Warning! FULL SPOILERS for Black Mirror Season 5, Episode 1 “Striking Vipers” follow. Be sure to check out our Season 5 review, watch Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones explain that insane “Smithereens” ending and their responses to IGN Comments.
The first episode in Black Mirror’s fifth season featured some unexpectedly intimate moments between Anthony Mackie’s Danny and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Karl, inside a Street Fighter-inspired VR simulated game called “Striking Vipers.” We had a few questions for Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones about Danny and Karl’s complicated relationship and what it all means – so read on for their interpretation.
Source: IGN.com Black Mirror Creators Say Striking Vipers Is a 'Porn Analogy'