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The Black Mirror plot about AI that worries actors::As actors strike in Hollywood, unions say they want more protection from artificial intelligence.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you feel that it's so-so because it's way closer to reality than other episodes?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not really. It just felt a little too "out there" in my opinion compared to other Black Mirror episodes. I imagine those who didn't like the Ashley Too/Miley Cyrus episode had similar complaints with Season 5 in general.

It's not the worst episode though. U.S.S. Callister takes that crown for me, there was a glaring plothole with the way the DNA transfer worked. How did the memories of the people whose DNA was collected transferred?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dude they have tech that streams directly into their brains. Probably just made a cookie from a scan from one of their game button node things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

There was just something about the episode that didn't grip me tbh, but it wasn't because of it being closer to reality. I'm bad at articulating that sorta thing outside of music lmao.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Joan is Awful seemed like the most realistic to me of this season. A couple episodes this season were basically fantasy instead of sci-fi.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually thought the one after that about the murder documentary was more realistic. More on the drama side of things than a sci-fi but still very Black Mirror.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah I forgot about that. It was basically normal.