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Westworld - 2016 tv series

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Westworld is based on the 1973 film of the same name (written and directed by Michael Crichton - starring Yul Brynner & James Brolin, and to a lesser extent its 1976 sequel, Futureworld. There also was a short lived ‘Beyond Westworld’ TV series in 1980 - yet I digress)…
 

The premise… (from imdb)

The story takes place in Westworld - a fictional, technologically advanced Wild-West-themed amusement park populated by android “hosts”. The park caters to high-paying guests who may indulge their wildest fantasies within the park without fear of retaliation from the hosts (who are prevented by their programming from harming humans)

The Westworld theme park, run by the Delos corporation, offers its guests the opportunity to experience the Wild West in an expansive tract of open, arid land that includes the frontier town of Sweetwater. The town and land are inhabited by “hosts”: androids with advanced programming. The hosts follow a predefined set of intertwining narratives and have the ability to deviate from these narratives based on interactions they have with guests.

The hosts repeat their narrative anew each day — having had their memories of the previous day erased — until they are re-purposed or stowed away for use in other narratives. For guest safety, hosts are unable to harm any lifeform; this allows guests nearly unlimited freedom to engage without retribution in any activity they choose with the hosts, including sex and simulated murder. Staff situated in vast underground facilities oversee the park, develop new narratives, and perform repairs on hosts as necessary.
 

Westworld Trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JctIuZfSsa4
 

Needless to say - things aren’t quite what they seem…
 

A stunning show - like HBO’s Game Of Thrones it has that ability to look like a feature film, somehow absorbing you into it’s epic world - with an intriguing plot, layered characters, breathtaking cinematography & direction - having a fairly unique style, and sublime choices of music by Ramin Djawadi - of Battlestar Galactica, Person Of Interest and GOT.

A great cast helps too - with the likes of Evan Rachel Wood, Anthony Hopkins, Jeffrey Wright, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, James Marsden, Jimmi Simpson, Shannon Woodward & Luke Hemsworth - and a large supporting cast, giving some strong performances and bringing that something ‘extra’ to the series.

And beautifully put together by the Jonathan Nolan from the likes of Person Of Interest, Interstellar, The Dark Knight and DK Rises - and Lisa Joy, of Burn Notice and Pushing Up Daisies.
 

Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality…?

Tis’ a really enjoyable watch, one of those show where you want to watch what happens next week right now, and has random thoughts popping into your head about it during the week (that may just be me, though 😉)
 

Some useful info sites… (be careful for spoilers)

Official HBO Site : Official Westworld Twitter : IMDB Page : Wikipedia Page : Westworld Wikia : reddit/Westworld

Discover Westworld : Delos Incorporated : Delos Destinations

Westworld - 1973 film - IMDB : Futureworld - 1976 film - IMDB : Beyond Westworld - 1980 tv series - IMDB
 

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“Westworld” the film was groundbreaking for its time. “Westworld” the show is spectacular.

Don’t do drugs, unless you’re with me.

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Alt Shift X’ - the man who does the superb ‘clear and concise’ Game Of Thrones explanation videos, and the occasional film, is now doing the same for every episode of Westworld too…

https://www.youtube.com/user/JaiWbio/videos & https://twitter.com/altshiftx

^ Well worth a watch, as well as for insights and pick-ups on content we may miss (or I miss, anyway 😉)
 

Westworld Season 1 Explained - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb7r9m-DYpU (17 mins)

What does Westworld Season 2 mean? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4Oh6Zx76Bg (12 mins)
 

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ChainsawAsh said:

Holy crap, last night’s episode was good!

So many things being turned on their heads - so many possibilities, all beautifully done.

SPOILERS for S2xE04…

Did not see the new girl being the MIB’s daughter, nor guessing Bernard would execute Order 66 😉 Poor Jim too.

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^I sort of had the thought that that might be the case, and then I think there was some editing early on in this episode that kinda confirmed it for me before the actual reveal. Fun development.

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SPOILERS for S2xE04…

Forgot to mention I’m very happy Felix and Sylvester are still alive (for now…); some great chemistry and humour in there 😃

 

Really enjoying the music used so far this season too (just like the quality used last season!) - some if it can be found on here:-

https://www.youtube.com/user/WaterTowerWB/featured

and the Season 1 Soundtrack to Westworld is well worth a listen too.

(I hope Ramin gets to work on that Season 5 soundtrack for Person Of Interest soon, though that ship has likely sailed…)

 

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I just marathoned the first season and haven’t decided if I should dive into season 2 or wait until it’s over so I can marathon that.

The production quality on this show is some of the best I’ve seen. Beautiful cinematography as you mentioned and stunning landscapes. The writing is spot-on also. Being a coder, I’m not rolling my eyes over tech talk like I usually am in sci-fi. They discuss builds and QA and other stuff that sounds very familiar 😃

I also love the contrast of the polished interior sets with their sophisticated, yet minimal technology held up against the raw, wide-open wilderness of the park.

Throw in some good plot twists along with HBO’s reliable V-N-AC-AL rating and we have a winner.

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I still need to see Westworld the show and the film.

“Get over violence, madness and death? What else is there?”

