Thinking about this pilot and project in its original time period, I can understand how a corporate entity would have been reluctant to pull the trigger on an innovative concept like Only Human. Technology evolved so rapidly, once it got going, that the learning curve would never have ended for a production based on leading edge technology. But I would still like to see everything that was recorded and saved! Thank you for your ongoing in-depth investigation into this fascinating time of groundbreaking innovation.
As Jim [McClellan] stated, there were very likely a number of reasons why BBC Scotland ultimately chose not to greenlight the project. But you're right, since tech in those years (and now, too, of course) was evolving at lightning speed. That had to be a daunting hurdle to consider in and of itself, regardless of any other issues picking up the series would have posed. And you're quite welcome re: investigating this project - but without Jim, I would've been casting my line only on the surface of the water!
It seems like they were breaking new ground and on the cusp of a new idea that is now so common. It's too bad it wasn't expanded as it could have been one the trailblazers of the computer/person relationship and slice of life films that permeate our streaming feeds these days. Keep it up.
It was definitely on the cutting edge at the time, that's for sure. It's going to be a lot of fun next week, too, when we get to explore where the series might've went! I really enjoyed putting together the next (and last) part. After that? Questions!
Thinking about this pilot and project in its original time period, I can understand how a corporate entity would have been reluctant to pull the trigger on an innovative concept like Only Human. Technology evolved so rapidly, once it got going, that the learning curve would never have ended for a production based on leading edge technology. But I would still like to see everything that was recorded and saved! Thank you for your ongoing in-depth investigation into this fascinating time of groundbreaking innovation.
As Jim [McClellan] stated, there were very likely a number of reasons why BBC Scotland ultimately chose not to greenlight the project. But you're right, since tech in those years (and now, too, of course) was evolving at lightning speed. That had to be a daunting hurdle to consider in and of itself, regardless of any other issues picking up the series would have posed. And you're quite welcome re: investigating this project - but without Jim, I would've been casting my line only on the surface of the water!
It seems like they were breaking new ground and on the cusp of a new idea that is now so common. It's too bad it wasn't expanded as it could have been one the trailblazers of the computer/person relationship and slice of life films that permeate our streaming feeds these days. Keep it up.
It was definitely on the cutting edge at the time, that's for sure. It's going to be a lot of fun next week, too, when we get to explore where the series might've went! I really enjoyed putting together the next (and last) part. After that? Questions!