Comments on: Black Mirror: “USS Callister” https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/ Fri, 01 May 2026 04:02:03 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/#comment-42033 RobVG Sun, 09 Sep 2018 14:56:21 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68917#comment-42033 USS Callister’ Wins Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie. n/t USS Callister’ Wins Emmy for Outstanding TV Movie. n/t

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/#comment-41175 RobVG Tue, 13 Mar 2018 00:29:04 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68917#comment-41175 "Hang the DJ " was good, If you like romances. n/t “Hang the DJ ” was good, If you like romances. n/t

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/#comment-40922 RobVG Tue, 23 Jan 2018 00:07:28 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68917#comment-40922 Like with most sci-fi, you have to turn a blind eye to the science. n/t Like with most sci-fi, you have to turn a blind eye to the science. n/t

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/#comment-40921 Robert Mon, 22 Jan 2018 17:30:57 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68917#comment-40921 I agree with you that it's an excellent work, well written and produced. I liked the slow reveal, starting out like another Star Trek knockoff (think The Orville), then it's a VR game, and then we start to learn about the dark, darker, and darkest motivations of its creator. Of course, to a strict "hard" science fiction geek, the premise is pure manure. DNA doesn't encode personality except in the vaguest way, and it certainly can't be used to clone a consciousness, complete with up-to-date memories. As sci-fi hand-waving goes it was weak, but after suspending disbelief, it powered a really engaging story. I agree with you that it’s an excellent work, well written and produced. I liked the slow reveal, starting out like another Star Trek knockoff (think The Orville), then it’s a VR game, and then we start to learn about the dark, darker, and darkest motivations of its creator.

Of course, to a strict “hard” science fiction geek, the premise is pure manure. DNA doesn’t encode personality except in the vaguest way, and it certainly can’t be used to clone a consciousness, complete with up-to-date memories. As sci-fi hand-waving goes it was weak, but after suspending disbelief, it powered a really engaging story.

]]> By: hank https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/#comment-40920 hank Mon, 22 Jan 2018 01:51:29 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68917#comment-40920 That sounds like really good science fiction, or more important, really good drama. SF allows us to devise human scenarios that do not, or even cannot, exist in "the real world". Nothing new about that, when you think about it, ALL fiction is speculative, to a certain extent, and everything from Greek Tragedy to Shakespeare has relied on gods, spirits, magic, ghosts and other fantasy elements to explore some basic human issues. Even historical fiction is really set in an "alternate universe" Thanks for the samples. That looks like really good writing and acting. I recognized Domhall Gleason (from Ex Machina) and the dude from Mad Men (Jon Hamm). Do you know if these shows are available for purchase on DVD? Again, I'd like to depart from my usual doom and gloom rants to salute modern alternative TV technologies and venues for producing some really first-rate drama. Its about time the medium fulfilled its promise. I had a feeling once we got the performing arts away from the accountants and marketeers and turned it over to the artists and technicians, we would get a real renaissance in entertainment and literature. Film and TV are the defining art forms of the 20th and 21st centuries, and it appears like they are really in good shape. That sounds like really good science fiction, or more important, really good drama. SF allows us to devise human scenarios that do not, or even cannot, exist in “the real world”. Nothing new about that, when you think about it, ALL fiction is speculative, to a certain extent, and everything from Greek Tragedy to Shakespeare has relied on gods, spirits, magic, ghosts and other fantasy elements to explore some basic human issues. Even historical fiction is really set in an “alternate universe”

Thanks for the samples. That looks like really good writing and acting. I recognized Domhall Gleason (from Ex Machina) and the dude from Mad Men (Jon Hamm). Do you know if these shows are available for purchase on DVD?

Again, I’d like to depart from my usual doom and gloom rants to salute modern alternative TV technologies and venues for producing some really first-rate drama. Its about time the medium fulfilled its promise. I had a feeling once we got the performing arts away from the accountants and marketeers and turned it over to the artists and technicians, we would get a real renaissance in entertainment and literature. Film and TV are the defining art forms of the 20th and 21st centuries, and it appears like they are really in good shape.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/#comment-40919 RobVG Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:31:49 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68917#comment-40919 spoilers! spoilers!

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2018/01/21/black-mirror-the-callaster/#comment-40918 RobVG Sun, 21 Jan 2018 23:26:53 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=68917#comment-40918 https://youtu.be/BUrZy0aNuy0 https://youtu.be/BUrZy0aNuy0

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