Before Watching Almost Human: 5 Shows And A Movie You Must See
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Flash Forward
Speaking of network genre programs that barely got off the ground, how about ABC’s Flash Forward? Before being cast as the too-human-for-comfort synthetic Dorian, Almost Human co-star Michael Ealy did an eleven-episode stint as a CIA agent on this unstuck-in-time drama. His wasn’t the biggest part, but his latest role won’t be his first faux-law enforcement rodeo. In Flash Forward, the world has a collective 137-second blackout where much of the population sees a vision of their lives six-months in the future. Is this fate, are these hallucinations? The show deals with the aftermath of a world where some people know, or at least think they know, their future. David S. Goyer (Man of Steel, Godzilla) wrote the pilot, and though the show started off strong out of the gate, critically as well as ratings wise, that support quickly dwindled, leaving the show to die on the vine.
Max Headroom
Though it technically spanned two seasons, only 14 episodes of Max Headroom exist. The character is more well known as a spokesman for New Coke—what better shill to have for a short-lived soda than the protagonist of a brief television series? The show is set in a dystopian future, where omnipresent TV networks rule a puppet government, and pass laws to suit their whims, like forbidding turning off your TV set—partially for ratings, partially so they can observe the private lives of everyday citizens. When crusading journalist Edison Carter (Matt Frewer) is injured after one of his reports causes waves, his mind is downloaded and his consciousness is reborn as the sassy, sunglasses-wearing artificial intelligence known as Max Headroom. Fun fact, Game of Thrones’ George R. R. Martin wrote a script that was in the preproduction process when the series was cancelled.
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