S06E01 - Joan Is Awful

The pace and cinematography at this show is amazing. Looked like a movie not a tv show.

At first it was annoying when I didn't understand when they were going. But once they revealed that it not something supernatural but new type of entertainment ans she cant even sue.... Its crazy. And scary because this is literally could be the future. And not even rich celebrity could do anything about it.

Loved how character decided to humiliate herself and poop in church so that Salma Hayek would be humiliated and would want herself to cancel the show. It was actually very clever.

And I loved that they actually gave a happy ending, not happens a lot in this show. It usually just ending depressing.

So... I dont understand why she was fired? She could have sue her company because she did nothing wrong. They fired her because some tv show that she had no attachment to.

And people and law makers should really press and do something about those "contracts" that everyone forces people to sign or put "agree" mark. And then companys are like: "Well you have sighed it yourself no one forced you". But people ARE forced to agree otherwise they will be shut out from having ans using anything in their life. They dont have choice. Choice is: "Do you wanna starve and live on street or agree to this thing".

Law should forbid companies:
1. To dump on people such long Rules where no one can read it because its confusing and 10 pages long with legal terms regular people dont iunderstand. Everything should be short.
2. Forbid companies to put long and confusing sentences there which they deliberately do.
3. Force companies to offer choice! Not write : "Agree that we will spy on you". Give other choice: "You dont agree".

Something must be done with it. And the most important - all those "agree check mark" in apps should not stand in court as legal documents. It must be just Recommendations.

I was lost for a bit, but I finally got it. Selma was a riot.

Overall it was very watchable and entertaining. Even got me laughing pretty hard. Good old Charlie Brooker. Thank goodness you are back, man.

I liked all the appearances from actors, providing their support for his writing.

Other notes:

The music in the bar scene (when Joan meets her ex, Mac) is a return of the same iconic song from rest of Black Mirror series, "Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)".

The Streamberry show 'Loch Henry' (as Joan calls it, "the Scottish murder thing" that Krish doesn't want to watch) is a reference to Episode 2 of this season with the same name.

Cate Blanchett is not credited for her appearance. Not on IMDB or in the show credits.

By being a woke with all the force ridicules representations, they make Black Mirror Black Mirror. I can only imagine the set during the casting, big headline on the board "How do not offend anyone?".

It's nothing, compared to the change in tone of the series, at least according to this episode, is it a sitcom or a dark critique of technological progress?

I don't love the celebrities either, you identified more with "ordinary" people than a famous faces, they should keep with less known cast.

Personally I don't like
- That it was written as a comedy.
I think it could be much much more impactful and touching as a drama - where it's really believable that there is a tv-show about you that is grounded in reality, you being a human being, but just makes you look bad. And that she is really trapped in that with the legal standing.
Perhaps it needs a setting where she is poor and having agreed to something, or companies being much more powerful today, to make this whole legal thing at least somewhat believable.
At least that's what i liked about the former seasons of black mirror, these dark terrible dystopias that hit me because they are believable dramas. Comedy's are something different.

- No explanation on how this is possible - to make this really possible there would have to be constant video footage of her life. The AI-movie was super-simillar to the original life, only a tad different to make her look worse. There is not even an attempt of an explanation here?

I like
- the idea - the thing with AI generated content with you in it making you look bad.
Also the idea that movie-makers can make eg historical persons appear a certain way, even still living persons.


ps wokeness was not on the nose for me, i did not notice it when watching

Yeah, Salma is always watchable.
Amazing just how tiny she is.

i like that the real Joan was indeed awful.
Murphy's acting sucks as usual though.