Black Mirror (Incredible TV Show)
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I knew someone was going to say that.
Whatever you think of me, just look up online reactions and reviews of that episode. 95% of them are of the SJW "it's a powerful commentary on how women in our misogynistic, patriarchal society are constantly besieged by toxic masculinity" variety.
Whatever you think of me, just look up online reactions and reviews of that episode. 95% of them are of the SJW "it's a powerful commentary on how women in our misogynistic, patriarchal society are constantly besieged by toxic masculinity" variety.
Broke Black Mirror.
Windom Earle said:
I'll expand on this.
Season five, episode 1 *** Spoiler alert***
This show has devolved into full-blown globo-homo propaganda.
The newest ep is about two old buddies in their late 30s, one of whom is married with a kid, the other still banging young hotties (both dudes are smart, successful, fit black men). After some time apart they reconnect over an online video game, a Street Fighter type of game, only it's played via a VR chip that sticks to your head and turns you into an comatose zombie overdose patient while your mind is in the online game world. So, one of the dudes plays as a female character, and during the fight the two characters start kissing and cuddling. Seriously. This kicks off a gay love affair in the virtual world, only one of them is playing as a woman. In the real world, the dude who's been getting fucked as a female in the VR world turns into a clingy bitch, like "Why haven't you called" type shit. Toward the end they have some kind of dramatic real life meet up in the rain at night. I turned it off at this point, missing the last ten minutes or so.
The social programming could not be more clear: Married men are secretly gay or, at the very least, confused about their sexuality. Because sexuality is just a social construct.
This show was brilliant a long time ago, but the last season was so-so and this episode is utter trash. Not sure if I'll bother with the rest of season five.
You need to watch the last ten minutes. They meet in real life determine they are not gay, fight in.real life and get arrested. Then they come to an understanding and play once a year. I know how the forum hates "globo homo" but they specifically were not gay , and it was a good commentary about how mundane married life can be, a warning about vr/digital sex replacing real life experiences, and how people need emotional connection. Truthfully- this season sucked except for Smithereens I was unimpressed with Black Mirror this season. Last season was far better.
I agree, I thought it was a really good episode and that it focused on black Americans was refreshing (for me), as white British guy. We all hate homo/tranny propaganda, but not every story involving some of it is automatically terrible. It was also an excellent commentary on the boredom of suburban life. Bring on the autistics who've besieged the forum in recent months.
^^^^ You two should exchange gamertags :idea: :tard:
Teedub said:
40% of British people are white men. I've watched most Black Mirror episodes, I'd say 10% of them have white men as protagonists who are not villains. Is that refreshing? Why so excited about an ethnic group on the other side of the world, who incidentally get plenty of pop culture and media coverage, replacing your own ethnicity in this TV series?
Atlanta Man said:
I have to agree. Black Mirror is really at it's best with eps like this. It's all about questions.
The questions here are - what happens when you're given VR tech that gives you a new, perfect body and throws you into a completely real scenario like that fighting game? What if the new body is a womans? Is it gay to fuck your best friend wearing a (simulated) woman's body?
The bit where they meet in real life and realize they're not actually gay was great.
It was the worst season of Black Mirror, by far. I didn't really mind the first two episodes all that much, but the one with Miley Cyrus was a disaster. It felt like it was more about Miley Cyrus than the show itself. Smithereens had the feel like it went on too long also.
questor70 said:
Are you gay if you're fucking a woman who is possessed by the spirit of a man? It's not like he lopped his dick off and got some fake tits. It's a 100% real simulation of a woman's body.
So if that's the case, then you're not gay if you fuck a man that's possessed by the spirit of a woman, right? If you're fucking an AI controlled character that runs both male and female avatars, how gay are you?
Like I said-it's about questions. Ones without obvious answers.
RawGod said:
Black guys are usually portrayed as thugs and lowlifes. These were middle class-type dudes in a layered storyline, not some cliched rubbish. Not everything in life needs viewing through the lens of demographics/black pill and so on, that's no different to the far left viewing everything through the lens of intersectionality.
Malone said:
Yes, if he knows that she's possessed by a man (let alone being friends with said man). At the very least what's going on is your "friend" is driving a blow-up doll and masturbating you via proxy. Not something straight guys do. And if the guy doing the "possessing" is getting off in the process then it's pretty gay. It's not AS gay as actual homosexual sex, but it's going down that slippery slope for sure.
RawGod said:
Just reanswering this as I don't think I properly addressed it. Perhaps my use of the word "refreshing" was irksome, as it's one of those adjectives that appears in SJW articles:"It was so refreshing to play X and feel represented as a queer, black, lesbian, demi-cripple". If this episode was set in Sheffield and was starring Denzel Washington and Idris Elba, then I could see your point. However, it was set in a nondescript US urban centre, with a subset of a ethnic/demographic group British viewers don't often see (middle class black families), so 'interesting' is perhaps a better adjective.
Lastly, regarding white men in TV shows. Think of the most popular TV series of the past 15-20 years... The Sopranos, Lost, Deadwood, Dexter, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Vikings, Last Kingdom. All have many white male protagonists, or at least antiheroes in the case of the criminally themed shows. Yeah, some of these are 20 years old, but they're still beloved and rewatched today. Movies are a better place to look if you want to find an agenda, totally bereft of creativity so supplant it with intersectionality, resulting in garbage like that Captain Marvel shite, which I hand on heart can say I will never watch.
Thot Leader said:
I don't watch this show. But on a long drive today my girl told me about the latest episode.
I recalled seeing this thread active earlier in the day.
As she told me, I said "ah, now it makes sense why the Black Mirror thread was fired up."
Came home, read it, and as usual the forum delivers high comedy!
Read it for her, she bowled over laughing.
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I just watched 5th season. I only liked 2nd episode, others were bad.