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Black Mirror and The History of Science Fiction (Patreon)

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2018-02-01 02:10:24
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How does the Black Mirror look when viewed against yesterday's futures?

Yes, I shall be the first Internet Man to talk about Black Mirror. Truly am I a pioneer.

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Black Mirror and The History of Science Fiction

How does the Black Mirror look when viewed against yesterday's futures?

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Thomas Hale

This was a really great video, and thank you for not defaulting to the typical online criticism of BM as some kind of reactionary "technology bad!" brow-beating. One thing you doesn't touch on, which I think is relevant to understanding Brooker's approach toBlack Mirror, is his short series Nathan Barley, that he made with Chris Morris in 2005. It has a lot of themes that act as precursor to BM: social tyranny, accelerated technology in the hands of incompetent humans, people carving out their hyper-specific niches in an impersonal world. (Or maybe you did talk about it in an earlier draft but it got cut for time!)

MercuryBuddha

You Sir, are a poet and a scholar. Excellent content as usual.