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With the dystopian horrors that currently form our awake reality, we could easily have confused it Black mirror Last season. However, Charlie Brooker thought it was best to resume his anthology series that changes culture and release the seventh season last Thursday.
The last dull seasons have gone from the original Black mirror tone. They missed the gloom of the signature of the show and the post-spectacle disgust that you feel while looking at you in the black mirror while the credits were rolling. This bitter aftertaste is back in season 7.
I intended to write “and the world rejoiced”. But I find it tragicomic enough that our appetite for the horrors of our filtered lives through a screen only increased with years. It’s frightening how Black mirror is not a program depicting futuristic technological horrors, commenting on the inevitable destiny of our civilization and warning us of our collective failures, but rather a reality show telling the events of our current life.
All this to say that if it really triggers these nihilist thoughts in yours, Black mirrorThe return of blessing in the dark holes, where all the tesseracts display our destiny, successfully succeed.
Episodic ventilation
The season, which consists of six episodes, begins with a blow with Common peoples. It is the only episode of the season which has a similar impact to the first episode of the show The national anthem. In terms of intrigue and structure, it reminds you of the second season I come back right away With reverse gender roles.
Criticize the increasingly ridiculous subscription culture, Common peoples revolves around Amanda whose brain tumor puts it in a coma and the only treatment is radical with a new Rivermind company, which replaces its cerebral fabric lost with a synthetic fabric and for monthly costs, the damaged brain functions are transferred wirelessly from a server. However, subscription models require an upgrade for advantages – more coverage of the area, no advertising (otherwise Amanda literally talks about mid -conversation advertising messages) and a relatively normal sleep cycle during which the brain “gives the grid”.
Pepperridge Farm remembers the good old days when, once you bought something, you have owned it and you did not have to pay each month. But even software and applications now use subscription models. And so, the thought of your own brain rented on a subscription is terrifying for an endless degree.
Tearing it apart ending up with the separate episode, it also has an idea of the idea of intrusive announcements around us, which the series explored Fifteen million meritsThe second episode of the first season. Here you are an educational advertising.
The second episode, bane, stands out with its slow horror pace and Rosy McEwen. A story of revenge in a chocolate company is undoubtedly one of the best written episodes. Dialogue, narrative progression and rhythm as smooth as marble on a ice rink. The end is completely out of a film by Coralie Fargeat, if she was forced to create a story of revenge in a headquarters.
If Common peoples broke your heart, Praise Tomps on your broken heart and rejects it on your face. Paul Giamatti, in a good performance, plays an old bitter and angry man who has never forgiven his ex-girlfriend who died. For his funeral, he is contacted to offer a memory for his praise. It wouldn’t be Black mirror If the life of the characters was not disturbed by a new technology. And so, the new AI allows people to carry out practically inside the photographs and to walk. Throughout the episode, Giamatti uses it to remember and find an appropriate memory of his ex to share during his funeral.
The game presents an interesting concept similar to the growth of our own sims and to worry more about virtual beings than other humans, but a defective and mediocre end does not do justice. However, he offers that Poulter resumes his Black mirror: bandersnatch The role of player Colin Ritman in a small sweet Easter egg.
Hotel Cell is one of the two long long episodes of the season. It looks like a spin-off of The twilight zone is the sixteen millimeter sanctuary Where an actress has-been replay her old films 24/7 and wishes to be constantly transported to the world of coils. In Hotel CellA young Hollywood star Brandy Friday also wishes for the same thing – diving into a magical world. She has the opportunity when she was thrown into a remake of a classic romantic film. The warning is that the film will be shot in real time while its conscience is introduced into a virtual world created by AI. Brandy quickly realizes that some characters in AI history have more agency than expected.
It is an intriguing episode. It is based on contemporary remakes of emblematic films where gender roles are reversed. In the remake of the classic film, the role of the male protagonist Alex is replaced by a black woman brandy, but the story remains the same. Brandy is said not to worry because the characters of the AI, including the romantic interest of Alex Clara, are programmed not to notice the difference.
By making fun of the ridiculousness of this trend, he inadvertently creates new wonderful female characters in a complete and emotionally satisfactory story. Brooker definitively suggests creating original characters instead of rebuilding the ancients and exchanging sexs for this, just like the trend in Hollywood.
The final of the season USS Callister: Into Infinity is the first direct sequel in Black mirror. While it was a highly anticipated return to Star Trek– Inspired world, the continuation is slightly below to be as impactful as the rest of the season. The intrigue becomes complicated just to maintain interest and the end has a major hole in the plot that leaves you disappointed. But hey, it sets up the possibility of a Threequel.
Aftertaste
When Brooker called him to return to the OG Black mirror Roots, he did not joke. The seventh season undoubtedly brings the feeling. Despite a somewhat disappointing finish and a miss, the overall quality is much better than the last season.
Brooker realized that his new optimism did not correspond to the dark universe of the series and returned to the best. Notice, that doesn’t say that “technology is bad” but rather how we use it. Seeing some characters come back, some Easter eggs, tributes and universes extensions, Black mirror S7 gives you a semblance of happiness in the midst of a catastrophic existence. Whether via AI or not, we could very well be the first generation that would find comfort in our imminent destiny, since Black mirror We familiarize this in advance.
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