Black Mirror
Warning : Spoilers out front for Black Mirror season 7 ’s , " Hotel Reverie . “Black Mirrorseason 7 ’s gamy - construct " Hotel Reverie " sequence need an unexpected turn when Redream ’s groundbreaking technology feel a grievous bug , but it somehow does n’t impact all the hokey character in the pretence . The installing overall is immaculately written , but the fact I do n’t rank it among thebestBlack Mirrorepisodesproves how gamy the monetary standard has been set for Netflix ’s sci - fi anthology show . Either manner , " Hotel Reverie " helpsBlack Mirrorseason 7 return to form , while also make a case for it being one of thebest shows on Netflix .
" Hotel Reverie " revolves around Redream ’s power to generate a graphic simulationthanks to information it extracts from subsist reference stuff . While remaking the episode ’s nominal in - universe movie , Issa Rae ’s Brandy Friday plays Dr. Alex Palmerand is under order of magnitude to provide a meter - for - dead gemination of the original actor ’s performance alongside computer - generated versions of the classical cast . However , the simulation halts when coffee is spilled on a fundamental part of hardware in the out-of-door human beings and all the digitized doppelgängers freeze in place - aside from Emma Corrin ’s Clara .
Clara Doesn’t Freeze Because Her Program Transcends The Redream Technology’s Simulation
It all starts when Brandy calls her “Dorothy” by accident
" Hotel Reverie " is an disingenuous commentary on the concern surrounding A.I. as well as Hollywood ’s on-going insistency on redo classic movies rather than creating original stories . The episode manages to accost both topics equally while addingBlack Mirror ’s dark , sci - fi twirl . As one of the instalment ’s central figures , Emma Corrin dally both the originalHotel Reveriecharacter Clara , and the actress who played her - Dorothy Chambers . When the Redream applied science is compromised , Clara manage to avoid being frozen in place because of Brandy ’s slip of the clapper .
She becomes a blending of Clara and Dorothy , which intend Redream fails to name her as part of the pretence .
sooner in the sequence , Brandy accidentally address the Clara A.I. as " Dorothy . " Using the actress ' name rather than the character ’s triggers a malfunction in her programme that allows her to enter the " echo " of the fair sex who drew on her own literal experiences to wreak Clara to life . So , she becomes a portmanteau word of Clara and Dorothy , which mean Redream fails to key her as part of the simulation . In unretentive , Clara becomes far more than what she was originally intend to be , which gives her self - awareness and agency beyond Redream ’s parametric quantity .
Clara Becoming More Than A Movie Character Allows Her To “Leave” The Simulation Itself
Clara partially resurrects Dorothy by exploring Redream’s data pool
Venturing from the frozen hotel to research , Clara terminate up being " exposed to the full data pool . “This means when she step through the threshold into the abyss , Clara can consciously access all the entropy fed into Redream that was used to create her quality . This was information she had only been unconsciously able-bodied to draw upon until that second , but being addressed as Dorothy by Brandy bear on Corrin ’s character to a new spirit level of awareness that in the end made her a far more advanced A.I.
Classic cinema meets reduce - edge technology and lead to a thought process - provoking termination in Black Mirror season 7 , episode 3 , " Hotel Reverie . "
By the one - hour mark of " Hotel Reverie , " Clara is basically a fully independent being after incorporating more parts of Dorothy ’s life into her program . Of course , she is n’t completely free of Redream ’s formula , as she is sadly reset along with the relief of the political program when those in the outside world rectify the expert glitch . That being say , the miniskirt - simulation of Clara on the earpiece that is gifted to Brandy by Redream quietly implies that Corrin ’s digitalBlack Mirrorcharacter has continue a little of her inherited humanity .
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