These episodes have been fun, but I couldn't quite figure out why they don't have that edge that earlier seasons did. Seems that this season isn't taking the same sort of edgy chances the earlier seasons did. They're choosing the more straightforward storytelling in so many other series. Which is fine if that's what you're expecting. But they're not fitting well into the specific Black Mirror universe for me.
And part of the problem is that, although yes, there is technology as part of each episode, it's not as central to the story or the twists as earlier seasons. In Mazey Day, for instance, the only real technology are the cameras. This isn't a technology-can-be-scary episode at all.
I think that's what I'm missing from this new season: the truly *scary* presentation of current (and possible future) technology.
And part of the problem is that, although yes, there is technology as part of each episode, it's not as central to the story or the twists as earlier seasons. In Mazey Day, for instance, the only real technology are the cameras. This isn't a technology-can-be-scary episode at all.
I think that's what I'm missing from this new season: the truly *scary* presentation of current (and possible future) technology.