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Charlie Brooker

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The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

And again, I'm- Well, it seems like a net loss that does, because you're probably, it means that you can, you're not, there'll be people who were held back by the fact that they were dyslexic or they just weren't good at one thing and they were excelled at something else. And now it levels the playing field a little more. So that's a good thing.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

And again, I'm- Well, it seems like a net loss that does, because you're probably, it means that you can, you're not, there'll be people who were held back by the fact that they were dyslexic or they just weren't good at one thing and they were excelled at something else. And now it levels the playing field a little more. So that's a good thing.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

But again, I think the problem is that we're sort of trained, we're naturally sort of analysed everything and think, is this good or bad? And the answer is it's kind of both, isn't it? So it's, so again.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

But again, I think the problem is that we're sort of trained, we're naturally sort of analysed everything and think, is this good or bad? And the answer is it's kind of both, isn't it? So it's, so again.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

But again, I think the problem is that we're sort of trained, we're naturally sort of analysed everything and think, is this good or bad? And the answer is it's kind of both, isn't it? So it's, so again.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

A hammer is a powerful, very useful tool. It can also be a terrifying implement of death. Or a knife. A knife. I mean, you could list every tool in that wheelhouse. And the wheel, you know, someone could drive around your house and Hit the door in. So it is.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

A hammer is a powerful, very useful tool. It can also be a terrifying implement of death. Or a knife. A knife. I mean, you could list every tool in that wheelhouse. And the wheel, you know, someone could drive around your house and Hit the door in. So it is.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

A hammer is a powerful, very useful tool. It can also be a terrifying implement of death. Or a knife. A knife. I mean, you could list every tool in that wheelhouse. And the wheel, you know, someone could drive around your house and Hit the door in. So it is.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

It's just that it's the pace of it, the dizzying speed with which these things are coming along, I think, is the thing that makes people rightly anxious. But it's also... It is exciting, but it's also... Terrifying at the same time.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

It's just that it's the pace of it, the dizzying speed with which these things are coming along, I think, is the thing that makes people rightly anxious. But it's also... It is exciting, but it's also... Terrifying at the same time.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

It's just that it's the pace of it, the dizzying speed with which these things are coming along, I think, is the thing that makes people rightly anxious. But it's also... It is exciting, but it's also... Terrifying at the same time.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

It's often a darkly comedic, because one of the, I think... I mentioned the Twilight Zone. I mentioned sort of weird British TV shows. And I think one of the things that, and I've realized recently how much it influenced Black Mirror, Robocop. The 1980, like 87, was it? Like Robocop, the original Robocop.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

It's often a darkly comedic, because one of the, I think... I mentioned the Twilight Zone. I mentioned sort of weird British TV shows. And I think one of the things that, and I've realized recently how much it influenced Black Mirror, Robocop. The 1980, like 87, was it? Like Robocop, the original Robocop.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

It's often a darkly comedic, because one of the, I think... I mentioned the Twilight Zone. I mentioned sort of weird British TV shows. And I think one of the things that, and I've realized recently how much it influenced Black Mirror, Robocop. The 1980, like 87, was it? Like Robocop, the original Robocop.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

way ahead of its time. It's a brilliant comedy as well. It's like a really dark comedy in a way that I... I loved it when I was like a teenager. I saw it and wore the VHS out watching it over and over again. And I think a lot of the... Actually, a lot of the comedy sailed over my head. But what I really... The...

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

way ahead of its time. It's a brilliant comedy as well. It's like a really dark comedy in a way that I... I loved it when I was like a teenager. I saw it and wore the VHS out watching it over and over again. And I think a lot of the... Actually, a lot of the comedy sailed over my head. But what I really... The...

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

way ahead of its time. It's a brilliant comedy as well. It's like a really dark comedy in a way that I... I loved it when I was like a teenager. I saw it and wore the VHS out watching it over and over again. And I think a lot of the... Actually, a lot of the comedy sailed over my head. But what I really... The...

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

sort of the dystopian commodification of everything that was going on, and that was excellently done. I have to say, as a Brit, it was fairly very heavily influenced by Judge Dredd, which was a British comic strip. What do you mean? Dystopian.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

sort of the dystopian commodification of everything that was going on, and that was excellently done. I have to say, as a Brit, it was fairly very heavily influenced by Judge Dredd, which was a British comic strip. What do you mean? Dystopian.

The Chuck ToddCast
How ā€˜Black Mirror’ Reveals Our Bleak Digital Future w/ Creator Charlie Brooker

sort of the dystopian commodification of everything that was going on, and that was excellently done. I have to say, as a Brit, it was fairly very heavily influenced by Judge Dredd, which was a British comic strip. What do you mean? Dystopian.