Drama Digest
“Humans” is a Sci-Fi drama that takes place in 2035 it is a remake of Swedish drama “Real Humans”. The world became a place where robots live along with humans and provide their services. Robots with human emotions are created. A female robot, An Yi, who has human-like emotions lives with a family and protects them from enemies. She learns of various emotion while living with humans including love. There are a total 4 robots which are made with emotions. They are built by Li Yao’s father to accompany him. Li Yao sets on a journey to find them as 3 of them get stolen.
The Feel-Good Part
It has a lot of plot twists and we can see what the meaning of being a human is. It is a very pleasing story. The support and love from the family is very beautiful to see. They localised the Swedish version well.
The Disappointing Factor
The subtitled version is hard to find and since it is a remake there are many debatable opinions on whether it is good or not compared to original.
In-Depth Analysis
The world became a place where robots live along with humans and provide their services. Four robots with human emotions and understanding of ethics of the world are made. They are stolen and re-sold to different places. A female robot, An Yi has a strong sense of justice among the four robots. She is sold to a five-member-family so she lives with them and protects them from enemies and helps them with various tasks. An Yi is different from usual robots which only follow commands and the family notices this. These 4 robots are built by Li Yao’s father to accompany him. Li Yao sets on a journey to find them as 3 of them get stolen. Every one of them has different personalities and they are very good together as a family. They find An Yi but her memories are erased. In this story the robots run on rules, first is to never injure humans or stand by when they are injured. Second is to obey human orders unless they abide the first rule. Third is to protect themselves without violating first two rules. This story explores various emotions and other interesting topics.
Star Power
Qi Wei did a great job acting as robot while showing human emotions. Everyone of the cast had decent skills.
Overall Opinion
This drama is very good unless you compare it with original. It is well localised and the story is really good along with the acting. This can be re-watched and it will still be entertaining. It is worth watching.
