Re: I am currently watching television programmes
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 5:48 am
AhabsOtherLeg wrote:Did anybody else see the Black Mirror episode "White Bear"?
I thought it was pretty good, but I usually do like Charlie Brooker's stuff. Just realised I have nothing at all to say about it though. It was pretty good.
It seems like the sort of punishment program that would appeal to angry folks looking for justice, possibly after a period of heightened awareness (verging on or perhaps fully into neo-PTSD) about the quantity of senseless violence in society, but that no one could actually have the nerve to start.
but then, COPS is now in it's 25th season. so what do I know about what's acceptable?
It all hinges on the very conveniently selective memory eraser device, yet it didn't make clear that they ALSO had to erase the criminals memory of having heard about, seen, etc the very punishment program they've been put into. You'd think early on she'd be like, "oh wait, this must be that thing, I must have committed a terrible crime. While I think it's plausible to remove say, the last 48 hours of memory, I don't think anything would ever be able to make a person completely forget about as complex and interlinked a memory as say, ones 24 years of experience with the existence of COPS. March 11th will mark it's 24th year of continuous production. I never see it, haven't in over a decade, kinda had forgot about it in a way
but that quibble aside, it was a well made "speculative fiction" story in the grand tradition.
Well done Charlie Brooker. (he's doing another weekly wipe series too)
I didn't much care for the 1st ep of this 2nd season, but so it goes. 3rd looks good.