Comment on national anthem

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨36⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

  That’s one of the best episodes by far. Honestly, stop while you’re ahead.

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• Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Oh honey.

  That’s only that episode. That episode is an outlier

  The rest of the show is pessimistic dystopia at best.

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  • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    There are a few that are not.

    spoiler

    • Hang the DJ
    • Striking Vipers

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    • Banana@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Oh I hadn’t seen those, good to know!

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      • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨3⁩ ⁨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.

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• HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  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.

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  • restingOface@quokk.au ⁨38⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    What is so dark? I feel like I must be missing something. Their consciousnesses are being maintained by a server farm. But what is dark about that? It just seems optimistic and such how they get to pretend to live in their 20s forever. Nothing like living in a torturous snow globe or whatever.

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    • hansolo@lemmy.today ⁨31⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      forever

      What server farm is forever?

      The series Upload is like taking the idea and giving it its own universe. It’s good, but I’ll ruin the black mirror episode.

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  • muzzle@lemmy.zip ⁨39⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    I’ve watched both White Christmas and St Junipero and I do not see what the implication should be. Care to elaborate?

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• just2look@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Cozy and optimistic is an interesting way to describe that show…

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