![]() ![]() It carried us to a variety of places and introduced us to many different types of people.īut Black Mirror keeps showing us the same kind of people in the same kind of future (far enough off that they have some tech we don’t have, but not far enough that the world looks wholly different). TZ took us far into the past and well into the future. So to hear Black Mirror touted as a modern version of it rings hollow to me, no matter how interesting it may be to watch a story about, say, implanted memory chips and their potential misuse.Īnother advantage of an anthology is that you can enjoy a wide variety of stories. ![]() They’ll pull you right along until the last frame - then leave you there, feeling battered. I could add more questions, but you get the point. Will a politician be forced into a session of televised bestiality, with the whole world watching? Will a sweet girl who just wants to sing be turned into another porn actress? Will a man consumed with jealousy over one of his wife’s ex-boyfriends resort to assault and humiliation in his quest to find the truth? As we listen to his concluding narrations, we feel as if we want to try harder.īlack Mirror shows us the dark side as well. The problem is, it leaves us there. ![]() We can overcome suspicion and hatred.Īnd it worked. We don’t have to tear each other apart, he said. He didn’t leave us to wallow in misery - he kept encouraging us to be better. And it’s true that Serling didn’t shrink from showing us the dark side of human nature (“ The Shelter” and “ The Monsters are Due on Maple Street” being two notable examples).īut one of the hallmarks of Serling’s writing was his faith in humanity. Yes, TZ had its share of downbeat endings (hello, Henry Bemis). Black Mirror is pitched as being inline with The Twilight Zone, but The Twilight Zone was never this depressing. ![]()
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