This post contains spoilers For 7 season « black mirror ».
If the « Black Mirror » Charlie Broke invaded the stage in 2011, He had a finger on the pulse of all the speculative fiction. Think that the most reasonable, distinguished bytes, inscribed in the format of the ontology, studying everything: from the particular data and identity of the consumer to the virtual spheres of consciousness in the sci-fi environment. Even the most medium -sized episodes were underpinned by a guard vision, as every story emphasized an important truth. However the drop in quality was obvious by the time Season 6 swept that had already stretched the prerequisites to its borders. Season 7 seems to have gone in the footsteps of its predecessor, offering a mixed bag of disappointing fairy tales that do not create a lasting impression. It is almost as if the « black mirror » lost the edge.
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Having said this, there are several episodes that study a solid prerequisite in the last season. Toby Hainens « Bête Noire » – one of themTaking an interesting (if predictable) approach to the concept of changed reality. The episode opens with the confectionery Whiz Maria (Siena Kelly), checking her last batch of Miso Jam Chocolates (!) With his guy Kay (Michael Work). Mary seems to find out her life: she is the head of the development of the chocolate company, where her artistry, which does not get out of the box, is deeply appreciated. During the group testing, the Miso Jam Treats Party Treats pops up a familiar face. Verity, which went to the same school as Mary, performs on testing, by improving the opinion of the group about the party of goodies, which was initially poorly received.
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Does Bête noire create an emotional reunion, or is it Verity’s arrival as a moody? Given the tendency to « ontology » to the gloomy narrative, the episode leaves to the latter, creating situations that cause tense paranous for both dreams and viewers. The very nature of reality calls into question, as well as the authority of dreams as the main character, as a fact and fiction, blurred into a chaotic porridge. Only if you think that the episode has done a decent work on the use of its narrative ace, does it dissolve the lame, lazy, which completes that it destroys everything he worked on. Let’s talk about it.
The end of Bête noire removes the episode of its scattered merit
Mary sets unwavering personal faith because of the movement: there is something « off » about Verity, because she used to be an unpopular geek in high school, which spent most of her time in the computer class. This assessment certainly cannot be accepted for the denomination, since Mary’s conversations about Verity are extremely expressed by her own uncertainty and middle girl. If anything, the verts were the one that mocked popular people, such as Mary at school, forced to exist on sidelines when ridiculed. This aspect of Mary’s character seems rather transparent when she reacts negatively to the fact that loyalty hired as a scientific assistant in her campaign, where her deep prejudices about a woman begin to look acute.
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While Mary’s deficiencies are introduced into the truth (which makes us overestimate our claims about Verte), the episode gradually reveals the back. As Mary’s life passes, the life of Mary will in turn where the small details about her life change in the blink of the eyes. The chicken store (which Mary knew for many years) magically changes its name (the subversive use of the Mandela effect) and the ingredient based on seaweed, it mentions in a non-pig email. For obvious reasons, she blames Verita, which seems to be upset with the increasing paranoid behavior of Mary. When the culmination unfolds, we find out that we have guessed all the time. Verity is harmful as the hell, and here to take revenge after mastering the way to change the reality by whim.
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Predictability can be the name of the game in « Bête noire », but it approaches the study of interesting issues about random cruelty and its effects throughout life. People such as Mary can deliberately erase the ill -wing aspects of their past when they grow, but those affected by its cruelty will always remember. Verity armed armed weapons against her bullies using it to be the one who wants, including the figure, decent worship. But these reasonable topics are postponed at the end, where Maria shoots at Vertei and uses a reality manipulation signal … « Empress of the universe ». This funny concept is interpreted with insincere almost There was a point to think.
This end gives us nothing. This is a shallow police officer to avoid accounting for Mary, which is now on a megalo -shaped trip with endless capabilities rather than to face the consequences or growing as a person. There are also no rivets of sci-fi tropes, since the invention of the Verity is just McGufin, which is quickly overcome. Essentially, « Bête noire » feels quite empty, and its impetus leaves the rails when Mary presses the condemned button on one of Verity’s suspension.
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