[ SECRET POST #5210 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5210 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[The Owl House]


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[Black Mirror]


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[Grey's Anatomy]


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[The Rookie/ Mass Effect]


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[Eternal Love]












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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Could you tell me about the bleak implications? I have a friend who recced this episode because I'm not a big fan of darker stuff by saying it's one of the lighter episodes.

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NAYRT
Sorry, but I just need to drop this link here, in case you haven't seen it...

"But I Do Not Want to Watch Black Mirror":
https://uproxx.com/tv/but-i-do-not-want-to-watch-black-mirror-a-short-one-act-play/

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AYRT
Lol, thank you! I might have to send that to some people.

[sparklywalls]

It's definitely a YMMV thing, and when I first watched it my initial reaction was along the lines of "well, that was cute!" But essentially living in the virtual world, by one way or another, isn't a possibility for everyone so the main characters actually lose people in their real lives forever. Getting to spend eternity not subjected to age or disease essentially getting a second chance at life is nice as a thought, but I just didn't like the implication that if your (e.g.) spouse doesn't agree to it or dies before the technology is available, that means it's no better than actual reality where when someone you love dies, you never see them again.

There's also some themes along the euthanasia lines. I'm not anti-enthanasia btw, it's just a pretty heavy theme for an apparently light episode.

You'll probably be fine watching the episode as it's definitely not the usual Black Mirror affair where you get clubbed constantly with the harshness and horribleness. The technology isn't the force for evil or bad guy in this episode, it's just a plot point. But thinking about it more definitely removed some of the fluff for me.

I had a similar issue with Nosedive, which is another "lighter" episode in that it's quite comical. But I found the social media ratings and how badly the main character falls from grace quite hard to watch. The cringe hit too close to reality I think.

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AYRT
Thanks for the write-up. I guess I'll have to pass on this show.

[(Anonymous)]

Agree on Nosedive, but not San Junipero, since in real life people die and you never see them again anyway, I didn't have a problem with that. I liked that a person who was ill/disabled didn't have to be in their afterlife, as somebody with a disability.