Have you heard? Netflix is standing up again.
Recently, Netflix held TUDUM, the world's annual fan event, and released a series of teasers.
Netflix's "3-Body Problem", which has been full of controversy since the beginning of the project, is scheduled for January next year.
The Lifetime series Hi +1 "One Piece Live Action", scheduled for August 31.
"3 Bodies" will be discussed in detail later, and it will not be expanded here
Director Za's new film "Moon Rebel", the world's hit "Squid Game 2", the zombie Korean drama "Sweet Home 2"...
All the intelligence was released in one breath.
Just as the world's eyes were focused on Netflix, the pie was painted at the same time that it was appetizing.
Who would have thought that Netflix's backyard caught fire, and a series fired at its own platform:
Streaming monopoly, big data meanness, Hollywood snobbery...
"They squeezed the century-old film industry into one app!"
Poke the scale of the Netfly lung tube.
When I go crazy, I scold myself with the strength of my own scolding.
Familiar recipe, familiar taste.
Looking at the world, only one veteran divine drama can be filmed.
After four years, I finally waited——
"Black Mirror Season 6"
Black Mirror Season 6
2023.6.15
Black Mirror
Whether you still like Black Mirror or not, you should always admit that it was one of the greatest sci-fi thrillers.
The series was created by British ghost screenwriter Charlie Brooke, and has launched 6 seasons + 2 movie specials.
The series is mainly short and concise, with only 3~6 episodes per season, and the length varies from 40~80 minutes.
The plots of each episode are opposing each other, the style is all-encompassing, and occasionally there is an Easter egg linkage of the "Black Mirror Universe".
New viewers can chase from the beginning or pick a story of interest.
"Black Mirror Season 1", "Black Mirror Season 2", "Black Mirror: Christmas Special", "Black Mirror Season 3"
"Black Mirror Season 4", "Black Mirror: Pandersnake", "Black Mirror Season 5", "Black Mirror Season 6"
The so-called "black mirror" refers to the black mirror of digital devices such as mobile phones and computers when the screen is turned off.
"You find that every wall, every table, every pair of palms you live and face has the same thing: a shiny TV or a smartphone screen, like a black mirror that coldly reflects our lives."
Most of the story in the series is set in a dystopia in the near future.
It revolves around a black story that is brain-opening and terrifying.
It reflects the impact of science and technology on human beings at hand, and vents human doubts and fears about the development of science and technology.
In 2011, Black Mirror premiered on British television Channel4.
Three brain hole short films.
With "black political irony", "dystopian imagination", and "the relationship torn apart by technology", it shocked the world.
Douban 9.4, climbed to the top of the divine drama.
It's a pity that the well-made "Black Mirror" is ultimately "applauded or not sold".
After the second season aired, Channel 4 abandoned the renewal on the grounds that "the production cost was too high".
Charlie Brooke was cornered and had to find Netflix to take over.
The main creative team and story background also shifted to the American style.
As you can imagine, "Black Mirror" has deteriorated since then, and it has been crotch pulling season by season.
Finally, the fifth season of Broken Can Broken ushered in an epic word-of-mouth rollover.
The whole network group ridiculed and suspended the development of the series.
In 2022, Charlie Brooke polished the script behind closed doors for three years, and officially announced the restart of "Black Mirror" production.
It is claimed that "the sixth season will be the most turning, the most difficult to classify, and the most unexpected season".
The following five episodes were launched –
plot
"Joan sucks"
Starring: Anne Murphy/Salma Hayek
Joan is a middle-aged woman who does nothing.
Just like all ordinary people, her life has small accidents, and there are small lucks that she encounters unexpectedly...
Occasionally, there are little secrets that are unbearable.
One day, she went home and habitually turned on the TV, wanting to find a random drama killing time.
Streamberry (Black Mirror version of Netflix) has launched a new drama "Joan Sucks".
In the play, Salma Hayek plays Joan, bringing her life to the screen intact.
And, of course, the dirty privacy of her life.
Overnight, Joan's life changed drastically.
Lovers, friends, and colleagues abandoned her;
Netizens and passers-by used her as a talking point after tea.
And that's just the beginning.
Every day of Joan's life was instantly exposed on television, she was judged by audiences around the world.
Life falls apart, and Joan can only stop at nothing to fight magic with magic...
"Lake Henry"
Starring: Samuel Blenkin / Michaela Herold
Film student Davis and his girlfriend Pia return to their hometown, Lake Henry.
It is a beautiful and sparsely populated town.
In order to shoot a documentary for the local "intangible cultural heritage", the couple returned here.
However, when the two visited the town, they accidentally found that there was a more worthy subject -
Once upon a time, there was a perverted murderer in the town who specialized in kidnapping and torturing tourists.
Fortunately, Davis' police father stepped forward to bring the killer to justice.
But he also died in the fight with the murderer, and the case was gradually forgotten.
The couple hit it off and planned to shoot a crime documentary of a perverted murderer instead.
After all, this is much more interesting than "intangible cultural heritage", and maybe it can be sold to Netflix to make money.
Unexpectedly, the townspeople were not interested in this.
Do everything you can to obstruct the two from uncovering the dark secrets of the town...
"The Other Side of the Sea"
Starring: Aaron Paul / Josh Harnett / Kate Mara
The story takes place in 1969 in a parallel universe.
Astronauts David and Cliff embarked on a 6-year space mission.
During the long space trip, the duo was tasked with maintaining the space station from time to time.
To do this, NASA created clones of the two.
This allows them to switch their consciousness back to Earth at any time and spend leisure time with their families.
Thoughtful and proper arrangement, but still did not escape the accident.
