@sp1ti sorry but your arguments do not point out why the episode didn't make "a little bit of sense". The rules of these robots are not explained whatsoever (that's the stupid part), so you don't know exactly what they can and can't do. As far as you know they may act differently according to the situation.
@gongasf Since this is Black Mirror we can assume these are man made. Seeing how the robo dogs were swarming their previous locations it is pretty clear to me that they would follow a systematic logic - and are not self-aware beings with individuality. But even then, it would be quite the dumb machine if it actually had a quirky personality and just wanted do it's killing in such an inefficient way. So yeah, this was 100% lowquality fiction based on "WHAT IF THE ROBOTS AT BOSTON DYNAMICS STARTED KILLING HUMANS" x "POST-APOCALYPSE". Please don't make excuses for the writers.
Review by sp1tiVIP OG 13BlockedParent2017-12-31T13:40:38Z
Not as terrible in execution as Arkangel but I couldn't help but burst out laughing in one of the key moments due to the stupidity of this where it should have been a moment of tension instead. I mean that this show is an anthology is a good thing but this was on par of British no-budget genre film... if you want me to invest in your setting at least bother to make things to have at least a little bit of sense. Turning it black & white is not enough.
- The dogs technical functions seemed to jump around all the time... This is sort of endless. / Can magically generate and store power forever apparently (since it can still charge from within the factory)... still goes on standby. / Instead of killing the target point blank it prefers to instill a tracking device before it kills the person. / It just hides in the factory.. because robots. / Abandons factory straight away and goes for the target not instilled with a tracking device. / Can at first only track people via tracking device (still kills the other guy and can drive a car just fine however), later on it can still employ a sort-off wallhack (it did the tracking by an endless stream of blood left behind LOL)... however once it was in the house it could not see behind the furniture she was located at. / Can apparently only kill with a weapon(knife here) after it lost it's weapon - scary. / They suddenly swarm the area so they can supposedly communicate with each other, but that isn't really seen in their behavior regardless.
- The reason for getting a teddy this far out can't be made up. If this really was a dangerous world people would have helped themselves differently (and not by leaving the dying kid there). This wasn't just something that happened a few days ago anyways.
- We are supposed to believe this is a world that exist. So obviously she first runs away when the first guy gets attacked, only to stand still to have him tell to run away again on which she still does this as she wouldn't have cared either way.
- These things get rekt by energy drain, paintjobs, trees and are only good in close range. Now this will wipe humanity out for certain...