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I really annoys me when people do this, use some words not a link to a picture, article or video, if you want to quote something relevant, cut n paste it with a link to the original piece.
I hate these random links and don't click them, gives me the irrit. Type some words with the keyboard and hit submit or just keep schtum if you're too lazy to do that IMO. Anyway it was interesting enough show, don't know why Matilda and Katherine Parkinson's characters were so horrible, although the latter's character just seemed to be struggling generally. Matilda needed a good kick in the hole. I don't need to like characters to watch them, but those two were just a bit too much for me, I'll keep watching though. It really annoys me when people use these text speak letter abbreviations like IMO !!! If you are too lazy too type the words, just forget it !! I am gonna keep watching so I can see Vera in uniform! Middle aged sexy domestics do it for me .
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This episode was a little slow but it's a pilot so that's to be expected. I enjoyed it though, the ending was particularly interesting as I didn't expect anything like that to happen with Anita or at least a few episodes. Could she be taking the daughter to protect her because she perceives the older daughter to be a threat? That's my first thought.
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That's one of the parts I felt was far too rushed compared to the original. You basically had a couple of minutes of this bloke in his house and his wife working away and then he goes and impulse buys a hubot. It was done much better in the original and had more background story to it.
I guess CH4 had to cut some corners though, as theirs is only 8 episodes of about 45mins, whereas the Swedish one is 10 episodes lasting about an hour each. Not a bad debut, it hasn't made me desperate for the next episode but I like that it's something different from the usual dramas and for a Sunday night it is seeming the most interesting for that time slot. Quote:
Overall, an interesting episode. Very creepy at points and Gemma Chan plays Anita brilliantly. The husband shoving the Adults Only 18+ info about Synths in his back pocket made me cringe but everything else was great. Roll on next week.
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Humans achieved record numbers for Channel 4 on Sunday night, overnight data reveals.
The new sci-fi series brought in an average audience of 3.45 million (15.6%) at 9pm, with an added 586,000 (3.7%) on +1. This is the highest-rated launch of an original drama series on Channel 4 since records began in 2002. Someone mentioned back stories. Does anyone have a link to where they are? |
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Humans achieved record numbers for Channel 4 on Sunday night, overnight data reveals.
The new sci-fi series brought in an average audience of 3.45 million (15.6%) at 9pm, with an added 586,000 (3.7%) on +1. This is the highest-rated launch of an original drama series on Channel 4 since records began in 2002. |
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I'm sure you know this means nothing to most viewers. We are watching a new show on C4.
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Sorry to disappoint you but you aren't you are actually watching a remake of a Swedish series from 2012 called Äkta människor (Real Humans).
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I suspect it may lose some viewers next Sunday, some won't like the slow pace.
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I admit I don't watch a lot of drama on TV but I'm surprised this is perceived to be slow.
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Did anyone else think that the rogue cyborgs were being portrayed as being a bit too human? Especially the one in the brothel where she was talking to Colin Morgan in a way that was exactly like a human complete with the speech patterns and illogical behaviour. The human personality is an extremely complex thing and there's no way that any programme or AI could replicate it in that way.
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I admit I don't watch a lot of drama on TV but I'm surprised this is perceived to be slow. |
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Overall, an interesting episode. Very creepy at points and Gemma Chan plays Anita brilliantly. The husband shoving the Adults Only 18+ info about Synths in his back pocket made me cringe but everything else was great. Roll on next week.
Er, hello.. the drama was on after the watershed. That's enough indication that it will not be suitable for children. Honestly, I sometimes wonder how some people tick? |
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I enjoyed it though someone should ask Emma Willis if she is a synth?
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Maybe there should be 2 threads for this show - one for people to comment on the show, and the other for the handful of people who have seen the Swedish original where they can go on and on about how it was so superior to the C4 offering, and bask in their mutual admiration of their membership of the discerning viewing elite?
Anyhow, I'm surprised that some folks think it's a bit slow - it seems rushed to me. We had hubby down at the Synth shop in the first 5 minutes, youngest child bonding with the Synth more than her bio. mother, elder daughter being a royal pita and trying to shoot it, rogue Synths on the run, William Hurt and his malfunctioning Synth, wife with some sort of hidden secret, and Synth abducting small child - all in 45 mins. or so of actual programme time. Question - is Merlin meant to be a Synth? If he is, he's not making much effort to appear to be one, unlike Gemma Chan, who is quite plausible. |
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Maybe there should be 2 threads for this show - one for people to comment on the show, and the other for the handful of people who have seen the Swedish original where they can go on and on about how it was so superior to the C4 offering, and bask in their mutual admiration of their membership of the discerning viewing elite?
. This is a forum for people who have a strong interest in and knowledge of TV. As the Swedish version was on first it is natural for people who have seen it to compare the two and, if they are big fans, get annoyed if the English version does not include some of the elements they liked about the original. |
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Maybe there should be 2 threads for this show - one for people to comment on the show, and the other for the handful of people who have seen the Swedish original where they can go on and on about how it was so superior to the C4 offering, and bask in their mutual admiration of their membership of the discerning viewing elite?
