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Ed Morris, an average man, is approached by a gorgeous synthetic woman with an illegal plan that could change his life completely. A smitten Ed decides to help, and then his world really begins to crumble.

Steve Buscemi and Julia Davis in Electric Dreams (2017)

"In fact, I'm a big believer in neural network equality."

A delightful little story with some darker moments

I guess my advantage and disadvantage at the same time is that I didn&#39;t read the Philip K. Dick short story this was based on. So taking it at face value, I didn&#39;t have the same problem with it that so many other reviewers here did. Quite the opposite, as moral dilemmas surface in a number of places that place the characters at odds with each other and even themselves. As in Sally Morris&#39;s (Julia Davis) quandary over reporting her husband for potential insurrection against his company, and Ed&#39;s (Steve Buscemi) difficulty on whether or not to aid Jill (Sidse Babett Knudsen) with the theft of the QC capsules. There&#39;s even the question of whether or not The Director (Lucian Msamati) was retrieving the QC for The Spirit Mill or himself. For a moment, I even thought that Jill might have been working for the Spirit Mill in order to test Ed&#39;s loyalty to the company. The story involves multiple double crosses that ends with Ed being on the outs with both Sally and Jill, as he&#39;s left to contemplate his fate with the only source of consolation he has left, his vinyl record collection. On a side note, the reference to Ed as Syd Barrett had a striking resonance for this viewer, because for some reason, every time I call up a rock number on Youtube, the automatic selection that plays the very nest time is always &#39;Shine On You Crazy Diamond&#39;. It almost never fails.

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Crazy Diamond

As a story goes, it held my attention, and Steve Buscemi&#39;s performance kept a thin script from falling apart. But it was a version of Blade Runner with androids running out of time. It had nothing to do with the original short story it was based on, called Sales Pitch. Even Blade Runner film lacked correlation to the book it was based on. Confusion continued to reign over me why it was called Crazy Diamond. But that answered when the music of Syd Barrett permeated the air. So why use the title &quot;Philip K Dick&#39;s Electric Dreams&quot;. Ever story so far is a re-imagination.

This story is set in a distant future where the land is crumbling into the sea and artificial people known as Jacks and Jills live alongside regular people. Ed works is one of the facilities where &#39;Quantum Consciousnesses&#39; are created and injected into bodies; these QCs are effectively artificial souls that makes the Jacks and Jills who they are. The QCs are valuable and one day a Jill approaches Ed and proposes that he helps her steal some; she needs one for herself as her own is failing and proposes to sell the others. The robbery goes according to plan but the buyer steals them all now she wants them back. While this isn&#39;t the best story in the series to date it is still rather fun. Given that its length it does a fine job creating an interesting world thanks to the little details such as food that goes bad soon after one buys it and rules against trying to grow your own. The setting, largely filmed at Dungeness, gives an otherworldly feeling. The story of an artificial being seeking to extend her life does of course remind one of &#39;Blade Runner&#39;, itself inspired by a Phillip K Dick story, and there is also an obvious reference to &#39;Double Jeopardy&#39;, the classic film noir which should set alarm bells ringing. The central characters are interesting; Steve Buscemi does a fine job as Ed, a dreamer who has plans for a different future and Sidse Babett Knudsen impresses as the Jill who just wants a future. The rest of the cast are pretty solid too. There are a few moments of violence but nothing too extreme. Overall an enjoyable little story.

Flawed, for sure! A mess? Definitely! Motivations mostly unclear. On the other hand I liked the atmosphere of this episode, the good acting of the main characters and that some scenes were over the top. It was grotesque. This is probably what got me. Seeing a lot of parallels to our more and more narcissistic society. Things just happen and nobody cares. This is somehow exaggerated, but this dystopia got me thinking and that&#39;s what this show is about.

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Crazy Diamond

Electric Dreams

"In fact, I'm a big believer in neural network equality."

Good Story but not Philip K Dick's

A delightful little story with some darker moments

Grotesque but kind of up to date

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