Almost Human

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 7:16 pm

New series, basically Bladerunner in a non-dystopic near future, except that the androids are cops too.

Formulaic and admittedly predictable buddy-cop format: one human cop, one android cop, learning to work together. Layered onto that is them dealing with the ramifications of sci-fi technology: DNA bombs that contaminate a crime scene to foil forensics, altered identities, android hookers, etc.

I like it, but I suspect it will get cancelled mid-season.

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:56 pm

There's characters other than Minka in this show?

Schlegel · Post by **Schlegel** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:03 am

Dick and Asimov in a blender. Nonetheless, I like it enough to give it a chance. Urban may do well.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:31 am

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:00 am

Schlegel wrote:Dick and Asimov in a blender. Nonetheless, I like it enough to give it a chance. Urban may do well.

I saw Dredd and Star Trek: Into Darkness in the same week. It was a trip seeing him play two diametrically different yet both iconic sci fi characters.

SubClaw · Post by **SubClaw** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:46 am

WildGorillaMan wrote:I saw Dredd and Star Trek: Into Darkness in the same week. It was a trip seeing him play two diametrically different yet both iconic sci fi characters.

Dredd was a shameless copy of The Raid: Redemption.

Schlegel · Post by **Schlegel** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 10:28 pm

Actually the exact opposite is what happened. Dredd just took a long time to
get made, so the movie copying its storyline came out first.

The Crawdaddy · Post by **The Crawdaddy** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 12:55 am

Urban's pretty good. Like him as McCoy as well.

Not even a tenth enough Minka though.

SubClaw · Post by **SubClaw** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:33 am

Schlegel wrote:Actually the exact opposite is what happened. Dredd just took a long time to
get made, so the movie copying its storyline came out first.

Anyway, Dredd sucked ass (it was so bad I even liked Stallone's version better) and The Raid was a fine action movie with powerful fight scenes.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:17 pm

SubClaw wrote:
Schlegel wrote:Actually the exact opposite is what happened. Dredd just took a long time to
get made, so the movie copying its storyline came out first.
Anyway, Dredd sucked ass (it was so bad I even liked Stallone's version better) and The Raid was a fine action movie with powerful fight scenes.

I expected to hate Dredd, but I dug it. Even though there was too much sunlight for Mega City One.

I actually really liked Stallone's Judge Dredd.

baffled · Post by **baffled** » Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:25 am

This shows not as bad as I expected.

I would change my last name if Minka Kelly called me.

Dirt McGirt · Post by **Dirt McGirt** » Tue Dec 24, 2013 3:12 am

I also think this show is a surprising over-achiever. Interesting how much of the tech is cool and 'futuristic,' but still stuff that makes you think, 'yeah, why don't we already have that?'

Based on Doom and LOTR, I used to think Urban sucked. But, I thought his dredd was WORLDS better than Stallone, and obviously truer to the comic.

Let me close out 2013 with the understatement of the year: Minka Kelly is sorta hot.

Abandoned by Wolves · Post by **Abandoned by Wolves** » Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:42 pm

Dirt McGirt wrote:I also think this show is a surprising over-achiever. Interesting how much of the tech is cool and 'futuristic,' but still stuff that makes you think, 'yeah, why don't we already have that?'

Based on Doom and LOTR, I used to think Urban sucked. But, I thought his dredd was WORLDS better than Stallone, and obviously truer to the comic.

Let me close out 2013 with the understatement of the year: Minka Kelly is sorta hot.

Urban also slept walked through a recent sci fi movie called "Priest" (sort of an apocalyptic vampire/steampunk Western) as "the Black Hat", but that was the fault of the role, not him.

I accidentally caught most of an episode of "Almost Human", and while I liked it (and Urban), I also thought "Didn't they do this already with "Total Recall 2070" (one season)" back in the 90s?" No joke: human and android partners who are cops, investigating various high tech crimes and mysteries with big conspiracy themes in the backstory. It was pretty well done and tried to be philosophical and brooding when the writers could sneak it in.

baffled · Post by **baffled** » Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:46 am

Abandoned by Wolves wrote:
Dirt McGirt wrote:I also think this show is a surprising over-achiever. Interesting how much of the tech is cool and 'futuristic,' but still stuff that makes you think, 'yeah, why don't we already have that?'

Based on Doom and LOTR, I used to think Urban sucked. But, I thought his dredd was WORLDS better than Stallone, and obviously truer to the comic.

Let me close out 2013 with the understatement of the year: Minka Kelly is sorta hot.
Urban also slept walked through a recent sci fi movie called "Priest" (sort of an apocalyptic vampire/steampunk Western) as "the Black Hat", but that was the fault of the role, not him.

I accidentally caught most of an episode of "Almost Human", and while I liked it (and Urban), I also thought "Didn't they do this already with "Total Recall 2070" (one season)" back in the 90s?" No joke: human and android partners who are cops, investigating various high tech crimes and mysteries with big conspiracy themes in the backstory. It was pretty well done and tried to be philosophical and brooding when the writers could sneak it in.

Was Priest based on the stuff from (I think) Garth Ennis?

Re: Been there, done that...

When did Hollywood or TV ever have an original idea?

Dirt McGirt · Post by **Dirt McGirt** » Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:08 pm

Yeah, Karl Urban is pretty 'flat,' which is probably why he did so well as Dredd.

Again, however, all it takes is for me to scroll past the pictures of Minka Kelly before I decide the producers of this show are geniuses...

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Thu Feb 13, 2014 6:10 pm

Season 1 Episode 9 features Gina Carrano as a killer android doing what she does best: kicking ass, looking hot, and not talking very much.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3361358/?ref_=tt_ep_ep3

DARTH · Post by **DARTH** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:39 am

I'm surprised that Urban is doing a network TV show at this point in his career. HBO sure but Fox?

I had hopes for the show and I like him in LOTR and Star Trek but I have not watched this in weeks.

It will soon die and he'll go off and make the next Dredd.

I still have to see the Dredd he did.

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 3:12 pm

DARTH wrote:
I still have to see the Dredd he did.

I think you'll be surprised. I expected that I would hate it. And I did for about the first five minutes, but he won me over in the role.

Spoiler: he never takes off his helmet.

DARTH · Post by **DARTH** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 6:12 pm

WildGorillaMan wrote:
DARTH wrote:
I still have to see the Dredd he did.
I think you'll be surprised. I expected that I would hate it. And I did for about the first five minutes, but he won me over in the role.

Spoiler: he never takes off his helmet.

Already a winner than, Dredd never does.

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 7:23 pm

You'll like it. I was upset that they used Maw Maw as the main baddie until I watched it but she turns out to be a bad bitch.

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Sat Feb 15, 2014 9:56 pm

I was really hoping this thread would have stuck with Minka. Instead it sounds like a discussion by the characters of The Big Bang Theory

SubClaw · Post by **SubClaw** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 9:15 am

BucketHead wrote:I was really hoping this thread would have stuck with Minka. Instead it sounds like a discussion by the characters of The Big Bang Theory

Speaking of the Devil... TBBT's Bernadette is a fine piece of ass (and superb tits).

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 4:49 pm

Hopefully now that they're developing more of her character's background Minka Kelly will get more screentime and (ideally) less wardrobe before the series gets cancelled.

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