What Black Mirror's Hang the DJ Says About Love 

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"99.8 percent is not a hundred" *Has flashbacks where my Asian parents scold me on my grades by saying that line*

I was terrified this episode would end on a negative note. But it was a great comfort in the end. As always I loved your analysis.

My favourite episode! At the end where the simulations get deleted I assume they don't feel pain or fear in that moment (judging by how they look), confusion maybe. No one will miss them; there's no grief or any negative feelings basically; they just end. I don't really think that's dark, especially compared to sitting alone with your guilt in a cabin for a 1000 years, being your own digital slave or getting electrocuted over and over again watching the self-righteous smiles of the people doing it. Plus after all, they had their catharsis and were finally together when it ended, at the peak of their feelings for each other

I mean I know the main point of Black Mirror is really to show how dark the near future can be with the further technology evolves, but I kind of like how every once in while there's some hopeful episodes with not so bleak endings 😂😂😂

Man, it's pretty cool that one of the best nerdy video essay/popculture breakdown channels was created by badass ladies.

My girlfriend and I have been through so much bullshit from family and supposed friends. Love at first sight isn't real. Or, it is and isn't. I fell in love with her at some party and I knew I was in it for long haul. It's taken a lot of work and opening up but 8 years later, she still gives me butterflies and makes me nervous af.i hope everyone can find someone who makes them feel loved and important.

Their chemistry is so 😍😍

My favorite episode of the season. Loving your Black Mirror content girls.😁

I remember watching Hang the DJ and just waiting for 'the big bad thing' to happen, like most Black Mirror episodes, I was soooooooo worried for our main couple and so delighted when no stomach-lurching twist happened. Like the twist was there, but it as more of an "ohhhhhh" than an "OH FUCK NOOOOO".

I love Screenprism. So insightful and thought provoking. Beautifully constructed and paced. As closed to art as a review can be. Thank you for your efforts.

Hang the DJ is my favourite episode of all the seasons...it was sad and hopeful and beautiful....this show is insanely good. 👏

That actress kind of reminded me of a black Emma Watson, and then I realized they were a science fiction Hermione and Ron

This really made me like the episode a lot more. Thank you for the great video!!

I like to think I have pretty strict standards for video essays, and you guys really are quite wonderful. Easily in my top 5 video essayists. Well-reasoned, well-researched arguments and ideas, with beautifully edited videos (in which you actually credit the clips and art you use!) and narrated by a really professional, pleasant, reasonable voice. Don't change a thing. My favorite of your videos still has to be on Cinderella, you blew me away with that one.

My favorite episode ever. The cast did a great job.

I like to think this is kinda what happens in real life. I don't see the episode depressing in any way. Those simulations are just proof that you have a real connection with that one stranger you meet in real life and who you realise later that he/she is The One. When you both feel like you met before...and yes, this feeling does exist. This "soulmate" feeling. Maybe it's the memories of the 1000 simulations you've been through before 😁 I can relate so much. I have my 99.8% match in real life. Thank you Black Mirror for not giving me nightmares this time!

You girls are truly one of the best channel on RU-vid, I love your take on things !

After years of failed attempt at tinder. I met my one love, in Facebook, when a random person tagged both of us in a music video, saying we might like it. Then we had a conversation on that song and rest is history.

You OUGHT to have at least 1 million sub, honestly. Great content, thanks

It surprised me how quickly this episode got me to root for the couple, really masterful work from writer, director and actors. And yes, I also thought about how those simulations were essentially killed. They obviously had minds and emotions of their own, otherwise they wouldn't be fit for the purpose. While I can imagine another Black Mirror episode focusing solely on that tragedy, it's completely glossed over here, with the episode kinda hoping you won't think much of it while being overwhelmed by the saccarine happy ending. Also... ScreenPrism theory - Debra is Susannah's imaginary friend? Who manifests when she's drunk?

Your content is SO GOOD! Thank you. Keep on keeping on.

Thank you so so much for these beautiful analyses, I have watched many other channels that study film and TV but you guys do it in such a fresh, uncynical way. This is art. Please keep it up!

Thinking about this episode makes my cry. It was so, so beautiful

I swear my writing skills have gotten by listening to this channel, I’ll be writing and you’re voice will be in my head! Thanks for the great content and better grade!😂👏

you guys deserve so many more subs! your content is always amazing!

probably the best analysis I've ever watched and heard of any movie or tv shows!

this is just a fabulous channel. I don't think most people realize, but their insights have a level of spiritual depth that is spiritual in the broadest sense of the word. It is intended to move the human race forward. Thank you so much for all your work. One day I'll write a book, and I'll have to credit this channel for what they did for my upbringing. Love to all who read this.

The last 10 seconds is just amazing television.

what I liked abourt the episode is that the system actually was random (or at least it seems like it is), and just empircally pairs people who demonstrate passion for each other...making a somewhat credible twist on the Idea of star crossed lovers for the cynical like myself. And while indeed raisong the question of wether the love that developped in the 1000 simulations can flourish in the real world, where your whole life isn't solely focused on dating.

