#black mirror loch henry

[deyaluv]

spoilers for loch henry from the new season of black mirror ...

im seeing a lot of ppl saying pia's death was simply a callback to the earlier pub discussion where they were talking about how the countryside was dangerous and whatnot... i mean, yeah, but also... this person who was obsessed with exploiting people's horrific deaths for monetary gain, who even sexualized a literal murderer - she ends up dying in one of the most unremarkable, stupid ways anyone could die! tripping and hitting her head on a rock! something she was warned about earlier!

the whole episode was making fun of these true crime fans and content creators who exploit and sexualize victims and murderers, so i think pia's death has a lot more to do with those people's real lives than what you see on the surface. these ppl glom on to stuff thats interesting, lucrative, or even disgusting - but in real life they live unremarkable lives and will likely have unremarkable deaths.

[princeloww]

Why is Davis from Black Mirror literally Remus Lupin ???

[yoongisducky]

DONT EVEN GET ME FUCKING STARTED ON LOCH HENRY CAUSE WHY TF DID I THINK AT 12AM IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO WATCH THAT EPISODE

[ignocubo]

black mirror season 6 episode 2 spoilers ahead!!!

just finished 'loch henry' and i need someone to explain why it's getting so much praise? sure it was riveting, but no more than your usual true crime drama. i knew what was going on from the moment the bergerac tapes were seen in the beginning (though the dad having been involved was a small twist). pia was borderlining uninteresting and annoying the entire episode to me, especially because none of this would have happened if she hadn't pushed henry (was that her boyfriend's name?) to do the documentary in the first place. and yeah i get the point at the end about hollywood exploiting tragedy, but that's not the first time black mirror has shown that particular theme nor is it the best way they've shown it.

do people just love this episode because it fits their narrative of what a "real" black mirror episode should entail? or do they just not like black mirror unless it involves some kind of gore? because i'll admit, this episode did give me early season vibes, but it wasn't particularly special.

[kacic1]

A todos, boa noite!

Hoje convido vocês a visitarem Os Filmes do Kacic, para conferir minhas novas críticas sobre estes dois episódios da sexta temporada de Black Mirror, já disponíveis no catálogo da Netflix.

Crítica: Black Mirror | S06E02 - Loch Henry (2023)

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[animusrox]

Black Mirror 6.02 “Loch Henry”

[vonlipvig]

no idea where these came from, but letterboxd has comic book posters up for the new black mirror episodes!

edit: the artwork is by butcher billy!

[cometcrystal]

the only thing Loch Henry was missing was the protag scrolling past a youtube thumbnail of a tone deaf true crime makeup youtuber doing a look inspired by the party mask

[fanofspooky]

Black Mirror Season 6

[schibi12]

Oh how i missed that fucked up emptyness and numbness you get after watching a Black Mirror episode

[fennshui]

Black Mirror creators be like

[yourlocalstarwarsfan]

*spoilers for black mirror episode 2

I think there’s an important message in black mirror’s loch henry episode. Here we are consuming dramatic shows that follow serial killers doing horrible things to real victims. Just like Pia mentioned, we watch to be disgusted and for the thrills and to try to imagine what it must have been like for the victims. However, we fail to see the impact these shows, movies, and documentaries have on people who are still traumatized from the events. 

This episode shows how Davis is still traumatized despite the fame and money and how the producers fail to consider how he might feel about his family’s story being so public and used to drive the entertainment industry. This ep made me think about how we make memes and tiktok videos from the Dahmer series that disrespects the victims both past and present.  

Also netflix should’ve put a content warning before the ep in my opinion

[pennywises]

Iain Adair shot my dad. He died, Pia. He fucking died. That's real. That's not fucking content.

BLACK MIRROR 06.02: Loch Henry dir. Sam Miller

[jessepinkmvn]

Around here, the countryside can be pretty dangerous.

BLACK MIRROR (2011—) 6x02 | "LOCH HENRY"

[girl-bateman]

Black Mirror, “Loch Henry”. 

[be-the-glenn-to-my-maggie]

Lol I saw someone say that Mazey Day had no message. YOU'RE GONNA SAY THAT?? ABOUT THE MOST OBVIOUS ONE?? IN A POST PRINCESS DIANA'S DEATH WORLD? POST THE FREE BRITTANY MOVEMENT?

Even ignoring the paparazzi are demons and turning celebrities into objects to be objectified and commodified (which is a very common Black Mirror concept) is bad message, there is the more general throughline of the season that I think Mazey Day was heavy handed on.

Pairing the paparazzi commentary and the true crime commentary from Loch Henry, it's hard not to see what we are repeatedly told. They tell us directly several times that bad things sell more than positive things. Mazey Day was that times 1000, and planted into a supernatural take on our world (the spectacle of Mazey's transformation made worse by the paparazzi interference, honestly not a bad twist for such a message). The through line of bad things being of higher value was VERY strong this season. The direct question from the interviewer; why is Joan is Awful called Joan is Awful, why so negative? And the fake Netflix producer answers; because people find good things less believable, and negative shows make them transfixed in horror. Pia says to Davis in Loch Henry, the question is how could someone do something this awful? How could something like this happen? People have to watch to try to figure it out. She can't stop watching the tape of Davis' parents torturing their victims even when stopping earlier could have potentially saved her life. Mazey Day is the same concept, but more direct. Hector says several times how much a shot would be worth, and the prices get higher and higher depending on how horrific the situation is. And in the end, even after acting like she cared and was different than all the other paparazzi, Bo still takes the shot of Mazey as she kills herself. Even Mazey seems to accept this is what has to be done in her final moments.

I understand why people are having an aversion to the supernatural twist, although I personally really enjoyed it as like I said, it ratchets up the impact of the message. We get to see in gory glory the ruin these people have on Mazey's life, right away, whereas in real life it takes years of damage. Even Bo, who thought she was helping, doesn't know Mazey or her situation, which is instantly proven to us. Her interference resulted in all of the deaths that followed, and ultimately Mazey's. The "crackpot holistic medicine" doctor might have been able to help her. He had instilled some hope, saying they would take it one day at a time. If they had all left Mazey alone, this might have been able to happen.