“I think overseas viewers assume that Black Mirror is written by the Unabomber, essentially - a Luddite, technology-hating, angry old man waving his fist at the App Store.” ThinkingMenHateBlackTechnologyWrittenMirrorsAngryAssumingStoresOld ManViewersFistsApps Author:Charlie Brooker
“It's a barrel of laughs, isn't it? It makes The Day After look like friggin'...insert name of cheerful thing here. It was one of the things that made me really worry about worst-case scenarios. There's something impish and probably somewhat therapeutic about thinking about those things.” ThinkingLooksMadeNamesCasesWorryLaughingWorstCheerfulScenariosBarrelsTherapeuticInsertWorst Case Scenario Author:Charlie Brooker
“While I was thinking about that, the military, I read a book called On Killing, about the obstacles people have to pulling the trigger in combat. So sometimes you just absorb all this stuff without realizing you were doing research.” PeopleThinkingBookSometimesStuffRealizingMilitaryResearchKillingObstaclesCombatPullingTriggersPulling The Trigger Author:Charlie Brooker
“I think somebody's marketing a thing that Hoovers up your Twitter and it will continue tweeting for you after you're dead. I have no idea whether they saw "Be Right Back" or not.” ThinkingIdeasSawsMarketingNo IdeaHoover Author:Charlie Brooker
“When you look at things like social media, that's an immensely powerful tool that I'm all in favor of. I think it's amazing. It's a powerful tool, and it's one that we're, as a species, still grappling with learning to use. It's like we've grown an extra tail and we inadvertently lash out and knock over all of the furniture.” ThinkingLooksStillsUseSocialPowerfulMediaToolsSpeciesSocial MediaFavorsExtrasTailsFurnitureLashesGrappling Author:Charlie Brooker
“I think more and more people became aware that social media was starting to feel like a more toxic space. And, I mean - quite a lot of incidents of people getting very, very angry about all kinds of things and attacking people.” PeopleThinkingFeelsKindMeanSocialSpaceMediaAngryStartingSocial MediaAll KindsToxicAttackingIncidents Author:Charlie Brooker
“Things like social media and the Internet, of course, it's not going away. There is no cure for it. And this shouldn't be just like there shouldn't be, you know - it would have been a tragedy if there was a cure for the printing press. I think it's just that it's an amazing tool that we as a - as an animal are just getting to grips with because it's like we've grown a new ultra powerful limb and we're learning how to use it.” IfsThinkingKnowsHas BeensUseCoursesSocialAnimalPowerfulMediaInternetToolsTragedyPressesSocial MediaCuresGoing AwayBe YouLimbsPrintingPrinting PressUltras Author:Charlie Brooker
“I'll just immediately automatically, without even thinking, check my phone. And it feels like the same little bit of my brain is being - the synapses are lighting up when I do that.” ThinkingFeelsLittlesBitsBrainLittle BitPhonesChecksLightingSynapses Author:Charlie Brooker
“I think people are starting to look away and questioning, and they're sort of horrified.” PeopleThinkingLooksStartingQuestioning Author:Charlie Brooker
“I'm trying to think overall. Some of our stories [Black Mirror], I think you're right in that they don't tend to have a message.” ThinkingTryingStoriesBlackMessagesMirrors Author:Charlie Brooker
“I kept saying I want to do an episode that's set in the past, how do we do a period episode of Black Mirror? And simultaneously there was another idea we were thinking about and the two things sort of gelled and became San Junipero.” ThinkingWantTwoIdeasPastBlackPeriodsMirrorsTwo ThingsEpisodes Author:Charlie Brooker
“That's not something that we've gone in thinking 'Right! How are we going to examine that now?' It's just when you take a step back you see that they're actually all sort of in that mode.” ThinkingStepsGoneThinking Right Author:Charlie Brooker
“What is useful about when there is a sort of pull-out to reveal moment going on is that it actually focuses the mind when you're writing the earlier scenes because you're thinking 'right, how do I? I can only show this amount of the room... I can only show these characters from the waist up because they've all got robot legs!' it's a challenge so it keeps you engaged on some level.” ThinkingWritingMindI CanMomentsCharacterShowsChallengesLevelsRoomsAmountSceneLegsEngagedRobotsThinking Right Author:Charlie Brooker
“I'm not some anti-technology person. I think it's often how people would assume that if they don't know me.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsPersonsTechnologyAssumingKnow Me Author:Charlie Brooker
“When you're being earnest, people think you're being sarcastic and when you're being sarcastic, they think you're being earnest. The moral in all this, of course, is that people should never attempt to communicate.” PeopleThinkingShouldCoursesMoralCommunicateSarcasticEarnestBeing Sarcastic Author:Charlie Brooker
