BLACK MIRROR'S NOSEDIVE - EXPLAINED & ANALYSED

Hi Everyone, today I’m sharing with you my explanation and analysis of Nosedive.
This episode is the first episode in the third series of Charlie Brooker’s acclaimed show Black Mirror, which can currently be streamed on Netflix.
The story revolves around Lacie Pound, a woman obsessed with her social media rating.
We watch her spiral into a full blown mental breakdown as her plans to raise her rating gets waylaid by a series of unfortunate events.
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[@Cakez253]

I took the red pill almost 3 years ago and deactivated my Facebook account. I no longer care about social validation through these websites. I do miss seeing some people on there occasionally but overall feel relieved of the fake and toxic people who can so easily disrupt your mood or how you feel about yourself. Good riddance!

[@LondonCityGirl]

Interesting 😃 On the whole I like social media but I do try to limit my consumption as it can be quite a tiring space to be in.

[@leeoliver2969]

Facebook now makes you wait 30 days before they will fully delete your account. You are trapped until THEY say you can go.

[@megugu2155]

@@leeoliver2969 that really wont disrupt you tho. its deactivated by that time and you can go be a normal person before and after the time limit. that time limit is only there just in case you change your mind. you're already let go once you deactivate.

[@Big-guy1981]

You kids are so funny. I am 40 and I don't give a toss about m'y "social ratings".

[@LuckyXCX]

Same I deleted my FB the second I found out I could

[@shortround6830]

In these times, the desire to be “liked” overwhelms a LOT of people’s lives. It’s so pathetic. And very deeply sad. How depressing...

[@remotefaith]

Hasnt it always?

[@LondonCityGirl]

Yes, I think there's always been a desire to be liked ... it's human nature ... people may go about it in different ways but most people want to be liked. It feels good to be popular but add social media into the mix and the constant comparison it ushers in and it can be a recipe for disaster.

[@stevegoulding6328]

It's a slippery slope! You'll eventually get to where other countries are and you're points will be more important than honesty, morals and integrity! People will start snitching on each other to get points. Think about another country that already has a social credit system and how well it's working for them!

[@Senate300]

Considering how China has applied a similar social credit system onto it's citizens, Nosedive is Black Mirror's most prophetic episode.

[@jessea5548]

Predictive programming

[@loveforeva12]

It’s closer to home than people want to admit. Credit scores are virtually the same thing as this; only certain people have access to certain things based on how well they perform

[@xiaozenni4843]

The Chinese social credit system is aimed so that scam businesses won’t operate. For example, a lot of restaurants violate health laws and ignore when they are warned and this system is there to prevent that business from operating. It’s more similar to the credit system if you ask me. We’re restricted from many things because of our actions, and that all goes into account when buying houses/cars etc. Sometimes it really sucks because people do grow, but sometimes it makes sense. It’s hard to find a balance.

[@brandonvirgin8561]

America is slowly but surely doing the same.

[@eirene1988]

Nosedive's world is far more sinister than govt control though, because a person's life, job, mode of transport etc. can literally be decided by the whims of impulsive strangers. A govt won't punish you for not smiling, saying a bad word etc. Citizens in authoritarian govt systems know what the "rules" are and the consequences for disobedience are clear. I actually lived in China for 3 years (2014-2017) and it can actually feel quite "safe" if one understands the system, because there is no mass rioting, terrorist bombs or gun violence. The one thing I disliked was the lack of internet freedom (youtube/gmail can't be opened there), but overall most people are genuinely kind, caring, hardworking, curious and cultured; they are not fake like the people in this Black Mirror episode.

[@victormena9407]

Few months back i saw a promo of an interview with an astrophysicist, the thing they use to promote it was "with over 5,000 twitter followers" instead of papers published or articles or anything else. :/

[@LondonCityGirl]

Yep, that's when you realise how ridiculous things can become.

[@bitebetsy]

I'm proud to have 500! I earned them with honest Tweets. People who buy - always have about 5,000 Following and Followers - dead give-away. I just block anyone who begs for Followers to help them reach 15, 60, or 250,000 Followers - like that is validation... How many will read them, and answer back?

[@bascal133]

So excited, this is my favorite episode!

[@LondonCityGirl]

It's definitely one that sticks in my memory!

[@esthersscepter5485]

That wedding kiss was the worst part of the episode.

[@ShibaMcDripNu]

imagine walking on egg shells and being controlled by people's emotions, sounds like hell on earth.

