Imon_Snow If I remember correctly, they were already doing a supply run and since they were already getting supplies, they decided to get a bear too. They may have went out of the way to get the teddy bear, but I believe the teddy bear wasn't their sole reason of getting out from wherever they came from. :)
I enjoyed this one. Bleak as hell and those dogs were some of the most efficient killing machines ever. Even when destroyed they still set you up for the L.
This episode is quite polarizing when it comes to viewers opinions. I enjoyed it and I liked that this wasn't a "typical" Black Mirror episode. I found it mysterious and thrilling. My take is that with humanity being hunted down by these robotic dogs, all they had left was the ability to _be human._ The ability to feel empathy and compassion towards each other, which is something a robot can't do. So much so that 3 of them were willing to risk their lives to try and bring comfort to a dying child. Once humankind loses it's humanity, what are they living for?
I didn't like the episode that much but the twist with the teddy bear is heartwhelming. It just shows how the humanity is still in them after all the things that happened. They were ready to risk their life just to make a child smile.
but.. the kid is dying. there's barely any survivors, there's nothing to do, nobody to see. the kid probably has no friends, few family members left. who knows if they even have power, or much clean water. they obviously didn't know they were going to die, they risked it to bring a glimpse of happiness to a dying child.
No car explosion because it's in the future and they don't run on gas or fossil fuel anymore. They run on battery/electric cells. Since you've already watched Black Museum and saw how that car was "re-fueled", you know what I'm talking about (and since you've probably also figured out that these stories more or less happen in the same universe).
Actually cars don't explode after falling off a cliff, even with gas because the actual liquid itself isn't flammable it's only the fumes and they are trapped inside the gas tank. That's just something that happens in the movies, it doesn't happen in real life.
The kid was dying and in pain. The Teddies at the end were beautiful and showed that the three protagonists put thier lives on the line for a terminal kid's suffering.
@7:50 "'Coz this is gonna be a happy ending. I believe" LOL! If you think this (Black Mirror) story has a happy ending,...... .....then you haven't been paying attention.
It might not be rational that they would risk their lives just to get a teddy bear, but I think one of the purposes of the episode and in the ending, was to contrast the differences between humans and robots.
It was implied that the dogs had gone to sleep and had been asleep for a long time before the events of the episode started, so perhaps the protagonists thought it would be worth taking the risk because the chances of encountering a dog were so low.
This episode reminded me of the Peter Weller 1995 movie Screamers. They invented Autonomous Mobile Swords (AMS) to use in the battlefield to target opposition forces. AMS are artificially intelligent self-replicating machines which manage to update and evolve themselves into things that the people who invented them are ill equipped to deal with, making them a danger to everyone. It is based on the Philip K Dick short story Second Variety. There have been a bunch of movies & tv shows based on his writing: Blade Runner, Paycheck, Total Recall, Minority Report, The Adjustment Bureau, Imposter, Next, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle.
There's a British anthology of his stuff called Electric Dreams, it was released in 2018 and is quite Black Mirror-esque. If you like both shows then you may even like Inside no9, we seem to be churning out a lot of dark anthology shows of late.
they sacrificed their life for a teddy bear because its trying to show the world sucks so much, people are willing to sacrifice their lives for the smallest things like things that bring comfort to dying children. its a sad world.
What I think I caught at the beginning was that it was for a dying child. Thank God you've never been so destitute or hopeless that a small comfort like a teddy bear is worth risking your life, but I think it was a beautiful sentiment and not "the dumbest thing ever."
