Black Mirror, Netflix series

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Sunny

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Not sure if I've seen anything here about this show. It's a Twilight Zone - type of series, but intriguing and haunting in a modern way. Most of it involves technology and its misuse. Very well acted and directed. Each 1-hour episode is a completely independent story, no connection between any of them except for the horrifying depiction of technology in the near future. Give it a try if you get Netflix. (Season 3, Episode 1, "Nosedive," is my favorite so far.)
 

The episode I just watched, "The Waldo Moment," takes place in England, where there is a political race going on for MP. Starting out as a joke, a TV cartoon bear named Waldo runs as a candidate, using crude insults against the other candidates, becoming more and more horrible (I almost said "unBEARable") and eventually doesn't win, but he becomes a popular worldwide hero with an enormous following. He doesn't have any ideas or convictions, his voice and insulting dialogue come from an apolitical improv actor. To him, it's just a job, one that he mostly hates.

The really spooky thing is that this was written several years ago! Twilight Zone, indeed.
 

Sunny said:
The episode I just watched, "The Waldo Moment," takes place in England, where there is a political race going on for MP. Starting out as a joke, a TV cartoon bear named Waldo runs as a candidate, using crude insults against the other candidates, becoming more and more horrible (I almost said "unBEARable") and eventually doesn't win, but he becomes a popular worldwide hero with an enormous following. He doesn't have any ideas or convictions, his voice and insulting dialogue come from an apolitical improv actor. To him, it's just a job, one that he mostly hates.

The really spooky thing is that this was written several years ago! Twilight Zone, indeed.
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But in that story, the cartoon character doesn't win...
 
Sunny said:
Not sure if I've seen anything here about this show. It's a Twilight Zone - type of series, but intriguing and haunting in a modern way. Most of it involves technology and its misuse. Very well acted and directed. Each 1-hour episode is a completely independent story, no connection between any of them except for the horrifying depiction of technology in the near future. Give it a try if you get Netflix. (Season 3, Episode 1, "Nosedive," is my favorite so far.)
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This sounds really good. Thank you for posting it. Is Season 1 & 2 on Netflix as well? I'm going to watch an episode tonight.
 
We watched "The Waldo Moment" from Season 3 and episode 1 from Season 1. I thought they were both very dark, but definitely well acted. Are they all dark like that?
 
Yes, as you've apparently discovered, seasons 1 and 2 are on Netflix also. For some reason, they started out showing season 3, or maybe I didn't know how to get to the other two seasons at first. I thought the best episode so far was Nosedive, episode 1 of season 3.

Some are more dark than others, but they all seem to revolve around the theme of the misuse of technology.
 
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