One of my favorite episodes. keep up the great work love your channel.

Excellent work! My favorite Black Mirror episode.

One of my favorite black mirror episodes. Very underappreciated im glad somebody took the time to talk about it.

Whilst they aren't "cookies" exactly, this is the transitional period that the cookies self awareness begins to kick in. With Amy's realisation that they're in a simulation, marks the beginning of their(cookies) sentience seen in previous episodes such as White Christmas and Black Museum.

How can they "remember" each other if they were all copies from the person's state before the very first simulation and thus each simulation is a blank canvas. Great episode, as usual. To this day, the song "Hang the Dj" still brings snowy flashbacks from last Winter.

You ladies did an excellent job on this we the public appreciate you 2 for giving us a clearer view of this episode I hope you will continue explaining Black mirror ‘s episodes because at times we try to make cents of what it’s all about! This is becoming the public’s favorite place to find the answers

I didn't think I could love this channel more but then you referenced Shakespeare 😍

I love the references from history and different genres you use! It really opens me up to understanding things from other sources I would have never come across otherwise!!

That was my fav black mirror episode ever! And this is my Fav screenPrism episode ever seems fitting

The way I thought about the app that got them the 99.8% match was that it searched for basically the majority of single people on the planet and that was the best match possible. I don't think it was the shows intentional message but that made me think they were saying love is a compromise and sacrifice with even a little luck thrown in. Like they were pointing out that even the best possible match for you on the planet still has a chance of not working out so you shouldn't go through life being unforgiving and searching for perfection.

THANK YOU for another amazing analysis! My favorite channel

this was the first episode of black mirror i ever watched. it blew my fucking mind. fantastic premise & writing.

this is somehow both the happiest and the bleakest episode of the show. think that 1000 pairs of sentient simulations are made and exterminated for *every* pair the algorithim tests, for god knows how many people are on this app. it's a cookie genocide. the fridge logic is intense.

Interesting points. I like this episode a lot. Maybe it is the best romantic sci-fi story I ever seen.

dude, this episode was really heartwarming

Thank you so much, this was one of my favorite episodes and you guys did a brilliant job. Also I love paradoxes yaaay

My fav black mirror episode is San Junipero, this is the second one 😍

This was a really good episode. The end was so good. And now your explanation is kind of making me think about my own relationship

The creepinest of it is about the story we are showed. It depicted an horrible love story were one accept being an sexual object while the other accept humiliation and depressing. Despite them finding love they will carry carry those scars in their romantic "match" Doubting is a blessing. When people take things for granted they may replicate some part of the simulation to feel alive instead of committing.

Great video as always. I think Black mirror is the most important show of this decade, not just for the quality, but for the social/philosophical commentary . What are your toughs on this? What do you think are the most important tv shows by decade?

It’s funny this video is in my recommended cuz I feel this way about someone I’ve met in this life. I feel like I’ve loved him in every life I’ve ever lived.

Anyone else get an ad featuring “Anyone Who Knows What Love Is” before this vid?

This episode was my favorite out of the whole series 😊

Excellent video. At first it was just a lot of stuff that I already picked up from watching it but then you mentioned the 99.8% point and my mind just completely opened to a whole new look at the entirety of this episode, making me enjoy the episode even more.

This channel is killing it.

This channel does amazing work! I don't know where you guys came from but you tackle interesting topics nobody else tackles. I will very much like to suggest/request you guys do a video or videos on HBO's The Leftovers.That show is chock full of dissecting and interpretation

arlyney As many of you here in the comment section, this is my favorite episode of Black Mirror. When I first saw the episode, and in subsequent rewatches (☺️) there was something about that glance at the bar in the end that made me feel like they remembered the simulation and were happy that they made it out and get to be together in the real world. I love this analysis, and the thought that it’s just the first meeting that is quite powerful as well. They are just meant to be. The part where they are lying in bed together, « It must have been mental before the system... it’s so much simpler when it’s all mapped out » I found so poignant and powerful. Loved it. It speaks volumes ♥️

YAY MORE BLACK MIRROR 🙌🙌

This episode made me cry on an airplane

you explained this episode perfectly. more perfect than anyone.

So these are the brilliant ladies behind the channel. Keep up the good work!

I just watched this and it’s my new favorite Black Mirror episode ever. Thanks for making a video about it!

I loved this episode. Great video :)

Got a commercial before the video for some different show that played the song “Anyone who knows what love is”....

I mainly see this episode as very dark. The idea of letting countless conscious beings suffer for years (in their experience) just to quickly check your compatibility with someone is utterly unethical and horrifying in my opinion.

seriously, keep up the good work. You guys have good content! :) edit: also, please do more analysis of black mirror!

