Just as the hype around Netflix’s choose-your-own-adventure film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch has started to die down, the streaming service has suggestions for viewers who want more endings.
The official Netflix UK Twitter account tweeted on Tuesday, “think you’ve seen everything there is to see in Bandersnatch? try picking up the family photo, ~twice~.”
think you've seen everything there is to see in bandersnatch? try picking up the family photo, ~twice~
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) January 8, 2019
The tweet was referring to the moment where Stefan can choose between picking up his family photo or his book. This choice leads to different outcomes in the safe room. But apparently, there are also different outcomes from picking up the family photo once and picking it up again in another loop.
People were not pleased to hear they hadn’t seen it all. “Time to schedule in another 2 hours of Netflix it’s almost like.. they’re controlling us,” one person tweeted.
oh god i thought i'd covered it all, time to schedule in another 2 hours of netflix 😭 it's almost like.. they're controlling us.. https://t.co/lUBe0dfDXS
— H (@HBarnes444) January 8, 2019
“I’m never going to finish watching this, am I?” another person asked.
I'm never going to finish watching this am I? #bandersnatch #Netflixcontrolsme https://t.co/gkfgoqsqNZ
— Lisa Franklin (@LisaFrankers) January 8, 2019
One person put it simply: “This will go on forever.”
https://twitter.com/jilllwa/status/1083048394212356096
Others wanted to be spoiled because who has another few hours to spend watching the movie over again? “Does anyone know what happens? I haven’t got another spare 2 hours,” one person tweeted.
https://twitter.com/John_Thomo14/status/1082633042907271169
Some people took the suggestion and reported the ending is scary and unexpected. “Scared me SO much I didn’t see it coming at all,” someone said.
Scared me SO much I didn’t see it coming at all ahahaha
— ginny (@ginnydarke) January 8, 2019
“Omg thanks for that. Now I’m terrified,” a viewer replied to Netflix, to which Netflix responded: “You don’t *have* to, it’s not like we’re controlling you.”
you don't *have* to, it's not like we're controlling you
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) January 8, 2019
For those who don’t want to make their way through the movie again, I will spoil it for you (so stop reading now if you want to figure it out for yourself). In this ending, the author of Bandersnatch, Jerome F. Davies, appears and stabs Stefan. It’s jarring and a bit scary, much like a few of the other endings.
This new twist begs: Just how many more endings are there? Will it ever truly end?