Black Mirror’s Metalhead suggests technological disruption is unavoidable (and terminal)
The fourth season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, a Twilight Zone-esque anthology TV series about technological anxieties and possible futures, was released on Netflix on December 29th, 2017. In this series, six writers will look at each of the fourth season’s six episodes to see what they have to say about current culture and projected fears.
Previous essays in this series address “USS Callister,” “Black Museum,” and “Hang The DJ.”
Spoiler warning: This essay does not give away the ending of “Metalhead,” but it does cover a significant percentage of its minimal plot.
Charlie Brooker’s anthology series Black Mirror is celebrated for its wit, its style, and in some rare cases — as in last season’s “San Junipero” — its incredibly…
