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Black Mirror is a British anthology television series of 27 completed episodes in six seasons.
It was aired on British Channel 4 and is also available on Netflix. Its episodes explore a diversity of
genres, but most are set in near-future dystopian societies with sci-fi technology – a type of
speculative fiction. The series is inspired by The Twilight Zone TV series and uses the themes of
technology and media to comment on contemporary social issues. The episodes were produced between 2011 and
2023, a seventh season is announced for 2025.
The quality of the series is generally at a high level in terms of script, setting and acting. What makes
it even more interesting for viewers from 2024 is the fact that many episodes address topics that are
currently being discussed in connection with Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are being shown a future that
will be anything but beautiful if we don't take care of the ethical problems that can arise from the use
of AI.
Wikipedia page "Black Mirror" series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mirror
Martin Karner, 4 May 2024
image by António Martins, 2 August 2024
In the episode "Men against Fire" (Season 3, Episode 5 | 2016), the flag and logo of a
fictional country can be seen. It's a white V-like logo on a dark blue background (picture).
The logo can also be seen on walls, patches and helmets of soldiers (picture |
source: Youtube video at 6:59 and 4:08 min.).
Wikipedia page "Men Against Fire" episode: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Against_Fire
Analysis video "Men Against Fire": https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=wMUVdBTuzr4
Martin Karner, 4 May 2024
I tried to draw this flag, but I'm not really sure of its details
(especially the corners of the logo – rounded or not?).
This logo shows a stylized "V", as said, made from a parallelogram and a
trapeze of identical heights and angle pairs, arrayed to be tangent at
one of the acute corners of the former and one of the obtuse corners of
the latter – the resulting design presenting an assymteric notch at the
angle of the letter, shown at the lower hoist side of the flag.
The shorter of the parallel sides of the latter has
the same length as the two longer sides of the former, and that in the
resulting design one of the shorter sides of each of the two shapes fall
on the same line. That locks the whole thing in place.
António Martins, 7 June 2024
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