I do love some cozy, optimistic sci-fi.
Well, as others have said, Black Mirror is definitely not cozy/optimistic. In my opinion, it’s easy to miss the final point of San Junipero. You have to have watched the episode White Christmas. If you’ve seen that episode, you know what cookies are and you know that there is an implication in the last seconds of San Junipero that, in my opinion, is pretty dark.
Still the best fucking episode though.
Banana@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Oh honey.
That’s only that episode. That episode is an outlier
The rest of the show is pessimistic dystopia at best.
restingOface@quokk.au 2 hours ago
There are a few that are not.
spoiler
Banana@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Oh I hadn’t seen those, good to know!
restingOface@quokk.au 2 hours ago
But you are right, those are definitely outliers. If an episode seems like it is a feel good romp, there is usually some dark existential twist just around the corner.