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Future soldiers Stripe and Raiman must protect frightened villagers from an infestation of vicious feral mutants.
Black Mirror: Men Against Fire
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after the best episode (and one of the best tv episodes ever) this was kinda underwhelming
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this would be the second black mirror i enjoyed that everyone else seemed to hate. i think it's one of the most unique pieces of social commentary they've had so far, bringing war and eugenics into the black mirror universe, and for me at least it was done very well. i loved the twist and the way it was slowly revealed, allowing the audience to understand what's going on one step ahead of stripe; for me this increased the tension in what was otherwise, admittedly, an unevenly paced episode.
edit: i just read this part of the handmaid’s tale and it’s so relevant i had to share:I’ll take care of it, Luke said. And because he said it instead…
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"War...what is it good for, absolutely nothing.. HA, say it again" - Edwin Starr
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This episode is real world terrifying to me. In America we have people that laugh at children in cages so I'm not sure we even need this technology.
P.S. The performances in this episode are especially good. I have no idea why people find this one boring but to each their own. For me, from the first time going out there was so much weird stuff to figure out. It was like a sci-fi horrory mystery and I was down for it.
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Its concept and message is great, but its lasting impact, ehhhhhhhh didn't make me go 'WOAH HOLY FRICK' like all the other BM episodes. But I did enjoy the Sonic Screwdriver cameo.
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Good evening and welcome fellow Children of Chaos.
As this started I was like "Oh zombies have feelings to. I've seen this a million times."
Yea, then the middle reveal hit and I was like fuck this got a lot better.
The perfect solder is one that will not hesitate to kill. But people, most people, are not wired like that. How do we get a rational intelligent person to kill? We lie to them. Ever seen one of those super racist WWII comics with Japanese people? Yea, turn the human into not a human.
But then the big question comes, Black Mirror always has this second question people don't like to talk about.
How do we deal with PTSD? Knowing what we did in war? How do we deal. We destroy ourselves or we disassociate. That is all you can do with faced with atrocity, justified or not. That is all you can do.
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"Nice one fuck fingers" is the best line of this film. I will use it everytime my girlfriend spills something now.
This is a great anti-propaganda episode. I like the subtle parts where you hear the birds when he is smelling the grass.
The episode is extremely slow paced tho! Even the last ten minutes can't make up for that.
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I would have love this 7 years ago when I still think saying Real Eyes Realize Real Lies was some deep shit
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me, watching any black mirror episode: i cant believe humanity is terrible and we all deserve to die
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The most underrated episode from the entire series. I loved the plot, twist & turns, it’s idea & questions. Michael Kelly is a fantastic character actor, he’s phenomenal here especially his last scene.
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Black Mirror - Season 3 - Episode 4
Raiman and Stripe are part of a group of soldiers in a military in a bleak world. They are tasked with protecting a village against a group of mutants they call "roaches." While in a firefight he comes to the realization that maybe the enemy isn't quite what it seems to be.
Black Mirror: Men Against Fire is yet another great episode in season three of Black Mirror. The allegory on display is extremely obvious. The physical implant symbolizes terrible ways of thinking that are implanted in people's heads via their upbringing and what they're taught. When people are taught to hate another group of people for whatever reason it may be.…
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Despite its incredibly compelling premise, this episode underestimates the abilities of the viewer to calculate '2+2' and instead, serves the '4' on a plate.