because it's the only believable thing that could theoretically do the genocide and stealthy murder it did. what would have been better?
4:35
they didn't just find it out from nowhere, they used his manuscript and someone's account to connect the dots, it wasn't that obvious
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of course, because they find evidence that hints at this, they didn't just realise from nowhere
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he doesn't need to bee logical, he's the antagonist we shouldn't sympathise with entirely. i do like morally grey characters, and he isn't one of them, but i can look past that, because it isn't necessarily bad that he's completely evil
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can you please either complain about the tropes or about the lack of them? first you complain that there's less technology, unlike the other episodes, and then you complain that you can see a trope. make up your mind
7:51
so what? protagonists can bee flawed
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most people don't know the horrific implications of the events. the scientists losing control of the whole hive shocks them, but not the detective at first, because the detective doesn't know how bad that is
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you compared an unimportant scene from the bee episode with very important scenes from other episodes in order to belittle the message of the whole bee episode. and the message is that people should acknowledge responsibility for what they say, because it can hurt people. i'm not saying if you make a mean comment a bee will kill you, but the message is that responsibility should be taken by people online.
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that isn't the main focus of the episode so elaboration isn't needed
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well there was a genocide, thats pretty punchy
i couldn't just ignore this bullshit so i had to type out this essay for my own emotional benefit goodbye now
and for those who ask 'who asked', nitpix did here 10:34
I feel like it's unfair to crap on this episode because it doesn't have a little moral at the end. The best episodes of Black Mirror (Nosedive, Shut up and Dance) do not have that either; these are mostly implied and technology (and the culture created by technology) is also a mobile to bring the narrative to places where it wouldn't go otherwise. I think the power of Black Mirror is setting the parallel to things we see today: people giving up freedoms in exchange for stability or for "protection," for example. It would have been silly to make this episode about the environment too and then throw a little moral at the end about global warming. That's not the purpose of it. About the detectives and their "lack of emotion" or "reaction," I think it's coherent with the fact that they are there to solve a case. The episode is not about their moral conflicts, or their whole philosophies being turned inside out, etc. It's about an unlikely partnership between a cynical, classical detective who's weary of a modernity she doesn't understand and a younger, optimistic geek who may seem naive but it's very ingenious. In the end, it's about two detectives trying to get justice, either through lawful means or unlawful ones (we'll never know). I think the fact that the detectives are the ones "on trial" so to speak, instead of the government itself, is very telling too.
An Morein Nosedive? One of the best? That episode where the entire message and plot are evident from the first 10 minutes? And is extremely heavy handed? Ok
I don't think you could've predicted she'd end up cursing a man across a cell and threatening to stuff Mr. Waffles up her ass. Ok.
An Morein Message and plot not the tiny details. The characters are so obnoxiously annoying and I know that's intentional but it's still damn annoying for 50 minutes. The message is so obvious and heavy handed unlike most black mirror episodes.
Thanks for your opinion.
Up on melancholy hill sits a robot bee
A large influx of robot bees shall put a stop to that
Thanks for the ending, I was wondering where you got your bee reel
I think whether or not you consider this the "worst" episode of Black Mirror depends heavily on your motivations for watching it, and whether or not those motivations are in line with the fundamental message of Black Mirror as a series, which is baked right into the title, "Black Mirror." What's on the screen is incidental. What Black Mirror's really about is what you see when you turn off your screen - your own reflection. It's not about "telling cool stories featuring scary technology." It's about our relationship with technology and the ways we, as a culture and a society, abuse it and use it to abuse each other or harm ourselves. If you're not looking for that takeaway from each episode - how you can contextualize the themes in your own attitudes and the world YOU live in - then yeah, you're probably only going to see this as boring detectives and robotic bees.
Pete Rockwell very well put
Funny that this particular episode felt they were only going for the EPIC budgeted scary technology theme.
This reminds me of that "You need a very high IQ..." comment from that Rick and Morty fan
The ending of this episode was pretty good tho
It always annoys me how black mirror never shows the bad guy getting their comeuppance they just imply it, it’s like biting into a chocolate bar just to find out it’s filled with cardboard.
