Re: Robot series in development -- how important is romance?

Some questions:

Is this series suppose to be serious or comedy?  (Terminator, Babylon 5, ST,
Outer Limits, Invaders, Dr Who, Farscape etc. versus Red Dwarf, Quark, Lexx,
Futuramma, etc.)  What audience/demo-graphics are you trying to appeal to
the most?

What is the initial relationship of the humans - Complete strangers,
co-workers, ex-lovers, kissing cousins, siblings, parent/child?

What are the moral compass of our human protagonists (artist, technical,
blue collar, ideologue, religious, etc)

If there is a female "pleasure" version, is there a male counter-part?
Going to take risks and have homosexual situations?

Will additional humans be added to the mix?

How human like are the "advanced" robot models?    (I agree that main
"emotionless" robots as main characters stinks too much of Star Trek).

Are the robots originally designed by humans or aliens?  (This certainly
would influence the emotional responses that the robots have - how would
aliens interpret kissing? "OMG - theses aliens are trying to eat each other
by pressing their oral cavities together - By the 1st law must make us stop
them at all costs.  Human designed robots would probably be more in tune
with human nuances)

Andrew


"medievalisteREMOVE THIS" <"medievalisteREMOVE THIS"@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> We're developing a tv series based on a series of Asimovian robot
> novels. Our hero is trying to escape a city (and planet) run by robots,
> who are obeying their First Law obligation to prevent him from
> potentially hurting himself by going back into space. Or that's their
> excuse, anyway. They may have darker motives behind their Three Laws
> rationalizations.
>
> There are several interesting and distinct robots he's dealing with,
> some who seem to be against him, some who seem to be for him, including
> a female robot who seems at first to be nothing more than a "pleasure
> model," but grows into almost a real woman. And there's also a real
> human woman in the mix.
>
> The question is: do we make our hero's relationship with the human woman
> the core of the series, along the lines of girl-and-guy shows like
> "Moonlighting"?
>
> Or is the audience (i.e. you) more interested in our hero's interactions
> with the robots, and the human relationship should be an interesting
> counterpoint to those?
>
> We'd love your thoughts. Thanks.
>
> A. E.
>