En los últimos tiempos estamos tan acostumbrados a las "serires americanas" (ya sabes, las sagas de Lost, The Sopranos, The Wire, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Game of Thrones...) que a veces se nos olvida que los británicos también son expertos en esto de contar historias "por entregas"(Sherlock, Downton Abbey, Brideshead Revisited).
Hoy te recomendamos Black Mirror, una "miniserie" de sólo tres episodios por temporada (va por la segunda), en la que, como explica su director Charlie Brooker Brooker, "each episode has a different cast, a different setting, even a different reality. But they're all about the way we live now – and the way we might be living in 10 minutes' time if we're clumsy".Esta breve descripción debería bastar para hacerte una idea del ominoso futuro inmediato ("el futuro ya está aquí, que diría Radio Futura) que Black Mirror nos augura por culpa de a las nuevas tecnologías y los medios de (in)comunicación que han convertido nuestras vidas (públicas y privadas) en puro espectáculo de consumo masivo.
La serie ha sido descrita como "a hybrid of The Twilight Zone and Tales of the Unexpected which taps into our contemporary unease about our modern world, with the stories having a "techno-paranoia" feel". En palabras de su director: "If technology is a drug – and it does feel like a drug – then what, precisely, are the side-effects? This area – between delight and discomfort – is where Black Mirror, my new drama series, is set. The "black mirror" of the title is the one you'll find on every wall, on every desk, in the palm of every hand: the cold, shiny screen of a TV, a monitor, a smartphone.":
Para que te vayas haciendo el cuerpo a lo que te espera en estos tres episodios de la primera temporada, te adelantamos unas breves pinceladas de su contenido:
1. The National Anthem: "Channel 4 describes the first episode as 'a twisted parable for the Twitter age': A 44 minute long political thriller in which fictional Prime Minister Michael Callow (Rory Kinnear) faces a huge and shocking dilemma when (fictional) Princess Susannah, Duchess of Beaumont (Lydia Wilson), a much-loved member of the Royal Family, is kidnapped. For her safe return, the Prime Minister must have sexual intercourse with a pig on national television..." Y hasta aquí podemos leer... 
2. 15 Million Merits: "A satire on entertainment shows and our insatiable thirst for distraction set in a sarcastic version of a future reality. In this world, everyone must cycle on exercise bikes, arranged in cells, in order to power their surroundings and generate currency for themselves called Merits. Everyone is dressed in a grey tracksuit and has a "doppel", a virtual avatar that people can customise with clothes, for a fee of merits. Everyday activities are constantly interrupted by advertisements that cannot be skipped or ignored without financial penalty."
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