As a standalone psychological drama, this would be perfectly decent movie entertainment. However, it most certainly *isn't* the Black mirror we know and love. Black mirror is all about the faceless evils of modern technology which affect the everyday person. This episode, however, has a clear villain, it isn't relatable, as the only person really affected by it isn't someone like me and it doesn't make me feel like this could ever happen to me. And instead of the gloomy dread that usually comes with a BM episode, we are given action sequences and flashy entrances, and a conclusive ending where the technology that was a problem in the beginning isn't a problem (or a thing at all) anymore.
Secondly, the actual peace of technology in question was such a missed opportunity. Appliances and software such as Siri and Alexa terrify me to my very core, so I was very much looking forward to seeing how they will tackle it. And it was so disappointing, because it was completely glossed over. Surely, a better episode could be written with a product that is constantly listening in every conversation in the room, picking it up, and storing it. I hope the next season will get us a more satisfying take on "cloud based voice services".
As I said, as a standalone film, this was a perfectly decent entertainment. However, it did feel much more like a therapeutical project for Miley Cyrus (and I'm not mocking her here - she had a wild period in her life a few years ago as a consequence of being a celebrity which had an effect on her life, so channeling this was probably helpful to her growth). It didn't make me feel like how it should have though.
Secondly, the actual peace of technology in question was such a missed opportunity. Appliances and software such as Siri and Alexa terrify me to my very core, so I was very much looking forward to seeing how they will tackle it. And it was so disappointing, because it was completely glossed over. Surely, a better episode could be written with a product that is constantly listening in every conversation in the room, picking it up, and storing it. I hope the next season will get us a more satisfying take on "cloud based voice services".
As I said, as a standalone film, this was a perfectly decent entertainment. However, it did feel much more like a therapeutical project for Miley Cyrus (and I'm not mocking her here - she had a wild period in her life a few years ago as a consequence of being a celebrity which had an effect on her life, so channeling this was probably helpful to her growth). It didn't make me feel like how it should have though.