I think it's an interesting thing how much people consider Black Mirror to be about the dangers of technology.

Black Mirror is about technology, and the dangers of people.

Charlie Brooker loves technology and makes no bones about it. It is perhaps a degree of irony that so many watch Black Mirror and blame the technology because they fail to see the Mirror.

It think the site is an interesting exercise. If nothing else to show that science fiction doesn't have to happen like we might think it does. There is no space elevator, but 1 million people in the air at any given time. There is no matrix, but many lifetimes have been spent in World of Warcraft. Reality doesn't need to switch context for things to change, which is often what science fiction does.

This doubles as an excellent episode guide, I was wondering what I've already watched and what I want to watch again and the short analysis style of this is superb.

That said, I don't agree with the assessments that much. For example, the Metalhead episode which is about a robotic dog chasing people is stated as %40 achieved but IMHO it is %90 achieved and it just takes a will for this to happen. They are already doing it on the battlefield in Ukraine BTW, just needs better batteries for similar fiercity.

This has to be engagement bait built so that you can get mad at the bar%'s lol.

‘Shut Up and Dance’ at 60% seems low. The three technologies the article references (Hacker blackmail, Webcam spying, Online coercion and extortion) all seem to be realities today. It’s one of the episodes that I think it most likely to reflect the present day.

The first episode of season 7, Common People, messed with me pretty hard. I've always been a little hostile toward subscriptions services, but... damn.

It seems far away -- but really if Neuralink et al manage to correct brain disorder(s) in the near future, and slapped a subscription on it, we'd be there.

I don't understand the percentages. Loch Henry is at 80% despite all criteria being reached.

To me, Loch Henry is already reality. People treat true crime documentaries and podcasts as pure entertainment and lose sight of the actual people involved. What's the gap?

How did they fail to mention a British PM did fuck a pig? Just for funnies too not to "save" anyone.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggate

This is just an episode summary and arbitrary percentage assigned by the author, effectively another ‘which avengers character are you?’ Clickbait trash. Is this really the quality of a normal HN post?

As a Brit, I'm disappointed the first one regarding the Prime Minister and the pig hit 80% based on some vague social media trends rather than a rather more obvious connection between a [former] Prime Minister and a pig...

Every sci-fi is a contemporary author's idea of the future. The further our the more unlikely the idea. Would love the site to be extended to any sci-fi. The percentages could be automated. How close to Dune are we?

If the bars are any accurate, the fact that the last season is the closest to reality, would be an indication that it becomes less imaginative.

I never made it past the pig-fucking episode...

40% to Striking Vipers is the most depressing aspect of this site

Odd that nosedive isn’t at 100%. Even here on this site, right now, everyone votes. Votes and flags restrict either obscure or hide your posts. in the case of things like uber you’re kicked off, can’t work based on ratings as well.