AI Romantic (2021)

Lovely and addictive :)

Imagine you found an AI robot on the street and brought it home… and then? What would you do with it? Would you get attached to it or would you treat it as a machine only and buy a new one once it's broken?

■ Story:
Ka Yim, who works at an AI company, accidentally hits the latest ASI robot Bo on the street. Because he is afraid to get charged, he brings her to his home completely, lol, and hides her. There Bo starts to live with Ka Yim and his family (his dad, grandma and sister) - and changes their lives.

At first they treat her like an object and make her do the daily chores etc. But slowly they grow on her and start to treat her like family, which is very beautiful to see! Bo helps the family members with their personal struggles and forms a bond with them. As Bo has activated her self-learning program, she starts to learn about human feelings and eventually gains her own self- consciousness. She also falls in love with Ka Yim, who has feelings for his supervisor Dorian.

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■ Acting and Main Characters:
I started the drama only because I saw Billy Luk is the Main Lead! <3 I'm actually super scared of AI robots. But Bo and Rocky are not scary at all. They are the loveliest beings whatsoever! I got attached to all characters, because of their realistic portrayal, next to the comedy that is.

I really fell in love with Bo - Ali Lee looks stunning with this hairstyle! ❤️ Her acting is outstanding too! Those smooth but slow movements, her non-blinking eye movements and her slightly monotonous voice were perfect! Then there is the goofy and slightly dorky ML Ka Yim. His sister Ka Yee seems to be bratty at first but she is also a very lovely person if you get to know her. Especially the actors who played the robots did a very praiseworthy job at acting.

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■ The conflicts in the drama were:
▪ 1.) The robot-era of course with all the worries. And the question if robots and humans can be together romantically. At this topic, the drama was definitely more fantasy with robots getting feelings etc, which I loved of course.

▪ 2.) The love triangle: Although I really hate love triangles, it didn't bother me that much. It surely was annoying but since I already knew whom he's gonna end up with anyway.. xD And there were other interesting storylines that kept me watching - like the relationship between Bo and the family members :) And Bo in general. <3

▪ 3.) The family relationship: The development of the characters were not at the same pace. Bo's feeling-development happened faster than the feeling-development of the family, which led to some arguments. This was very well made!

▪ 4.) The virus in Bo's (and the other robots) system, which made her turn bad. The robots turned pretty brutal. On the side note, this is exactly my concern regarding humanoid AI usage in the possible future.

The conflicts were all pretty realistic and interesting. And I really loved all the characters <3 It was a fun but also emotional watch. I'm glad I gave it a try! The Romance was more on the slow burn side but that didn't bother me at all because the drama was interesting overall and the main leads were sweet together :3 I found the drama pretty fast paced, although it slowed down a little in the last 10 episodes.

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■ NOTE
The drama is not exactly what the pink poster and unoriginal title imply. It looks like some silly fluffy puppy love but that's really not it. I mean, yes, there is romance but it's also emotional at times. And the relationship between Bo and the family members is a major thing too, which gives off a warm family feeling. And then it also gets a little dark with action and suspense towards the end. Plus, they are not puppies, lol, they are all -30+ adults (luckily).

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WHOLESOME AND ADORABLE

Absolutely adored this!

I went in knowing it would be unique, entertaining and fun based on comments and reviews (which is rare for TVB/HK dramas on this platform since not too many people recognize them/review them) so I already had good feelings for it, but it really gets better than what is described by reviewers.

FAMILY IS EVERYTHING
- The characters here most all have their flaws in personality or makes some questionable decisions showing their humanity and I like them more for that, each family member gets their own scenes to really shine and it really works
- By midway through it really does feel like Bo is a part of the family and it's more than just her doing their chores and cleaning after them
- ep 29 is wholesome and hilarious (The "Thailand vacation" moment)

PLOT= PRETTY FAST-PACED AND INTERESTING
- I like that it shows both sides of the situation we have the developers of the AI who wants full control of their products and sees them as only tools to help society, but we also see the other side where there are families and individuals who truly love their AI as a part of their family and where the AI wants to do good, and be more than just a piece of control device
- Romance was well done here, definitely more a slow-burn natural friends to lovers for the main couple, there's a love triangle but I am not annoyed at all since I enjoyed Crystal Fung's scenes as well.
- Honestly, TVB did sci-fi really well here and I would love to see a S2 or a similar concept done. This is just right, not too over-the-top ridiculous but instead goes the more heartwarming route which I loved

ALI LEE IS DEF. THE MVP
- There are some scenes where she's killing it especially with the blank expression of her face like a doll the whole time she never breaks character, which makes for some hilarious scenes in social situations where the robot just doesn't adapt like us humans,
- This is a tin man but with a golden heart situation, where our girl starts to love and care for the family members, so many touching moments

Would I watch it again? Sure in a couple of years I feel like this would still stand the test of time even if TVB start making more sci-fi dramas

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