Black Mirror: Hang the DJ (2017)

Thanks for the memories!

Please don't spend money on this.

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

This was truly a masterpiece in Black Mirror.As far as how sweet the ending was, the episode actually want to bring us a message.The lyrics of the music in the ending: Burn down the disco Hang the blessed DJ Because the music that they constantly play It says nothing to me about my life Hang the blessed DJ Because the music they constantly playIf you link the music to the show, the disco was the arena the digital clones dating in the simulations, the DJ was the app itself while the music means the 1,000 simulations that the app has made to match the pair.Similarly to "USS Callister" and "White Christmas", this episode was exploring the concept of digital clones and the moral sense behind. Yes, in the real world Frank and Amy were using the dating app that showed 99.8 percent match, but this comes with a cost of torturing the 1,000 digital clones of themselves in the simulations to obtain the outcome.Matt told Potter when they were discussing about how Greta torturing her own digital clone to be her housekeeper "She's only made of code, she's no real, screw her" when Potter expressed empathy to the digital clone who was tortured and broke down to finally agree to be Greta's housekeeper.This share a similar situation in Hang the DJ, where 1,000 of the digital clones were used as tools just to search for a perfect match for the hosts. The digital clones, like in the White Christmas and USS Callister, clearly have their own emotions and independent mind and were the subject of abusing by the hosts. That is why the title was called "Hang the DJ" because the lyrics can be match perfectly to the show:Burn down the disco (Burn down the simulations) Hang the blessed DJ (Close the dating app) Because the music that they constantly play (The simulations in the apps) It says nothing to me about my life (Has nothing to do in my real world) Hang the blessed DJ (Close the dating app) Because the music they constantly play (The simulations in the apps) On the Leeds side-streets that you slip down (The things that the digital clones go through) The provincial towns you jog 'round (The emotions that the digital close have) Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ, hang the DJ, hang the DJ Hang the DJ (the 1,000 simulations)Is it really moral to torture or toying our digital clones who have the same mind and feeling as us just for our own pleasures or making our choices? Is it really good that technology make choices for our whole life even in love situation? These are the two topics that Black Mirror trying to explore throughout the whole series and really a food of thought for everyone.

Hey, what if your dating app used Inside Out style real people running gauntlet challenges to find your perfect match? Wouldn't that be neat?That's just it. Again, no controversy, no dilemmas, no nothing. It's basically a "strange game" type story in which you introduce your characters into a game with set rules and let them play it out. Like Battle Royale, or Danganronpa, or Hunger Games or any other. The appeal in this story lies in people imagening how they would handle this scenario. And this time the final reveal completely negates everything the story. Nothing of this matters, there is nothing to think about, it's just a pointless romantic story.

Hang the DJ is such an amazing love story. Perfection. Tears of Joy

Possibly one of the most cheerful episodes where online dating is pushed to its extreme consequences.People can join a service that allows them to try several partners, thus fine-tuning their relationships and finally matching them with someone who is 99.8% compatible.The characters live in a bubble environment and seem to do nothing apart from dining and having sex with their partners. Not a bad life, although something is clearly missing.The plot twist is nothing spectacular, but the story seems to affirm humanity against technology - only it does not really do that, but the opposite. See for yourself.