by Sujoy on December 7, 2011
Charlie Brooker’s three part mini-series Black Mirror is definitely not your typical Sunday night entertainment. For those like me, who expected a light entertainment program, how wrong was I? This turned into a wickedly twisted idea, which continued to surprise me with every passing minute. Titled – The National Anthem, episode 1 was centred around a what-if scenario, of the kidnapping of a pretty princess by a smart and artistic terrorist. And in ransom ,the Prime Minister is demanded to perform an obscene act involving a pig, on national TV. It gets even more demented, when it is revealed that the ransom video was delivered via YouTube, and hence, the video goes viral, and the impact of the social media kicks in, and the Prime Minister has no way to go, other than giving in (pun intended). What starts as a bizarre premise, becomes deliciously tense and devilishly dark and twisted. But there’s more to it than just that.
There are multiple layers of social commentary that have been made in mere 45 minutes of its runtime. And I’d like to highlight them in this post. Hit the jump to join the discussion. Of course, SPOILERS ALERT.
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by Sujoy on September 13, 2011
And so it finally ends- with plenty of spilt blood on the screen, increasing body count and explosions on the opposite ends of the globe. The series finalé of Torchwood : Miracle Day – The Blood Line had bucket loads of rushed plots thrown at us at Mach speed. There were plenty of answers (Yes!), but on the other hand, we were left with a few open ends pointing towards a possible follow up season (Boo!). And in true Torchwood style, we see the departure of one of the key characters, again proving the point that RTD’s pen is the mightiest slasher. The climatic revelations were ridiculous enough to make me pull my hair out, but overall, I must say, that I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it is a pretty solid episode. On the whole, Miracle Day, as a season, was satisfying SciFi telly. But it comes nothing close to the epicness of Children of Earth.
There’s plenty of SPOILERS on the other side of this jump, as we discuss the final episode of Torchwood Miracle Day – The Blood Line.
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by Sujoy on September 7, 2011
This week’s Torchwood episode gave us more buzz words than we could handle, a geographical impossibility in the shape of a cliffhanger and lastly, a very annoying Rhys. This was what RTD had to offer as the penultimate episode of this 10 episode story arc. And judging by the looks of it, the series finale should be jampacked like a Tokyo subway, as there’s a hell lotta stuff ;eft to be resolved. Episode 9 - The Gathering, was also about more new characters (and we thought we already had enough of them). There’s the family heads, who look as cold as Arnie’s Mr. Freeze, and speak in idioms. Then there’s the annoying Category 1 collecting man, who is hell-bent on collecting Geraint Cooper, even when Overflow Camps are filled to the brim. And oh, I forgot to mention, this is now set 2 months after Episode 8. So, we are no longer in a world where people are dealing with the miracle, and its multi-faceted consequences. Instead, this is a world where recession has transformed into depression, China has closed down its borders and US is considering to do the same, insurance companies have gone bust, CIA rations fuel and the world has just accepted its fucked up state. Quite a bold move no doubt, but does the rest of the episode take advantage of this move? Let’s found out on the other side of the jump.
Join the discussion and we have a long list of speculations about the finalé ; SPOILERS
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by Sujoy on August 30, 2011
There’s two more episodes to go until we get this “miracle” fixed. With so much less space left, we are still being introduced to newer characters, whilst we constantly get rid of those whose purpose has been fulfilled. I guess, RTD knows best, and in him, we trust. So, what really happened in Episode 8 was this ; We find out Angelo is an old man who’s been stalking Jack all these years, and also been trying to find a formula for immortality. We finally get the family names of the Triangle dudes, and the Triangle gets a new name, conveniently referred to as “The Families”, and presumably they own Phicorp. Alien technology takes centre stage, and we also get reaffirmation that when it comes to alien shit like this, Captain Jack knows best, and his theory of Morphic Fields is valid. The world is going into a recession, and Jilly Kitzinger gets saved by the Families, whereas Oswald Danes gets demoted to Category 0. All that and more happened on this week’s episode of Torchwood Miracle Day – End of The Road. So join the discussion after the jump, where you’ll find plenty of SPOILERS to play with.
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