So I’ve been
watching Almost Human for the last
several weeks and I have to say (needlessly) that it’s become my favorite
live-action TV show. I love Dorian; he
is very funny and great and he looks like he can be my cousin (I am mixed and
my hair is a short afro as well). But
generally, the show has a good mix of action, suspense, humor and soft
moments. It can get really intense, to
the point where I don’t realize I am holding my breath for the entire segment
of the show until commercial time. The
episode “Arrhythmia” was hard for me to watch without feeling a little angry,
maybe even my blood pressure raised a little bit. But I love this show.
Even more important
to me about Almost Human besides
great characters are the powerful issues it touches on:
- Civil rights, equality (MX’s priority to energy charging stations in an emergency, Dorian excluded)
- Ethics (especially robot ethics…)
- Derogatory words for robot (“synthetic” is neutral, but still offends Dorian in the beginning of the show because he is seen as fake).
- Fear (human fear and even Dorian’s fear)
- Crimes in the future (watch the show and see how scary crime is in this future!)
- Jobs in the future (such as the Recollectionist who helps people recall forgotten memories with the help of a machine)
- Money in the future (i.e. bit-coins)
I really enjoy
Dorian and Detective Kennex’s car conversations. They get to know each other, understand each
other better during the drive and we as viewers get to learn about them both
too…
When I think back
about how they first worked together, Detective John Kennex has changed a
lot. In the beginning he called Dorian a
“synthetic,” and Dorian responds “I am not a huge fan of that term.” I can understand why: he feels human enough
that being called a synthetic offends him, implies that he is not real and
therefore his feelings and opinions don’t matter.
But they do matter
because Dorian is not just an android cop, he’s a valuable friend. Dorian saved John from quite a few tight
traps so far. Even volunteering to risk
his functionality, his life, to save a human victim trapped in the middle of a
crime. He may be too altruistic for his
own good. It seems that in each episode
that he gets into a fight, his injuries become more serious.
I want to write a
really good essay on Almost Human and
the important issues and themes it brings up. It will have to wait a little
longer. For now I want to say that that my guesses about the show (before I
started watching it on its November 17, 2013 premiere) were fun to make and now
I can enjoy the show as it is. Of course
I was wrong about the “experiment” thing…so far, I could be wrong and something
might come up, right? It repeats on
Saturdays at 8:00pm if you can’t catch the regular airing on 8:00pm Mondays.
Please, I want to
start a discussion! If any of my readers
want to say something about the show, your thoughts/feelings about it, share it
in the comments or email me through Blogger.
Who else enjoys Almost Human? Or who dislikes it? I will be respectful of your opinions—just
respect mine as well! ;)
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