Also known as Mr. Liquid Jungle.

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oojason said:

SPOILERS for S2xE04…

Forgot to mention I’m very happy Felix and Sylvester are still alive (for now…); some great chemistry and humour in there 😃

 

Really enjoying the music used so far this season too (just like the quality used last season!) - some if it can be found on here:-

https://www.youtube.com/user/WaterTowerWB/featured

and the Season 1 Soundtrack to Westworld is well worth a listen too.

(I hope Ramin gets to work on that Season 5 soundtrack for Person Of Interest soon, though that ship has likely sailed…)

 

I adore so many of the “old-timey” covers of songs, particularly the Radiohead ones. Exit Music in the S1 finale was perfect, and the Vitamin String Quartet version of Motion Picture Soundtrack used in that one Maeve scene was great, too. And, of course, the version of Paint it Black in the first (?) episode was gorgeous.

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ChainsawAsh said:

oojason said:

SPOILERS for S2xE04…

Forgot to mention I’m very happy Felix and Sylvester are still alive (for now…); some great chemistry and humour in there 😃

 

Really enjoying the music used so far this season too (just like the quality used last season!) - some if it can be found on here:-

https://www.youtube.com/user/WaterTowerWB/featured

and the Season 1 Soundtrack to Westworld is well worth a listen too.

(I hope Ramin gets to work on that Season 5 soundtrack for Person Of Interest soon, though that ship has likely sailed…)

 

I adore so many of the “old-timey” covers of songs, particularly the Radiohead ones. Exit Music in the S1 finale was perfect, and the Vitamin String Quartet version of Motion Picture Soundtrack used in that one Maeve scene was great, too. And, of course, the version of Paint it Black in the first (?) episode was gorgeous.

It’s a great metaphor for the blurring of realty with fiction.

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My CrossFit coach recommended it and she hasnt steered my wrong yet. Now with this write-up and discussion, it looks like something I need to look into. To be honest, not sure why it’s not been on my radar. It certainly seems like something I’d dig. Better give it a look.

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Just gave the linked trailer a look. Jeffrey Wright and Ed Harris are two of my favorites. A definite plus.

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Anchorhead said:

Just gave the linked trailer a look. Jeffrey Wright and Ed Harris are two of my favorites. A definite plus.

They’re both on point in this.

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Hey, “Paint it Black” again in tonight’s episode! A slightly different version, too.

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ChainsawAsh said:

Hey, “Paint it Black” again in tonight’s episode! A slightly different version, too.

😃 Very nicely done, it was.

SPOILERS for S2xE05…

Shogun World looks fantastic, and well explained by Sizemore 😉 - yet how do they control the danger of bows and arrows swords and pikes etc for when the Park is running ‘normally’ for the Guests?

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SPOILERS for S2xE06…

Wow. Bringing him back was always a possibility - yet that was very nicely done. Poor Maeve - she finally found what she’s looking for and then… that. Also enjoyed that Teddy may be have been ‘fixed’ a little too well. The opening scene too - 💫

So much occurring, and all of it so immersive.

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SPOILERS for S2xE07…

Great to see Anthony Hopkins returning - and really moving the story on somewhat too. Some quality explanations - really set it up for the final 3 episodes of the season… (which has flown by) Seems we may get a bit more of Ghost Nation too…

 

SPOILERS for S2xE08…

Wow - what a beautiful episode, a character-driven story and it’s focus over the time at the park, his interactions, the transitions, the play on emotions, and a superb performance from Zahn McClarnon as Akecheta. The piano arrangement of Heart Shaped Box for part of Akecheta’s journey was quality too. Well worth a re-watch, that.

 

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Finally finished season 2.

…meh. Felt like the show kinda went too far up its own ass this time around. I don’t think the fragmented timeline/“puzzle” nature of the story was warranted this season at all beyond the writers trying to show off how smart they are.

I’ll probably give season 3 a shot, but I don’t think it’s a surprise that this season hemmoraged viewers like it did.

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I also finally finished the season, but with a different reaction. While I had some issues with the finale, on the whole I thought the second season was better than the first (which I loved). I’m now fully willing to call this my favorite show on TV.

Very excited to see where it goes next.

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‘Official San Diego Comic-Con Trailer | Westworld | Season 3 (2020) | HBO’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64CYajemh6E
 

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I hope the third series tries to get back tothe suspense and drama of the 1st - without trying to assert itself as being too clever as it did for the 2nd series. To me, it seemed to try to hard to be just that in the 2nd season, at the expense of a great show.

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‘Oh, oh, oh, sweet hosts of mine. #Westworld returns Sunday, March 15 at 9pm.’

^ https://twitter.com/HBO/status/1230546431951474688 (with a 2 and a half minute video)

 

Get in! https://inciteinc.com 😃

 

 

Westworld: Official Season 2 Recap’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3NHl4qey3s - at the official HBO youtube channel. (5 mins long.)
 

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I hope I can get back into this - for me it lost its way during season 2, possibly trying to be too clever after the bods at reddit/westworld worked out the 1st season ending before it aired.

So many possibilities for the show, with some great acting talent, so I hope season 3 is a return to form.

Loving the secret trailers so far as well.

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