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Ta antologia science fiction obejmuje wizje bliskiej przyszłości, w której mroczna strona ludzkiej natury wypacza największe technologiczne wynalazki. (Netflix)
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"Basically the world we live in." Holding up satirical, unflattering mirrors to Western civilization, to us, to you, to everybody... And through a triptych (so far) of stories, each of which is unique, and is unafraid of being original, controversial, worrying and cuttingly accurate, but never a trace of cheap moralizing or literal. Here they touch lightly on things, letting your mind and imagination do the work, but the end result is that much more powerful for it. Without exception it is outstandingly written, acted and filmed. And, thanks to the budget, it looks convincing and they don’t have to pretend that pasteboard studio scenery is the latest in touch-screen technology.
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At first, I had a feeling that I just needed to tune in to the specific corrosive mood, later I believed that the best episodes were yet to come, but even after five seasons, my disappointment had not improved. The title explicitly suggests that it will address issues of contemporary society, but I cannot shake the impression that despite the diversity of themes, the individual plots are almost always about the same thing in the end. In more than half of the stories, the latest technological innovations appear and are eventually misused by people to disadvantage, humiliate, or even kill either someone close to them, a stranger, or themselves. And however technically well made the series is as a whole, that depressing routine always kicks in almost immediately.
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Several waves of scientific and technological revolution have significantly raised our average standard of living and allowed us to surround ourselves with interesting technological toys, but the development of society lags behind the capabilities of technology. We are still slaves to our emotions and our biological nature, facing very similar problems that previous generations had to deal with. Corruption, abuse of official positions, and populism appeared in the politics of ancient Rome and we still face them today. We continue to fall ill, age, and die; today, we strive to start families and succeed in the job market, i.e., to succeed in life. Black Mirror is a series that depicts people in the not-so-distant future, exploring where specific inventions can take us, how they will influence our lives, and how easily they can be misused. Technologies have no morality or ideology; it always depends on people how they handle them. However, because the creators of the series added the adjective "black" to that mirror, I think it is clear that skepticism prevails among them, and the visions of the future are disturbing and tuned in dark tones. Although some episodes contain elements of irony and comedy, it is a sarcastic and dark humor. While the quality of individual stories may vary, as a whole, I consider Black Mirror to be one of the most successful achievements in the field of television production in the sci-fi genre. Overall impression: 90%.
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