This one seems kinda simplistic for black mirror in that it doesn't make you think much, then you see the new boston dynamics video and you're like oh shit
10:45 - I totally agree. It's beyond stupid to risk 3 grown-ups, 3 fighters for a kid's toy when the whole world hangs on a brim. Just sacrifice a sweater and make a teddy bear from it!
in my scenario (so the ending doesn’t frustrate me) I imagine that meds are scarce or illegal and they get smuggled in toys (right??) lol ugh... loved the execution overall tho... the desolation and b/w feel was darkly cool
Great review/reaction. I looked up the funding for Boston Dynamics and it turns out they were developing it for the US military but they rejected because it was a loud (old one). Google bought it then recently a Japanese company called SoftBank. This is how military grade projects are started then end up in the private/commercial market. By this time next year, Softbank will release the first security and helper robots to the public. Who knows what they will sell to the worlds military. EDIT: New video of Spotmini fighting ruclips.net/video/aFuA50H9uek/видео.html
Great-ish Owl Wow scary! My sons father works for SoftBank. I can ask him if he has any info on that. If they are coming out next year that means they must have been working on it for a while. So they will start out in Japan then. Very interesting
At the beginning was a reference to Jack, and having only a few days left. It's easily missed on first viewing. Jack is evidently a kid who's dying, and his carers mount this futile adventure to get him a new >*spoiler*< ....teddy bear. btw, Yankees - how do you like Maxine Peake's accent? She's from Lancashire, so hers is a classic 'Northern accent' ...from Merry England!
I think the teddy bear was partly symbolic. Something the evokes childhood and the feeling of safety, which have been destroyed be the technological development. Theoretically though, since it's the future, the teddy bears could have been something more than just the toys for a child. They might have been equipped with some useful electronics, maybe some simpler AI units, that could be useful for human's survival.
@15:33 "My biggest question was who created them......" Soooo, ......completely unrelated (not really),......there's no Easter Egg in the previous episode relating to these dogs, however, I believe it was Imon who mentioned a company that created robotic dogs in real life (as in OUR world). That company's name is Boston Dynamics and it's easy to find RUclips videos of them and the dogs in action. Here's the freaky part:- Boston Dynamics was recently bought out by Google (yeah that Google). Now here's the REALLY freaky part:- Google (along with FaceBook, along with Amazon, Microsoft - all independently of each other) is currently doing research and development on Artificial Intelligence systems. Mainly it's related to their self-driving cars technology (Tesla the same), but they said it could be put to other uses. I'll let you fill in the blanks. In the meanwhile, enjoy this video of your new mechanical canine Overlords (to be)...... ruclips.net/video/lkJk8_swbHE/видео.html Oh, and I forgot to mention... The US Military is ALSO investing in this technology and research (primarily for helping soldiers carry equipment in the field and rough terrain. But who knows where THEY could take it) Sweet dreams, little ones.
I have a little girl who has a little Teddy bear. If I lived in a world like that, and she was dying, and all she wanted was to hold her "Bear Bear" again, I'd risk my life, your life, anyone's life to make it happen. And if you died along the way I'd still call it worth it. You'll get it someday.
17thknight I have two boys and I wouldn't risk my life for a teddy bear. They need me more than a toy. If I died in a post apocalyptic world and I was the only one left with them. They wouldn't survive. I wouldn't leave their side. I would die protecting them before I put my self in harms way for a toy.
17thknight Very true. I guess I just put myself In her shoes. But someone else said they were already out getting supplies and thought they could go out and get the bear. Which makes more sense to me. Either way it's just sad in general since they probably all died :(
This killer dog apocalypse has been going on for some time....They spoke about the dogs in the car...So why aren't people going out in armor and headgear to stop the trackers from getting into their skin?
I really don't understand how you can miss the point of the teddy bear thing _that_ hard. The point of the teddy bear reveal is the fact that the situation these people are living in is _so_ hopeless and dire, more than you might have thought, that people are willing to risk their lives just to bring a small comfort to a dying child.
I really liked this episode. It was thrilling as hell, but as a lot of people have noticed, it was lacking a certain Black Mirror feel... But whatever! I still liked it anyway :p
Sorry guys, at the end you missed the key reason why they wanted to get teddy bears. Not cause the child was privileged (or white - what?), but because her sister's child was dying and she wanted to give her nephew some comfort from having the teddy bear.
