Android parents with human kids

Raised By Wolves, directed by Ridley Scott, explores the perennial question of how sentient robots are

Science-fiction series Raised By Wolves, directed by Ridley Scott (above), stars Amanda Collin (left, centre) as an android raising human children on an inhospitable planet.
Science-fiction series Raised By Wolves, directed by Ridley Scott, stars Amanda Collin (above, centre) as an android raising human children on an inhospitable planet. PHOTO: HBO
Science-fiction series Raised By Wolves, directed by Ridley Scott (above), stars Amanda Collin (left, centre) as an android raising human children on an inhospitable planet.
Science-fiction series Raised By Wolves, directed by Ridley Scott (above), stars Amanda Collin as an android raising human children on an inhospitable planet. PHOTO: HBO
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The science-fiction series Raised By Wolves is the first television show that Ridley Scott - the Oscar-winning film-maker who defined the genre with movies such as Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982) and The Martian (2015) - has directed in decades.

And this is because the show - which airs its first three episodes on HBO Go - tackles all the juicy ideas the 82-year-old English director continues to be fascinated by.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 02, 2020, with the headline Android parents with human kids. Subscribe