Anyhow, I'm surprised that some folks think it's a bit slow - it seems rushed to me. We had hubby down at the Synth shop in the first 5 minutes, youngest child bonding with the Synth more than her bio. mother, elder daughter being a royal pita and trying to shoot it, rogue Synths on the run, William Hurt and his malfunctioning Synth, wife with some sort of hidden secret, and Synth abducting small child - all in 45 mins. or so of actual programme time. Question - is Merlin meant to be a Synth? If he is, he's not making much effort to appear to be one, unlike Gemma Chan, who is quite plausible. I agree that the first episode was not slow, at least to my way of thinking. It packed in a lot of stories as you rightly say and it will be interesting to see how they all pan out over the course of 8 episodes. As to Colin Morgan (Merlin) being a Synth........I don't think so, though I might be proven wrong in the coming weeks. Really enjoying this programme
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Did anyone else think that the rogue cyborgs were being portrayed as being a bit too human? Especially the one in the brothel where she was talking to Colin Morgan in a way that was exactly like a human complete with the speech patterns and illogical behaviour. The human personality is an extremely complex thing and there's no way that any programme or AI could replicate it in that way.
It also had the effect of ruining the creepy,sinister, ambiguous vibe built up around Anita - we know she's a "rogue cyborg" so we know that her "eerie, soulless robot" act is just, well, an act. |
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Did anyone else think that the rogue cyborgs were being portrayed as being a bit too human? ...
As for 'all an act', maybe the real question is not the fact of it but the degree? Edit: as evidenced by the 'adult software card for filthy filthy people' as sneaked into a pocket, the programming can presumably also be adjusted to change priorities like communication over domestic knowledge, a repair-bot knowing plumbing not cookery (etc) though I'd rather we didn't get shown too much of the complexities of fully emulating human face to face communication. |
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Overall, an interesting episode. Very creepy at points and Gemma Chan plays Anita brilliantly. The husband shoving the Adults Only 18+ info about Synths in his back pocket made me cringe but everything else was great. Roll on next week.
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nope Merlin is human in this, King Arthur is obviously a Synth however
The question is why is he aware of the synths who have become more "alive" than a synth ought to be, I did wonder if he was their creator, there are themes of the synths being out of control, such as the talk of rapid shrinking jobs market, and generation of students loosing interest in even trying to get a job.the Willam Hurt stuff doesnt seem interesting, other than to say how Synths are being use to care for the elderly, and how people bond with them, im not sure where its going. |
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Why? he was hiding it from his son. I thought it quite a responsible thing to do
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Can not say i am overly surprised there maybe teenage boys having lustful feelings for synths, or some even wanting to have sex with one. Given there is a culture of synths working in the sex trade, can we really be shocked by his actions?
Ive been a teenage boy, and im really not. |
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Can not say i am overly surprised there maybe teenage boys having lustful feelings for synths, or some even wanting to have sex with one. Given there is a culture of synths working in the sex trade, can we really be shocked by his actions?
Ive been a teenage boy, and im really not. Are the males equipped for action? If so, no wonder the bloke from the shop looked a bit askance at his wife and her masseur. |
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Two threads would be a good idea as its getting very tedious hearing about it being a remake of a Swedish programme and how good the 'original' was. PLEASE, give it a rest people!
I now realise how annoying it is when a book is adapted for TV and I go on about how much better the book is. My apologies to all who read the Poldark thread. I won't do it again.
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Maybe there should be 2 threads for this show - one for people to comment on the show, and the other for the handful of people who have seen the Swedish original where they can go on and on about how it was so superior to the C4 offering, and bask in their mutual admiration of their membership of the discerning viewing elite?
. If it was a remake of say a 70's Brit show numerous people would comment on whether it was as effective as the original and would that prompt people to get so agitated .. possibly not. Yes maybe we should have two threads.......one for people who think it unthinkable that people should have seen the original a remake is based on.............
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I wonder why the synths are sexualised anyway? In terms of having sex organs, I mean. If they were merely work drones surely they would not be, except for maybe a few specialised ones for the sex industry. Just as I presume they don't have digestive systems, or urinary systems. Why would they?
Given that we know synths can be used for sex its not hard to believe that synths with even a basic set of sexual organs, who can be programmed to fake an orgasm, would be considered a selling point large enough to include them on all models. i am not sure this dramas wants to explore a society where everybody has a robot lover, and no one can actually have a relationship anymore, because both parties are too used to having a robot with no needs beyond pleasing you. A generation of totally selfish lovers is on the horizon in that world I suspect. |
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Hopefully we'll get some background to the Synth building/creation process as currently some of the reasoning behind their construction just doesn't make sense. I know we got a throw-away line about "Anita" only costing about as much as a car - but thats a 'hand wave' really - what sort of car? a new Focus? a Bentley? a third hand astra?
Where are the bargain basement models? Surely something like "sex organs" would be an optional extra? I assume they are meant to be bio-mechanical rather that pure machine? |
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The question is why is he aware of the synths who have become more "alive" than a synth ought to be, I did wonder if he was their creator, there are themes of the synths being out of control, such as the talk of rapid shrinking jobs market, and generation of students loosing interest in even trying to get a job.