Just watched seasons 1 and 2 of Black Mirror [MUST SEE] (illustration of the dark side of technology)

I loved the "merikan idol" feel of "hot shot", loved it in a very scary ironic sense. The main actor in that episode did a very good acting job. One of the things he said caught my attention about his disinterest in buying new tennis shoes for his double with merit points? I know that they were producing an energy source for others and am guessing those others are their dopplegangers. Ugh...awful. Not as awful as those folks in India who slave in garment districts, and lose their lives as well.

So much to take in and consider. The apathy and hive mentality of the workers in that episode is a sad reflection of current society. Will definetly be checking out more of the creators works.

that public on the hot shots show! just amazing. everyones alter ego/avatar that watched the show. AMAZING concept for reality.

what do you mean about their dobbelganger tho?

What i made from that was that he didnt see the point in buying new 'shoes' for his online avatar. Or a mirror-app that makes you look like a werewolf (like we had a few years back with the zombie-app)

amazing!

also how the pure star became.. well you know what.

reminded me of britney spears, miley cyrus.. and a few others like lindsey lohan..

so very well thought off.

i feel this series is growing inside me lol.

i just watched it and now start to realise more and more details.

omg i really got un-well when that dude putt his finger in her mouth.. my god. and the fact the he couldnt even turn it off?! that watch-timer. that could never become reality for me. id flip WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY before id be stuck there.


(i hope..?! or is it like people in NK who just dont know any other way and cant get out to find out either? pfff scary!)

1984 somewhat

Yes, just so many subtle things hit hard when you realize they are well within plausible reality within the next decade or so.
The fact that the commercials charged him to skip, and when he could no longer afford it and tried to close his eyes it would turn red and repeat "resume viewing" while creating an increasingly higher pitched tone.

Eye detecting software has existed for years and it could very well be implemented in this way.

Last Edited by ArmouredKitten on 02/03/2014 07:44 PM

Thanks for sharing this - yes quite the montage of shadowy elements in these. S1E2 I thought I caught some shades of Idiocracy. Those commercials aaaaaahhhhhhhhh!

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Pin It. tnks OP :D

Works, just click the small line watch now and not the ads

another timely

Latest weekly wipe

Bump for exposure. It's on Netflix now. I hear over and over again that original stories no longer exist. I know now this is not true. Enjoy.