[Inglewood Jack]

Originally Posted by Wormius

I wasn't really a big fan of "Hang of the DJ" as others were. It didn't hit the right level of dystopian for me. The chemistry and likeability of the leads made it an easy watch, but not very satisfying if that makes sense.

I don't think every single Black Mirror episode should end on a depressing dystopian note. if it was always a sad ending, then I would just spend the entire episode looking for the twist that is going to screw over the protagonist. they already lose most of the time, I don't need to see them lose 100% of the time.

Spoiler!

even if Hang the DJ had a happy ending, it still has morality question that is at the core of a lot of episodes. they frequently use the concept of exact replicas of people's consciousness and whether those have the same rights as the original. it was used to horrific effect in White Christmas and Black Museum, but it's still there in Hang the DJ...is it ok for the digital people to be put through endless simulations, the vast majority of which are very unfulfilling existences at best and complete nightmares at worst, just so the physical versions have a chance of a good relationship?

If the digital people really didn't matter, then the guy that has to spend like a million years stuck in that cabin in White Christmas, or the screaming electric chair souvenirs in Black Museum should be no biggie. but we should all be freaked about it lest we wake up to find one day that we're the copy and there's nothing we can do about it.