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Better Than Us (Russian: Лучше, чем люди, romanized: Luchshe, chem lyudi, literally Better than People) is a 2018 Russian science fiction television series created by Andrey Junkovsky, about an advanced empathic android named Arisa.
Andrey Dzhunkovskiy is a Russian director. His most noteworthy projects are «Sladkaya Zhizn» (Dolce Vita) an honest depiction of life of a pseudo middle class in today's Russia and «Luchshe Chem Lyudi» (Better Than Us) a drama about a dysfunctional family who accidentally acquires a killer robot.
- Andrey Dzhunkovskiy
- An Intricate Plot
- Cyberpunk, Russian-Style
- This Is Not An Adaptation of A Western TV Show
- Hidden Meanings
The film is set in Russia in an era of total cyberpunk. Mobile phone screens are projected onto hands, voice assistants are faster than the time it takes you to formulate your request, and robots have become commonplace, like vacuum cleaners or dashboard cameras. Some of them look like Boston Dynamicshumanoid robots and are used to do menial or una...
Robots have had numerous on-screen representations, but never before have they been put so neatly into the Russian context. Can Russians use robots? Is the rise of the machines different in Russia and America? Russian cyberpunk in Better Than Us is a comfortable environment where everybody is calm and happy: a mortgage can be repaid at the snap of ...
For fans of the cyberpunk genre, the plot of the Russian TV series will surely ring a bell. This, to put it mildly, is not the first story where androids live side-by-side with people and gradually push them out of all spheres of life, including their families. But it is difficult to imagine a world where everyone would be happy with this setup. Th...
Some may think that Better Than Us is a contemplation, in 16 episodes, of how humans could adapt to their cyber reality. It frequently raises ethical questions: does sex with a robot amount to adultery? After all, a robot is not alive. Is all this cyber stuff a pestilence of sorts that corrupts the country, and that one must protect oneself against...
- Yekaterina Sinelschikova
Aug 8, 2019 · With the addition of Better Than Us marks the very first Russian Original for Netflix. We have everything you need to know on Better Than Us including the Netflix release date, plot, cast & trailer. Better Than Us is a Russian Netflix Original sci-fi series created by Andrey Junkovsky.
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Sep 3, 2019 · Andrey Junkovsky/Black, Yellow and White/Netflix, 2018. Le soulèvement des robots dans un monde totalement entré dans l'ère cyber – c’est au tour de la Russie de s’emparer de ce...
- Ekaterina Sinelchtchikova
Better Than Us (Russian: Лучше, чем люди, romanized: Luchshe, chem lyudi, literally Better than Humans) is a Russian science fiction TV series created by Andrey Junkovsky.
Better than Us (Лучше, чем люди Luchshe, chem lyudi) is a Russian science fiction television series created by Andrey Junkovsky. It was produced by Yellow, Black and White in cooperation with Sputnik Vostok Production for the Russian state channel C1R.
