Almost Human

[Siby]

Pilot was pretty bad. None of the characters or actors really stand out and most are actively bad (Urban is the worst as factory standard gritty veteran cop, and then there's Minka Kelly's designated love interest cop and Michael Irby's *****eyCop). Michael Ealy's Robot-With-A-Soul was pretty great though. Premise is horribly derivative, and plot was downright stupid. How? Well...


I do have to say that I'm sticking around until Gina Carano!bot gets put back together and gets her badass on, though. Gina Carano is never not cool.

Great summary and spot on. I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought Karl Urban was a horrible actor (based on the two things I've seen him in).

 

[jacobed]

I thought the pilot was really terrible. Nothing worked. Way too I Roboty Second episode was a huge, huge improvement. The case. Was interesting. Urban and Ealy were great especially their banter together. Humor was better. Just everything clicked except the police captain and Jeter's ex. Theyre both still really bad

 

[Hush]

Second episode was just as strong as the first, loving the dynamic between the leads. Like how Fox has two strong sci-fi/fantasy shows right now.

 

[DrDoom]

Urban and Ealy(sp?) have great chemistry, worth watching solely for that.

 

[Charlie Boy]

Didn't care much forthe pilot, but episode 2 was much better. Still has a way to go, but I do dig the chemistry between Kennex and Dorian.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

There was a second episode ?

 

[Nathan]

"I can't help but notice. You're backed up."

 

[Hush]

Don't scan my testicles ever again.

 

[chamber-music]

I noticed when Dorian searched the files for the Albanian clients that one of the files was listed as Are 'Friends' Electric? with is a 1978 song by Gary Numan and The Tubeway Army from their concept album Replicas based on a book Numan hoped to complete someday, set in a not-too-distant future metropolis where Machmen (androids with cloned human skin) and other machines keep the general public cowed on orders from the Grey Men (shadowy officials).

The album and Numan's book ideas were directly inspired by Phillip K.Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? which went on to become the film Blade Runner 4 years later.

 

[mocomic]

Show has potential

One question though. I thought Urbans movie career was going to well to do TV

 

[Kaleb]

The chemistry between Urban and Ealy is great.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Show has potential

One question though. I thought Urbans movie career was going to well to do TV

TV gives the actor stability if it lasts for years. Many movie stars are doing TV nowadays.

 

[Destructus86]

I thought the pilot was absolutely fantastic. The show is already my favorite.

 

[enterthemadness]

FOX killed this show with the 2 night debut.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...-dips-the-voice-mom-hostages-hit-lows/216627/

Almost Human dropped from a 3.1 Demo Sunday night to a horrid 2.2 demo Monday night. NOT GOOD.

I'll watch the series, maybe it rebounds next week? Just stay above a damn 2.0 lol.

 

[Destructus86]

FOX killed this show with the 2 night debut.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...-dips-the-voice-mom-hostages-hit-lows/216627/

Almost Human dropped from a 3.1 Demo Sunday night to a horrid 2.2 demo Monday night. NOT GOOD.

I'll watch the series, maybe it rebounds next week? Just stay above a damn 2.0 lol.

haha, I didn't even KNOW about the second episode till just now.

 

[MrMaooz]

FOX killed this show with the 2 night debut.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...-dips-the-voice-mom-hostages-hit-lows/216627/

Almost Human dropped from a 3.1 Demo Sunday night to a horrid 2.2 demo Monday night. NOT GOOD.

I'll watch the series, maybe it rebounds next week? Just stay above a damn 2.0 lol.

It seems like many people didn't know about a second episode. Plus, there was a great MNF game.

 

[Destructus86]

I was pretty blown away by the pilot so now I'm excited to find out there was a second episode I can watch tonight.

 

[Mars452]

Second episode is only marginally better than the first. Karl Urban starts to unclench his jaw a bit and thank god for that. Banter was ok, episodic plot was absolutely stupid: why couldn't they abduct homeless men (who would be less likely to be missed) rather than young attractive middle class women (which is basically putting up a neon sign that says POLICE LOOK HERE), or just steal human stem cells?

But the biggest problem this show has is its complete lack of active female characters. In this episode the women are all either cheerleaders, love interests, or victims. They couldn't even have Minka Kelly or a female extra in the squad of cops executing the final raid, which is just jarring and a total policing fail (women are abducted and victimized by men... and the police send precisely zero female officers in the rescue).

 

[Destructus86]

Feels like Deus Ex meets Blade Runner.

Good show.

EXACTLY my feeling when I first saw it. Love it!! (plus i've always been a fan of the square jawed hero archetype)

 

[Silvermoon]

Haven't read this entire thread (so sorry if this has already been discussed) I heard somewhere that Fox is airing a bunch of episodes out of order and that the episode that aired last night is actually like the 5th episode? If this is true, does anyone know why Fox (I'm assuming it's Fox's decision) is screwing with episode order? (do I need to be worried about feeling a case of Firefly deja-vu??)

That said, I like the show. (which means, knowing my luck, it'll probably get cancelled)

 

[Sawyer]

FOX killed this show with the 2 night debut.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/20...-dips-the-voice-mom-hostages-hit-lows/216627/

Almost Human dropped from a 3.1 Demo Sunday night to a horrid 2.2 demo Monday night. NOT GOOD.

I'll watch the series, maybe it rebounds next week? Just stay above a damn 2.0 lol.

ETM, get the **** out of this thread.

 

[RockSP]

I'm guessing Insyndicate are going to be the series overarching villain and was the woman in the box in evidence the ex that betrayed Joe? or was it Gina Carano as was mentioned in another post?

His ex is played by a black actor and Gina is...you know...not black (or an actor, heh).

 

[MrMaooz]

Great second episode.

 

[Gold Samurai]

It seems like many people didn't know about a second episode. Plus, there was a great MNF game.

I thought it was an encore airing of part 1

 

[scifiwolf]

Just watched the second episode on Hulu. The show went from needing a few more episodes to get us hooked to being on our must-watch list literally overnight. Vast improvement. The pilot relied too much on I, Robot, Blade Runner, Minority Report, and other hallmark scifi influences. With last night's airing, it seems it's finding its own voice.