I don’t know how many people like me were looking forward to the return of the “Black Mirror” drama. After the fourth season and Bandersnatch, many people complained about “disappointment”. This “disappointment” does not mean that it is bad, It's getting farther and farther from the level of the first season and the second season, but I still have hope for it. Many people attribute it to the fact that after being sold by Netflix, it changed from a "technical reflection and ridicule" drama to a pure "science fiction" drama. But the main creators are still the same people, but it may just be that Netflix wants to make the show more authentic, more local, and more sci-fi to please its audience. But when a lot of people get sick of it, I don't think it's that bad. The form of Bandersnatch is greater than the content and it is not too superficial, and as a drama, it is still a bit difficult to achieve science fiction in a short period of time. After all, the main creators are not the ones who did "Rick and Morty". Man, Netflix didn't get those people from "Love Dead" either. So the fourth season can still satisfy me.
Just when I was looking forward to this season's ability to turn the tide, I was disappointed after watching it. The first and third episodes are too hard to put into words, and the first episode, which is really good, is also in the same pace as the first episode of the first season, and it is consistent with many similar drama movies.
Rachel, Jeke and Little Ashley 2 stars
Just looking at the title, it seems to be a story about these three people, but the content arrangement for these three people is too bad.
Ashley is a popular singer, yes, she is played by wheat grains, which is indeed consistent with her identity. Unfortunately, her family could only live with her aunt since she was a child, but after her fire, she was gradually manipulated by her aunt into a tool to make money and lost her true self, and was restricted by her aunt when she wanted to be resisted.
And Rachel and Jeke are sisters, their mother died a few years ago, and now they go to a new school, but they don't fit in. And Rachel is a super fan of Ashley. After launching Little Ashley's smart doll, Rachel realized a real "conversation" with her idol.
It's just that Ashley's mind was limited by her aunt, and she continued to create new songs to complete the last album and promote the new "Eternal Ashley" with the ideas of her brain, of course, in order to become more popular and more profitable.
But they broke the restriction of little Ashley. Ashley's thoughts were copied to this toy before, so they went to rescue the real Ashley together and broke the aunt's conspiracy. Perfect ending. . .
Regardless of the setting of this episode, the idea is copied, and then multiple ideas appear, no matter how you look at it, it is not novel.
There are also many stories in the story, such as the role of Rachel and their father. Before, there was a lot of writing about him focusing on "rat infestation", but the latter was only used to rescue Ashley. The content is too much but it is too useful. few.
There is also the character description of Rachel and Jieke, a pair of sisters, the weak portrayal, their previous conflict and family background and Rachel's first steps are so childish.
Jekko said that when Rachel became "a doll at the mercy of others," it was too unreasonable. Was it "confused" by little Ashley? It was Little Ashley who made Rachel take the first step on the stage, and it was also the one who encouraged Rachel all the time. Before, Little Ashley was also encouraging Jieke to express herself, so it can't be said that she was restricted by it. ? This is so contradictory.
Speaking of Ashley again, she is a big man on the surface, but she is very lonely and controlled by the economic team behind the scenes and cannot show her true self. This could have been a good borrowing point to express the manipulated life and freedom. consciousness. But this is not perfect. The important thing is that the role of auntie is not very good. Auntie has been supporting her since she was 22 years old, and she is not much different than Ashley's age. Auntie is a witness to Ashley's fame, and it can be said that she is a caster, but she is too greedy for fame, this character It can also be portrayed as richer, but it is too negative, alas.
The only highlight is the "on a roll" by Wheatgrass, it sounds good, right?
The sci-fi content of this episode has been greatly reduced. I want to return to the exposure and satire of human nature, and do it very expressively. This is just this episode, and I am so far disappointed.
"Life and Death" 3 stars
After watching this episode, I really feel that "Black Mirror" is going to go further and further. Is it going to be a "soap opera"?
This episode talks about two big men who fall in love in a virtual game but are separated by various reasons in reality. The most important thing is that in reality, they are no longer the real so-called "calls"
And the title "Life and Death Fight" only comes from a game inside
The setting of this episode isn't new either, the same virtual game in Season 4's Callist. It's just the pure technology line that this episode didn't take.
