Review of "Black Mirror" Episode 2

Maia 2021-10-13 13:06:09

So far I have seen the second episode of Black Mirror. The shock of the plot made me have to write this review.

From the beginning of the film, the audience was brought into a high-tech era. The huge screens with steep walls, modern washrooms, and modern "gymnasiums" make me surprised that "So human life can be like this?!" A gesture can represent a person's idea, everything looks like that. The "textured". "So handsome!" I couldn't help but yelled in my heart. I am thinking, is this the trend of the times? Will people's lives eventually move towards digitalization? ! Well, yes, I want to get a glimpse of the future through this article!

But with the development of the plot, everything slowly changed. Why does each of them go to ride a bicycle? Why is the show that is played while riding a bicycle is so low-level fun in my opinion, but it can attract people to laugh frequently? And why does the hero seem so unhappy that he can live in such a modern place?

"This is already the most real thing here, although it was also cultivated in the XX vessel."...In an instant, I understood something. Their living environment is all virtual, and they can't touch any real things. , Maybe there, talent is the most real.

In the first half of the film, we can easily find the hero's numbness to money. If you encounter a bad show, skip it, and it doesn't matter if you deduct money. He never buys anything with money, because he is the most "sober" person-those so-called goods are only virtual, "it's not real", so what do I want to buy virtual things for? He has no enthusiasm for life, so he lives half-deadly.

Until one day, he heard the heroine singing. The singing made him feel a glimmer of hope. He is willing to pay 15 million for the heroine to participate in the draft, even if 15 million means to ride a bicycle for 6 months, just because "your singing is real." After repeated persuasion, the heroine went to participate in the draft. The backstage of the draft is crowded with people, and everyone has an impetuous expression, like an animal waiting to be pulled to the exhibition. Even so, it's not tiresome. They don't even know why they came here for the draft, maybe just because of the ethos, they just came here with the flow.

Before the heroine took the stage, she was asked to drink some kind of beverage. I can understand this drink as "Ecstasy Soup". Based on this assumption, when the judges on stage persuaded the heroine to make an XX film, the heroine's promise was also "normal." But at this time, I believe that the audience has already seen the true colors of the three judges. They are the rulers of the virtual world and they master the rules of the virtual world. Drafting is a way for them to maintain their status. They don't treat people as human beings at all. All people are just material-a material that can be turned into entertainment. It should be noted here that the materials they choose to show are not to encourage people to make progress, but materials that can be made into low-level fun: fat people stuff things in their mouths like machines, and wait until they gain 500 pounds for people to laugh at. ; One kind of person insults another kind of person, inspires the darkest side of the human heart...

Why do the judges draft such a type of "star"? Because they want to "stupid the people", only those who don't have any thoughts are the easiest to control. They hope that people will never pursue and live in bad taste all day long. They were sitting in the spotlight in high-sounding presence in front of the judges, but in their bones they were indeed a group of ethical bastards. They are ignorant of the public, saying that people have created batches of rubbish.

The actor is the only person in the entire film who can see the truth through, and he regrets that he has led the girl he likes to no return. He shrank his clothes and food in resentment, in order to be able to transfer another 15 million, and then went to the show to expose this big lie. Seeing this, I even think this is an inspirational film. The hero has dreams, he wants to live real.

Finally, the male protagonist stepped onto the stage. One detail that must be paid attention to here is that he deceived the staff with the drink bottle that the girl drank. In other words, he did not drink the "ecstasy soup" given by the staff, he was always sober on stage! He did put on a good show on stage, using suicide to reveal the truth to people. Haha, how should the plot develop at this time? People are sober after being persuaded by him? Then there was a riot in all? The good life is coming? no no no. The judges are smart. They realized the seriousness of the matter at that time, so they used him to join the TV station to lure him, and at the same time converted the "mantra of the heart" into another valuable material. In fact, the masses have been poisoned too deeply, and you can't persuade them with just a few words.

Even more ironic: the male protagonist accepted the invitation to the show in a fully awake state. He couldn't resist the temptation, he forgot his dream in the face of temptation. I originally hoped that the male protagonist feigned acceptance, but in fact he slowly brought back the soul of the masses in every show. But I'm wrong. The male protagonist accepted the job sincerely, and played the role of a clown in subsequent shows. What "heroism"! Fuck it all. I have already upgraded! I don’t have to ride a bicycle anymore! ——He has been really brainwashed by the ruler.

The British dramas of the past two years have shone brilliantly, and I am impressed by their high quality and high content. This TV series takes the irony of reality to its extreme. Of course people in life cannot be so ignorant, but are we really so "sane"? Do we really know what we want? Are we still sticking to our dreams? On the way to our dreams, will we really not be tempted by all kinds of things? Are you sure you don’t have "being out of the crowd" now?

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Black Mirror quotes

  • Kenny: [sobbing] They filmed me.

    Hector: Filmed you...

    Kenny: Through my computer camera.

    Hector: What, like, filmed you?

    Kenny: Yeah, like, you know, doing it.

    Hector: Like sex?

    Kenny: No. Like, you... you know.

    Hector: Jerking off. Jerking off to porn or something? Well, everyone does that. The fucking pope probably does that.

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