Episode 1:
Now social networking sites are on the rise, facebook is about to go public, twitter and youtube are also booming, and the same is true for various domestic copycat websites, such as Sina Weibo, Renren, Youku, Tudou and others. More followers are coming to join in the fun. Although traditional media is still the main media, its influence is not as great as before. In order to keep up with the times, some unscrupulous media can only use the method of attracting attention to find explosive points. What if this situation develops to the extreme. The story of the first episode discusses one of these seemingly absurd, but not impossible, situations. Someone kidnapped the British princess, filmed a video asking the British Prime Minister to love a pig, and broadcast the whole process live to ensure the safety of the princess. Because it is directly on youtube, with the power of twitter, within a few hours, people all over the world will know about this. Every effort of the Prime Minister will eventually be defused in people's conscious or unconscious twitter accusations. The Prime Minister's team wants to replace the avatar with a computer stunt, but unfortunately someone recognizes the adult film actor who is the substitute, and it is revealed that the kidnapper cuts off the princess. of a finger as a threat. This is good, the public immediately demanded the Prime Minister to meet the kidnappers' demands, and the Prime Minister had to give in under the unprecedented pressure of public opinion. Then the scene that everyone was eager to see appeared, the crowded London city, the camera swept the face of every spectator, everyone's expression gradually changed from excitement to pity and finally to disgust, and the camera was the British Prime Minister and the pig. Terrible lens. At this time, the princess was put back and her fingers were intact. It turned out that everything was a performance art by a self-proclaimed artist (the finger was the artist's own). Although the Prime Minister's approval rating has been greatly improved because of this matter, only he himself understands what irreparable damage has been done to his wife by doing so. Of course, it is the Prime Minister who is hurt this time. Will you be watching TV dramas next time?
Episode 2:
The story takes place in the future, everyone lives in a closed environment, and everyone's job is to ride bicycles to earn their own points, of course, you have to be skinny, otherwise you can only be a garbage collector and a beggar. A fat man fooled by others. The male protagonist meets a girl with a heavenly voice, he immediately falls in love with her, and spends almost all his points to buy her a ticket to the "Talent Show". Unexpectedly, although all the judges were convinced by her voice, what they were looking for was no longer a singer who could sing, but a pure beauty who could arouse every man's desire to play the protagonist of a pornographic movie. The heroine finally agreed to the judge's request, and the hero was completely heartbroken. He decided to take revenge, worked hard to accumulate enough points, signed up for the "talent show" by himself, and pointed at his neck with the glass that had been hidden in advance after the performance, expressing an impassioned rebuke. Just when the audience applauded secretly for this denunciation and hoped that everyone would wake up immediately, the judges turned it all into a farce with a few simple words. The judges promised he would have his own show, which consisted of pointing a glass at his neck three times a week and saying impassioned words like the one just said. The protagonist finally gave in. In the end, the actor finally stopped riding a monotonous bicycle, but lived in a more spacious apartment and drank freshly squeezed juice. In the last shot, when he faced the projected window, everyone was already in deep despair.
Episode 3:
The space of the human brain is limited, and people will filter information and erase unimportant things from the brain, and the rest is our memory. And everyone thinks important things are different, so the details of the same thing are different for different people. If you can clearly remember all the details, and you can recall them at any time, how good would it be? The story of this episode turns this wish into reality. By implanting a memory, people can store all their memories, delete the ones they don’t want to remember, and recall any memory fragments at any time for aftertaste, or even project them into Share with others on the display in front of you. The male protagonist's career is not going well, but when he returns home, he unexpectedly finds that his wife and an old friend seem to be having an affair, so he hysterically analyzes the various reactions of his wife during the dinner party in the evening. The wife admitted that she had a relationship with this old friend, but did not confess like him. Taking advantage of the wine, he came to the old friend's house and forced him to delete all memories about his wife, but by accident he discovered that he and his wife were still in contact 18 months ago. Angered, he forced his wife to show him that memory. Although it was confirmed, his wife and children eventually left him. In the memories of the good old days with his wife, he finally put the memory into his memory. Pulled out his body.
Although this TV series has only 3 episodes, it can be said to be a wonderful episode. Each episode is relatively independent. Although it is dressed in science fiction, it actually alludes to reality. And each episode is broken down into chapters, making it feel like writing a thesis, one hypothesis each time. Then it shows the scenarios after this assumption is established layer by layer, which is intriguing.
The first episode magnifies the modern Internet to all levels. People are on twitter all the time. Some TV reporters use nude photos to bribe to get inside information, live video broadcasts of police arrests, and ordinary people use social networking sites to spread the news, because With everyone's efforts, this matter has become a carnival. Where is the bottom line of modern media? The comments and retweets on social networking sites test people's moral bottom line, as well as the psychology of cold spectators. When all these finally achieved that self-revelry, what was left to the audience was only a cold chill.
The second episode is actually the closest to modern people. Although this episode has the strongest sci-fi meaning, those who ride bicycles are like modern people who are mediocre every day. They earn points every day to buy a good-looking virtual shoe. Easy to use virtual assistant, more advanced operating system. This episode is so ironic, consumerism is so deeply embedded in our hearts, look how many people are now ditching what could be used in exchange for an iPhone or a computer with a better camera and a better camera thing. It is a pity that the true meaning of consumerism is to constantly upgrade, stimulate your consumption, and even shape your consumption. "Most of your needs are shaped." Just like the hero and heroine, we will also give up what we thought we wanted for that little benefit, you can't blame them, they just want to change to a more spacious environment, and don't have to ride a bicycle every day, don't they? Aren't you like that?
The things discussed in the third episode have been discussed by countless people. After all, it is better to remember by yourself. Although there will be differences, although it will be tampered with by your own psychological projection, it will be beyond recognition, but at least it is your own memory. There is a discussion at the dinner table in the film that is very telling. Both arguments can be heard. In the end, the choice of the male protagonist also shows the main creator's attitude towards memory. After all, it is better to remember some things clearly, as the old saying goes. "Rarely confused"!
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