Enid is so annoying she could be a Fear the Walking Dead character.
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.
The movie has an interesting premise, but the execution didn't turn out so well. The difference between surrogate and real humans is clear-cut (technical limitation, I guess). The character appears out of nowhere, didn't have much time to be developed. And the plot... it's the typical one-big-villain-involved-in-all-things. Still a decent watch though.
The movie is built upon an amazing movie idea. The way the movie executes the idea is horrifying. I do not post shouts/reviews or comments rarely, if ever. I would suggest a movie like "I, Robot" instead. This movie could have been a great success with Willis in it. Reminds me of his previous work in the Die hard series. Even if you have the free time to watch it, DO NOT!!! Again, watch "I, Robot" or even "Real Steel". I knew it wouldn't be great but I also didn't expect it to completely fail as it did.
I got through about half the first episode before I had to quit. There is absolutely no sense of pace , some scenes are unnecessarily slow while others race through expositional dialogue. Time between events just happens without care. And the two professors I saw, both uncle and protocol, are intensely overacted.
Congratulations to whatever intern pitched and wrote this pile of junk.
What a pile of trash.........
I have more fun scooping up my dogs :poop:
Within the first 5 minutes, almost as bad as the outpost.
Stupid, insulting and a real stinker. The Baby Boss made me wish there was a Planned Parenthood for films.
Decent enough documentary, with some interesting combination of archive footage and talking heads. It draws quite heavily on the podcast Break Stuff: The Story of Woodstock '99, though I think the podcast does a better job of explaining and examining the broader context and some of the almost criminal negligence that went into organizing the festival.
I can't argue with the people who claim this is more of a wiki page visualization than it is a documentary, but Woodstock 99 is a wiki page worthy of this treatment.
The found footage and framing device of attendee journal entries adds a interesting narration element to this story and provides a unique insight to how the festival was perceived at the time.
The major flaw of this film is choosing to focus on the societal and political factors that led to the angry "white dude bro" crowd and eventual rioting. I am not denying that those forces outside of the festival were a factor, but I believe it was opportunistic and bias driven to make those the main target of the documentary. I believe it is fairly apparent that the prominent white dude bro crowd was attracted by the nu metal heavy lineup and the aggressive angry vibe of the festival was more caused by the poor planning and high water/food prices than it was having first generation feminist parents.
The incredible footage combined with my potent nostalgia for late 90s culture was enough to overcome some of the forced political commentary and enjoy the contextualization of this infamous event.
Informative movie but the pacing made it feel like it was dragging in some places and rushing in others. The scene where Christina Ricci is trying to convince Percy that he turned the tide made me feel like she was trying to convince me too as the movie sorta went nowhere.
This is a gem. a very well paced comedy/crime/drama.
Loved the story so far and the actors that bring this characters alive are well chosen. Give this a chance and ignore the low votes given almost 6 months before the show aired.
