What would have happened if they didn't fly through the wormhole? If they didn't and Daly was still in the game, would he have endured the same fate? Why can't he just leave the game if it was deleted?

Why would flying into the wormhole update the game? Do players in the actual game have to fly through a wormhole to update their game?

I under the wormhole is the update but it doesn't seem to have any rules to it. Just appeared as the "solution"

During the game fight in the neonesque city...what is the name of the song playing in the background? It's quite heavy with synth but I just can't find the track anywhere haha.

Just finished Beyond the sea and I want to know if anyone else had the same thought.

We never actually see David's Machine Body get destroyed. What if the hippie cult was able to insert a cult members' brain inside David's Machine Body. (When the cult took the hand with the watch on it I thought it was symbolic of them taking his body from him, because the watch is tied to his real body)

The entire movie except the very beginning, David's body is being controlled by a cult member. Cliff and his family moved to the country side recently and the cult couldn't find his physical location so they planned to go through David's link.

It's strange for a story to drop such a major villain. And strange for the villains to turn themselves in right after a slaughter. They turned themselves in because their job was done. Their mole had implanted.

David's Personality: The cult knew about the 'le mer' song and seductive dance because that was what was going on shortly before the cult's attack on the house, they'd be watching him. As for the painting, it's a hippie cult, one of them was going to be a painter. It's a perfect excuse to want to be on earth.

At the beginning of the movie David is sweet and by the end he's a creep. A totally different person. Grief changes a person, but I don't expect that kind of grief to make you cruel. David sacrificed his life to be an astronaut, he wasn't an envious person and he clearly was a happy husband and father. He treats his family so much better than Cliff treats his. And that could be an argument for why David could be expected to kill Cliff's family. But David wasn't that kind of person, and that is established in the introduction scenes. There's no reason to believe David is an unreliable narrator at the beginning of the episode.

The hippie cult punished all the 'abominations.'

I'm late to watching this episode so if anyone already thought of this, then disregard!

I will forever stand by that some of the best acting in the whole show is in this episode. From the way Kenny wet himself to the way he reacted before giving them his phone number, it was so insanely well done. Even the more subtle hints that he’s a perverted pedophile at the start, like how he’s not into the of-age woman’s advances, or the way he smiled at the little girl, are so well done.

Which is why the two mentions of “random stranger” can’t be coincidence. The first time we see him is right after Kenny meets the older guy (somehow forgot his name despite watching it around seven times since release - did they ever give it to us?). It’s this young, sweaty looking lad in the hotel reception on his phone. The camera focuses on him for an absurd amount of time through Kenny, and i refuse to believe an episode like this, a SHOW like this would do that for no reason.

Then later when the older guy drives off while Kenny is robbing the bank, he reappears and says “some guy on his phone made me nervous”. Same guy? Maybe. Is he the hacker, or am I overthinking it? Or is this common knowledge I just haven’t cottoned on to?

hi i have a discord server and i share my screen there whenever i watch something, but nobody joins in the server haha.

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If I were to recommend Black Mirror to a friend, what do you guys think I should let her watch first? Which episodes are best for first time watchers? thank you!!

Watching CNN at 9:50 election night and I feel like I’m in an episode.

Okay.. so I’m currently rewatching-bingeing all the seasons.

In the ending here… is this saying that Liam isn’t the father of the baby and Jonas is?

Was writing a quiz questions about car accidents in TV (don't ask) and i wanted to include a black mirror question. As I thought about it it dawned on me that soo many episodes that feature car crashes. Here's what I'm sure is a fairly extensive list The entire history of you, Be right back, San Junipero, Crocodile, Metalhead, Smithereens, Loch Henry, Mazey Day and Demon 1979. To me personally this seems like it's starting to be a bit overused.

the substance (2024) feels like a missing episode of black mirror

So… are we just gonna not help Stefan?

Anyone interested in a rerun discord ?

So question, was the girl who drank the poison and forced the other guy to drink the poison, was she supposed to be schizophrenic? or was she really being pestered by some outside influence/organization? The only clue we get that makes you think she may not be schizophrenic is that her profile is not able to be seen, it has a block on it.

It's been awhile since I've seen this episode so I may have remembered or interpreted it wrong but just curious what everyone else's take on that bit was?

It gives “future dystopian” vibes but it’s really just us. It’s the world today.

We are all just living boring, repetitive days, powering the system, working long days in exchange for numbers on our bank account. For things we think we need.

Most of us can’t or won’t afford premium products so we have to settle for ads, and they are very much forced upon us, so that is also beautifully portrayed here.

We thought technology would set us free but it has created a prison for our minds. Most are clueless and aimlessly existing.

We can watch others who’ve had the luck or a perceived talent to become more than us, and some have sold their soul to escape the slavery. Sick of the ordinary.

The content on prime time TV is utter gobshite.

