@maiklas3000
I overall agree with what you said, few things though which I do not agree with:
1) The trojan is too convenient to the plot, if Mimi wanted she could have gotten permission to buy the thing she needed or she could have made a backup of herself, neither did the change-eye-color machine make sense, if it's a big problem I'd expect quick lockdown of hubots and removal of things that could spread the virus.
2) Just want to comment on your sentence that "It's interesting to explore the ethical dilemmas here, and Real Humans does a better job of it.", one can clearly see how much more progressive Sweden is compared to UK - they casually introduced quite a few gay/lesbian characters, not so much in the UK version.
2) The consciousness code wasn't conveniently copied by the family, neither by the dude they gave it to. This makes no sense.
@maiklas3000 "And some human characters identify as robots(!)" we've that in Humans UK aswell: synthies.
Review by DeletedBlockedParent2015-11-30T23:24:19Z
Real Humans asks the philosophical question, "Would you still hook up with a totally hot woman (or man, your choice) if it turned out to be a robot?" The answer given is a realistic, "Hell yeah!"
Real Humans is a slightly better show than the subsequent Humans (UK) show. Real Humans is titillating, as it should be, because of course humans will be sexually attracted to realistically humanoid robots. These humanoid robots are called "hubots". It's interesting to explore the ethical dilemmas here, and Real Humans does a better job of it. Hubot Heaven, the red light robot brothel, is gloriously decadent, tempting, and seedy in Real Humans, but sadly claustrophobic in Humans (UK).
However, Humans (UK) is better written in some areas. Humans (UK) did a better job fleshing out the character of "the old guy" (George in Humans or Lennert in Real Humans). In Humans (UK), this character was more relevant to the plot, and his use of Odi as a crutch for his failing memory was touching. Still, the viewer cannot help but to love Odi in Real Humans, because he suffers through so much hardship while remaining hopelessly naive. So, in Humans (UK) we understand why the old guy loves Odi, but in Real Humans we love Odi.
The character development of the hubots in Real Humans is impressive. The actor who plays Rick did a wonderful job of going through multiple character transformations due to software changes to the hubot.
By using a science fiction setting, Real Humans gives us a perspective on ourselves, much like Star Trek. For example, some of the characters in Real Humans find themselves attracted only to robots, and their society even has a label for this sexual orientation. And some human characters identify as robots(!) This reflects the confusing liberalization of sexual orientations and identities now, like with pansexuality and transsexuality.
My specialty is artificial intelligence, and I think Real Humans is fairly realistic, for what it is. Of course, the viewer must have some suspension of disbelief for the sheer difficulty of pulling off a true AI that can pass as human in the flesh, even after sex. The show deals with the threat of "the singularity", i.e., the point at which our technology may be the end of humanity. Real Humans is food for thought.