Black mirror

I thought this was a great start to the season.

Who even knows what they are agreeing to in the service agreements? I have had lawyer people tell me they agree to them without reading as well because anything out of the ordinary there would probably be a class action lawsuit or something but in the episode the lawyers all think it is pretty air tight.

And then being able to deepfake stuff that quickly. That would cause so many problems for our society. How are we going to live in a world where it is so difficult to prove what is even real.

I thought it was cool that there was a recursive element to the simulated realities.

Episode was a surveillance capitalism nightmare.

i loved this episode, as it was pretty hilarious. also, there were a ton of Black Mirror callbacks in the Streamberry catalog, including a pic of Will Poulter from his role in Bandersnatch, the Netflix-based choose-your-own-adventure episode, and a show called Inside San Junipero.

Another thing that just struck me is this is another one with a good/happy ending. As long as you don't care about the "people" created inside the quantum computer that is.

i liked the concept but the second half just devolved into a cheap, awful tone. it felt like a shitty marvel movie with the lady suddenly doing epic bants with salma hayek, rather than the gritty grounded tone like black mirror of old

i love her hair

I had an absolute blast! So many good quotes in this episode. Some of my favourites "I hope that you get paper cuts in your hemeroids and die!", "please don't kill me, Salma Hayek" and "quam-puta"

Edit to add another of my favourite quotes

"George Clooney is going to be in the show?"

"No, they're sticking his head on a Thomas the Tank Engine Reboot"

Despite it being comedic and has a happy ending, just below the surface there is still that trademark BM feeling of dread for being so close to home.