WW84 and back to the neighbourhood theatrer

Black Mirror - Brief Review

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Black Mirror (NFLX) is so reminiscent of The Twilight Zone on cable many moons ago.. heard of it often, finally saw 2 episodes today.. this is true cyberpunk inasmuch this is no urban dystopias but the confluence of technology and the darkness of our minds. Highly recommend a sampling. Thought provoking, discrete episodes, not for good cheer

16/20

Heartwarming, Heartrending, Real

Having watched various animal world related programs since early childhood, I am yet to see anything like My Octopus Teacher - where Craig Foster - the protagonist - spent from two decades of corporate life - finds his world blending into the life of a wild common octopus while free diving in a kelp forest off the coast of South Africa - its empathy and play, its extreme and unexpected level of intelligence, its brushes with deadly pyjama sharks and regeneration, and finally its procreation and fulfillment of purpose. There is probably no instance of a human coming so close to the animal world and capturing it so well. This Netflix original documentary completely draws in the viewer, and the latter never loses his empathy. One of the very best - very real and very sad

17.5/20

Perfect QC Imperfect People

Devs is virtually a one woman show - distraught by the inexplicable apparent self immolation of her boyfriend, Lily Chan (Sonoya Mizuno) reaches Devs - the top secret Quantum Computing (QC)-driven past/ future visualiser.. the brainchild of reclusive billionaire Forest (Nick Offerman) and his tool to resurrect Amaya.. His lost daughter and the name of his company. Lily does not know it yet but only she has the ability to alter the course of the future itself

15/20

Robot Times

Love Death and Robots is an unusual collection of 18 largely high quality stories that involve robots or deep tech in some manner. Some of the storiew are quite outstanding.- Zima Blue (E14) is quite a watch.. Therr are others that involve uploading consciousness to giant fighting robots, lost in space into a simulation, a Gravity-esque return to base while losing a limb, and many more. The quality of stories is high, several are thought provoking, and at a sharp 15 mins each this is undeniably a watch

16.5/20