Almost Human

[WalksWithChrist]

Almost Human is my new favorite show!

 

[CounselorForChrist]

I'm loving it. I wasn't sure how it was going to be, but after seeing its by JJ Abrams and Bad Robot Productions then I knew it would be good. BTW Bad Robot did some other great series like Lost.

 

[The-Doctor]

The uk or us version? Uk version is funnier

 

[RDKirk]

The uk or us version? Uk version is funnier

Now, that's "Almost Human," not "Being Human."

 

[RDKirk]

Almost Human is my new favorite show!

I do like it so far.

A lot of the critics complained that there wasn't enough SF originality in the story. I think they need to get over that. The human/robot cop buddy situation is at least 60 years old (Isaac Asimov's "Caves of Steel" was first published in 1953) and there are probably older roots than that.

But then, the basic police procedural story about 2500 years old, and in its modern form of the police procedural and the modern detective story goes back to Edgar Allen Poe (who also invented modern science fiction).

(If someone wants to see something really unoriginal, try "Total Recall 2070." The first time I caught that in the middle of an episode, I was absolutely certain I was watching a version of "Caves of Steel" I'd never heard of. My next guess was that it was a spinoff of Bladerunner. When the commercial came up and they said "Total Recall" I said, "Really?")

So there's nothing new under the sun in terms of the story situ. What they have to do is engage us with plot, character, and theme.

The other major complaint from critics is that in two whole episodes it didn't manage to address all the problems everyone has with social issues. The women characters didn't have enough importance, the black characters didn't have enough importance, the homosexual characters didn't have enough importance, why isn't there a real Latina playing the screen Latina, why weren't there more male sexbots, why weren't there any homosexual sexbots (who says every sexbot isn't bi anyway?).

It's been three episodes, folks. Sheesh.

Exploration of bigotry is clearly one of the themes they'll pursue. "Skin" did it in some ways so subtle I'm not sure I wasn't reading too much into it.

Concept: Is there life after death for a human? If nothing else, "People you help will remember you." But what about an android? Will people remember the android who helps them? The answer in the episode was: No. Nobody remember's the human cop's cell phone, nobody remembers his android partner. The dead sexbots are dismissed without a thought. Kennex's first android partner was dismissed without a thought. The humans talk openly in Dorian's presence about killing androids without a thought.

That made it so poignant when Dorian told the sexbot before she was killed, "I'll remember you." He knew nobody else would.

 

[quietpraiyze]

It's alright...even tho' every time I watch this show I get a bit of an itch for Blade Runner.

 

[The-Doctor]

I do like it so far.

A lot of the critics complained that there wasn't enough SF originality in the story. I think they need to get over that. The human/robot cop buddy situation is at least 60 years old (Isaac Asimov's "Caves of Steel" was first published in 1953) and there are probably older roots than that.

But then, the basic police procedural story about 2500 years old, and in its modern form of the police procedural and the modern detective story goes back to Edgar Allen Poe (who also invented modern science fiction).

(If someone wants to see something really unoriginal, try "Total Recall 2070." The first time I caught that in the middle of an episode, I was absolutely certain I was watching a version of "Caves of Steel" I'd never heard of. My next guess was that it was a spinoff of Bladerunner. When the commercial came up and they said "Total Recall" I said, "Really?")

So there's nothing new under the sun in terms of the story situ. What they have to do is engage us with plot, character, and theme.

The other major complaint from critics is that in two whole episodes it didn't manage to address all the problems everyone has with social issues. The women characters didn't have enough importance, the black characters didn't have enough importance, the homosexual characters didn't have enough importance, why isn't there a real Latina playing the screen Latina, why weren't there more male sexbots, why weren't there any homosexual sexbots (who says every sexbot isn't bi anyway?).

It's been three episodes, folks. Sheesh.

Exploration of bigotry is clearly one of the themes they'll pursue. "Skin" did it in some ways so subtle I'm not sure I wasn't reading too much into it.

Concept: Is there life after death for a human? If nothing else, "People you help will remember you." But what about an android? Will people remember the android who helps them? The answer in the episode was: No. Nobody remember's the human cop's cell phone, nobody remembers his android partner. The dead sexbots are dismissed without a thought. Kennex's first android partner was dismissed without a thought. The humans talk openly in Dorian's presence about killing androids without a thought.

That made it so poignant when Dorian told the sexbot before she was killed, "I'll remember you." He knew nobody else would.

I still think the uk version is funnier.

 

[RDKirk]

I still think the uk version is funnier.

What is the UK version? I can't find any references to one.

 

[The-Doctor]

Ah....wibbly wobbly timey wimey....gets confusing

 

[WalksWithChrist]

I do like it so far.

A lot of the critics complained that there wasn't enough SF originality in the story. I think they need to get over that. The human/robot cop buddy situation is at least 60 years old (Isaac Asimov's "Caves of Steel" was first published in 1953) and there are probably older roots than that.

But then, the basic police procedural story about 2500 years old, and in its modern form of the police procedural and the modern detective story goes back to Edgar Allen Poe (who also invented modern science fiction).

(If someone wants to see something really unoriginal, try "Total Recall 2070." The first time I caught that in the middle of an episode, I was absolutely certain I was watching a version of "Caves of Steel" I'd never heard of. My next guess was that it was a spinoff of Bladerunner. When the commercial came up and they said "Total Recall" I said, "Really?")

So there's nothing new under the sun in terms of the story situ. What they have to do is engage us with plot, character, and theme.

The other major complaint from critics is that in two whole episodes it didn't manage to address all the problems everyone has with social issues. The women characters didn't have enough importance, the black characters didn't have enough importance, the homosexual characters didn't have enough importance, why isn't there a real Latina playing the screen Latina, why weren't there more male sexbots, why weren't there any homosexual sexbots (who says every sexbot isn't bi anyway?).

It's been three episodes, folks. Sheesh.

Exploration of bigotry is clearly one of the themes they'll pursue. "Skin" did it in some ways so subtle I'm not sure I wasn't reading too much into it.

Concept: Is there life after death for a human? If nothing else, "People you help will remember you." But what about an android? Will people remember the android who helps them? The answer in the episode was: No. Nobody remember's the human cop's cell phone, nobody remembers his android partner. The dead sexbots are dismissed without a thought. Kennex's first android partner was dismissed without a thought. The humans talk openly in Dorian's presence about killing androids without a thought.

That made it so poignant when Dorian told the sexbot before she was killed, "I'll remember you." He knew nobody else would.

Too many people get caught up in details and forget to just enjoy the show. It's got a lot of heart for a tv show, and a new one at that.