(Warning: This post contains spoilers for “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch” that you may be exposed to even if you’ve watched it, due to its different versions.)
Of the many, many references to previous “Black Mirror” installments to be found in the anthology series’ new interactive film “Bandersnatch” (and we do mean many), the episode that gets the biggest direct shoutout is the Season 2 offering “White Bear.”
As with almost everything involving “Bandersnatch,” we couldn’t figure out exactly why this is ourselves — so we asked “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones to break it down for us. And apparently the answer is actually quite simple.
Also Read: 'Black Mirror' Creator Wants to Know How Many People Watched 'Bandersnatch' - but Only if it Beat 'Bird Box'
“Well, that was a happy accident, in that, in the early stages of discussing how we do this...
Of the many, many references to previous “Black Mirror” installments to be found in the anthology series’ new interactive film “Bandersnatch” (and we do mean many), the episode that gets the biggest direct shoutout is the Season 2 offering “White Bear.”
As with almost everything involving “Bandersnatch,” we couldn’t figure out exactly why this is ourselves — so we asked “Black Mirror” creator Charlie Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones to break it down for us. And apparently the answer is actually quite simple.
Also Read: 'Black Mirror' Creator Wants to Know How Many People Watched 'Bandersnatch' - but Only if it Beat 'Bird Box'
“Well, that was a happy accident, in that, in the early stages of discussing how we do this...
- 1/18/2019
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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