[@totoventura9094]

Excellent analysis. I give you a 5 star rating :-))

[@Topdisbong]

i use to work for a Chinese company and we were ranked. based on our rankings would determine how much pay we would get. I cannot tell you how unbelievably stressful it was, putting on a fake smile everyday and trying to please everyone just so I can make money to pay my bills. And even though I would do my very best to be super nice and work well I would sometimes get a low rating just cuz a client didn't like me and it would drop my pay....like my life was so fake, putting on the fake smile and I was so stressed cuz I sometimes didn't' have enough to pay my bills...it was horrible...and we need to all wake up and realize how terrible this social credit system is and never allow it here in the west.

[@saltywalrus]

I think it's also a commentary on a potential dystopian future that we may face with social credit

[@Tom-xy9gb]

I quit posting on Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, and Facebook (who uses facebook anyways) along time ago. I dont take pictures and videos to post. I take pictures and videos for myself for memories or I dont even take them at all. I rather live for the moment and take in whats going on and be happy. I still have Instagram and twitter on my phone, but in folders not in individual apps. This keeps me from being tempted to even click on the apps. I still have them for news and for old friends to contact me. We don't have anything to prove to people. People dont care what we're doing every minute of our lives or what new item we got

[@LondonCityGirl]

Interesting take 😁 I personally like social media ... hence making videos on YT for a decade and my full time job is as head of video for a social media company. But I think different people can be affected by it differently and it can foster a lot of unhealthy comparison as is the case for Lacie in this Black Mirror episode. On the whole I feel the benefits of social media outweigh the negative but there are lots of people like you who feel differently 😁

[@nolanknight4162]

I never seen such an accurate description on nowadays society

[@brendameza2658]

Thank you! I am doing an essay on comparing real world urbanism with this episode and y'all analyzed it so well.

[@Iggystar71]

My favorite episode! I hope you analyze more!

[@michaeljeniken6584]

That was very insightful. Thank you.

[@AR-mi9cv]

Man if this episode isn't accurate 😳😳😳😳 LOVE this channel

[@ccchhhrrriiisss100]

Great job, LCG! This is such an interesting show -- and your explanation/reviews are very good. Thank you!

[@TheElleemo]

10:55 this is my MOST favourite line. the truth is terrifying.

[@MsNonblonde]

Excellent analysis!

[@Pcspyder]

excellent analysis

[@aneesahmed777]

I love this episode so much... But I love the Meow-Meow-Beenz episode of Community much more 😋 (It's the same premise but the genre is instead subversive comedy) Great video BTW 👌

[@GhostNameless]

Wow you watched exactly the same movies and TV shows as I did. I would recommend the movie Timecrimes. It is a bit similar to Triangle, Predestination and Coherence.

[@aliciaM925]

Fav. Episode. She was so freaking funny lol and it’s sadly kinda true! Hated Naomi and that husband lol

[@humbertochavez6572]

Great episode, great job by all actors. Is this what’s happening in China w the individual merit score assigned by the AI?

[@davidboekhout18]

Well narrated.... When I first watched this episode it made me cringe until the meltdown

[@kasebrot2361]

very good video thank you

[@valyardelean]

In case of a cataclysm none of our social scale and values could help us survive...

[@crash3147]

I live in italy, my english teacher gave us to watch this video as an assignement

[@alessiocataldi2434]

spero poi ti abbia dato un voto a 5 stelle

[@loop7280]

Anyone who takes "streaks" on snapchat should see this.

[@clarky417]

We are living in this reality right now. Hearts ♥️ likes 👍 and comments are now the new currency 💴. We are judged on how many friends and followers we have . We are also judged on how many likes 👍 we get.

[@antiblisss]

Great! Thanks

[@garytaylor283]

WELL EXPLAINED 🙂👍 Gary Birmingham UK

[@bmardiney]

Cancel culture anyone? We are now living through this hellscape.

[@shaanajaz8541]

Exactly

[@chelseabrina]

You can get cancelled only if you play this number game

[@bmardiney]

@@chelseabrina you can get fired for literally anything HR wants you fired for these days.

[@MagmaleV]

Great explanation, thank you!

[@LondonCityGirl]

Thanks for watching!

[@whiskeyandapples]

🙏🙏 ever thought of doing upstream color?

[@LondonCityGirl]

Yes, I definitely have and it's on my list 😃 May be a while before I can get to it as have a bunch of videos I'm working on right now but it will be a future project.

[@suzie_lovescats]

I gave this review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@sangharshkhandagale6450]

Please make a video for Movie TENET , i loved your video on PRIMER

[@TamerEldegwy]

They are " predictive programming " you to the social credit system they will apply.

