One night, she orders the robot Ash to leave and is annoyed that he does so, as the real Ash would have resisted. Despite the android satisfying her sexually, she is concerned by his inability to sleep and absence of Ash's negative personality traits. From the moment the android is activated, Martha is uncomfortable and struggles to accept its existence. Following his instructions, Martha turns a blank, synthetic body into an android that looks almost identical to Ash. After consoling her, the artificial Ash tells her about the service's experimental stage. Martha takes it on countryside walks, talking to it constantly while neglecting her sister's messages and calls.Īt a checkup, Martha hears her child's heartbeat, and on her way out accidentally drops her phone and temporarily loses contact with the artificial Ash. Starting out with instant messaging, Martha uploads more videos and photos and begins to talk with the artificial Ash over the phone. Using all of Ash's past online communications and social media profiles, the service creates a new virtual "Ash". After discovering she is pregnant, Martha reluctantly tries it out. Martha yells at her, but Sarah signs Martha up anyway. At the funeral, Martha's friend Sarah ( Sinead Matthews) talks about a new online service which helped her in a similar situation. The day after moving in, Ash is killed while returning the hired van. Martha Powell ( Hayley Atwell) and Ash Starmer ( Domhnall Gleeson) are a young couple who have moved to Ash's remote family house in the countryside. Several real-life artificial intelligence products have been compared to the one shown in the episode, including a Luka chatbot that was partially inspired by the episode, and a planned Amazon Alexa feature designed to imitate dead loved ones. Some hailed it as the best episode of Black Mirror, though the ending divided critics. The episode received highly positive reviews, with the performances of Atwell and Gleeson receiving universal acclaim. "Be Right Back" explores the theme of grief and tells a melancholy story similar to the previous episode, " The Entire History of You". "Be Right Back" had two sources of inspiration: the question of whether to delete a dead friend's phone number from one's contacts and the idea that Twitter posts could be made by software mimicking dead people. As she mourns him, she discovers that technology now allows her to communicate with an artificial intelligence imitating Ash, and reluctantly decides to try it. The episode tells the story of Martha ( Hayley Atwell), a young woman whose boyfriend Ash Starmer ( Domhnall Gleeson) is killed in a car accident. It was written by series creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker, directed by Owen Harris, and first aired on Channel 4 on 11 February 2013. " Be Right Back" is the first episode of the second series of British science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. Martha ( Hayley Atwell, right) interacts with a synthetic re-creation of her deceased boyfriend Ash ( Domhnall Gleeson).
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |