Incredible! Seven seasons had to pass so that this writer and series lover decided to see “Black Mirror” for the first time.
Do not be misunderstood: yes, I had read that it was a spectacular series, which played deep songs mixing science fiction with an almost magical touch of reality and imagination. But I never imagined that its content would be the narrative wonder that I found.
“Black Mirror”, and Netflix, Not only tell you about the future: he tells you about you, what you consume, what you ignore, what you normalize. And he does it so bright that Each episode feels like an awkward conversation with your consciousness.
Until now, I have only seen the last season, and I must say that it has fascinated me. Each of the six episodes, With its charm and originality, it shows a reality in which we have immersed ourselves in such a natural way in recent years, where technology, which at some point was a tool, now it covers us, defines us and, in many cases, controls us.
“Black Mirror” He does what he knows best: shake to observe what we have created and what we are allowing.
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In these episodes, The series is not limited to predicting a distant future, but takes what we already live and takes it to the extreme, showing us how our decisions and technological addictions can have much deeper consequences than we imagine.
After a pause, the anthology of Charlie Brooker returns with its seventh season, and does it as always: bothering, questioning and, above all, reminding us that technology is not good or bad … just magnifies what we are.
In this delivery, The series maintains its dystopic DNA, But it is also allowed to play with other genres, from the fantastic to the absurdly realistic, demonstrating that true terror does not always come from the future, but from the present.
But entering episodes more, social networks have turned with comments from two specific chapters since, although they address different topics, they leave you thinking about the same thing: how technology is transforming our humanity.
Episode 1 (“common people”) He has been classified as the most disturbing of this season, with his disturbing proposal to “clone” a person’s awareness to keep him close after death, challenging our idea of what he really means losing someone.
On the other hand, El episodio 2 (“black beast”) It has been considered the best episode of this delivery, exploring how memories and perceptions of reality can be manipulated by corporations, causing us to question ourselves if we will ever own our own history.
Both, with their unique approaches, show us a future that is closer to what we imagine, and leave us with the feeling that technology is not only changing our life, but our identity itself.
In the end, “Black Mirror” is a mirror that reflects us as we are, showing us the face of our relationship with technology. And although it can be uncomfortable, that is precisely the beauty of the series: it forces us to see what we would prefer to ignore.
