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- The Commuter. "The Commuter" is one of the simplest premises you'll find in Electric Dreams, but it also has far more to say than many of the more sci-fi-heavy entries.
- Crazy Diamond. How did it take this long to cast Steve Buscemi as a sci-fi protagonist? (A supporting role in Michael Bay's The Island does NOT count.)
- Kill All Others. If you're looking for dystopian allegories about increasingly authoritarian states, look no further than "Kill All Others." In a semi-near future, all of North America has been unified under the "mega nation" of Mexiscan.
- Autofac. "Autofac" is another standout from the first season. Set in a nuclear war-ravaged future where society has ended, the automated consumer-industrial complex or Autofac keeps churning out packages and shipping them by drone to a populace that no longer exists.
- A delightful sci-fi experience.
- Verdict
By David Griffin
Updated: Jan 9, 2018 8:05 pm
Posted: Jan 9, 2018 6:00 pm
This is a SPOILER-FREE review of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams: Season 1.
Electric Dreams is an enjoyable science fiction anthology series inspired by visionary writer Philip K. Dick (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep). Like Black Mirror, Electric Dreams features its own set of standalone episodes covering a wide range of topics from space exploration, to virtual reality simulations. Not all of these adventures are home runs, but there are enough good stories here to make this a worthy binge when it premieres on Amazon Prime Video on January 12th.
Telling a compelling science fiction story isn’t easy, especially when the writer is building a world from scratch. Some of the best examples within the genre, like the reimagined Battlestar Galactica, take present-day issues and place them into a futuristic setting. This simple but effective style helps to ground these new worlds with drama we can relate to.
Even the best anthology series will have a few bad apples like The Hood Maker, but thankfully for Electric Dreams, they are few and far between. Overall, there’s a lot to get excited about. The man behind Blade Runner has some wildly imaginative ideas and it’s great to see them brought to life by a very talented group of writers and directors.
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72% Avg. Tomatometer 53 Reviews 75% Avg. Audience Score 250+ Ratings "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" is a 10-episode science-fiction anthology series that journeys into unique worlds beyond...
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- Steve Buscemi
- TV-MA
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Featured review. 8/10. Worth it. I've read several critics' reviews comparing this show to Black Mirror as if it fails in comparison. I don't think that's accurate. Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is visually, thematically and, most importantly, narratively interesting.
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Sep 17, 2017 · Where the Charlie Brooker series plays with technology and the use that humans give it, in Electric Dreams what's more important are emotions, desires and metaphysics. [Full Review in...
Sarah and George, in their respective lives, increasingly resort to using virtual reality to escape their pain, blurring the lines over which life is the real one. Ultimately, Sarah chooses to live as George, convinced that her real life is too good to be true, and her neural pathways break down.
