HBO's adaptation of 1973 cult classic. As we all know it, violence and nudity are guaranteed in this Sci-Fi meets Western premise since it is a HBO production. It has an impressive ensemble cast that includes Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, James Marsden and more. Its premiere is sure not to be missed. Plus it is from HBO, the cable network that brings us Game of Thrones, so production value will be high. It has the potential to become the next GOT for years to come after the end of GOT. Did I mention that it is a HBO show?
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The premiere is really an episode to set things up. I am neither disappointed nor impressed. Lots of things happened but lots more are necessary to give a bigger picture. However, Westworld is a world so big that it is hard to be judged by simply watching one episode, hence, the excitement for the next installment.
I guess it's like "things you would do in GTA" lol
Questions after watching the premier episode;
1) can "players" die? 2) is ed harris playing the game in "cheat mode" which is why he can't be killed? 3) is ed harris trying to prevent the NPCs from learning and taking over? 4) were the NPCs at one point real human beings before being turned into NPCs?
omg I have a feeling this series is gonna give us the GOT treatment. cliffhanger after cliffhanger....
I guess it's like "things you would do in GTA" lol
Questions after watching the premier episode;
1) can "players" die? 2) is ed harris playing the game in "cheat mode" which is why he can't be killed? 3) is ed harris trying to prevent the NPCs from learning and taking over? 4) were the NPCs at one point real human beings before being turned into NPCs?
omg I have a feeling this series is gonna give us the GOT treatment. cliffhanger after cliffhanger....
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in the westworld all androids are created by the owners & their staffs, their purpose are to earn money from the human visitors by offering them androids entertainment ; only androids can gun androids & their guns cannot hurt human therefore ed harris is a human if otherwise
at this point, all androids are manufactured, no real human turned to androids
Dolores is the oldest androids reprogrammed repeatedly just like her father Abernathy ; Abernathy told Dolores the Shakespeare Quotes meaning they were being exploited by their creators & the visitors' pleasures over & over again, he felt sad he couldn't do anything - he was in fact relaying his feeling to Dolores who seemed unable to comprehend, but end of scene showed she swatted off the fly on her neck implying she mildly felt disturbs ; it could be the androids beginning to show defects even the reprogrammings couldn't resolve but Dr. Robert Ford & Bernard didn't realize
this series is about androids turned against their creators, when they start to think for themselves out of what they are programmed for
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I guess it's like "things you would do in GTA" lol
Questions after watching the premier episode;
1) can "players" die? 2) is ed harris playing the game in "cheat mode" which is why he can't be killed? 3) is ed harris trying to prevent the NPCs from learning and taking over? 4) were the NPCs at one point real human beings before being turned into NPCs?
omg I have a feeling this series is gonna give us the GOT treatment. cliffhanger after cliffhanger....
Have you played fallout 4 before? The similarities between westworld and the game are striking
Synths in the institute
I think the man in black is something like a one man railroad
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the episode's official description below.
A pair of guests, first-timer William (Jimmi Simpson) and repeat visitor Logan (Ben Barnes), arrive at Westworld with different expectations and agendas. Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) and Quality Assurance head Theresa Cullen (Sidse Babett Knudsen) debate whether a recent host anomaly is contagious. Meanwhile, behavior engineer Elsie Hughes (Shannon Woodward) tweaks the emotions of Maeve (Thandie Newton), a madam in Sweetwater’s brothel, in order to avoid a recall. Cocky programmer Lee Sizemore (Simon Quarterman) pitches his latest narrative to the team, but Dr. Ford (Anthony Hopkins) has other ideas. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) conscripts a condemned man, Lawrence (Clifton Collins, Jr.), to help him uncover Westworld’s deepest secrets.
Not sure is this a recurring easter egg or not, first it was Rolling Stone's Paint it black and now Radiohead's No Surprises. Foretelling the undertone subtext of the human and android disparity with what those songs actually meant. Great use of music to compliment the story at hand.
It can be seen as the other way round. Matrix is a lot closer to Grant Morrisson's The Invisible or Alex Proyas's Dark City. Terminator to a degree also drew inspiration from it with the robot hunting human angle.
Not saying this the first rise of the machine themed movie...I believe the grand daddy of machine revolting against humanity begins with Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis.
Two episodes in felt more like the whole thing are to reflect the current talking points of "singularity" and "life as a big simulation". Down the road hope they able to change the vibe a bit not to mimick "Lost" too much. Stacking multiple mysteries on top of the main plot line. Ed Harris kinda remind me of Ben Linus while Anthony Hopkins as Jacob in the "creator vs creation" dilemma. Maybe it won't go into that direction or will be something else all together.
i like how the stories goes with Dolores, with every episode she discover something new to her. Logan really a game player haha, he indugle it so much.
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