A gang of cultists came to the door to murder David's Earth clone and his entire family.
Without the clone, David is stranded on the space station.
The pain of losing his family and boundless loneliness made his actions more and more extreme.
To help David out of trouble, but also to protect the flesh from being implicated.
Cliff proposes that David could borrow his clone.
Occasionally return to Earth to relax and breathe in the fresh air.
This is supposed to be the best of both worlds.
Unexpectedly, David, who returned to Earth, had other ambitions to occupy the Magpie's Nest...
"Messie Day"
Starring: Shaki Baez / Clara Luga
The story takes place in the mid-20th century.
The protagonist, Bo, is an experienced paparazzi photographer.
Not long ago, she photographed a celebrity scandal, which caused the star to be cornered and forced to commit suicide by public opinion.
Xiaobo felt guilty and made up his mind to quit this immoral industry.
However, a few weeks later, in the face of the pressure of survival, Xiaobo was still shaken.
When popular actress Metzie Day suddenly disappeared after the hit-and-run, she disappeared.
Gossip magazine set up a large prize to reward Messie Day's exclusive photos.
In order to solve the urgent need for survival, Xiaobo had to return to his old business.
She searched everywhere and finally found Messie Day's hiding place;
only to find that behind the disappearance, there is a supernatural conspiracy...
"Devil 79"
Starring: Anjana Vasan / Papa Ursidhoo
The story takes place in 1979.
The protagonist, Nida, is cautious and promises to sell in a department store.
One day, she accidentally found an amulet.
The amulet unleashed a demon named Garp and told her:
For the next three days, she must perform three human sacrifices or the end of the world will come.
At first, Nida didn't think it was a joke.
However, Gapp showed her the apocalyptic aftermath.
She still decided to take matters into practice to punish the wicked herself in order to save humanity.
Since then, Nida has opened the sacrifice of people blocking the killing Buddha and blocking the killing of the Buddha.
As the blood on her hands increased, she couldn't help but wonder:
Is the Garp around him a real demon, or a fantasy in his heart...
Digress
For most viewers, "Black Mirror Season 6" may be the least "Black Mirror" season.
Throughout the five episodes, only 1 or 3 episodes belong to the recognized "Black Mirror" story -
In fictional time and space, it tells the terrifying scientific and technological fantasy and the dark and piercing metaphor of human nature.
Episode 2 belongs to realistic thrillers, and episodes 4 and 5 belong to supernatural fantasy.
Looking at the whole season, it is inevitable that there is a suspicion of "going off topic".
No wonder, the Douban score fell to 7.2 points, second only to the fifth season, and the second lowest word of mouth.
Charlie Brooke responded to "off topic", saying that he had set the theme of the season as a "remake".
After the first season was broadcast, there have been many similar sci-fi thrillers around the world.
He believes that Black Mirror should be a series that cannot be defined and can constantly reinvent itself.
In order to prevent "Black Mirror" from becoming "a unit drama that revolves around consciousness uploading".
He deliberately subverted the "core design" of "Black Mirror" and tried to introduce more diverse time, space, and perspective into the series.
High emotional intelligence: Expanding the boundaries of Black Mirror.
Low emotional intelligence: IP for another 20 years.
Charlie Brooke
In fact, "Black Mirror Season 6" does not break away from the fundamentalist "Black Mirror" -
Needless to say about episodes 1 and 3.
In episode 2, Davis's camera is "Black Mirror", reflecting the nobility and darkness of human nature.
In episode 4, the paparazzi's camera is "Black Mirror", reflecting the mercenary motives of the entertainment industry.
In episode 5, the title says "Red Mirror Movie".
The positioning of this episode is originally a spin-off drama and a side story.
It is disappointing, and in the final analysis, it is the misalignment of the expectation of "hanging sheep's heads and selling dog meat".
Change the name to "Secret No. 9" or "Yin Yang Demon World", and there will not be so many complaints.
After all, the core story of the sixth season is not reflected by word of mouth.
(Heavy spoiler warning ahead)
Let's talk specifically about the two episodes with the best word of mouth.
"Joan sucks".
Borrowing the setting of "Truman's Design" + "The Matrix", Netflix is embodied as "the elephant in the room".
Internet user protocols, big data information thieves, deepfakes, chatgpt...
Streaming media with supreme traffic, under the banner of "entertainment to death", exploits the audience and the industry without a bottom line.
Big data invades audience privacy, and streaming media breaks the rules of film and television.
Everyone is inevitably affected by negative emotions on the screen, amplifying the subtlety and unbearability in their hearts.
In the end, I don't know that streaming media is tailoring works for the audience;
It is still tailoring an audience for capital to "give up the right to choose".
"The Other Side of the Sea"
Whether it is the merry David, who believes in human beings and makes his home in the busy city;
Or the dark and tight Cliff, living in isolation, trapping his wife and children in the suburbs.
Different personalities, opposite choices, the same path leads to the end of the family ruin.
It seems that "the farmer and the snake" and "jealousy makes people unrecognizable" allegory of human nature;
In fact, it is an out-of-control process in which technology amplifies and distorts the ethical conflict of human nature.
As the Great Buddha Plus says:
"Humans can explore outer space, but they can never explore the universe inside others."
Talk to the end, although the sixth season of "Black Mirror" did not perform satisfactorily.
However, from the perspective of Netflix's official attitude, the renewal problem is not big.
Netflix officials changed it to a streamberry body
As for the next sequel, it will return to the extreme madness of "Prime Minister X Pig";
Or continue on the road of "red-orange-yellow-green-blue indigo mirror" forever.
……
In contrast, what is more worth exploring may be -
When our reality is already much more ridiculous than the series, do we still need Black Mirror?