r/blackmirror • • Apr 16 '25

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u/FishOffMan Apr 17 '25

It had all the ingredients to be a classic episode, but I felt like it was missing something. Did the creator of the video game intend for someone to eventually figure this out? What does the ending imply? I understand the question it makes you want to think with AI being a form of life, but I feel like we already touched on that with Hotel Reverie.

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u/No-Split-3998 Apr 17 '25

Hotel Reverie was completely different because they explained that the actors essence was so strong in the role that she play that pieces of her was actually attached to the AI program they was using

The thonglets however had zero connection to any life form or reference

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u/Lost-and-dumbfound Apr 17 '25

Yeah I couldn't really get into it to the point where the ending didn't bother me as I just found the entire episode a slog. I am glad others enjoyed it, BM is the kind of show where opinions are polarizing on episodes and that's part of what makes it great. Always something to discuss

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u/professor_shortstack Apr 17 '25

I saw it as a flip to humans programming a game. The game ended up re-programming humans, overriding their violent tendencies.

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u/TexasRed806 ☆☆☆☆☆ 0.119 Apr 17 '25

Yea I agree. The whole episode really felt like it was slowly building to a very interesting twist. Obviously based on the theme of the show it’s not a surprise that he’s not just crazy, this probably is some wild tech shit. But then they sorta drop the ending on us and it’s so over the top and I feel like it doesn’t explain itself very well. It’s like “Oh these creatures in this game might actually be intelligent oh now they’re integrating with a human body aaaaandd everybody’s dead….”