Westworld

[trouty]

So westworld series 1 has ended!
Anybody watch it and what did you think?

[Teydyn]

Awesome.

Maybe too slow in the beginning and too esoteric to be a hit for the masses?

[lifeisfiction]

I thought the show was great and I mean oh wow, I want to see how crazy Arnold's game really is. This statement will not spoil it for you at all if you have not seen the show and it will make no sense till you completed the show so I will say no more.

[trouty]

The cliff hanger wow! (can't say too much obviously but wow). The Man in black looked so fucking happy though and was it ford or not. Have to wait a f@cking year to find out now.

[GroobySteven]

Excellent.

[christianxxx]

I enjoyed it immensely and I enjoyed the original Westworld movie as well. Michael Crichton has always been one of my favorite authors. I thought Ed Harris was amazing as the man in black. He makes a great cowboy even though he's 67. There were some plot holes, but nothing too major. My one question is why did Maeve get off the train at the end? Why go back? To be the leader?

My girlfriend had a funny comment. She said that this is the REAL beginning of the Terminator movies. haha #skynet

[bluebottle]

Methinks Ford isn't dead, and the body at the end was a clone.....
I also think Arnold isn't dead either, and is pulling everyone's chain.....

[blackchubby38]

I enjoyed it immensely and I enjoyed the original Westworld movie as well. Michael Crichton has always been one of my favorite authors. I thought Ed Harris was amazing as the man in black. He makes a great cowboy even though he's 67. There were some plot holes, but nothing too major. My one question is why did Maeve get off the train at the end? Why go back? To be the leader?

My girlfriend had a funny comment. She said that this is the REAL beginning of the Terminator movies. haha #skynet

She left the train to go search for her daughter.

[lifeisfiction]

There is a few character motivation questions regarding Dr. Ford which kind of felt like plot holes. It's one of those shows you don't want to discuss, because for those who didn't see it you don't want to ruin it. There is West World and it's sequel Future World. The big thing that stood out was in the cooler area was the Globe similar to the original Westworld Movie. It makes you wonder if the original was somewhere part of the timeline. They Had SW symbol, but they could be just different theme parks in different countries. I wonder who they will incorporate elements of Futureworld (which they kind of hinted) into the show for the second season.

[GroobySteven]

I rewatched Futureworld a few weeks ago. Truly a wretched, horrible film.

[MacJae]

There were some plot holes, but nothing too major. My one question is why did Maeve get off the train at the end? Why go back? To be the leader?

Everything she had done up to then had been scripted behavior, as Bernard pointed out previously in the episode. Leaving the train was actually possibly the first decision in her current build that overrode her script. When she awoke to consciousness in her previous role, it was due to the strong emotions from losing her "daughter"; when she saw the human child on the train, that probably awoke those emotions again sufficiently to inspire her to break her script and act independently again, following her feelings rather than her script.

[youngblood61]

Watched a few episodes but never got into it. Will rewatch over my xmas break.

[bassman2546]

Excellent show. Brilliant writing but almost too brilliant. At times complicated dialogue but it didn't have to be. Too much exposition crammed to fit in. The second last episode was killing me at times with too much information to set up for the finale. Ed Harris was great. And when Bill reached for the black hat on the ground, I had figured out his character and a big part of the plot. That's when you know you're writing well, when you can take a simple action and reveal so much by it. I thought Thandie Newton killed it especially naked with her hair down and I say that because much of her best scenes were during this time. I could go on with other things ...

[tao1kiku]

Did anyone else catch in one of the first scenes of the old Host storage area, there was a figure that looked VERY MUCH like Yul Brenner from the original Westworld movie?

[ed_jaxon]

"They can't see the things that will hurt them".

Truer words have never been spoken

[lifeisfiction]

I rewatched Futureworld a few weeks ago. Truly a wretched, horrible film.

Futureworld was a good concept, not the best execution. Who knows where it will go. Sorry for all the code speech, but I won't give away spoilers till after the holidays. So many questions, such as is a certain person truly dead since they had their own personal android machine. I suspect someone may be part of the Boards plan ensuring the safety of the park by sending a certain person to somewhere else in the park. Their whole plan was scripted. Then what must Bernard discover, if initially a person thought he wasn't ready.


"These violent delights have violent ends."

At least they will have a marathon this weekend for those who have the time to watch it.