Black Mirror Should Learn From The Last Of Us How To Balance Humanity, Horror, & Dystopia
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 26, 2023
The whole gimmick of "Black Mirror" has traditionally been that technology is amazing, but also bad; the title of the show itself literally refers to the black rectangle we all stare at when our phone screen isn't lit up. From the worst uses of a Google Glass-type tech in "The Entire History of You" to a demented way to grieve in "Be Right Back" to the horrific video game in "Playtest" and beyond, "Black Mirror" imagines the most inventive technology and then immediately shows us how that could go horribly wrong with bad intentions.
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