[74] Beth Elderkin of io9 wrote that Bandersnatch is about the absence of choice, and Stefan's life being outside of his control. The viewer may have Stefan accept an invitation to Colin's flat, where he lives with his girlfriend Kitty (Tallulah Haddon) and infant daughter Pearl. [74] Griffin felt "responsible" for Stefan's behaviour and "more and more invested in his story". However, not all endings can be reached without Butler killing his father. 17th Annual Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards", "Artios Awards: 'Succession,' 'Pose,' 'Dead to Me' Among Casting Society TV, Theater Nominees", Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand), Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black_Mirror:_Bandersnatch&oldid=979036413, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie winners, Television episodes about multiple time paths, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages using multiple image with auto scaled images, Pages using the external media template with no first item, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Best Drama/Action Poster for a TV/Streaming Series, Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media Within a Scripted Program, Catriona Knox as Leslie, a video game review host, Paul M Bradley as Robin, a video game review critic, Alan Asaad as Satpal, a Tuckersoft employee, Laura Evelyn as Pearl Ritman, the child of Colin and Kitty, This page was last edited on 18 September 2020, at 11:25. [15] Discussions were had over the number of choices the viewer should make and how the film should be paced. [72] David Griffin of IGN compared it to the adventure video game series The Walking Dead, whose first installment was released in 2012, and the 2018 adventure game Detroit: Become Human. [20] It starred Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter, and Asim Chaudhry. This not only shows the viewer how choices are presented during the film, but how their state is recalled by the Netflix app later in their viewing. [17] Their initial designs confused test viewers, and they instead used text options, temporarily letterboxing the frame to make the choices clear. [14] Some material was cut from Bandersnatch, such as Stefan killing Colin with a knife, as the work was deemed to be violent enough already. One set of choices leads to Stefan seemingly crossing through a mirror to his five-year-old self to "die" with his mother in the train crash, causing him to suddenly die in the present. The viewer chooses for her to pour tea over her computer or destroy it. Spencer found it "riddled with cliche", saying that Stefan questioning the nature of free will "has been done to death in print" and other interactive fiction. He aimed for the music to be tonally connected but not feel static or reused. But the trip doesn't go as planned. [14] Brooker compared the effort spent on Bandersnatch to that of four regular Black Mirror episodes. [16], Brooker, Slade and McLean discussed whether there was deeper meaning in the Easter eggs. [88], The film received mixed reception from critics. [25][81] The original book cover of Dick's Ubik is prominently featured in Colin's apartment. [25] In Bandersnatch, there is no ending in which Stefan is happy and the game gets a good review. 62m. [2][8][11] Some endings may become impossible to reach based on choices made by the viewer unless they opt to restart the film.[9][12]. [8] The user interface and transitions between choice points were lauded by critics including Heritage and NPR's Linda Holmes, who both called it "seamless", and Griffin, who found the feature "smooth and unobtrusive". [61] In February, technology policy researcher Michael Veale requested the data that Netflix stored about his viewings of Bandersnatch under the General Data Protection Regulation. Robert Daly presides over his crew with wisdom and courage. [29][30][31] A flowchart was initially used on set but actors found it overcomplicated the situation. [10] No ending is considered "prescribed" over any other, according to series creator Charlie Brooker and executive producer Annabel Jones, particularly as they felt some endings were not truly endings in the traditional sense. Worried about her daughter's safety, single mom Marie signs up for a cutting-edge device that monitors the girl's whereabouts -- and much more.