I don't know Russian and can only read subtitles. Based on past experience, it is impossible to directly judge the performance without understanding the original dialogue. I know Chinese, and almost every American drama, even a very delicate American drama, usually gets goosebumps if there is a conversation in Chinese, but audiences who only know English can't understand this. I estimate from the picture, at least for some Russian audiences, watching this show is a bit "pretend". I have a few Russian colleagues in my office and find time to ask them how they feel.
However, this drama is still worth watching, I watched 8 episodes on Saturday and Sunday (16 episodes in a season of Russian dramas, if you like to watch it, hehe). There are many reasons, the main one being that the content is timely. Now that AI has developed to a turning point, the topic of man and machine is approaching ordinary people who only know how to eat, drink, and laugh. I would not be surprised if a company suddenly announced the development of an AI with an IQ of 100 tomorrow. On the other hand, the play reflects the Russian society's understanding of the world today, at least the knowledge of the creators of the play. For example, robots are all made in China, and the packaging and manuals are all in Chinese. "Russian genius boy (Ren Zhengfei)" can only The shape of the imitation Chinese product, and the control stick that looks like an Oculus Rift, Russia itself has been unable to come up with any decent originality.
It can be said that every electrical appliance in the United States is also "MADE IN CHINA" when it is turned over, but there is generally no impression that you cannot master high-tech without understanding Chinese manuals. After all, most of MADE IN CHINA are DESIGNED/ENGINEERED IN USA. I have worked in Europe before and it feels like the situation in Western Europe is between the US and Russia. However, audiences will not find it absurd in this drama's view of China's technological level, regardless of whether it is in the United States, Europe, Japan and South Korea.
The robot in the play is basically in the shape of a clothes rack in a shopping mall, and it speaks like a smart speaker. On the one hand, it is in line with the public's understanding, and on the other hand, it also reflects the limitations of the public's imagination. I am a person in the AI industry, and I believe that the current robot shape, walking posture and language precede intelligence. That is to say, one day the robot's intelligence will reach human level, and it will not be a dummy like in the play.
Some of the scenes in the play seem familiar. The party of Liquators executing robots was featured in the old film AI produced by Spielberg nearly 20 years ago. If it is not "borrowing arrows", it shows that there is a hopeless tendency to kill and hope to vent in human hearts.
In the play, the grandfather went to the street to find the lost robot servant. That call was quite sad, and it had a certain contrast with the style of the global outfit B. The little granddaughter is a very cute little doll, even crying is not annoying. The little brother Egor's girlfriend Jeane is very hot and is also the highlight of the play. And the current ex-wife of the male protagonist is okay, the second villain is okay, a bit like Jason Statham, other than these characters are very pretentious and disgusting.
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