2019-07-05

Black Mirror S1E1 The National Anthem

Lately, I've been seeing films with few people in it. They weren't bad at all, I just couldn't like it. So it was a treat to see this episode of Black Mirror. With many people seem to be getting their screen time. The nuance of that the main story involves massive audience can be felt right away.

The story was about a kidnapping of The Princess of UK. The kidnapper wasn't asking for ransom money. He was asking that the prime minister need to make love with a pig, broadcasted live throughout the country.


The prime minister asked for the video to be taken down, but the power of the Internet made it impossible to do so. The video has been downloaded and re-uploaded for the public to see, and it was getting on the news in no time.

People were divided into 2, where majority of them said that the prime minister doesn't need to do the kidnapper's demand, and will not watch even if the video of him making love with pig is broadcasted.

But as any people in the world, some just want to see how the story unfold, thus waiting in front of the television.


Backup plan was constructed. Using some actors and CGI, the one that does the act doesn't need to be the prime minister himself. But the plan was leaked, and the kidnapper sent to one of television company that one of the finger of the princess was cut. With the video released to the Internet, majority of people were shifting to wanting the prime minister to just do what the kidnapper's demand.


With no time to be wasted, using the data extracted special team was deployed to storm the most likely place where the first video was uploaded.


I don't want to spoil the rest. By the time I wrote this, it is still on Netflix. You can go check it out.

It was really a good treat. I can really feel the horror someone need to go through before the need to decide something really important. And the feeling of getting the judgment from the mass was just making the atmosphere heavy.

I know that there were some detail I missed, one of which because I tried not to use the subtitle. And there may be some easter egg that would be revealed if I just watch another episode. But for know, I was pleased with the experience.

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