I love this episode so much!!!! I was so scared that it was going to end up being like every other Black Mirror episode and end badly for them. Thankfully it was like San Junipero and ended on a positive note. It really invested me in the romance and I was terrified that everything would go to ruins, especially after Frank checked the expiration date and it started recalibrating 😢

You ladies are awesome and I already subscribed. 😎👍

This is my favorite Black Mirror episode and this is the most nuanced and persuasive interpretation I've seen of it. My first impression was that the ending was deeply lovely and romantic. At first I thought that all of those simulations were different incarcerations of the characters and that the dazzling spectacle was a representation of divine intervention liberating them from an inhuman man-made system keeping them apart and forcing them into intimacy with strangers. But now that I understand that all those versions of the protagonists are sentient simulations, and that what I thought was transcendence of the system was actually the culmination of the system... The enslavement and coerced intimacy the simulation beings went through to arrive at the possibly happy ending for their real world counterparts is disturbing. I'm glad the creator intended to make a more optimistic episode. But maybe his rather dark imagination couldn't help creating a happier ending with disturbing implications. Too bad my mis-reading wasn't the really story...

I honestly love watching your analyses

Please make a video about Phantom Thread !!!

I remember when I finished watching that episode, I was clapping and saying "hell yeah dude, THAT'S what's up."

Yep l love this channel

It was cool to see you :D continue with your great job :)

When they climbed the wall, I felt The same, exact thing; it was Completely comparable to The Truman show! Great episode!

Favorite episode.

I like this episode... Reminds me of Tim Minchin's song "If I Didn't Have You"

I am that guy who watches the ScreenPrism video's of Black Mirror before even watching the episodes xD You just get me hyped up to watch it I guess :D

Love is strenghened by overcoming obstacles? I tend to believe that the existence of obstacles gives the illusion of love. Through litterature, we very early associate the idea of grandiose love with suffering and struggling..with ultimate sacrifices and impossible outcomes... this helps to build the illusion of live, ok, the state of mind favorable to love... some believe so much that obstacles strenghen live that they purposely creates tensions and stage fights within their couple to spice it up.. true love is the quiet long lived peace giving love, and the only way to have it is to steadily love oneself first, that self worth and self confidence give the proper foundations to built a healthy relationship where the other is appreciated for what he gives into the relationship (but not deseperately needed to give us purpose and value in life), and the other is tolerated for his flaws as long as they are not harmful.. but we need rand obstacles and emotional rollerco in order not to think leisurly and analize attentively the relationship, nor ourselves for that matter. Love is a distraction, a denial, a gateaway from our reality. It doesnot survive ling because reality always catchs up with us

My favorite episode for sure. Even the romance turned out to be simulations! Lol which was the shocking moment like any other black mirror episodes. We can use non depressing episodes from time to time! Lol n i liked that san junipero episode as well.

Finally got around to watching this episode of Black Mirror (I *am* concerned about spoilers though, especially with a show like BM, so I waited to watch your breakdown of it until I watched the episode itself). Thank you for explaining the name of the episode. My husband and I walked away from the episode entertained, talking about how we don't believe in "soul mates" but enjoyed the episode, and then wondering how the name of the episode really fit in with the story premise (other than the fact that the song at the end repeated it over and over). Your breakdown makes perfect sense! Thanks as always. It wasn't our favorite episode of BM, but it was certainly enjoyable... and it didn't make it hard to sleep afterward, like some episodes, lol.

1st time i watch one of your video. This episode of Black Mirror brought me here ! Nice analysis and nice voice. Pleasant video to watch, and very understandable. So thanks, From France :)

The notion that Hang the DJ is this season's San Junipero is completely wrong, imo. I find no hope or sweetness in San Junipero. Until they "officially" end it, San Junipero might as well be hell for those that inhabit it and find no other code to share eternity with. Even if they are just copies, I hate the handwaviness of Richard and Kelly's relationship by Kelly herself at the end. Choosing to be in a place where nothing matters, well, I simply couldn't think of a worse place to be in.

The fact that you're both women definitely encourage me to suscribe. Good job! 👏👏👏

More Black Mirror videos please!!!

Two lovely women conduct this great channel, big respects. Please analyze BM 'Crocodile' episode. I'm curious what would you say about it.

With the amount of romantic options we have today (and even more we will have in the future), it is ridiculous to think someone will only want YOU

*I'M NOT CRYING! YOU'RE CRYING!!!* *sniff* For real tho, I loved this analysis and this episode

One of the favourite RU-vid channels. Love your content.

Wow great analysis. Really just brings in hopes and brings it all together. Thanks

Best episode of the season.

Nice Work!!

i would so use this app

You never disappoint ! this was amazing

This was my favorite single episode of any show all year.

i dont think digital copy of amy n frank getting deleted is depressing. Yes at the level of real amy n frank the whole simulation happened in the matter of swipe. But at the level of digital copy it was forever. as Einstein's theory of relativity it does not matter what happens in others frame of reference. from the frame of ref of digital copy that love is still real love and is 100% for that instance even at cumulative angle it is 1%

Yesss!!! More black mirror.

I don’t know who is more cute,the couple from the film or the hosts of this series :)

99.8 % spoiled.....thank u very much 4 dat.

You two are great at this! So glad I found you!