I first saw this in 2016 when it was just released. OK, sort of funny then, but also potentially real, maybe somewhere in the distant future.
Well, that "distant" future is here, now, in mid 2023, not that far off from reality at all, more like chillingly close. Of course, PRC (mainland China) has already probed this concept with their "social scoring" system, in which quite a variety of restrictions can be placed on someone who isn't behaving "correctly" . . . That's today, now.
The creators of this episode were remarkably close to expanding on what this might become, in the very near future. As it is, countless millions of people, especially younger people, live their lives, establish their worthiness via the images they can present in their virtual profiles and online chats. Their entire existence is a competitively measurable metric in their social media existence template.
This production is remarkably well made, the acting is completely spot on, and though ridiculously funny in some places (especially the ending), it's really too close to reality to simply write it off as quirky humor.
Definitely worth the time and emotional investment to watch . . . A solid 9 out of 10.
Well, that "distant" future is here, now, in mid 2023, not that far off from reality at all, more like chillingly close. Of course, PRC (mainland China) has already probed this concept with their "social scoring" system, in which quite a variety of restrictions can be placed on someone who isn't behaving "correctly" . . . That's today, now.
The creators of this episode were remarkably close to expanding on what this might become, in the very near future. As it is, countless millions of people, especially younger people, live their lives, establish their worthiness via the images they can present in their virtual profiles and online chats. Their entire existence is a competitively measurable metric in their social media existence template.
This production is remarkably well made, the acting is completely spot on, and though ridiculously funny in some places (especially the ending), it's really too close to reality to simply write it off as quirky humor.
Definitely worth the time and emotional investment to watch . . . A solid 9 out of 10.