[@new-jj5il]

Useful

[@joseville]

When are was rated 1 by anon, was that because she helped her coworker with a favorable rating?

[@mei3649]

Yes, because the other people in her office (the anons) were against her coworker and were unhappy with her trying to help him out

[@tomg1432]

This is a long shot but I'd like to hear your explanation for The Witch.

[@LondonCityGirl]

That's a great movie - it's one that's stayed with me and I've watched a LOT of horror movies in my life!

[@eldridgecoutinho2674]

Man this epiosde was really disturbing

[@YasuEntertainement]

This episode was so depressing to watch

[@puddleglummarshwiggle4236]

Where can I watch this in full? I can't find it anymore.

[@DollySantana]

Netflix black mirror

[@bubbahyde322]

Neighborhood near you

[@komoreteahouse7841]

“Quantifying a person’s socioeconomic status” Well that sums Instagram up.

[@alexnegrete8178]

You could analyze Dark from Netflix 😳

[@NinoNiemanThe1st]

Excellent summary! Let's hope that the day of "Influencers" who just flog pointless 'crap for cash' products to poor, desperate victims trying to live dream lives they'll never achieve is over. PS. Apparently the Kardashian family in all their iterations may not even be invited by Anna Wintour to the next Met Gala. OMG the horror! As for Goop vaginal steaming products...QED, it's become a ridiculous parody of itself and a total joke!

[@nicholasmaude6906]

The PRC is doing something like what was shown in "Nosedive".

[@AR-mi9cv]

So I'm back here 8 months later....Can I get some stars for my rating?

[@rossmorebaz]

welcome to the future !

[@bitebetsy]

You do it justice - it is just so disgusting to me - the premise {Bryce is perfect for this part - I just can't handle the subject!!! sorry 001.001}

[@level1life79]

Ill never understand why so many people have this episode in their top 3

[@niveditashukla2198]

Hey plzz make a video on our universe...

[@LondonCityGirl]

There's plenty of videos related to the Universe on this channel - I have a Physics playlist which you might enjoy. The next video will be on the history of our world which will have a section on the Universe 👍

[@DovakhiinDragonborn]

Damn this is scarier the more and more this can be our reality. China has already started it. Only a matter of time it happening anytime here in the U.S.A. You know if my future is like this, I welcome Covid to come and take me right now. #NotMyFuture

[@loveforeva12]

We already do lmao our credit score system is no different than China

[@soulsoar2061]

It’s happening. It’s already being talked about, which is why it brought me to this video.

[@tomclutz705]

Nosedive is new Beenz

[@Crimsonlee2XX]

God I would hate to live in a world like this. I’d be like the truck driver woman and stop caring a long time ago. It’s kinda sad but we’re sort of like this today with social media Likes 👍, hearts❤️, stars ⭐️, Subscribers, Followers, Facebook friends. If your a KZbinr content creator or on Twitter this should speak levels to you.

[@LondonCityGirl]

I hear you! Social media takes up an enormous amount of time owing to the comparison trap. I limit my time on all platforms these days 😁

[@arnoldasbucys7786]

It's seems like real life is black mirror

[@PeteS_1994]

It kinda is with cancel culture and stuff, but real life luckilly isn't there yet.

[@LoxsannB]

@@PeteS_1994 and celebrity culture all around. This is why I hate advertising. (I find the art of it cool , but what it’s actually doing is gross) & why I can’t stand people caring about celebrity friendships and relationships. It’s all fake 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@dyslexictities6892]

Ayooo anybody doing a English PowerPoint on this !!!!! If you know, you now.

[@GauravSharma-dy8xv]

You are awesome. I love you 😘

[@evanward4303]

I thought this was going to be about Black Mirror not being as good as it used to be.

[@JPF222]

Same, hahaha

[@LondonCityGirl]

😂 The latest series was a bit of disappointment. I didn't like the film and the Miley Cyrus episode was pretty awful but Striking Vipers is up there as one of my all time favourites.

[@evanward4303]

@@LondonCityGirl Agree. I hope they can step it up next series.

[@KadonGish-BTM]

This world is so fucking rigged. I am so glad I don't live in it.

[@LunarWhite]

id like to comment - i think that lacey had feelings for naomi. the way she screams "i love you, i always have," the way that naomi shows off her body as well as her fancy home, and lacey's overall obsession and infatuation with naomi despite how cruelly she was treated. i think that this speaks or hints to lacey having some kind of feelings for her.

[@ricchapin723]

You? How many meow meow beans?

[@RCrafTeroS]

Second

[@SalsaSippin_]

Why was her bf a black guy?! 🤣🤣🤣