There’s a difference between constructive cynicism and edgelordism.

Black Mirror, while well-made, tends toward repeating media criticisms that
were already cliche in the early 90s. When your complaint is…
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There’s a difference between constructive cynicism and edgelordism. It’s one
thing to have and promote a cynical view in the face of utopianism; to jump
onto the tail end of an existing backlash is far less useful.

Black Mirror, while well-made, tends toward repeating media criticisms that
were already cliche in the early 90s. When your complaint is twenty-five years
old, repeating it without adding anything is of limited utility; Black Mirror
doesn’t introduce new and interesting twists to its complaints, and it doesn’t
reproduce anything *but* the complaint.

(Now, I don’t hate Black Mirror. It’s like rewatching The Twilight Zone:
everything is predictable, but there’s really excellent atmosphere.)

By Rococo Modem Basilisk on October 26, 2016.

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