The post After “Bandersnatch,” Will Black Mirror Do More Interactive Episodes? appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>Christmas is approaching which usually means two things in entertainment. First, we’ll be joining everyone else in watching the same Christmas films for the sixth year running even though we promised we wouldn’t get sucked in this year. And second, new episodes of Black Mirror.
Last year, instead of gifting us with a whole season, an interactive Black Mirror film landed on Netflix. Titled “Bandersnatch”, the film allowed viewers to make decisions for the protagonist. Although no Black Mirror has been confirmed for Christmas this year, Brooker and Jones have shared that there may be scope for more interactive episodes in the future.
Jones told Digital Spy: “I think [interactive episode] ‘Bandersnatch’ has proven it can exist as a single film. I like that idea, doing one. It’s interesting for us, and hopefully for viewers, to find other ways… other forms of storytelling in which to dramatize things, if they’re earned.”
Brooker added: “Black Mirror is a flavour and a tone. We have some, fairly wobbly, internal rules about what it is and isn’t right for a Black Mirror episode that we never really articulate out loud, but it does feel pretty flexible.
“So I don’t think there’s anything to stop us… we could do one-offs, we could do an ongoing story, we could do spin-offs.”
Unfortunately, we still have no idea when season six will air.
The post After “Bandersnatch,” Will Black Mirror Do More Interactive Episodes? appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The post “Black Mirror” Won’t Have Any More Interactive Episodes, But Other Shows Might appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>In spite of Bandersnatch‘s success, Charlie Brooker has revealed that he won’t be releasing any more interactive Black Mirror episodes.
“Run away. It’s harder than you think,” Brooker confessed to The New York Times. “We’re doing more optimistic episodes and stories, rather than just dystopian and negative ones. We want to keep the show interesting for us.”
That said, the success of Bandersnatch may have inspired others to play with the idea of interactive entertainment. Netflix director of product innovation, Carla Engelbrecht: “We do want to take a number of gos at this and see what works for different audiences.
“That’s what we’re engaged in now – what are the other kinds of stories that we can tell and that folks are excited to tell?” she continued. “And continuing to unearth this iceberg of opportunity and see what’s there.”
The post “Black Mirror” Won’t Have Any More Interactive Episodes, But Other Shows Might appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The post Watch Netflix’s “Bandersnatch” Horror Film Trailer appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The film stars Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter from the Maze Runner and Asim Chaudhry from People Just Do Nothing.
In the trailer, Whitehead’s character (Stefan) heads to a computer games startup owned by Chaudhry. He tells a new employee: “We are gonna be a hit factory, like Motown but for computer games.” He then comes up with an idea to develop a game based on Bandersnatch, a book whose writer became made and cut off his wife’s head.
There are reports the film will have multiple storyline options so that fans can choose the ending of their dreams. The film was created by Charlie Brooker, the same director who produced the Black Mirror Series.
Watch the trailer below.
The post Watch Netflix’s “Bandersnatch” Horror Film Trailer appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The post “Black Mirror” Will Return This December… But Not in the Way You Expected appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>Typically, Brooker has not made things easy for us and has left us with something of a puzzle when it comes to what exactly it is we will be received on release date December 28. According to Netflix, what we will be receiving is not “Black Mirror: Season 5” but “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” In other words, we’ll be getting a 90-minute long movie instead of the whole season.
Netflix has described the film as “mind-bending, offbeat, cerebral and dark.” It is categorized not with the other Black Mirror episodes, but as a film in its own right. Beneath the title of the feature is the caption “Be Right Back” which also happens to be the title of the popular season two episode when Martha brings her boyfriend back from the dead in technological form. Could this be the sequel we’ve been hoping for?
Whatever form “Bandersnatch” takes, we won’t be alone in those tuning in on December 28 to find out.