Hey, any chance you could edit and reupload the latest reaction to end of the fucking world? It’s blocked in the UK, I guess cause there were too many clips shown or something.
All in all, I feel this was a mediocre episode. The atmosphere was great, so was the tension and cinematography, and the dog as the menacing antagonist was the highlight for me. However, I can't get over the fact that they clearly know what the robo dogs are, so shouldn't they be aware of what they're capable of? Why did she go on the radio, when the dog could track radio signals? Are you telling me she wasn't aware that it could track radio despite surviving in a world full of automated kill dogs for so long? Why didn't she patch herself up when she was in the tree by ripping cloth? This caused the dog to be able to track her blood trail. All this ultimately makes the protagonist's demise feel like it could've been avoided, and the ending feel cheap, which sours the episode for me. Anyway, although I agree that going out to find a replacement bear would be a dumb reason to go risk their lives, the warehouse had more than just the bears. Had their scavenge been successful, they would've gained one extra van, possibly batteries, and whatever other supplies were in the warehouse.
Ehhhhh definitely one of my least favorite episodes of the show. I struggled to even finish it lol Great reaction, though, as per usual. Skynet will rule us all. Can't wait for the next one!
Hi everyone! Black Museum is up on Patreon here is the link!
www.patreon.com/posts/17108831
Imon_Snow If I remember correctly, they were already doing a supply run and since they were already getting supplies, they decided to get a bear too. They may have went out of the way to get the teddy bear, but I believe the teddy bear wasn't their sole reason of getting out from wherever they came from. :)
Enn Spiral This makes more sense to me. So thank you for the info!
Why did u take down ep 1x5 of TEOTFW I already watched yalls reaction I just wanna make sure your still reacting to the rest of it
I enjoyed this one. Bleak as hell and those dogs were some of the most efficient killing machines ever. Even when destroyed they still set you up for the L.
Tone Riggz Haha seriously! I would take zombies over those Dogs any day!
This episode is quite polarizing when it comes to viewers opinions. I enjoyed it and I liked that this wasn't a "typical" Black Mirror episode. I found it mysterious and thrilling.
My take is that with humanity being hunted down by these robotic dogs, all they had left was the ability to _be human._ The ability to feel empathy and compassion towards each other, which is something a robot can't do. So much so that 3 of them were willing to risk their lives to try and bring comfort to a dying child. Once humankind loses it's humanity, what are they living for?
Beautiful take on the episode
Also, they were taking more than just that Teddy bear (the guy hacking the truck so they could load it up with plenty of stuff).
Nice view point, feel I’ve seen this else where
I thought this episode was beautifully directed! It’s not my favorite but it was very tense and beautiful to me.
Totally agree❤️
This episode is a jewel of cinema. This could and should be a matter of study in cinema academies.
I didn't like the episode that much but the twist with the teddy bear is heartwhelming. It just shows how the humanity is still in them after all the things that happened. They were ready to risk their life just to make a child smile.
a dying child smile*
what do you think a child rather have they're family or a teddy bear and now they have neither. It was a dumbass mission
but.. the kid is dying. there's barely any survivors, there's nothing to do, nobody to see. the kid probably has no friends, few family members left. who knows if they even have power, or much clean water. they obviously didn't know they were going to die, they risked it to bring a glimpse of happiness to a dying child.
@@staceyking8796 that's the point, they will reach their lives for a dying child, and make that child's few days a bit bearable
@@crybaby5564 i'm aware. i was explaining that to ace.
No car explosion because it's in the future and they don't run on gas or fossil fuel anymore.
They run on battery/electric cells.
Since you've already watched Black Museum and saw how that car was "re-fueled", you know what I'm talking about (and since you've probably also figured out that these stories more or less happen in the same universe).
Actually cars don't explode after falling off a cliff, even with gas because the actual liquid itself isn't flammable it's only the fumes and they are trapped inside the gas tank. That's just something that happens in the movies, it doesn't happen in real life.
