![]() ![]() For two people to rebel against a system that stops them from being together is the truest sign that they are a match. ![]() It was supposed to annoy, to encourage people to rebel. The forced trials with different types of people was never intended to get to know people's preferences. The whole point of the system is that it wasn't supposed to work as it told you. That technology is no substitute for real relationships? That no attempt to control human behaviours such as love will work? Or that this technology actually DOES work (because it does)? The final twist made everything clear in the most wonderful, heartwarming way. The concept is genius, although the whole way through the episode I was puzzled, trying to work out what I was supposed to think. And importantly, it feels like the most 'Black Mirror' Black Mirror episode so far in the season, with its wildly creative way of exploring the effects of future tech in a humorous way whilst providing social commentary. ![]() Whereas most Black Mirror shows how technology can bring out the worst in human behaviour, Hang the DJ puts a sweet, optimistic spin on the future of dating. Never would I have guessed that my favourite Black Mirror episode would be a romcom. ![]()
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