On Friday, October 21st, Black Mirror returns on Netflix with six bold and brutal new episodes featuring its trademark cracked-yet-accurate take on technology and society.
An anthology series in the vein of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, Black Mirror -- from creator Charlie Brooker -- deals with dark, sometimes-satirical themes relating to the decline of human interaction and empathy with the rise of new technologies. Not every episode is a sci-fi mindbender, but every episode is more or less about how our mechanisms for caring and sympathy are on the brink of crumbling. Sometimes Black Mirror shows us the dark side of where we are now, sometimes it gives us grim glimpses of where we might be headed. Every time though, it's a mesmerizing ride.
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An anthology series in the vein of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, Black Mirror -- from creator Charlie Brooker -- deals with dark, sometimes-satirical themes relating to the decline of human interaction and empathy with the rise of new technologies. Not every episode is a sci-fi mindbender, but every episode is more or less about how our mechanisms for caring and sympathy are on the brink of crumbling. Sometimes Black Mirror shows us the dark side of where we are now, sometimes it gives us grim glimpses of where we might be headed. Every time though, it's a mesmerizing ride.
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