Charlie Brooker acknowledged that people prefer the early seasons when the series was “more British.”
The creator of Black Mirror, Charlie Brookerresponded to criticism that Netflix“ruined” the program.
The anthology show was originally released on Channel 4 (British public channel), where it remained for two seasons. Brooker recently revealed that the network effectively “cancelled” the series in his new book, “Inside Black Mirror,” prompting the move to Netflix for its third season in 2016. However, Black Mirror has long sustained criticism that The streaming platform has contributed to the unpredictable nature of the show’s later seasons.
The move from Black Mirror to Netflix
At a recent SXSW panel in Sydney (October 18), Brooker expanded on these criticisms, saying: “One of the criticisms we sometimes get is: ‘I prefer the show when it was British and everyone on it was miserable and everything smelled a bit. Shitty and all the stories were horrible.
“And then it went to Netflix and suddenly everything is sunny and happy and everyone has wonderful teeth, and it’s full of Hollywood stars and it’s lost that edge.”
Since the show moved to Netflix, Black Mirror has featured stars like Miley Cyrus, Salma Hayek and Aaron Paul among others.
Brooker said he accepted and understood the criticism and said that “everyone expected me to be like the Unabomber” once he did business with the United States.
However, he revealed that Black Mirror’s “happiest” episode, ‘San Junipero’, was written “on my own.” The acclaimed love story between two women in a senior simulation stars Mackenzie Davis and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.
“I knew we’re going to a global platform now, so we have to make these stories a little more international,” he continued. “And I wanted to mix it up a little, so I wouldn’t keep doing gloomy marathons.”
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