Almost Human [Fox - US]

Richard Dower · 14-05-2013 11:31am #1

awesome!...my kind of show, great replacement for Fringe. Yes its 100% I, Robot right down to yer man having a robot leg, instead of an arm.

Very much reminds me of Minority Report in its look. But Karl Urban is great, only weak link is the horrid actress that is Minka Kelly....great eye candy but that's it!

Think this will be the only new Fox show i'll watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCdHiZsSPjg

14-05-2013 1:57pm

I lvoe the look of it but then again I'm sucker for all things sci-fi and the cast is great. Wonder the odds are on the big twist being that Urban is a robot too.

JP Liz V1 · 14-05-2013 2:13pm

Michael Ealy and Karl Urban in buddy robocop show, I'm sold :P

JP Liz V1 · 22-10-2013 10:14pm

Premiere pushed back two weeks now

bluesfan · 23-10-2013 6:23pm

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Premiere pushed back two weeks now

Is that a bad sign?

groovie · 23-10-2013 7:14pm

bluesfan wrote: »

Is that a bad sign?

I hope not, the latest trailer says it will begin with a double episode.

23-10-2013 11:06pm

bluesfan wrote: »

Is that a bad sign?

Not necessarily, it may actually be a good sign, especially when it's getting a double episode premiere and it's possible that it may not take a mid season break which would be fantastic.

pleasant Co. · 24-10-2013 1:08am

With the way they had been pushing this during the panthers vs rams game (both during the game, and in every ad break) I'm taking the delay as a bad sign for the show.

24-10-2013 1:18am

pleasant Co. wrote: »

With the way they had been pushing this during the panthers vs rams game (both during the game, and in every ad break) I'm taking the delay as a bad sign for the show.

Isn't there some huge game on Nov. 17 before Almost Human airs which could provide a huge lead in audience. I'm assuming that Fox looked at the possible audience and figured that rescheduling could boost the ratings substantially.

pleasant Co. · 24-10-2013 9:39am

If only they had looked at their own schedule before plugging the hell out of it the day before its due premier, I'm sure confusion is great for ratings too though

stevenmu · 24-10-2013 12:33pm

We all know how Fox like to screw up good shows. If they're screwing this up this much before it has even started this could turn out to be the best show ever.

(before being cancelled after 2 episodes)

groovie · 13-11-2013 2:16pm

The first episode is on Sunday November 17th, with the second episode on the following night, Monday, which shall be it's regular slot.

18-11-2013 3:17pm

Just watched the pilot and I found it extremely enjoyable. Loved the futuristic touches that still kept within the realms of possibility.

Hal1 · 18-11-2013 6:07pm

About to watch this looks promising. I can't help thinking of Continuum meets irobot with robocop influences. Lets hope they can do something original with this series.

TheIrishGrover · 18-11-2013 6:52pm

I enjoyed it.

It was cheezy as hell and brought nothing we haven't seen before: Prejudiced cop paired with unusual android/robot goes back to Asimov's Baley&Olivaw books: Caves of Steel, Naked sun and Dawn of Robots.

But the characters are likeable and it's a bit of fun. It's not rocket science but I'll give it a go.

Word of warning though!!!!!!!! It's on FOX so don't count on it lasting. And if they move it to Friday night then you know it's been cancelled.

Edit: Didn't see other posts regarding Fox. 2nd episode on same time as a match? hang om, is it always going to be on Monday? Dammit, it's screwed. Ah well

pleasant Co. · 18-11-2013 6:58pm

looks like utter tripe, but i'm going to watch it and hope I see something in it

I'm nerd enough to know it has potential - the writing (based on promos and trailers) is what's scaring me off.

TheIrishGrover · 18-11-2013 7:01pm

pleasant Co. wrote: »

looks like utter tripe, but i'm going to watch it and hope I see something in it I'm nerd enough to know it has potential - the writing (based on promos and trailers) is what's scaring me off.

Oh have no doubt: it IS tripe (well maybe tripe is too harsh) but it's not Shakespeare, put it that way. But it's FUN tripe

Mr E · 18-11-2013 10:08pm

After reading the mediocre reviews yesterday, I was expecting the worst - but that was FUN!
Nice Fringey feel to it, and a really unique (and cracking) soundtrack.

Urban is overdoing the Dredd grimace a bit, but I really liked this.

groovie · 18-11-2013 10:36pm

Great fun, Blade Runner style with Karl Urban, and the guy playing his partner has a good vibe about him. The bad guys need a star player though for this to last, imho.

pleasant Co. · 18-11-2013 10:51pm

ok, i'm in

Headshot · 18-11-2013 11:47pm

Love it

This could be a keeper

Hal1 · 19-11-2013 12:07am

That wasn't bad at all. I'll let it run a few more episodes so.

19-11-2013 12:11am

Was it getting bad reviews? I wonder if critics don't get sci-fi shows?

Mr E · 19-11-2013 12:27am

All over the shop, boney.

Ranging from 88 down to 0.

http://www.metacritic.com/tv/almost-human/critic-reviews

Headshot · 19-11-2013 12:29am

Washington post rubbish

Mr E · 19-11-2013 11:47am

If it was The Wire (with robots), they'd still hate it.

stevenmu · 19-11-2013 12:14pm

Watched the first episode last night. It's cheesy, cliche ridden, and brilliant. It could so easily have not worked, but it did.

I'm not sure if it can keep that quality up, in particular the plot seemed like it would be suited to a 2 hour movie but might struggle over a whole season.

I'll definitely be looking forward to more though.