Humans CH4

[redtwin]

Cheers, that would be much appreciated.

[Roo]

Just watched last night's episode.

It's got the right amount of creepy in it. The blue blood, the flashbacks, Leo getting plugged into the mains.

I like it.

Was that Dennis Pennis wielding the welding torch?

[hornetrider]

Yep.

[Roo]

hornetrider said:

Yep.

Though so.

Although I must admit, I remember him more from Thousand acres of sky.

[bexVN]

Roo said:

hornetrider said:

Yep.

Though so.

Although I must admit, I remember him more from Thousand acres of sky.

Same here, he was good in that (had Michelle Collins in it if I remember correctly) I like him as an actor. Though I never liked Dennis Pennis much!

[colonel c]

Looking OK but the backstory from the first couple of episodes looks to have been mainly lifted straight from the first few chapters of Isaac Asimov's classic 'I Robot'.

[Cupramax]

They showed I Robot after Sundays episode...

[Morningside]

Cupramax said:

They showed I Robot after Sundays episode...

Which I thought was rather odd.

[colonel c]

Morningside said:

Which I thought was rather odd.

As usual the movie was nothing like the book.

[Roo]

bexVN said:

Roo said:

hornetrider said:

Yep.

Though so.

Although I must admit, I remember him more from Thousand acres of sky.

Same here, he was good in that (had Michelle Collins in it if I remember correctly) I like him as an actor. Though I never liked Dennis Pennis much!

She was indeed in it.

Enjoyed that programme, the setting was amazing.

[227bhp]

bexVN said:

Roo said:

hornetrider said:

Yep.

Though so.

Although I must admit, I remember him more from Thousand acres of sky.

Same here, he was good in that (had Michelle Collins in it if I remember correctly) I like him as an actor. Though I never liked Dennis Pennis much!

Pretty much how the conversation on the couch here went.

Even though i've seen it many times on the previews I still enjoyed THAT exchange:

"I'm watching you"
"Yes, I'm watching you too Laura. You're right in front of me"

[JustinP1]

Did anyone notice the scene where the male CID bloke gets into the female officer's car?

She's stationary, looking straight ahead, and then rather robotically rotates her head than then smiles as she greets him.

I can't imagine that was random...?

[Morningside]

JustinP1 said:

Did anyone notice the scene where the male CID bloke gets into the female officer's car?

She's stationary, looking straight ahead, and then rather robotically rotates her head than then smiles as she greets him.

I can't imagine that was random...?

HA. Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that. Maybe there are more robot out in the wild than first thought of and hiding in plain sight.

50p says that the cop bloke tracking them down (cannot think of name) turns out to be a synth.

Edited by Morningside on Thursday 25th June 16:27

[JustinP1]

JustinP1 said:

Humans is great, but it is very much a pastiche of ideas from previous films like Blade Runner, and Automata.

For example, characters in both films are detectives tracking rogue androids.

In Automata, there is a big corporation following the rogue aware androids.

In both films there is an android 'modifier'. In Blade Runner, they were even wearing goggles, like Paul Kaye's character in Humans.

Blade Runner and AI had the idea that androids would be used for sex.

All films have an 'anti-android' sentiment form the populace.

Drive your 'son' to the forest and leave him to fend for himself, where he has to avoid 'recyclers' - AI - full house!


Is it just me? I know writers like to pay homage through tidbits, but the similarities are bordering on copying.

Edited by JustinP1 on Wednesday 1st July 00:36

[Guvernator]

JustinP1 said:

All films have an 'anti-android' sentiment form the populace.

I'm not really sure why though. I for one will welcome our Android overlords, they'd probably do a better job than us

[JustinP1]

Guvernator said:

JustinP1 said:

All films have an 'anti-android' sentiment form the populace.

I'm not really sure why though. I for one will welcome our Android overlords, they'd probably do a better job than us

Two things.

Firstly, for the same reason people rose up to break the mills, there is a (probably correct) fear that their own work and income will become obsolete.

There was the direct reference to that in Humans, where the daughter tells her parents that there's little point in her working hard at school, because by the time she'd left uni, AI would have made her aspirational career pointless.

Secondly, the 'uncanny valley': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

We seem to be psychologically disgusted by robots which look *exactly* like humans. The reference to this is the synth not picking up on the language used, or especially the scene where she is told something is funny and she laughs.

[colonel c]

Morningside said:

JustinP1 said:

Did anyone notice the scene where the male CID bloke gets into the female officer's car?

She's stationary, looking straight ahead, and then rather robotically rotates her head than then smiles as she greets him.

I can't imagine that was random...?

HA. Glad I wasn't the only one to notice that. Maybe there are more robot out in the wild than first thought of and hiding in plain sight.

50p says that the cop bloke tracking them down (cannot think of name) turns out to be a synth.

Edited by Morningside on Thursday 25th June 16:27

Just watched it again. I think you might be right.

[Laurel Green]

Missed the first fifteen minutes due to TG - will have to catch up later.

[KP328]

What a great episode this week, i enjoyed that.

[K12beano]

In some ways a bit slow, but it really is drawing us in with a slow intense build - lots of nice touches and details.

Thoroughly enjoyable ...