Sadly Over-hyped

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

The first story reminded me of ´Tales from the crypt´: very dark, a bit exagerated in the end, but true about how far human nature can get. The second story was funnier. The third was a bit too short in my opinion. The final is excellent. Overall, I did find some inconsistencies but since it is Sci Fi, the realism doesn´t have to be present on all scenes.General note for this season: I found it overall of less quality than the others. So I hope Charlie Broker gets back to the quality I found in the very first episodes that were really focused on the limits of the technology and how it can harm human nature.

Takes concepts from many other episodes, which isn't bad in itself. But it cheapens an episode like White Christmas: Back then the thought of imprisoning a cookie for months, years, or centuries really gripped me and I could see how someone could justify those actions despite their immorality. But COME ON, I just cannot buy people wanting to eternally torture thousands of copies of someone, it was so over-the-top that it didn't move or effect me at all. The ending resolves none of this, with the girl ending the suffering of just one of the copies of her dad and treating the guy who imprisoned him with the same torture. I had a few other gripes, but the episode was still OK, just not up to the standard that previous episodes of this show have set.

The two main ideasA doctor who can feel what his patients feelA man sharing a brain with his head partnerBoth ideas of Karl Pilkington on the podcasts with Rick Gervais!!!Good episode though but not the best!

Fantastic episode. I wasn't really a fan of the synopsis for most of this season and ended up only watching two episodes - this and hang the dj. This is by far one of the best episodes to date.As a key motif in black mirror, this episode explored the transgressions humans can make in their desire to prolong life, aided by scientific/technological advancements. This alludes to ideas of previous episodes, such as Martha's attempt to keep hold of her lover. We see how this is built upon, particularly through the second of the three (interconnected) stories.This episode offers a profound reflection on the human nature/tendency to avoid confronting grief, and thus death. This is shown through the second story, in the decision to prolong the existence of a comatose girlfriend to the confinement of a brain, and subsequently, a stuffed animal. As humans, we tend to prioritise our desire to not experience grief, over the suffering of another (e.g in the form of a loved one dying) - the idea of prolonging life (to avoid the grief of losing them) thus prolongs the suffering of another. Thoroughly enjoyed the exploration of these themes, in a thought provoking reflection of modern day moral dilemmas concerning death.