Karl Urban in new futuristic Cop show?

[willthemightyW]

retread of Die Hard, right down "Ehh it was a boring conversation anyway".

Isn't that star wars? 

Will be watching the first episode tonight

Will

[Theblazeuk]

Yeah but I'm pretty sure it's in Die Hard too.

Maybe I'm just getting confuzzled.

[Devons Daddy]

Thanks to the interwb thingy and Apple TV this show is OUTSTANDING
Cliches, good cop bad cop buddies, big guns sub plots and conspiracy.
Androids hot tech and sprcial affects with Dredd/bones as the lead?

It entertainment. Worthy of your time.

[Theblazeuk]

It entertainment. Worthy of your time.

My new go-to phrase.

[Judge Brian]

He said it! He said it!

"that's 18 to 24 in the cubes"

[dweezil2]

He said it! He said it!

"that's 18 to 24 in the cubes"

It would be proper meta if Mr Urban was wearing a 'Make A Dredd Sequel' T-Shirt at one point! 

[von Boom]

Urban needs to wear a helmet with a visor concealing half of his face.

[Professor Bear]

Last week Urban and his rookie partner were trapped in a futuristic high rise, this week he threatened to send someone to "the cubes" while trying to track down a new futuristic super-drug, but you know what?  I don't actually think these are deliberate homages, I think the show is just that unoriginal it can't help tripping over a Dredd reference sooner or later.

Still, what with the use of the memory dream machine, rogue replicants and so on, at least it's more royalty money for the Phillip K Dick estate - or at the very least, money for the creators of that 1990s show about the injured cop with the dead partner replaced by an Almost Human android so they can investigate future crimes based on PKD stories.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuR_yTKCnYI

[Devons Daddy]

This show is working for me.

If your not on board yet time to add to your download list.

[Theblazeuk]

Interestingly (but confusingly) the show is airing out of production order. From the AV club:

"Blood Brothers" was the eighth episode of Almost Human produced, but it's the fifth to air. Next week is the third episode produced, and the second episode isn't even on the schedule.

[von Boom]

Interestingly (but confusingly) the show is airing out of production order. From the AV club:

"Blood Brothers" was the eighth episode of Almost Human produced, but it's the fifth to air. Next week is the third episode produced, and the second episode isn't even on the schedule.

Hmmm... Where have I seen this sort of thing before from Fox?


Sounds like Fox is pulling another Firefly.

[GordonR]

Interestingly (but confusingly) the show is airing out of production order. From the AV club:

"Blood Brothers" was the eighth episode of Almost Human produced, but it's the fifth to air. Next week is the third episode produced, and the second episode isn't even on the schedule.

Hmmm... Where have I seen this sort of thing before from Fox?


Sounds like Fox is pulling another Firefly.

Not necessarily. TV shows are shot in production blocks, which don't always correspond to the order they'll eventually be broadcast in. (For example, in the Eccleston first series of Doctor Who the first production block shot was the Slitheen two-parter and then Rose - that's episodes 4, 5 and 1 of the eventual broadcast order.)

Jumping around the running order like this can be because of having a director working on several disparate episodes in a row, the availability of a guest actor or recurring cast member, having certain sets or locations available only for a specific time of just generally managing your production resources.

Unless showing the episodes out of the order they were filmed in produces obvious problems with the ongoing story arc or characterisation, there might be nothing sinister to this.

That said, Fox do have a fairly terrible record on supporting genre shows.

[Chris Tresson]

I watched the first episode of this today, it ain't that bad.

[Michaelvk]

 

[Steve Green]

Try not to poke your eye out.