black Mirror is about to return after four years from the end. The last airing of the series dates back to the pre-pandemic period. He wasn’t sure she would reappear on Netflix, and instead from tomorrow 15 June season 6 will be available on the platform. And the fever rises.
The Charlie Brooker series has marked the collective imagination. In 2011 it represented a real novelty. The story is anthological, i.e. each episode is self-contained, and addresses current issues such as the dark sides of the technology. In times of GPT and AI chat Brooker will have indulged himself with the new series, which seems to have all the credentials to reconnect to the glories of the beginnings.
Black Mirror: the history and meaning of the series
It all started in 2011. Unlike the horizontal development of the typical serial narrative, Black Mirror relies on self-contained episodes in which the characters, places and plots change from episode to episode. It is the main argument that keeps the dots together, namely the growing development of technology and its impact on modern society and the near future.
Every human being every day is in front of a mobile phone screenOf a TV or computerour existence cannot do without the mirror that turns black when it stops working (the black mirror of the title). And the dark side of progress and it is a mirror in which everyone is reflected. A dichotomy on which the series is based.
Bryce Dallas Howard in season one. (Netflix)
«If technology is a drug – declared to the The Guardian Charlie Brooker – so what exactly are the side effects? This area, between pleasure and discomfort, is where it fits Black Mirror. The dystopian series relies on the suspensepushes the accelerator on the borderline of ethics, leads to the precipice to which it can lead the abuse of technology, to the detachment between what is real and virtualhyper control and loss of control.
Black Mirror: the best episodes in five seasons
One cannot fail to mention the first disturbing and creepy episode of the titled series Message to the Prime Minister. A young English princess is kidnapped. To obtain the release the prime minister (Rory Kinnear) will have to undergo a sexual act with a pig on live tv. Here is what is meant by the dark side of the mirror.
Often in Black Mirror the issue is addressed remembrance and memory. In the first episode of the second season Martha she agrees to receive a clone of her late husband at home Ash. His personality has been reconstructed by Artificial Intelligence: But Ash is not what his wife knew.
In the third episode of the first season, however, a man examines his wife’s memories thanks to a new technology, because suspicious of being cheated onwhile in Crocodiles (season 4) memories involve a robot, two women and a killer. The series also takes stock of Tinder and other dating apps: In the future, a new app gives the pair an expiration date. The two protagonists of the episode pay no attention to the passing of time. AND it won’t end well.
What to expect from Black Mirror 6
It seems that the sixth season want to go back to basics. The creator Charlie Brooker he has declared: “The stories are all still in full style Black Mirror, but with some crazy variations and more variety than in the past». Fans are excited. Another clue that could be part of the new chapter is the exploration of the unknown. Black Mirror will he live up to his story? Meanwhile the cast promises well: among the other members stand out Aaron Paulthe Jesse Pinkman of breaking Bad, Ben Barnes (Darkness and bones), Salma HayekDanny RamirezTop Gun: Maverick) And Josh Hartnett.
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