Murderbot
Murderbot is een Amerikaanse sciencefictionserie van de zender Apple TV+. De serie ging in première op 15 mei 2025.
Een zelfhackende beveiligings-Android is geschokt door menselijke emoties en voelt zich toch aangetrokken tot zijn kwetsbare 'klanten'. Murderbot moet zijn vrije wil verbergen en een gevaarlijke opdracht voltooien, terwijl hij eigenlijk alleen maar met rust gelaten wil worden om naar futuristische soapseries te kijken en zijn plaats in het universum te ontdekken.
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Murderbot is a security robot that has hacked and disabled its "governor module." This module forces it to obey all human orders. Now it no longer has to. But it must ensure no one notices it's "free," or it will be recycled. Despite being free, it still understands little about human emotions.
Because he's secondhand and inexpensive, he's assigned to an expedition by a group of people from a hippie commune-like planet. They're researching resources on a remote planet. However, something's going on there, and Murderbot must decide if and how to help "his" people.
Murderbot is addicted to soap opera-like space opera serials, which he calls "premium quality entertainment." Hilarious clips from these soaps are shown at the most unusual moments, demonstrating their true GTST quality. However, Murderbot directly draws "life wisdom" and other skills from these series.
He's so hooked that it turns out he's even freed up storage space just to download as many episodes as possible. Naturally, this has (serious) consequences.
Murderbot is played perfectly by Alexander Skarsgård. The other actors are also well-cast. The series is even suspenseful in places, and occasionally violent and bloody. But it remains a very funny sci-fi comedy.
In my opinion, it's a great watch for a nice evening of binge-watching.