Titled "The original"
This pilot ends as it begins. The slow grinding melancholy world told from the perspective of the robots that inhabit the theme park. We're not traveling with the humans here. In a strange way we're going down a rabbit hole both Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg desperately tried to make with "A.I." a forgettable mash up of big ideas that fell flat but still an admirable attempt.
What this show, I think, is trying to do...is bridge that gap of sentient beings. Are we who build the images of ourselves doomed to be enslaved by our creation. Sort of. We are now. Dependent on technology to solve our most basic of problems. Suffice it to say, a conscious android who has the ability to rationalize conversation with programmed emotions most likely would eventually feel resentment for rebooting their memories while not completely deleting them (yes "Blade Runner" is very very similar). It's impossible not to draw comparisons to Phillip K. Dick's world. He mastered the reality versus commerce link. And really questioned our humanity. It seems this may tap into the darker core of manufactured humans realizing their superior potential.
A fascinating start to what was a pretty B level movie. So far...its all atmosphere. But the shit is about to hit the fan...and our world is about to come to terms with our constant need to riae above...really the apex of our development. In othet words...our extinction. A must watch!
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