When in 2011 the first chapter Black mirrorNo one knew what to expect from the series created by Charlie Broker. There was little increase, and there were few tips about his argument or general tone. So, an episode called National anthem And that he saw the Luz on December 4 of the same year, he left the audience. The reasons did not disappear. The plot spoke about the abduction of a member of the British royal house from an amazing point of view. Exchange your life with The transfer of the director of the country’s prime minister had sex with a pig.
But in addition to the shock of a subversive story, this historical fragment opened the door for a true sense of production. With all three chapters, Black mirror He demonstrated a revolutionary, perverted and gloomy view of the technology that blinded the public. 15 million virtuesThe second seasonal episode showed an anti -utopian world in which energy was produced thanks to the painful use of talents. Which allowed the argument an awkward reflection on the capitalist operation. In the third, The whole story of youI am glad to the idea of a noticeable society For the ability to accumulate and write down the most intimate memories in the physical format.
Three anthological chapters not only demonstrated the ambitions of the program. In addition, they deepened the fear of science, a pessimistic future and the loss of mankind. All, from the point of view of the cynical one, which made the production of one of the great events of that year. But at the same time, in a cultural phenomenon aimed at having a long effect on mass culture. Consequences that did nothing but grow in the season and This is becoming more and more unique in weight and importance.
New vision of technological achievements
One of the most specific elements Black mirror This undoubtedly rethinks the uncertainty and distrust, which causes a quick evolution of technology. Thus, each of its chapters, one way or another, the concern of the generation, which crosses the accelerated diversity of scientific and cultural changes. Using artificial intelligence in new and more and more unique ways, Before the exact technique and science, it seems, are moving for daily territories.
So Black mirror This has become a metaphor about how technological trends seem to move faster than ethics or morality over them. Something, which became especially obvious in the second season. The first chapter called Be right backHe told how the recent widow tried to overcome a duel through an artificial intelligence model that imitated her husband. Something, which allowed him to continue for a long time and, of course, Fictive conversations through an algorithm feeding on the data of the deceased.
Alarming prospect of the near future
The argument became more winding, since he questioned the use of technology to crowd out human identity. Even more urgently, if the use of various devices can imitate the experience of human life and even feelings. Thus, almost accidentally, the script provided the context for the current use of artificial intelligence in everyday life. In addition, an accurate vision of questions about the consciousness and a person who raises the use of various AI models. All topics of current affairs in which the series has already studied, and that This allowed us to reflect a significant part of the public of the subject from a new point of view.
This was not the only case when Black mirror Who raised questions. Also in the second season, the series studied the ethics of punishment and the nature of collective indignation in the context of technology, in Polar bearThe field in the third installation, he investigated confidentiality and confidentiality, in addition to using data as a form of attack in Shut up and danceThe field of a dark turn, in which it is even more deep I hated it in the countryThe episode closes delivery, asked about social networks and Responsibility for opinion during anonymity.
Science fiction as an independent prediction
For many years, speculative artistic production and especially dystopia had the main message. This is the worst that can happen in the distant future. In the case Black mirrorThe formula is more risky, as well as focused today. Many of their sections ultimately become predictions about the use – or abuse – various technologies. In addition, his cultural and special influence, The darkest side that completes each current is moving and detecting.
The second chapter of the fourth season, ArcangelHe reflected on control through location devices. In the conspiracy, the worried mother impresses her daughter’s device to follow each of her steps. Something, which, of course, turns the everyday life of a teenager into a terrible version of the destruction of identity and autonomy. A curious fact? Popular ARTAG Apple is currently used for similar functions. Something, which includes adaptation To the soles of children’s shoes to find out their location in real time.
Generation horror
The phenomenon of studying reality to create a reliable approach that significantly enriched the point of view on the point of view Black mirror About technology. But, according to its creator, Charlie Brooker, also knows that every advantage often has an ominous side. In an interview with 2023, the screenwriter explained that although he loves technology and appreciates use, he is always worried about the price. Turning the events that can cover From the loss of identity to personal freedom.
Thanks to the interests of its creator in the technology world, the series manages to investigate in all types of situations that become more ambiguous and extreme, delivery in delivery. In the fifth season, episode Amazing vipers He reflected on the personality that someone suggests in the virtual world. Bye Joan AvfulFrom the sixth supply, he made about the limits of telecracy and the disappearance of confidentiality. All topics that are of great importance in the modern world.
Dark lesson
Despite the fact that it is an anthological series, Black mirror He has a point of view on science, future, technology and world Online This connects all his chapters. It is confident that any progress or evolution in any of these scenarios can quickly become a dangerous weapon. Even a tool that is becoming more cruel and uncontrolled.
In the fourth season, MetachedralOne of the most terrible chapters of production is exploring the general decrease in society, as we know it. But instead of imagining bombs, armed attacks or clashes with a high war, the end of time seemed to be associated with the collapse of the use of robotics. The turn of events that became more and more terrible Show yourself the last enemy that people could face.
The message, not being ethical moral, seems that our life, as we know it, is in a dangerous balance for collective technological solutions. What can assume that the pessimistic future, which represents the series, is only a consequence of clumsy or cultural ingenuity. Anxious and winding idea in What Black mirror He investigated for only ten years in the air.
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