The biggest highlight should be the fighting in the game. It's really cool. If there is such a virtual game, it's really hard to stop and play in it.
It was these two good friends who were playing the same game that was a controller many years ago, but in such a virtual world, they couldn't help but play X. It seems to be a kind of gravitational force that makes them involuntarily fulfill their desires in this game every night.
But practical factors limit them. "Falcon" and his wife, he will not leave them. After making up his mind to cut off all of this, he was disconnected again because of an unexpected coincidence.
But kissing in real life doesn't have that feeling in the game. "It's different in the game".
All kinds of things in the game made them have an inseparable love in the original physical isolation.
In the end, the male protagonist still told his wife, and the wife also understood them, exchanging gifts for occasional "games", which should also be their best destination.
This episode is by no means sci-fi. It also just talks about the inseparable feelings of two men. The feeling that the game brings to us is indeed different, but it is different from reality. It can be done in the game that cannot be done in reality. Love and desire are undoubtedly revealed. It's better than "Rachel, Jeke, and Little Ashley", but it really should learn from the first episode of the second season.
Shards 4.5 stars
It's the best episode of the season. Not to say that it is the best episode in all of Black Mirror, after all, this episode has similarities with the first episode of the first season, Prime Minister, as well as irony and judgment. But it's similar to a lot of unspeakable movies I've seen before.
A series of accidents caused by the story of the little people. Let's talk about the protagonist first, he is not a bad person, and the person who kidnapped the Fragment Company is only to find the old version of Fragment Billy to chat, vent his emotions and give some suggestions.
This is because the protagonist was also addicted to the social app Fragment before, and while driving together, he looked down at his mobile phone and had a car accident, causing his fiancee and other people in the car to die. But in the end, the blame was placed on the drunk driving of the people in the other two cars. Even the fiancee's mother is comforting the male protagonist, but the male protagonist does not dare to tell the truth.
And the male protagonist kidnapped the hostage just to use him to talk to the boss of the fragment, just tied an intern.
So he was found by the police on the road and trapped in the field.
Just because the male protagonist read some books about negotiating experts and did not trust the negotiating experts, the police searched for the male protagonist's personal information, and they were considered by the police to be "highly IQ and low-income extremely dangerous criminals".
The child onlookers who witnessed it with their own eyes refused to leave and risked "danger" to take pictures to win the attention of the Internet.
The male protagonist lied that the gun was fake just to make the hostage feel better. As a result, he was eavesdropped, and the police shot and almost killed the hostage.
The boss who was really asked to talk wanted to talk to the popular person, but was repeatedly opposed by his subordinates and the police for fear of being blackmailed.
And the last wish of the male protagonist is only for the mother who lost her daughter to return her daughter's social password to fulfill her prayer.
In the end, the male protagonist expressed his remorse to the boss, and the boss comforted him not to commit suicide. The hostage also knew that the male protagonist would not really hurt him but had his own difficulties, so he fought with him for a pistol to prevent him from committing suicide, but in the end he Shot by police.
Society only pays attention to this matter and not the hostages, and the police only see that the male protagonist has been used on the surface in order to have a good explanation in front of the public.
On the other hand, the real "victim" hostage and the boss really care about the pain of the male protagonist and comfort him.
We don't have the right to see through others, but few of us have real sympathy to care about others. No matter what dangerous things others do, we only care about ourselves, care about attention, and care about inner and outer justice.
This society sucks.
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Summary: Although the second episode was okay, the overall level of this season could not be held down by a serious decline. Watching "Black Mirror" step by step on the way to Game of Thrones, I am also inexplicably uncomfortable. If the creators of "Black Mirror" can think more about the impact of technology, or irony and judgment, instead of blindly applying bad settings to tell a story that they think is very profound, the first and third episodes are Bright example.
In the end, I only hope that "Black Mirror" can really reflect on himself. After satirizing so many outsiders, he should also look at himself.
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