# Talk:Beyond the Sea (Black Mirror)

Have any recognized sources mentioned the fairly obvious plothole (which is all over the IMDb page reviews) that if this technology was available it would have made far more sense, and been far easier, to send the replicants off in the space ship, and keep the astronauts at home. If there was a reason the men were sent and the replicants left on Earth it wasn’t made clear. Swanny18 (talk) 22:51, 11 August 2023 (UTC)

Well today was the day that I read over a dozen "Beyond the Sea" reviews, so I can quite confidently say it wasn't a major source of critical commentary.(For what it's worth: I've been very confused with the "plot hole" discourse I've seen online. For instance, the one you give is cited commonly but addressed in the episode itself—David says to the moviegoer, "The human experience, the survival of the human body, of life, that's really central to the mission". This accords with real history of space travel, which incidentally saw astronauts knowingly consent to a significant chance of mortality.) — Bilorv (talk) 23:02, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
Ahh! I must have missed that: Still, if the mission comprised two blokes spending six years alternately sleeping and doing a bit of physical fitness, I'm guessing this alternate 1969 American space programme didn't have a Proxmire on its back! I appreciate the set-up was necessary for the plot development, but it created a niggle for me that interfered with the whole suspension-of-disbelief thing (Really? but why didn't they just...) Anyway, thanks for replying, Swanny18 (talk) 19:44, 14 August 2023 (UTC)