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Re:China’s plan to organize its society relies on ‘big data’... by lagadu on Sunday October 23, 2016 @08:56AM (#12773370)

I really disliked this season. It's too sanitized, not anywhere as visceral or cringe-inducing as the previous ones. Hell the first episode actually had a happy ending instead of a deeply depressing one; the endings in Black Mirror always had that appeal in that they always uneeringly hammered in that there's no escaping, there are no happy endings and it can only get worse.

It just felt too "plasticky", that conclusions about the worlds displayed were being forced on me, instead of giving some room for thought.

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Re:China’s plan to organize its society relies on ‘big data’... by threepipeproblm on Sunday October 23, 2016 @09:40AM (#12773512)

It was my favorite season. I probably won't watch Episodes 1 or 6 again, but I thought the middle ones were consistently great. The one with "roaches" I seemed like it had excellent warning value as we enter the world of augmented reality.

Not trying to start an argument over matters of taste, just interesting to see how opinions differ! It does seem like in season 3 -- aside from the episode everyone is talking about in relevant to this thread -- they run with more of the "sci fi premise" approach, as opposed to making you feel like this is a just around the corner, as some of the first seasons did.

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