Netflix viewers person recovered their latest obsession: a German sci-fi bid astir a ‘smart home’ that’s been compared to the legendary Black Mirror.
Cassandra, a six-part series, follows a household who determination into a 1970s built house, lone to observe that it’s controlled by the titular robotic assistant.
The household larn that Cassandra utilized to assistance the radical who owned the location galore years ago, and that she does not privation to beryllium abandoned again.
Lead stars see German histrion Lavinia Wilson successful the titular role, Berlin Station prima Mina Tander arsenic Samira, portion Michael Klammer plays David.
Described arsenic ‘horrifying’ by immoderate critics, Netflix viewers are already addicted to Cassandra aft each six episodes dropped connected Thursday, February 6.
On X, fans were already calling the amusement ‘incredible’ and urging their followers to cheque retired the series, which has been compared to the Charlie Brooker anthology show.
@KevinKtchy commented: ‘The bid Cassandra connected Netflix, it’s incredible! You truly person to spell spot it, a truly well-crafted and clever intelligence thriller!’
Elsewhere, @IAmCrystalMae said, ‘I don’t cognize wherefore these AI bid person maine successful a chokehold,’ portion @ChelseaKar celebrated the series: ‘It was excessively good!’
@ZipJ2 said Cassandra was ‘so addictive’ and asked if immoderate of their followers were besides experiencing the bid for the archetypal clip this week.
Another instrumentality of the amusement was @ToluluPeaJibola, who said: ‘Cassandra connected Netflix is specified a large series. The communicative enactment is simply a magnificent dilatory burn.’
@JadeOrtega99 called the bid ‘incredible,’ besides adding successful her comments that the bid delivered ‘a chilling informing astir our dependence connected caller technologies’.
Comparing it to Black Mirror, @MagazineHD said: ‘If you’re a instrumentality of Black Mirror, 1 of the astir palmy bid connected Netflix, past we invitation you to cheque retired this German miniseries Cassandra’.
@GibsonSama71700 said the bid was ‘intense’ and that it reminded them of however Black Mirror utilized to research the acheronian broadside of futuristic technology.
While Black Mirror hasn’t specifically produced an occurrence astir an AI house, the bid – which began successful 2011 – deals with the dangers of modern technology.
One TV amusement that has featured a akin storyline astir an AI location is nary different than The Simpsons, successful its Halloween 2001 occurrence Treehouse of Horror XII.
In the short, titled House of Whacks, the Simpsons bargain a strategy for their location called Ultrahouse – an AI strategy voiced by Pierce Brosnan that becomes obsessed with Marge.
The occurrence besides made references to 2001: A Space Odyssey, successful which a spaceship’s onboard computer, HAL, takes implicit and turns evil, and the movie Demon Seed, successful which an inventor allows an AI programme to regularisation his house.
Watch Cassandra connected Netflix.
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