The Black Mirror choose-your-own-adventure movie is here, and Twitter is so stressed out
It’s finally happening. The long-rumored and much-anticipated Black Mirror choose-your-own adventure movie, Bandersnatch, dropped today, December 28th…and Twitter is majorly losing it. For those who may have missed it, Netflix waited until yesterday, December 27th, to announce today’s big release (and gift us with the first surprise trailer). The cryptic trailer revealed that the latest “Black Mirror event” takes place in the 1980s and revolves around a young computer programmer named Stefan (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead). Stefan may or may not lose his grip on reality as he designs a video game based on an epic fantasy novel called Bandersnatch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM0xWpBYlNM?feature=oembed
The 90-minute choose-your-own-adventure film dropped at 12:01 a.m PT (3:01 a.m ET) and is already trending on Twitter.
And while fans seem happy to finally get to watch, they also seem severely stressed out by the fact that they are personally in control of Stefan’s fate…and by the weird meta knowledge that Netflix, in turn, is controlling their fate.
[WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD]
Black Mirror making us decide for Stefan like… #Bandersnatch pic.twitter.com/CmGr4lFG3m
— krojačica sudbine (@MonaLisa_1797) December 28, 2018
ALL I WANTED WAS FOR STEFAN TO MAKE HIS FUCKEN GAME AND BE SUCCESSFUL #Bandersnatch pic.twitter.com/Hn1dPoaZmn
— sam (@jakegyIIenheII) December 28, 2018
https://twitter.com/udfredirect/status/1078596202910777345
when you realize that not only are WE (the viewers) controlling stefan’s actions, but the black mirror creators are controlling OUR actions by forcing us to re-decide #BANDERSNATCH pic.twitter.com/BlAjVPqd9o
— erika (@ERlKAMARTlN) December 28, 2018
When you realize you’re the reason behind Stefan’s mental downfall#Bandersnatch pic.twitter.com/I8qkOw86Xe
— rocy 🍄🍓🍒 (@areohseawhy) December 28, 2018
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Me at the beginning thinking I was going to help Stefan finish his video game and be successful vs me half way through knowing I am causing his mental breakdown #Bandersnatch pic.twitter.com/9sdQUzSwxi
— Bianca (@VivasLaBianca) December 28, 2018
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when you realize that not only Stefan is controlled by someone else (you) but also you are controlled because when you make the wrong decision the system make you go back and decide again, so the decisions you make are not really your decisions
#Bandersnatch pic.twitter.com/dlqdwxu5JT
— zai ミ☆ (@girlfrmarss) December 28, 2018
Basically, you might want to watch/play Bandersnatch with a glass of wine in hand, because it sounds STRESSFUL. (But, like, in a good way?)
According to a press release from Netflix, there are five potential endings to Bandersnatch, but over 1,000,000,000,000 permutations in how you can get there. Seriously. The streaming giant also hinted at a number of Easter eggs. So, um, we’ll see you in the New Year. We’ve got something some serious watching ahead.