I think hated in the nation is one of the best out of black mirror because it is one of the few to successfully combine two very complicated and very different subjects; the decline of the global bee population and the inhumanity of online ridicule. While I do believe it is a tad long and that the story could have been improved by having more than just that one guy at the end personally involved in the #DeathTo movement, I disagree where you claim the characters are simply watered-down detectives. You forgot or maybe didn’t want to mention that Blue was involved in the White Bear case meaning she has experience with human brutality and has some sort of technological motive due to the method of punishment inflicted on Victoria, in fact, for a good chunk of the episode she can be a suspect herself considering she is the one who shows the others the DeathTo movement as well as the account she believes is responsible, and I think that alone proves that there is some sort of complexity to the episode rather than a cliche and entirely un-Black Mirror experience. In conclusion, I think the detectives’ struggle to bring justice in the light of an entirely overwhelming situation and their eventual defeat that results in thousands of deaths is excellent as well as the subtle way the show attempts to trick the viewer and finally the twist, which before it is revealed is difficult to see coming so fight me on that one, are well written and while this may not be the best episode of Black Mirror it certainly beats out others like Playtest and Men Against Fire.
Yeet I just spent twenty minutes typing this and no one will care
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Nope. The worst one is your favorite hence why whenever anyone recommends black mirror to someone, the rule of gold is: just don't start with the first one.
msvideos234 dude I say that exact thing whenever I recommend it.
me too. people are weirded out by the first one and don't give the show another chance
Ironically, the first episode was what had really gotten me into the show. Suppose I'm less interested in "scary technology" than social issues brought up by that technology, mainly because I don't think technology becoming terrifying evil stuff is anywhere near realistic (though, oddly, Metalhead was one of my favourites for how well it actually told its story). I don't think I've really disliked any Black Mirror episode though, which is strange considering how often I nitpick. I think all of the episodes have enough social messages to keep me in love with the show, lol.
Hahaaa the times before season 5 oh my!
At the end, you missed a perfectly good "B roll" pun.
THANK YOU. Someone else who likes National Anthem. I love your videos by the way. Keep doin' what youre doin'--it's great.
Can you explain to me how a prime minister and his family would not be safe if he didn't fuck a pig because a terrorists random? I'll wait for your response.
Epicenter How about you word your question coherently?
Epicenter Yes, Princess Susannah, a much-loved member of the Royal Family was kidnapped.
Epicenter I reckon they would be in danger, but can't know for sure until it's actually been done, bruh
Oh come on, really man? Can you think of any situation similar that'd point to the possibility? Because be it first world or third world countries, leaders of countries have gotten away with countless war crimes, fraud, murder, etc, and never have I heard their secret service and armies just flat out say they can't protect the leader and their family from the people. Usually, they'd have to starve a whole country and be dictators who refuse to go to jail to get to the point of armies(not civilians) doing a coup. Come on, the guards and all that can't protect the PM and family from being slaughtered by the masses over not obeying terrorists? Ridiculous dude.
#deathtoTHEBEEEPISODE
BlueBitProductions I read this as “death to the beeep is ode”
The only Black Mirror episode I couldn’t entirely sit through was San Junipero.
1.5 hours? That's a feature-length movie already
Love your channel , i got so excited when i saw the notification
Same :)
I don't think it was the worst but I wasn't able to finish the episode. It was just boring...
"Whooo is controlling the beeeeees??" I laughed so hard at this line lol. Great review! Definitely subbed :)
this channel always uses the best background music, like melancholy hill near the end there made me so excited.
Change the thumbnail because you triggered me when I saw 13 Million Merits in the thumbnail with a title of Worst Black Mirror episodes.
So it's Murder In Suburbia with Killer Bees?
It's still a fantastic episode, amazingly paced and a gripping story. The killer bees are actually done really well and the story takes you down a cool path, the subtle ending is awesome.
3:38 when you say “murders” it reminds me of how the red guy in the Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared videos talks
The acting in this series can be phenomenal
The Waldo Moment is by far the worst. Good Lord it's a pile of shite.
NOT TO MENTION ITS THE SEASON ENDING EPISODE...
The episode was basically Twitter but people get cancelled for life