J.J. Abrams Almost Human
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A bit late to the party but so far i like it, especially the more or less believable extrapolation of technologies that will be in use more than 30 years in the future.
I think Dorian and Kennex (Ealy and Urban) have very good chemistry and the second episode was a foregone conclusion.. it seems that everytime a new device is invented the second thought is how to use it for sex
(but think about how sexbots could revolutionize the entire sex industry and prostitution even though these models seemed to be more at the high end scale).
Looking forward to new episodes and it is one of the few new shows this season where i didn't wander off mid episode or stopped watching altogether (and i don't really like cop or procedural shows).
I think Dorian and Kennex (Ealy and Urban) have very good chemistry and the second episode was a foregone conclusion.. it seems that everytime a new device is invented the second thought is how to use it for sex
(but think about how sexbots could revolutionize the entire sex industry and prostitution even though these models seemed to be more at the high end scale).Looking forward to new episodes and it is one of the few new shows this season where i didn't wander off mid episode or stopped watching altogether (and i don't really like cop or procedural shows).
I think you may be reading more into the racial make up of the cast than is actually there. Most likely the actors were chosen for the ability to act their respective roles rather than because their race benefitted or augmented the story.
Like others, I didn't think of the races of the two characters in the scene with Dorian and the doomed sexbot. The irony in the scene had more to do with Dorian being a fellow android rather than a fellow black person. I think you may be confusing the race of the actors with the characters they play.
Respectfully, I would suggest that rather than trying to find some tie in to the story involving the race of the actors or the race of the characters they play, you concentrate more on the more important common question; human or android.
A little reference may be helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_Negro
The hardest part in writing is knowing what you're saying. Sometimes people just won't or can't hear it right.
But sometimes it's because the writer only heard it in his head.
The hardest part in writing is knowing what you're saying. Sometimes people just won't or can't hear it right.
But sometimes it's because the writer only heard it in his head.
Hey, guys, let's make a show set 35 years in the future, dealing with a world where androids exist and face extensive prejudice and where technological advances have made crime far more dangerous, and instead of actually exploring any of that stuff, let's just copy Die Hard!
This episode bored me. The plot was predictable, just an ordinary action story with a few superficial high-tech trappings. So far this series has yet to do anything worthwhile with Dorian or the other androids beyond assorted gimmicks about robot powers and anatomy, nothing of note about the prejudice or the social or philosophical issues. I was hoping for Alien Nation with androids, but so far it's been more like the movie of that name than the series, setting up an interesting SF premise and then back-burnering it in favor of hackneyed buddy-cop action.
And what was that thing with the bubblegum? How did it repair Dorian's damage? And why didn't Dorian do that speed-climb-up-the-elevator-shaft thing half an hour sooner instead of languidly ambling up the stairs?
And three episodes in, it remains completely unclear what purpose Minka Kelly serves in this series other than to give us someone gorgeous to look at every so often. She had maybe three lines in this whole episode. They haven't let her do anything interesting since that bit in the pilot where she had cultural insight into the Cambodian gangsters or whoever those were.
This show just isn't working for me at this point.
This episode bored me. The plot was predictable, just an ordinary action story with a few superficial high-tech trappings. So far this series has yet to do anything worthwhile with Dorian or the other androids beyond assorted gimmicks about robot powers and anatomy, nothing of note about the prejudice or the social or philosophical issues. I was hoping for Alien Nation with androids, but so far it's been more like the movie of that name than the series, setting up an interesting SF premise and then back-burnering it in favor of hackneyed buddy-cop action.
And what was that thing with the bubblegum? How did it repair Dorian's damage? And why didn't Dorian do that speed-climb-up-the-elevator-shaft thing half an hour sooner instead of languidly ambling up the stairs?
And three episodes in, it remains completely unclear what purpose Minka Kelly serves in this series other than to give us someone gorgeous to look at every so often. She had maybe three lines in this whole episode. They haven't let her do anything interesting since that bit in the pilot where she had cultural insight into the Cambodian gangsters or whoever those were.
This show just isn't working for me at this point.
The show reminds me of TekWar now.
That's two Die Hard episodes tonight. First The Blacklist, then this.
Yeah, why did he wince when he had to chew the gum. I must have missed something.
This show is shit.
IS THERE A MEME?
Black List is ripping off Die Hard on the same night.
(Tonight.)
IS THERE A MEME?
Black List is ripping off Die Hard on the same night.
(Tonight.)
It was used gum from the garbage can.
Yeah, that'll do it.
Although the point stands... bubble gum?
I want a little more brain to go with the bravado.
Spader?
Although the point stands... bubble gum?
I want a little more brain to go with the bravado.
Spader?
No, kinda, the girl was running around with no shoes on.
I liked last weeks episode more than this one. Some of the Dorian/John stuff was positively cringey. The bit at the begining with Dorian's finger -- "I could stick it somewhere else", the siging at the end of the episode. Why is he even an android? Why not just make him human or a suped up human.
The exchange between the two in front of the elevator was some of the worst dialogue I've heard in a while --"we've got to do it" or something like that.
Like others, I'm hoping they are building to some type of arc story even if all it is is prejudice against androids. The cop outside calling the 'droid "dog face" and telling him to get him some water continues to look like they are headed "somewhere".
The exchange between the two in front of the elevator was some of the worst dialogue I've heard in a while --"we've got to do it" or something like that.
Like others, I'm hoping they are building to some type of arc story even if all it is is prejudice against androids. The cop outside calling the 'droid "dog face" and telling him to get him some water continues to look like they are headed "somewhere".
The worldbuilding on this show is so slapdash. The undercover cop has a phone implanted in his hand... and yet he needs to have a separate subcutaneous "wire" in his abdomen? And the bad guys detect that wire but not the phone implant? And if this is a world where people have cell phones permanently implanted on their persons, aren't "wires" kind of redundant? Wouldn't bad guys now be using electronic jamming instead of just patting people down?
The problem is they're not writing science fiction stories. They're writing run-of-the-mill cop-show plots and tacking on a few futuristic gadgets and trappings. There isn't even anything science-fictional or unusual about the drug or its effects, aside from an irrelevant handwave about its origins.
But those were just disappointments. The ending... where Kennex just murdered the wounded bad guy in cold blood... that's just unconscionable. That's evil. I can't root for someone who'd do that. I'm done with this show.
The problem is they're not writing science fiction stories. They're writing run-of-the-mill cop-show plots and tacking on a few futuristic gadgets and trappings. There isn't even anything science-fictional or unusual about the drug or its effects, aside from an irrelevant handwave about its origins.
But those were just disappointments. The ending... where Kennex just murdered the wounded bad guy in cold blood... that's just unconscionable. That's evil. I can't root for someone who'd do that. I'm done with this show.
As they say, "Don't let the door hit you on the ass on the way out".
Just watched. You're talking about the wounded cop-killing police captain? Who after being wounded brags that he's a captain and will get off and then insults the dead cop/Kennex's friend? Yeah, he deserved to live.
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