This episode is very emotionally and psychologically disturbing, and the reason for this is its resemblance to our lives today.

It has blown my mind, and definitely gave me a lot to contemplate. It’s one of those that will seldom be ever able to escape my mind.

I think most likely, an investigation would be started by the police into the blackmail scams. If Kenny doesn't commit suicide in prison, which is a very real possibility, then I think there's a chance he'd receive counselling and probably put on the sex offenders register. Then again, there's other factors to consider, such as the possibility of the video being faked - we know it wasn't, but Kenny's defence lawyers could use that point to their advantage. He'd not get charged for murder or robbery, as he was forced to do it.

I mean White Christmas, San Junipero and Space Fleet, for example. Do they really realize that they are alive? In White Christmas they don't even have a body at first and if they don't have a brain, they are just code, then their "I am alive and this is me, this is really me!" is just a script and an algorithm of actions?

It's hard for me to express my thought... But you know, if I hit an NPC in the game and he tells me "Please don't hit me, it hurts a lot, it really hurts!", oh shit, it really hurts?? Is he alive?! But it's just a script, of course these are just prepared phrases.

I said a lot of unnecessary water, the main idea is that if you see all their suffering, it causes anxiety and pity for them, you want to help them. But in fact, this is an illusion and there is emptiness in their "head" because they are not alive?

If you could upload your consciousness to a computer database, your personality and everything… let’s say one day you’re just done with it and you tell them to switch you off. Do you think society would consider that assisted suicide and leave you trapped in silicon forever?

WHITE BEAR, cmon that’s my number one for sure then all the rest r super good and all go second however white bear clears for me endured so much emotions while watching it, and really has a deep deep meaning behind it amazing episode wow

Source: https://danburonline.substack.com/p/lab-grown-brain-embodied-in-vr https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/22/human_brain_tissue_butterfly_simulation/

might be kind of stupid asking this to a group of people who love it but i want an answer. I don't know what it is about. i thought it was a series of one story. Are the episodes at all linked? I've heard it mentioned before and i knew it had something to do with a distopian future or technology or something. please let me know if its worth watching

To start off this is just my personal opinion so if you disagree comment below what you like more!

Season 1: The Entire History of You (Episode 3). Phenomenal episode, it is in within my top 3 episodes ever for this show. Watching both the first time and second time was a great experience for me, and shows how a what was supposed to be an everyday helpful tool can actually have disastrous consequences. Again just a phenomenal episode.

Season 2: White Christmas (Episode 4). A little bit of bias here as it was the first episode I ever saw of Black Mirror, but it is still my favorite episode by far from this show. This episode I feel shows the excellent story telling and narratives that Black Mirror tries to encapsulate every episode. From the three separate stories being told in this episode and how they all lead together was incredible. The acting, especially from John Hamm... speechless. I feel this is the peak people talk about with Black Mirror and its power of story telling, twists, and a sense of wow this is what future can look like.

Season 3: Shut Up and Dance (Episode 3). Another packed amazing season, was really hard to decide which episode I liked the most but I think it's this one. First time watching this episode you have no idea what's going on and are just hoping the main guy can just survive and get through what he needs to only to find out how messed up he is was insane. And again a second watch makes this episode even better with the little cues you can pick up on. Another amazing episode.

Season 4: USS Callister (Episode 1). This was a jam packed episode that it took me three tries to watch because the first 15 minutes or so threw me off. But after my friends told me to stop being an idiot and actually watch the entire episode I was in for a loop. I know I said White Christmas is my favorite episode, but it might actually be this one. So many twists, an interesting and cool world with great actors and understandable motives, as well as one of the best questions that Black Mirror always tries to ask, "was the antagonist in the wrong and does he deserve his fate?" He for sure does but again he is only hurting artificial life, "people" who are made up of 1's and 0's and aren't actually real. Actual phenomenal episode.

Season 5: Smithereens (Episode 2). In my opinion this was the weakest season of Black Mirror, cool concepts like in episode 1 and 3 but poor execution and story telling. At least thats what I think. But episode 2, now thats a great episode until the last second. While it doesn't utilize technology to the same extent as other episodes, its central plot and characters feel more real to me. And I was gasping at the very end.

Season 6: Beyond the Sea (Episode 3). In my opinion this was the only great episode of this season. The other episodes range from terrible to cool concept but eh story telling. Not this one though, when the season dropped my friends and I watched this episode and were in awe. We spent the entire episode wrongly guessing where the story was gonna take us and what the "big bad" or "final twist" was going to be. I can say it was phenomenal. Aaron Paul, Josh Hartnett, and Kate More were all amazing on this episode. Sadly though this episode has no real competition on being the best (and I think most people if not everyone should agree that this was the best episode of the season).

As I said these are my thoughts, if you disagree comment below and remember, there are no wrong opinions :))))) (Unless you want to try and defend season 5 and 6, then your opinion is wrong).