The kid was dying and in pain. The Teddies at the end were beautiful and showed that the three protagonists put thier lives on the line for a terminal kid's suffering.
I think they hinted that the package was to help ease his passing, so I assume the kid was terminal
The fact that she never thought to tie off the wound frustrated me this entire episode. I was almost screaming at the tv.
Right! That could have saved her in the end
I thought she tied off the wound when she got to the house?
@7:50
"'Coz this is gonna be a happy ending. I believe"
LOL!
If you think this (Black Mirror) story has a happy ending,......
.....then you haven't been paying attention.
It might not be rational that they would risk their lives just to get a teddy bear, but I think one of the purposes of the episode and in the ending, was to contrast the differences between humans and robots.
I am a robot 🤖
This episode was so dark, suspenseful and engaging! I wish they would make a movie or tv series out of metalhead alone. It was great!
Cool episode you guys should have done the reactions in black & white
It was implied that the dogs had gone to sleep and had been asleep for a long time before the events of the episode started, so perhaps the protagonists thought it would be worth taking the risk because the chances of encountering a dog were so low.
This episode reminded me of the Peter Weller 1995 movie Screamers. They invented Autonomous Mobile Swords (AMS) to use in the battlefield to target opposition forces. AMS are artificially intelligent self-replicating machines which manage to update and evolve themselves into things that the people who invented them are ill equipped to deal with, making them a danger to everyone.
It is based on the Philip K Dick short story Second Variety. There have been a bunch of movies & tv shows based on his writing: Blade Runner, Paycheck, Total Recall, Minority Report, The Adjustment Bureau, Imposter, Next, A Scanner Darkly, The Man in the High Castle.
There's a British anthology of his stuff called Electric Dreams, it was released in 2018 and is quite Black Mirror-esque. If you like both shows then you may even like Inside no9, we seem to be churning out a lot of dark anthology shows of late.
Im so glad you could get this video back
Its a commentary on how humanity(ie empathy compassion love) is all we have in the end.
they sacrificed their life for a teddy bear because its trying to show the world sucks so much, people are willing to sacrifice their lives for the smallest things like things that bring comfort to dying children. its a sad world.
but yeah this episode still kinda sucks
What I think I caught at the beginning was that it was for a dying child. Thank God you've never been so destitute or hopeless that a small comfort like a teddy bear is worth risking your life, but I think it was a beautiful sentiment and not "the dumbest thing ever."
Girl, you are brilliant! You called the teddy bear, you called the bees in "Hated in the Nation", you keep calling 'em!
Awesome video!! Definitely loved that it was black and white.
This one seems kinda simplistic for black mirror in that it doesn't make you think much, then you see the new boston dynamics video and you're like oh shit
It's a parable. The teddy represents the last of humanity, in the face of cold, murderous AI.
10:45 - I totally agree. It's beyond stupid to risk 3 grown-ups, 3 fighters for a kid's toy when the whole world hangs on a brim. Just sacrifice a sweater and make a teddy bear from it!
"Probably a white child" lmaoo
Ice-cold milk, festively decorated cookies and killer robot dogs. What a Valentine's Day! ;)
UatuOmega lol
My favorite part of the video was you two headbanging. Lol. Comedy gold. Cheers and continued success, M.
The kid was dying ....
White Bear, a previous episode name.
"You don't need a teddy bear to survive"
Did you even watch the episode we got told Jack wasn't going to survive.
Hivemind I did not watch episode at all. 😒
I was staring at the wall instead of the TV screen 😑
Imon_Snow oh I know you watched the episode and that makes your comment that much more dumb😂
in my scenario (so the ending doesn’t frustrate me) I imagine that meds are scarce or illegal and they get smuggled in toys (right??) lol ugh... loved the execution overall tho... the desolation and b/w feel was darkly cool
I thought it would be cool if that was a special bear (like in one of the episodes) that might save the dying boys consciousness.
