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Don't Listen to the Love Grinches! Robot Romance Rules!
I really can't find anything not to like about this charming romance.
Sure, 9 is a robot (an android really) but his programming is so complex and his learning capability is so advanced, that he guides himself into loving. Is this any weirder than vampires and werewolves (Twilight), a mermaid (Splash), a humanoid alien (Starman) and, in the delightful "Galaxy Quest" -- a being with tentacles!
Isn't the show's 'Love' message that you can create love by being mutually committed to receiving and giving love to each other, no matter who you are? Isn't this the premise that makes BLs so wonderful? And on the continuum from as3xual to pans3xual, isn't that a message to encourage us all?
Being Taiwanese the production values were excellent. The music was well chosen to enhance the mood of each important scene. I have to admit the NC scenes were very chaste (but we know that censorship is tightening there.) But both the passion and the warm companionship between the two leads was spot-on.
The seven-year gap was presented a bit abruptly (I would have liked to see a montage of Yi Ping's lonely 7 years) but it was essential to show the Uncle's change of heart. After seven years he realized he wasn't actually doing what was best for the nephew he loved.
I don't think it's right either that people thought that I Ping was a failure because he didn't interface well with other humans. Ping's neglectful upbringing by shameful parents, the controlling behavior of his uncle, and the fact that very few people were his intellectual equals, had left him with an emotional disconnect that only someone who really knew how to love could overcome. [The dog memories showed that only with his dog had he experienced selfless, faithful love.] 9 was the first being other than his dog who loved him unstintingly. Presented again with that unstinting love Yi Ping blossomed, able to receive love and reflect what he'd been given, to love 9 back.
I'm not a person who re-watches shows often - but this one deserves a rewatch. And if I were rich enough; I tell ya'll I'd be running to the Robot Boyfriend shop as fast as my legs could carry me.
IGNORE THE ROMANCE GRINCHES. WATCH THIS AND GIVE YOURSELF A YUMMY TREAT.
Sure, 9 is a robot (an android really) but his programming is so complex and his learning capability is so advanced, that he guides himself into loving. Is this any weirder than vampires and werewolves (Twilight), a mermaid (Splash), a humanoid alien (Starman) and, in the delightful "Galaxy Quest" -- a being with tentacles!
Isn't the show's 'Love' message that you can create love by being mutually committed to receiving and giving love to each other, no matter who you are? Isn't this the premise that makes BLs so wonderful? And on the continuum from as3xual to pans3xual, isn't that a message to encourage us all?
Being Taiwanese the production values were excellent. The music was well chosen to enhance the mood of each important scene. I have to admit the NC scenes were very chaste (but we know that censorship is tightening there.) But both the passion and the warm companionship between the two leads was spot-on.
The seven-year gap was presented a bit abruptly (I would have liked to see a montage of Yi Ping's lonely 7 years) but it was essential to show the Uncle's change of heart. After seven years he realized he wasn't actually doing what was best for the nephew he loved.
I don't think it's right either that people thought that I Ping was a failure because he didn't interface well with other humans. Ping's neglectful upbringing by shameful parents, the controlling behavior of his uncle, and the fact that very few people were his intellectual equals, had left him with an emotional disconnect that only someone who really knew how to love could overcome. [The dog memories showed that only with his dog had he experienced selfless, faithful love.] 9 was the first being other than his dog who loved him unstintingly. Presented again with that unstinting love Yi Ping blossomed, able to receive love and reflect what he'd been given, to love 9 back.
I'm not a person who re-watches shows often - but this one deserves a rewatch. And if I were rich enough; I tell ya'll I'd be running to the Robot Boyfriend shop as fast as my legs could carry me.
IGNORE THE ROMANCE GRINCHES. WATCH THIS AND GIVE YOURSELF A YUMMY TREAT.
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