Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Black Mirror: just go back there a second, will ye?

Imagine possessing the ability to rewind and re-watch your memories? To cycle through the best and worst moments of your life as seen through your own eyes, as well as having some nifty playback functions, like pausing, zooming and even a lip reading tool. It sounds handy, right?

[spoilers for the Black Mirror episode 'The Entire History of You' below]

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Sherlock, let's leave it at The Final Problem

As the curtain came down on another Sherlock series, I had mixed feelings on how the season four finale came to its conclusion and switched the television off with one overriding feeling: I hope this is the last episode they make.

[a serious amount of Sherlock cross-season spoilers to follow, so if you haven't seen any of it but want to, do not read this post; you have been warned]