Great review/reaction. I looked up the funding for Boston Dynamics and it turns out they were developing it for the US military but they rejected because it was a loud (old one). Google bought it then recently a Japanese company called SoftBank. This is how military grade projects are started then end up in the private/commercial market. By this time next year, Softbank will release the first security and helper robots to the public. Who knows what they will sell to the worlds military. EDIT: New video of Spotmini fighting ruclips.net/video/aFuA50H9uek/видео.html
Great-ish Owl Wow scary! My sons father works for SoftBank. I can ask him if he has any info on that. If they are coming out next year that means they must have been working on it for a while. So they will start out in Japan then. Very interesting
Wow, what a coincidence!
great news imon, you could be one of the first to get a home security dog! be very careful how you treat it! and whatever you do, do not upset it!!!!!
At the beginning was a reference to Jack, and having only a few days left. It's easily missed on first viewing. Jack is evidently a kid who's dying, and his carers mount this futile adventure to get him a new >*spoiler*< ....teddy bear.
btw, Yankees - how do you like Maxine Peake's accent? She's from Lancashire, so hers is a classic 'Northern accent' ...from Merry England!
I think the teddy bear was partly symbolic.
Something the evokes childhood and the feeling of safety, which have been destroyed be the technological development.
Theoretically though, since it's the future, the teddy bears could have been something more than just the toys for a child. They might have been equipped with some useful electronics, maybe some simpler AI units, that could be useful for human's survival.
@15:33
"My biggest question was who created them......"
Soooo, ......completely unrelated (not really),......there's no Easter Egg in the previous episode relating to these dogs, however, I believe it was Imon who mentioned a company that created robotic dogs in real life (as in OUR world).
That company's name is Boston Dynamics and it's easy to find RUclips videos of them and the dogs in action.
Here's the freaky part:-
Boston Dynamics was recently bought out by Google (yeah that Google).
Now here's the REALLY freaky part:-
Google (along with FaceBook, along with Amazon, Microsoft - all independently of each other) is currently doing research and development on Artificial Intelligence systems.
Mainly it's related to their self-driving cars technology (Tesla the same), but they said it could be put to other uses.
I'll let you fill in the blanks.
In the meanwhile, enjoy this video of your new mechanical canine Overlords (to be)......
ruclips.net/video/lkJk8_swbHE/видео.html
Oh, and I forgot to mention...
The US Military is ALSO investing in this technology and research (primarily for helping soldiers carry equipment in the field and rough terrain. But who knows where THEY could take it)
Sweet dreams, little ones.
Google also bought DeepMind, placing the current world leader in A.I. under the same roof as Boston Dynamics.
I have a little girl who has a little Teddy bear. If I lived in a world like that, and she was dying, and all she wanted was to hold her "Bear Bear" again, I'd risk my life, your life, anyone's life to make it happen. And if you died along the way I'd still call it worth it. You'll get it someday.
17thknight I have two boys and I wouldn't risk my life for a teddy bear. They need me more than a toy. If I died in a post apocalyptic world and I was the only one left with them. They wouldn't survive. I wouldn't leave their side. I would die protecting them before I put my self in harms way for a toy.
Imon_Snow Awesome! Remember it wasnt her kid though, the little boy was dying, they were just trying to comfort him.
17thknight Very true. I guess I just put myself In her shoes. But someone else said they were already out getting supplies and thought they could go out and get the bear. Which makes more sense to me. Either way it's just sad in general since they probably all died :(
This killer dog apocalypse has been going on for some time....They spoke about the dogs in the car...So why aren't people going out in armor and headgear to stop the trackers from getting into their skin?
do you own armour and headgear?
I really don't understand how you can miss the point of the teddy bear thing _that_ hard. The point of the teddy bear reveal is the fact that the situation these people are living in is _so_ hopeless and dire, more than you might have thought, that people are willing to risk their lives just to bring a small comfort to a dying child.
