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Review for "Black Mirror" (task 4 in the ...

Review for "Black Mirror" (task 4 in the picture)

Oct 25, 2020

Have you ever thought of what life in the foreseeable future is going to be like? What else, apart from existing technological advancements, will be invented and how it will affect the way we live? If these are the questions you ever wonder about, “Black Mirror” is hands down the very film that merits attention.

In a nutshell, “Black Mirror” is a dystopian science fiction television series, where each episode tells us a story with its original characters and a thought-provoking theme raised. The message carried through exploring human-technology relationship is what makes this film so distinctively different from the rest alike, as it bears direct relation to the present-time issues of contemporary world.

Like in one of the episodes, where the whole society is established on the global social media system, in which success and people’s general well-being are wholly dependent on each other’s approval shown through the system of “likes” or “dislikes”. Futuristic, yet so plausibly depicted community of hypocrites and pleasers endearing themselves to people around just for the sake of their personal prosperity. The world, where the only carelessly blurted word may cost you a once privileged position in social hierarchy, relegating you down to the most pathetic outcast. This is one of those episodes that precisely outlines the features of the modern society except its being on a larger scale.

Twisted though as some scenes may seem, “Black Mirror” attempts to show things outright - warts and all - revealing the darkest sides of both human nature and technology we got so affected by.

Should you want to be completely riveted to the screen, without a chance left for you to quit watching halfway, “Black Mirror” is just the thing, a real eye-opener leaving you with a mix of conflicted emotions about whether this is the very future you would like to find yourself in some day. 

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