I liked it again, but I don't think it was nearly as good as the first one. It isn't really fair to compare them since they're stand alone's, but I nevertheless am going to do exactly that in a minute.
I like Daniel Kaluuya and I'm glad he's getting some more prominent stuff, and both he & the girl did well in their roles. My only criticism would be that their roles weren't really up to much. In fact none of the characters in this felt written beyond a sort of 3 word synopsis. There seemed like there was going to be a love triangle at one point, but then there wasn't. It seemed a bit like they'd written a much longer script, but it'd been edited down for the cut. Which in fairness is probably the case.
The first one was driven entirely by the story & what people were talking about after was what had happened. I've got the feeling the water cooler moments of this one - ironically for a show about how we're obsessed with just material junk - will be just how cool and well realised all the material junk was.
It felt like the Brookers had far more fun coming up with all the ingenious ways in which this nightmare iPad land would play out (and they were ingenious) that the story was sort of bunged on there in the end a bit. Also Julia Davis was criminally underused as an X Factor Judge.
Still hugely imaginative and entertaining, but more viscerally than narratively. There was a lot more style than substance there, though it was admittedly great style. And I did like the satirical self deprecation of the aceberic critic turned willing participant.
Also props to datura for rooting out the song.
Irma Thomas - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) - YouTube