The post “Black Mirror” Will Return This December… But Not in the Way You Expected appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The post After “Bandersnatch,” Will Black Mirror Do More Interactive Episodes? appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>Christmas is approaching which usually means two things in entertainment. First, we’ll be joining everyone else in watching the same Christmas films for the sixth year running even though we promised we wouldn’t get sucked in this year. And second, new episodes of Black Mirror.
Last year, instead of gifting us with a whole season, an interactive Black Mirror film landed on Netflix. Titled “Bandersnatch”, the film allowed viewers to make decisions for the protagonist. Although no Black Mirror has been confirmed for Christmas this year, Brooker and Jones have shared that there may be scope for more interactive episodes in the future.
Jones told Digital Spy: “I think [interactive episode] ‘Bandersnatch’ has proven it can exist as a single film. I like that idea, doing one. It’s interesting for us, and hopefully for viewers, to find other ways… other forms of storytelling in which to dramatize things, if they’re earned.”
Brooker added: “Black Mirror is a flavour and a tone. We have some, fairly wobbly, internal rules about what it is and isn’t right for a Black Mirror episode that we never really articulate out loud, but it does feel pretty flexible.
“So I don’t think there’s anything to stop us… we could do one-offs, we could do an ongoing story, we could do spin-offs.”
Unfortunately, we still have no idea when season six will air.
The post After “Bandersnatch,” Will Black Mirror Do More Interactive Episodes? appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The post “Black Mirror” Won’t Have Any More Interactive Episodes, But Other Shows Might appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>In spite of Bandersnatch‘s success, Charlie Brooker has revealed that he won’t be releasing any more interactive Black Mirror episodes.
“Run away. It’s harder than you think,” Brooker confessed to The New York Times. “We’re doing more optimistic episodes and stories, rather than just dystopian and negative ones. We want to keep the show interesting for us.”
That said, the success of Bandersnatch may have inspired others to play with the idea of interactive entertainment. Netflix director of product innovation, Carla Engelbrecht: “We do want to take a number of gos at this and see what works for different audiences.
“That’s what we’re engaged in now – what are the other kinds of stories that we can tell and that folks are excited to tell?” she continued. “And continuing to unearth this iceberg of opportunity and see what’s there.”
The post “Black Mirror” Won’t Have Any More Interactive Episodes, But Other Shows Might appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The post Watch Netflix’s “Bandersnatch” Horror Film Trailer appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The film stars Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter from the Maze Runner and Asim Chaudhry from People Just Do Nothing.
In the trailer, Whitehead’s character (Stefan) heads to a computer games startup owned by Chaudhry. He tells a new employee: “We are gonna be a hit factory, like Motown but for computer games.” He then comes up with an idea to develop a game based on Bandersnatch, a book whose writer became made and cut off his wife’s head.
There are reports the film will have multiple storyline options so that fans can choose the ending of their dreams. The film was created by Charlie Brooker, the same director who produced the Black Mirror Series.
Watch the trailer below.
The post Watch Netflix’s “Bandersnatch” Horror Film Trailer appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>The post “Black Mirror” Will Return This December… But Not in the Way You Expected appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>Typically, Brooker has not made things easy for us and has left us with something of a puzzle when it comes to what exactly it is we will be received on release date December 28. According to Netflix, what we will be receiving is not “Black Mirror: Season 5” but “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch.” In other words, we’ll be getting a 90-minute long movie instead of the whole season.
Netflix has described the film as “mind-bending, offbeat, cerebral and dark.” It is categorized not with the other Black Mirror episodes, but as a film in its own right. Beneath the title of the feature is the caption “Be Right Back” which also happens to be the title of the popular season two episode when Martha brings her boyfriend back from the dead in technological form. Could this be the sequel we’ve been hoping for?
Whatever form “Bandersnatch” takes, we won’t be alone in those tuning in on December 28 to find out.
The post “Black Mirror” Will Return This December… But Not in the Way You Expected appeared first on EverydayKoala.
]]>