Loved Nosedive
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maidenfine — 9 years ago(October 29, 2016 08:58 AM)
What I loved most about this one, is how many layers it worked on. It speaks to the prison we put ourselves in when we focus too much on our social media persona. It speaks about censorship. It has ideas about the way we treat those who have and those who don't (just replace the social media score with money or credit score). There's just so much there to unpack. That's what I've enjoyed about most episodes of Black Mirror. I end up watching them slower than any other show because I'm still thinking about an episode several days later.
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Pep_88 — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 10:38 AM)
It was pretty brilliant. It was less about social media as it was about social engineering. Trying to make a statement about people too caught up in social media would be like a Captain Obvious type commentary. The episode was more about political correctness being enforced on people, and what happens when you don't comply - or simply have bad luck. I thought the way everyone dressed in pastel colors indicated you would be given a negative ranking if you wore dark colors. Or earned some positive ranking points by downvoting people who wore dark colors. Then the one person who was dressed normal was the guy in the jail at the end - which confirmed my initial idea.
It wasn't about a lady too caught up in social media and rankings. It was all about the setting, which was based on some app which was engineering society to behave in a certain way. -
chick_flick — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 02:56 PM)
I think the rating app is actually a metaphor for what we as humans are already doing on a subconscious level. We are already rating people in our minds based on their beauty/popularity/wealth/self-confidence/politeness etc. etc. As humans we tend to be willing to go the extra mile for goodlooking or rich people. If Lacie had been prettier or had a better ranking, the guy at the charging station would've been more helpful or sympathetic to help her find a correct charger.
We "rate" people in our minds and then act and treat them accordingly. -
exatera — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 02:58 PM)
Lacie was quite pretty, though. I mean, compare her to the high-ranking woman she shared elevator rides with, for instance.
She just wasn't what you would call "hot".
I agree with you on the other points, though, and have made them myself in other threads. -
Meldove — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 04:37 PM)
I enjoyed it, I agree the cinematography was really well done, the beautiful use of color and so forth. I noticed as her numbers were dropping things seemed to be drabber in color. It was interesting to me, because people barely communicated anymore - it would just be an occasional pleasantry and then ranking on the phone. I think the reason I love the ending so much was because it seemed like such a release - two people exchanging communication, even if they were hurling insults at each other. Maybe, I'm a hopeless romantic, but I could see them having an actual relationship whenever they get out of jail! LOL!
As far us heading in this direction, it is scary. I refuse to use social media anymore, I don't like where it's heading. One thing I've noticed when we go out dinner I will see a whole family not communicating at all, they are all on separate devices - when did a nice dinner out become about being on devices instead of verbal communication? Our family rule is and has always been, no devices at dinner, if we're out to dinner or having dinner at home. It is scary where it's heading, people are communicating less and less and relying on their devices more and more. -
Paynebyname — 9 years ago(October 30, 2016 04:45 PM)
I thought it was a great tale. Frightening because it was all so possible and very real.
Given Brooker's penchant for bad endings, I wasn't expecting a way out for the lead character but her final exchange with the guy in the cells hinted at a new and blossoming 'genuine' interaction.
Excellent work by all involved.
Small moves Ellie, small moves