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Old 26-05-2015, 15:00
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Looking forward to it, still cant find a date however
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Old 26-05-2015, 15:08
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Looking forward to it, still cant find a date however
Coming soon in TV trailers usually means the week after next.
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Old 26-05-2015, 16:04
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I've heard about this show, i first remember hearing it about last summer. It's a new sci-fi drama series based on a Swedish show called Äkta människor (or Real Humans). So it's a remake of that show basically? I also didn't know it's a co-production between AMC in the States and Ch4 over here in the UK. That must be a first, surely.

The main cast seems to be William Hurt, Katherine Parkinson, Tom Goodman-Hill, Gemma Chan alongside Brits Colin Morgan, Rebecca Front and Neil Maskell and the show is written by the team behind Spooks.

The official synopsis:

HUMANS, a bold new eight-part drama series from AMC, Channel 4 and Kudos, is set in a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a ‘Synth’ – a highly-developed robotic servant eerily similar to its live counterpart. In the hope of transforming the way they live, one strained suburban family purchases a refurbished synth only to discover that sharing life with a machine has far-reaching and chilling consequences.
The tagline:

Made in our image. Out of our control
Goodman-Hill and Parkinson are the husband and wife of the family with Chan playing the Synth.

It starts in the States on Sun 28th June so i expect we'll get it the day after on Ch4.

The trailer is very clever making it look like they are opening a store in Regent Street and advertising a website.
I've seen another trailer for it which is very clever. Except in this one it's a viral advertisement for Persona Synthetics, the company responsible for creating the robotic servants. Very, very clever indeed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_7cuBM53vs
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Old 31-05-2015, 09:50
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So has anyone actually seen the Swedish version of this show?
I have, I thoroughly enjoyed it I hope the new version is as good.
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Old 31-05-2015, 10:09
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It starts in the States on Sun 28th June so i expect we'll get it the day after on Ch4.
Why should we get it the day after?

It's more OUR show than their's.
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Old 31-05-2015, 10:12
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Just thought: if these Synths are capable of cooking, what if they deliberately food poisoned their masters?
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Old 31-05-2015, 10:14
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Just thought: if these Synths are capable of cooking, what if they deliberately food poisoned their masters?
They're not able to deliberately harm humans........supposedly!
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Old 31-05-2015, 10:21
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They're not able to deliberately harm humans........supposedly!
It's probably not in their programming but I'm guessing something will go wrong that will result in them turning against their owners.
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Old 31-05-2015, 10:35
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Just thought: if these Synths are capable of cooking, what if they deliberately food poisoned their masters?
They're not able to deliberately harm humans........supposedly!
No fry ups or cake baking then!
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Old 31-05-2015, 12:48
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Why should we get it the day after?

It's more OUR show than their's.
There's that self-entitlement again.
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Old 31-05-2015, 12:49
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Just thought: if these Synths are capable of cooking, what if they deliberately food poisoned their masters?
Never heard of Issac Asimov?
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Old 01-06-2015, 12:05
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I've just seen a new trailer for this but still no date.
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Old 01-06-2015, 12:27
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I've just seen a new trailer for this but still no date.
14th June at 9pm.
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Old 01-06-2015, 12:35
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So Sundays at 9pm. Nice.

We get it shown here before the States do.
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Old 01-06-2015, 12:52
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Where did you find that out? I've looked on the C4 website and still doesn't show a date.
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Old 01-06-2015, 12:54
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Where did you find that out? I've looked on the C4 website and still doesn't show a date.
http://www.geektown.co.uk/tvairdates/real-humans/

14th June in the UK. 28th June in the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humans_(TV_series)
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Old 02-06-2015, 13:17
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I have, I thoroughly enjoyed it I hope the new version is as good.
I've just watched ep 1 of the Swedish original and love it. I've season 2 and part of season 3 as well to look forward to.

Personally, I feel that Swedish version will be the strongest, although no doubt others will enjoy the new Humans version.
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Old 02-06-2015, 13:18
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I watched Ex Machina last night. Is this show similar to it?
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Old 02-06-2015, 14:10
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I'm just hoping it's not:

Humans build robots with a set of rules
Some humans mistrust/resent the robots
Robots break the rules and turn on humans

as that story line has been done so many times
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Old 02-06-2015, 14:13
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I've just watched ep 1 of the Swedish original and love it. I've season 2 and part of season 3 as well to look forward to.
They haven't made a season 3.
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Old 02-06-2015, 14:21
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I'm just hoping it's not:

Humans build robots with a set of rules
Some humans mistrust/resent the robots
Robots break the rules and turn on humans

as that story line has been done so many times
One more coming soon as well. The TV series remake of the film 'Westworld'.
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Old 02-06-2015, 15:37
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They haven't made a season 3.
Sorry had a brain fart!

This is what comes of following lots of different series at the same time
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Old 11-06-2015, 00:26
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I have seen 2 different trailers for this today and it looks like it's going to be interesting. Roll on Sunday
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Old 11-06-2015, 11:57
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Is it just me or is there very little promo/advertising for this show considering it starts this Sunday on Ch4? I've seen a couple of tv spots and that's about it. Have any of the cast made appearances on any shows?
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Old 11-06-2015, 11:59
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thank you!!

came in to ask if there was a date for this yet and there is - yippee!
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