![]() ![]() The medical story by Penn Jillette can be taken as condemnation of our schadenfreude culture the story of shared consciousness in relationships has clear feminist themes and the death row story has obvious overtones of racism and mass incarceration. "Black Museum" may seem like a variety showcase, but the individual short stories and their overarching tale all carry some pretty strong thematic implications. ![]() A death row inmate agrees to have his consciousness preserved as a digital ghost, and finds himself imprisoned in a sadistic purgatory as an attraction for the Black Museum, where guests get to carry out his execution over and over.When the two can't maintain a healthy bond, the husband ultimately strips her of any say or control, eventually transferring her consciousness into their son's toy teddy bear and trapping her forever in a digital purgatory. A comatose woman's consciousness is transferred into her husband's mind.He gets addicted to pain (like an opioid) and ends up becoming a grotesque sadist and killer. A doctor who is implanted with a sensor that allows him to sense a patient's pain. ![]() The museum's curator, Rolo Haynes (Douglas Hodge), tells Nish three separate stories based on the museum attractions: It's a story that sees a young woman named Nish (Letitia Wright) come to a remote roadside attraction: a museum that collects various Black Mirror series relics, displayed in a scene full of series Easter eggs (so keep your eyes open). This episode plays like a smaller anthology within the anthology series of Black Mirror, while also connecting the series in one shared universe. ![]() The big Citizen Kane twist at the end adds that while efficient and durable, machines will always lack the empathic foundation that can inspire human beings to make the most noble of sacrifices (like risking it all to comfort a child). The message of "Metalhead" is clear: if robots advance far enough, humans will no longer be top dog on the food chain. The "dog" can out-think and outlast anything a human being can do, and even in "death" the dog makes sure to achieve its goals. Over the course of the story, we see just how technological advancements in robotics that are wowing us right now, could become something more horrifying than our worst imagining. Over the next day or so, Bella tries everything that human ingenuity and resolve can offer to get away from this mortal threat - but it doesn't matter, as the machine can anticipate and counter her every idea and tactic. When wasteland survivor Bella (Maxine Peake) goes out on a scavenger mission, she and her team inadvertently awaken a "dog," one of the robots that has seemingly hunted humanity to near-extinction. Internet viral videos of companies building more and more advanced robots led to this dystopian nightmare from 30 Days of Night's David Slade. The title refers to the notion of a DJ who keeps changing the song, when the listeners would rather let it play out in full. While it's a big middle finger to the digital dating industry, the episode also highlights what's beautiful in the random, often chaotic, process of coupling. "Hang the DJ" is actually a rare positive-skewing episode of Black Mirror, ultimately conveying the point that true love connections between human beings are something that can't be quantified and measured - let alone arranged through statistical data amassed over a lot of wasted time. The motivation for these heinous acts comes from an insurance investigator (Kiran Sonia Sawar), who is using a device that reads memories to look into a different incident that indirectly implicates Mia. Mia (Andrea Riseborough) helps cover up an accidental death, but fifteen years later, that deed comes back to haunt her, leading Mia to the drastic decision to kill four more innocent people (including one baby) to protect her secrets. Playing god is not the same as parenting, even when technology blurs the difference.ĭirector John Hillcoat ( The Road) takes us on a nightmare journey through one woman's descent into darkness. The message here is pretty clear: director Jodie Foster warns us that trying to keep too much control over a child is exactly what will end up driving them out of control. Things go sideways as the daughter reaches teenage maturity, as the controls the mother put into place to keep her daughter safe, are exactly what drive her away, into a dangerous life as a runaway. The implant allows the mom everything from knowing her daughter's location at all times, to censoring what the little girl sees. "Arkangel" takes on this concept pretty directly, with a story of how a mom has her daughter tagged with an experimental digital implant, in order to achieve invasive levels of observation and control, all in the name of safety. ![]()
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