Has Abi seen the third man or seven samurai ? those are two really awesome black&white movies
LOVE Seven Samurai ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
This was uploaded before, I made some popcorn, made some iced tea, sat down, and it was taken down :'(
Love ya'll!
0:07 Stop playing with my ear!
New Black Mirror!
Boston Dynamics!
I love Abi's teeth!
The teddy bear was fucking stupid. That kid would be WAY better off with her being ALIVE and showing love.
I really liked this episode. It was thrilling as hell, but as a lot of people have noticed, it was lacking a certain Black Mirror feel... But whatever! I still liked it anyway :p
Sorry guys, at the end you missed the key reason why they wanted to get teddy bears. Not cause the child was privileged (or white - what?), but because her sister's child was dying and she wanted to give her nephew some comfort from having the teddy bear.
Hey, any chance you could edit and reupload the latest reaction to end of the fucking world? It’s blocked in the UK, I guess cause there were too many clips shown or something.
All in all, I feel this was a mediocre episode. The atmosphere was great, so was the tension and cinematography, and the dog as the menacing antagonist was the highlight for me. However, I can't get over the fact that they clearly know what the robo dogs are, so shouldn't they be aware of what they're capable of? Why did she go on the radio, when the dog could track radio signals? Are you telling me she wasn't aware that it could track radio despite surviving in a world full of automated kill dogs for so long? Why didn't she patch herself up when she was in the tree by ripping cloth? This caused the dog to be able to track her blood trail. All this ultimately makes the protagonist's demise feel like it could've been avoided, and the ending feel cheap, which sours the episode for me.
Anyway, although I agree that going out to find a replacement bear would be a dumb reason to go risk their lives, the warehouse had more than just the bears. Had their scavenge been successful, they would've gained one extra van, possibly batteries, and whatever other supplies were in the warehouse.
Love the video imon Nation
kind of reminded me of "A Quiet Place"
Jajaja la de en medio siempre adivina lo que va a pasar xD
Okay I’m gonna be that girl that posts something completely irrelevant cuz I’ve had two glasses of wine. The dudes a cutie. Alright, carry on. 💁🏻♀️
No *Black Panther* review?
So 3 people died because nobody knew how to knit.
Lmao it seems like they smoked befpre this
Kanishuha Johnson All of us are sober.lol
Speak for yourself @Imon_Snow I was high on sugar cookies 😂
Abi you were great in Altered Carbon!
OH MY GOD I LOVE A SPRING AWAKENING REFERENCE!!! I LOVE YOU GUUUURL!
Hey Imon .. did you guys do the "Arkangel" reaction?
Qarymee Presents we did but sadly it was blocked and lost the footage to it :/
But whyyyyy???? You just do amazing reactions and i am sure you follow the strict rules ... i guess it is time to find you guys on Patreon.
Eric is fiiinnneeee!!!!
great reaction. also, Eric can get it ;)
Probably the worst episode since Waldo.....but still watchable
Why are you talking over scenes while characters are talking? You’re missing stuff!
Ehhhhh definitely one of my least favorite episodes of the show. I struggled to even finish it lol
Great reaction, though, as per usual. Skynet will rule us all. Can't wait for the next one!
I think you guys laugh too much during serious episodes sometimes. It's okay just to feel what's going on and let it play out.
To each their own. We are just happy people who like to laugh 😊✌️
ERIC IS SOOOO CUUUUUUTE, AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO WANTS TO KNOW HIS TWITTER OR IG ACCS
17:10
or one guy
Weird episode. My least favorite of season 4. I thought it was a beautiful episode.. big fan on black and white but daaaaamn. So dark
worst black mirror for me
Worst episode of black mirror by far
Woah that Eric dude would sooooo hot if he cut his hair.
Eh, I think it looks good at that length.
Worst episode of the whole show imo
This is the WORST black mirror episode by far!!!
I hated this episode, it sucked.