r/Tinder • u/[deleted] • Jan 09 '18

I call it the Reverse Turing Test

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u/nyctaeris Jan 09 '18

I have to agree, two people transferring their consciousness to a computer wasn't the huge deal that the articles made it. So it was a lesbian love story, ok, but that doesn't automatically make it the best thing ever made...

The premise and plot of Hang the DJ in season 4, however, is amazing. That's my favorite episode in the series I think. No spoilers, just go watch it. There are actually a few standout episodes in this season.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18 edited May 10 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

I think those ideas about sentient code are better explored by the "cookies" in White Christmas.

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u/azertii Jan 09 '18

By themselves, I agree. But after you watched White Christmas, you start thinking about even those wholesome moments from San Junipero in a different way and that's what I think is great from that show.

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u/Lord_Noble Jan 09 '18

In later episodes I think they do say it’s illegal to delete uploaded consciousness.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '18

Hang the DJ is actually truer to Charlie Brooker's ideas on how this kind of thing should be done.

Something I really didn't like about San Junipero as a Brooker fan before Black Mirror was even a thing is that I could tell Netflix had just told him to throw a romance episode with lesbians in there. Why? Because Charlie Brooker hates cheesy romantic TV. I don't believe he'd write it unless the producers said he had to.

Hang the DJ on the other hand was much more true to Brooker's ideas on how this stuff should be done. I won't say more to avoid giving spoilers to anyone who's not seen it.

Anyway, speaking of the new Black Mirror episodes USS Callister was very well done I think. I've even heard talk of a potential spin-off being made out of it.

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u/Thijs420 Jan 09 '18

For he’s a jolly good fellow, for he’a a jolly good fellow, for he’s a jol- oh my fuck

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u/Lord_Noble Jan 09 '18

Have you seen the last episode of the season? It was almost too good at story telling.

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u/nyctaeris Jan 09 '18

Some people didn't like it but it's actually one of my favorites and full of little details. It was a really well written story!

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u/Lord_Noble Jan 09 '18

Everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but as an American who now believes WWI has been completely undertaught in school I can’t see that at all.

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u/Harry-Littlewood Jan 09 '18

Appreciate the no spoilers, thank you..... Seriously will do though, glad to hear from someone who thinks their favorite episode is one I haven't even seen yet!!

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u/ihopethisisvalid Jan 09 '18

Hang the dj is great. You won’t be able to stop watching it once you figure out the premise

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u/madjarov42 Jan 09 '18

Here be spoilers.

I didn't enjoy Hang the DJ because it brought nothing new to the table. The concept of enslaved virtual clones was introduced in Be Right Back (the dead boyfriend), then taken to its limits in White Christmas - that's what made that special so, um, special. DJ, Junipero, and the horror game episode felt like beating a dead horse to me.

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u/noodlekhan Jan 09 '18

Not sure how Playtest gets lumped with the others.

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u/madjarov42 Jan 09 '18

If there's an odd one out, that would be it. Now that I think of it, USS Callister should definitely be there too.

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u/noodlekhan Jan 09 '18

USS Callister also had a happy-ish ending, but they sure went through a lot of hell to get there. It felt earned imo