This is a standard miniseries with only one season a year, three episodes per season, and each episode is only 45 minutes long. Limited by the number of episodes and length, excellent mini-series have always won with excellent production standards and compact plots. In terms of theme selection, suspense crime, science fiction and other genres are also favored. If defined in this way, "Black Mirror" is a plot-type unit drama dressed in science fiction. There is no specific relationship between each episode, but its theme and connotation are prominent and consistent.
"Technology" plays a pivotal role in modern society in all sci-fi dramas, ranging from the macro level of politics, economy, and military to the specific life of each specific person. But Black Mirror's overall take on the disruptive or silent changes brought about by technology is pessimistic. In this series, technology is not just a tool to assist in the setting and development of the story, but more as a part of the story itself. When those high-tech achievements that can only appear in imagination are listed in detail, they do not stop at a simple stage of showing off, but are intertwined with human life and human nature. Using a method closest to reality to describe and understand the distortions and shocks brought about by this interweaving process is the core of the series "Black Mirror".
At present, the rapid development of science and technology has accelerated the pace of life in the whole society. In almost all aspects, people are desperately pursuing the so-called high efficiency, but slowly ignoring the essence of things. It seems that everything can be quickly consumed through the concretization of technology. From social public opinion to personal value, and even human soul and emotion, there are quantified standards and means. While technology changes people's lives, it also changes people themselves. And the predicament conveyed by the story of Black Mirror is tantamount to a parable of this series of related questions and assumptions. When people try to introduce a new and stylized life experience, some things hidden in the depths of human nature and instinct are not easy or even replaceable. When the relationship and distance between people and society are When alienated, the cold nature of technology is exposed more thoroughly. This is like a paradox: the experience of the senses can be virtual, but the inner feelings cannot be fabricated; the way of life of people can be redefined in batches, but the differences between each individual cannot be erased; the emergence of artificial intelligence Help people save a lot of trouble, but code and data are not as good as flesh and blood... There is always an insurmountable gap between technology and people, it has nothing to do with specific operations and practical applications, but Just like the other self seen in the mirror, there is the same image, but that's it.
The pervasive black style of "Black Mirror" is undoubtedly the best irony to this increasingly indifferent era. The characters in each story are portrayals of you and me who are bewitched and kidnapped by technology. Those who enter all aspects of life, but ultimately turn against customers, are not so much the side effects of technological development, but the other side of human nature in the mirror, that is, greed, blindness, inertia and weakness. The thought and torture throughout the whole play, to a certain extent, is also like a prophecy of the future human world. The charm of "Black Mirror" experienced by the audience is probably this seriousness and sophistication that surpasses ordinary TV dramas.
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