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Black Mirror S4 |OT| This Is Fine - December 29th on Netflix
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San junipero not as good as hyped up to be. The first half is a hallmark movie and the second half is kind of retreading on an earlier episode.
I mean it makes you think about shit we all think about, scary fucking shit.
If your option is eternity in heaven ... Well even heaven becomes a nightmare when you spend eternity there, but what if the other option is just nothingness.
Still didn't hit me like my top 3 or 4 episodes did.
The entire history of you hit me in a place that I always knew existed deep down but never talk about.
I mean it makes you think about shit we all think about, scary fucking shit.
If your option is eternity in heaven ... Well even heaven becomes a nightmare when you spend eternity there, but what if the other option is just nothingness.
Still didn't hit me like my top 3 or 4 episodes did.
The entire history of you hit me in a place that I always knew existed deep down but never talk about.
This.
She wasn't killing to protect her family, she was killing to protect herself and the life she built. I thought her motives were clear when she begged and pleaded for her ex boyfriend to not write a letter to the victim's family.
I saw the episode as a message of dehumanization with the dogs as an extreme case of robots as security.
The place with the bears was just an Amazon-style warehouse. She wanted a toy for a kid out of love, but the robots wouldn't have it because she wasn't the "owner" of the bears and was stealing them. Society fell, but the robots were still functioning on the basis of capitalism.
Yeah the ones about relationships and technology are usually relatable.
Like BRB, Entire History of You, Hang the DJ.
Like BRB, Entire History of You, Hang the DJ.
I've never actually payed this show any attention but thought I wanted to check it out hearing it's a sci-fi show and how the episodes aren't related. That seemed very interesting.
So I've now started up Season 1 and look and behold I'm starting up my Saturday watching the Prime Minister fuck a pig.
...
That sets the mood for the day.
Btw, that ending was actually hard punching when his wife gives him that stare as being disappointed in him and I suspect they aren't getting along well. That hurt.
Now I've started up Episode 2 and noticed Daniel Kaluuya? Holy shit, didn't expect an actor of this caliber to turn up on this show. I guess this was before he got all famous.
So I've now started up Season 1 and look and behold I'm starting up my Saturday watching the Prime Minister fuck a pig.
...
That sets the mood for the day.
Btw, that ending was actually hard punching when his wife gives him that stare as being disappointed in him and I suspect they aren't getting along well. That hurt.
Now I've started up Episode 2 and noticed Daniel Kaluuya? Holy shit, didn't expect an actor of this caliber to turn up on this show. I guess this was before he got all famous.
Has been a while since I watched it but didn't the clones start "dissolving" right before the point of view switched out to the real world? That implied deletion.
Killing off thousands of conscious copies.
To me that's worse than one guy "bullying" a small crew of clones.
Finally got a chance to watch this season, It was fantastic. Binged them all in the past 12 hours. Overal I liked all the episodes and didn't think there was a single stinker. I'd rank them like this.
1. USS Calister
2. Hang the DJ
3. Arkangel
4. MetalHead
5. Black Museum
6. Crocodile
USS was really fun and had some great production values. It was 75 mins long but didn't even feel that length.
Hang the DJ was a bit slow at first but once I realized what was going on I really got into. The two leads had excellent chemistry as well.
I guess I'm weird because I really enjoyed this episode. Most of the complaints I've read seem to be about how this episode doesn't do enough with it's concept but I think it's perfectly fine that it took a limited grounded approach. This episode also elicited the strongest emotional reaction out of me this season, with how much It made me despise the mother.
Metalhead was just a pretty cool post apocalyptic film. Nothing special but I enjoyed it.
IDK this episode was kind of hokey to me. All the performances in this episode seemed a bit off. Overall I still enjoyed it but not nearly as much as most others.
Crocodile, I really liked this episode as well it's just that there was nothing that really stood out about it compared to the other ones.
1. USS Calister
2. Hang the DJ
3. Arkangel
4. MetalHead
5. Black Museum
6. Crocodile
USS was really fun and had some great production values. It was 75 mins long but didn't even feel that length.
Hang the DJ was a bit slow at first but once I realized what was going on I really got into. The two leads had excellent chemistry as well.
I guess I'm weird because I really enjoyed this episode. Most of the complaints I've read seem to be about how this episode doesn't do enough with it's concept but I think it's perfectly fine that it took a limited grounded approach. This episode also elicited the strongest emotional reaction out of me this season, with how much It made me despise the mother.
Metalhead was just a pretty cool post apocalyptic film. Nothing special but I enjoyed it.
IDK this episode was kind of hokey to me. All the performances in this episode seemed a bit off. Overall I still enjoyed it but not nearly as much as most others.
Crocodile, I really liked this episode as well it's just that there was nothing that really stood out about it compared to the other ones.
Interesting that you despised the mother. I found that I actually empathized with her, but I wonder if it's because I have a young child.
I am childless so maybe that's valid. It wasn't so much her reactions to things that bothered me, it was the massive breach of privacy and the unconsenting nature behind it that really rubbed me the wrong way. Hopefully you won't give your child an implant that lets you monitor their actions.
Hey all, sorry for the bump, but I figured this is the most appropriate place to ask: I'm starting a new unit with my 7th graders on dystopian fiction. Can you recommend any good episodes that are classroom-appropriate? If any exist? Many thanks.
This is actually the perfect time to bump the thread, as I only realised today that season 5 is coming next week. Hopefully it'll be another good one!
It also has quite a lot of swearing. Not sure I'd call that suitable 7th grade classroom material.
With that said I love that episode and I think it's a subject matter that is very relevant for kids that age as they start getting into social media. However, their parents might not agree.
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The Waldo Moment and then ask them if they see any parallels to modern society.