On the surface it looks like a person, but underneath it’s a robot. Then via a shocking twist, it is revealed that the robot is actually a person. It may physically be a machine, but inside its mind it has the same hopes, dreams and emotions as everyone else.
This idea has been explored many times in science fiction. Recently it has featured in TV shows such as Westworld and before that in Battlestar Galactica and British show Humans (based on the Swedish show Real Humans). The idea has been tackled in films such as AI: Artificial Intelligence, WALL-E and Ex Machina, and in novels by Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick and many others.
And they round it off with some less wholesome (yet still very likable) investigative antics in Teenage Bounty Hunters (23:50), a silly action-comedy-drama from the producers of their beloved Orange Is The New Black. Just FYI, includes spoilers for a big midway twist from 36:44, followed by full-on ending ruiners from 40:15.
This fortnight, the streaming TV continues unabated, as Nick and Alastair get into the new season of The Boys, plus go a little more obscure with new German scifi drama Biohackers.
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair return to the Netflix well with Project Power and Transformers: War for Cybertron.
Finally, even further from reality, it’s Transformers: War For Cybertron: Chapter One: Siege (
Lastly, they’ve watched the opening three episodes of Muppets Now (
This fortnight, uninspired by recent releases, Nick and Alastair delve into the old days to each bring a recommendation to the pod-table. Alastair volunteers for popular child-slaughter movie Battle Royale, while Nick signs up to contemplative spy comic Zero.
Lastly, they go deep under with Zero (29:36), by Ales Kot and various artists (
This fortnight, after a few weeks of teasing, Nick and Alastair make a full-on journey into the Dark, with the third and final season of Netflix’s epic German timetravel saga, followed by new comics-based action movie The Old Guard.
Lastly, as a palette cleanser, Nick and Alastair watch The Old Guard (43:15), once a comic they 
This fortnight, Nick and Alastair watch new Spike Lee movie Da 5 Bloods, then read the opening issues of madcap comic series The Ludocrats. Despite their best efforts, there isn’t much connection there – which is apt enough for the chaotic nature of the latter.
Finally, they’ve read the opening two issues of The Ludocrats (32:11), the new absurdist action comedy by Kieron Gillen, Jim Rossignol, Jeff Stokely and co, and… well, it’s a hard one to describe in words, which might be a problem for this medium.
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