When it comes to "Black Mirror", diehard fans of the British drama will definitely give their knees one after another. This sci-fi-themed British drama, since its inception in 2011, has only three short stories per season, but the black technology in the drama and its impact on human life are all touching the hearts of the audience.
Although "Black Mirror" went downhill in the fifth season of 2019, the high-quality return is still eagerly awaited by everyone.
In fact, in addition to the main drama of "Black Mirror", this drama has also filmed three extra episodes, and the quality is not inferior. Among them, "Black Mirror: White Christmas " (Black Mirror: White Christmas), which aired in 2014, is the best of the three.
"Black Mirror: Christmas Special" was launched in the year following the second season of "Black Mirror", and director Carl Tibbetts was also one of the directors of the second season of "Black Mirror".
Different from the main drama of "Black Mirror", although "Black Mirror: Christmas Special" also tells three stories, it uses a main line to connect them together, so that the plot looks very coherent, and there is no independent Fragmentation.
So strictly speaking, this can be seen as an independent film. The length of 74 minutes is shorter than the length of some single episodes, and it also follows the traditional short beauty of "Black Mirror".
Those who are familiar with the style of "Black Mirror" know that in the world of this series, technology has reached a certain level, an era that can be foreseen but temporarily unattainable. It is precisely this age of technology with appropriate benefits that is more likely to resonate with us and be thought-provoking.
Also in "Black Mirror: Christmas Special", three particularly interesting black technologies are also introduced, and if the first "dating tutor" is just an appetizer, "awareness copy" and "shielding function" are the The main dish that the film wants the audience to taste.
White Christmas is a time background set in the film, a lonely hut in the vast white world, but there is no festive atmosphere at all. In the monotonous and dark room, two familiar and unfamiliar men were having a conversation about their own experiences.
One thought of heaven, one thought of hell, everything has pros and cons. What the film wants to convey is the enjoyment of heaven and the consequences of hell brought about by the development of science and technology.
"Copy of Consciousness" is the professional invention of one of the men, and this invention has reached the other side as we have been working on how to more accurately capture the needs of users.
It is true that no one knows himself better than himself. The "Copy of Consciousness" replicates a set of users' own thinking patterns, and uses the copy of this thinking to manage the user's daily life.
This is a wonderful invention, and the life of that picky female user is in order under the arrangement of the machine housekeeper. In the morning, I wake up at my favorite time with my favorite music, the degree of tenderness of the toast is my preference, the taste of the coffee is just right, and the day's itinerary is properly arranged. This is simply an invention that makes life better.
However, behind this invention lies a philosophical violation and a moral violation.
Descartes said: I think, therefore I am. I am me because my main mind controls the movement of the physical body. Human ideology and physical body should be inseparable and interdependent.
When human cloning research was strictly prohibited years ago, the technology in this film uses cloning consciousness as the cut-in.
The ideology is specially extracted, copied, and locked in a box-sized machine. Although the original owner is complete, the replica is incomplete.
At the legal level, this replica is not an independent entity, but at the moral level, it is a subject with independent consciousness, even if it may be just a few strings of machine code.
Under the education of science and technology, and under the oppression and domestication of the machine by the virtual body, such an individual can only mechanically arrange the diet and daily life of the original subject day after day. Could this be considered a moral crime?
Or, it's just one of its jobs. As the film reveals in an inadvertent line of dialogue, work and prison are the same thing.
Of course, if it is just a human steward, the function of this invention is greatly reduced. The "copy of consciousness" can both serve the subject and counter it. This is proved at the end of the film, but it also makes people feel This leads to deeper thinking about the relationship between the subject and the copy.
Another "shielding function" is based on the extension of "smart eye". Those who have watched "Black Mirror" are no strangers to "smart eye". In many episodes, devices similar to selecting menu operations with eyes have appeared. In the era of movies, the "smart eye" is a technology that is implanted in everyone's eyeballs.
With "Smart Eye", you can easily check any information at any time without being noticed by the other party, and you can also share what you see with your friends in real time. In contrast, the current location sharing seems to be very weak.
With "smart eyes", your mentor behind the scenes can guide you at any time when you are dating, until you successfully get together with the person you love.
With "smart eyes", you can block anyone you don't want to see. The other party will become blurred in your sight, you can't hear the other party's voice at all, and the other party can't see or hear you. to your voice.
Compared with the operation of various blacklists today, the "blocking function" can undoubtedly block the other party more thoroughly. Not only can't see the real person of the other party, but after being blocked by the other party, everyone who sees the other party's appearance in life becomes a blank piece, including the group photo. What's more, even the offspring of the opponent can't be seen. until the opponent dies completely.
This is a complete break, unexplainable and irreversible, because no matter how much you do, the other party can't see or hear. It's a complete break, and even if you want to reminisce about the past, there's nothing but blank space in the photo. The progress of function, let you forget the memory completely.
Of course, this may be ironic to people today. When noisy, they don't want to hear the other party's voice, don't want to see the other party's appearance, and even tear up everything related to the other party to say goodbye to the other party. However, while technology allows you to do this with one click without breaking the bank, a blank life can lead to greater tragedies.
Science and technology lead to thinking, but the ultimate development of science and technology has become the shackles of human beings, thinking is shackled, and freedom is trampled. "Black Mirror" has always used a concept of magnification to remind people not to fall into the trap of disregarding human nature and morality while developing technology.
This film is classified as a thriller, and the director's realistic delivery of moral allegory really makes the audience shudder. The bottom line of science and technology, the meaning of life, and the essence of life all arouse deeper thinking in the audience.
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