Ep 1 - I agree with TPR and Malcolm. You simply cannot submit to the demands of a terrorist.
Ep 2 - Brilliant and heart breaking. How the fuck does he live with himself?
Ep 3 - This was the worst for me so far. Just a story about infidelity with a twist of technology. And honestly, if he walked out for 5 days without a word, I think she's got to green light to fuck someone else.
Ep 4 - While this one wasn't as exciting in theme, I thought it was really solid.
Ep 5 - Episode 5 was justice porn. I wanted to learn more about what was going on. Why the calendar? Was there a certain number of days before she'd be set free or killed and then they'd move onto someone else? Was she the first? Does the memory wipe clear all of their memory?
Black Mirror SPOILER DISCUSSION
Watched season 2, eps 4-6.
4, Be Right Back: It was like watching a ginger version of Data. What the fuck did you expect? The AI installed on that thing is light years ahead of what we've got now. And it still sucked.
5, White Bear: There's no way this could be profitable, even with nothing but reality TV available for viewing. Also improbable. All it takes is one psycho in the audience who's a fan, or a flash mob, and everything could go to shit.
6, Waldo Moment: "This is why I don't vote."
4, Be Right Back: It was like watching a ginger version of Data. What the fuck did you expect? The AI installed on that thing is light years ahead of what we've got now. And it still sucked.
5, White Bear: There's no way this could be profitable, even with nothing but reality TV available for viewing. Also improbable. All it takes is one psycho in the audience who's a fan, or a flash mob, and everything could go to shit.
6, Waldo Moment: "This is why I don't vote."
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Yeah, but then they only lose a day, and they wipe her memory again. According to that calendar they'd been at it... what... a month and a half? At $50 bucks a head to be a bystander it's still cheap, and they're probably making $5k per day with very little running costs, after the initial expenditure of building the town.Malcolm wrote:5, White Bear: There's no way this could be profitable, even with nothing but reality TV available for viewing. Also improbable. All it takes is one psycho in the audience who's a fan, or a flash mob, and everything could go to shit.
Actually, I don't remember... how many people were in that briefing room... 50? The audience at the end seemed to have a lot more. I dunno.
"Be bold, and mighty forces will come to your aid."
$5K per day * 1 year = not enough to pay for the shitty lawsuits if just one audience member gets killed or hurt. Hell, the cast members are at more of a risk. Stuntmen have died doing films. This seems way less controlled. Secondly, they get lucky in that wiping her memory apparently leaves her a decent human being. Eventually, they'll come across someone who's a complete dick and have a stun gun fail at the worst time.GORDON wrote:Yeah, but then they only lose a day, and they wipe her memory again. According to that calendar they'd been at it... what... a month and a half? At $50 bucks a head to be a bystander it's still cheap, and they're probably making $5k per day with very little running costs, after the initial expenditure of building the town.Malcolm wrote:5, White Bear: There's no way this could be profitable, even with nothing but reality TV available for viewing. Also improbable. All it takes is one psycho in the audience who's a fan, or a flash mob, and everything could go to shit.
Actually, I don't remember... how many people were in that briefing room... 50? The audience at the end seemed to have a lot more. I dunno.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Why the calendar? Was there a certain number of days before she'd be set free or killed and then they'd move onto someone else? Was she the first? Does the memory wipe clear all of their memory?
1) Calendar seemed more there for the producer than the criminal, although it does tip the latter to the date.
2) When exhibits at the park stop being big draws, maybe they move onto someone else.
3) The first? No way. The cast and crew seem to have this down to a routine. What
4) The neural device at the end looks to clear out all short- and long-term memories. She sure remembered what pills, TVs, and cars were, though. The exception looks to be planting flashes of memory from whatever's playing on the TV in front of you as you're being brain-blanked.
Finally, if your crime isn't something to do with this, then none of this production really qualifies as ironic punishment.
Diogenes of Sinope: "It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC: "Better dead than smeg."