Westworld

[Dandy]

Quite frankly I dont know how they continue multiple seasons anyway. I think they should do 2 years maybe 3 like some other HBO shows have done. Would have great momentum and could go out on a high note.

The creator of Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan, said that shows shouldn't go on forever. They need to have an end game. Breaking Bad went out when it was at its most popular times and that's okay. Shows don't have to go on and on and on. I'll take like 5 AMAZING seasons (Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Seinfeld) over 10 average seasons. Lookin' at you, Walking Dead.

 

[Mr Janny]

The creator of Breaking Bad, Vince Gilligan, said that shows shouldn't go on forever. They need to have an end game. Breaking Bad went out when it was at its most popular times and that's okay. Shows don't have to go on and on and on. I'll take like 5 AMAZING seasons (Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Seinfeld) over 10 average seasons. Lookin' at you, Walking Dead.

Gilligan would know something about a series going on for too long, having been responsible for several Robert Patrick episodes of the X-Files.

 

[Dandy]

Gilligan would know something about a series going on for too long, having been responsible for several Robert Patrick episodes of the X-Files.

At least he learned from his mistakes. Dude crushed BB.

 

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

I've been very focused on the whole different timelines as I watch and a few things have stuck out at me. I'll spoiler just in case.

Spoiler

First, its important to remember that the hosts experience a memory as vividly as when the first had that experience. With that in mind, I think there are 3 Delores timelines going on in the show right now and we saw them all last night. There is Delores in the blue dress that is interviewed by Arnold, who we've seen a couple times throughout the show. I think this is probably the earliest timeline for Delores. Then there is Delores with William. Then there is present day Delores.

I think present day Delores is the Delores that became self-aware earlier in the season because the picture she found was the picture of William's fiance that Logan gave him last night. The show made it seem like the final scene was a continuation of Delores' scenes with William and Logan when she ran away, but she didn't have the wound to her stomach and then the MiB showed up at the end. I still think William is probably the MiB, but if that is true, I'm curious how he goes from really caring for Delores to the cruelty he shows towards her as the MiB.

This helps put things in a better perspective for me. Thanks

 

[Mr Janny]

Here's an interesting take on the show. Not a favorable one.

spoilers and NSFW language apply

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-one-westworld-fan-theory-that-makes-most-sense/

 

[Angie]

Here's an interesting take on the show. Not a favorable one.

spoilers and NSFW language apply

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-one-westworld-fan-theory-that-makes-most-sense/

I do enjoy the show... but he's got a point. There are a lot of inconsistencies and unexplained details that make the whole thing illogical. At this point, it's sure not going to stop me from watching it - but I am curious to see if this particular area improves.

 

[CycloneWarning]

Here's an interesting take on the show. Not a favorable one.

spoilers and NSFW language apply

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-one-westworld-fan-theory-that-makes-most-sense/

That was a good read, and there is a lot I agree with. The whole underground, leaky storage area is dumb. Just dumb. Only there for the spooky factor.

This maze thing better conclude itself well...still a very good show....but please don't crap the bed.

 

[bos]

I enjoyed the opening statement. Gave me the laughies.

 

[bos]

I kind of like the forgotten basement. Reminds my of cities being built on top of ancient cities. Rome for example.

 

[bos]

TheGipper has some good points in the comment section. Ol Gip obviously pays more attention to detail than I do.

 

[Mr Janny]

That was a good read, and there is a lot I agree with. The whole underground, leaky storage area is dumb. Just dumb. Only there for the spooky factor.

This maze thing better conclude itself well...still a very good show....but please don't crap the bed.

I agree on the underground stuff. It would make sense that they'd have some sort of underground system for traveling around the park and storage of old units, but dark, wet basements with units standing around in rows wouldn't be the most efficient way to do it, especially for a company that's supposedly hemorrhaging money. They'd be cutting costs in storage wherever they could.

 

[Doc]

Here's an interesting take on the show. Not a favorable one.

spoilers and NSFW language apply

http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-one-westworld-fan-theory-that-makes-most-sense/

I just came here to post this. I agree with the writer for the most part.

 

[bos]

I agree on the underground stuff. It would make sense that they'd have some sort of underground system for traveling around the park and storage of old units, but dark, wet basements with units standing around in rows wouldn't be the most efficient way to do it, especially for a company that's supposedly hemorrhaging money. They'd be cutting costs in storage wherever they could.

I would guess at some point they will address this. I dont think they would show it as much as they do unless there is more too it. They dont just show a couple small rooms, they show a variety of angles. Like it was a bustling center at one point.

 

[bos]

And I had no idea there was a sequel to WestWorld. Interesting. Would imagine some of those concepts come in to play here as well.

 

[Doc]

Do you know what show really sucks? Divorce, the show after Westworld. Can't believe they cancelled shows like The Brink for this garbage.

 

[Mr Janny]

One of the author's other good points is about how it doesn't make a lot of sense that something like WestWorld would even come to be in the first place. We know it's the only attraction of its kind out there. So, if that's true, it doesn't make any sense that it would be as big as it is, and only dedicated to the Western theme. It would make much more sense if the park was divided up into smaller, different themed areas, more like the book. Creating the outer, more dangerous, areas that most of main characters find themselves in would be counter to good business, as most people wouldn't go there. Like the giant party in Pariah, how many of the people there were hosts, and how many were guests? 10 to 1 hosts to guests? I can't imagine any corporation approving that.

 

[CyArob]

Might be time for me to argue with the Comcast again to renew my free HBO.

 

[bos]

Do you know what show really sucks? Divorce, the show after Westworld. Can't believe they cancelled shows like The Brink for this garbage.

I refuse to watch that show. The whole premise is stupid.

 

[CycloneWarning]

One of the author's other good points is about how it doesn't make a lot of sense that something like WestWorld would even come to be in the first place. We know it's the only attraction of its kind out there. So, if that's true, it doesn't make any sense that it would be as big as it is, and only dedicated to the Western theme. It would make much more sense if the park was divided up into smaller, different themed areas, more like the book. Creating the outer, more dangerous, areas that most of main characters find themselves in would be counter to good business, as most people wouldn't go there. Like the giant party in Pariah, how many of the people there were hosts, and how many were guests? 10 to 1 hosts to guests? I can't imagine any corporation approving that.

I had the same thought when I watched Logan and what looked like almost a whole company of Confederados. How many hosts do they need to make one guest a good adventure? Billy certainly caused more than $40,000 of damages for that day, lol.

Thought the slight nod to GOT with the similar Hand of the King pendant was cool, though. Read somewhere that the producers had thought about a GOT cross-over world at one time.

 

[BoxsterCy]

TheGipper has some good points in the comment section. Ol Gip obviously pays more attention to detail than I do.

Although he essentially ignores the basic tenet for watching scifi and future fantasy: suspension of disbelief. For example, if a viewer cannot get past the weather inaccuracy in the opening scene of the The Martian you miss a good book and a good movie. If I was a scifi facts in space guru I probably couldn't enjoy the scifi that I actually pretty much dig the hell out of.

Not that my suspension of disbelief has not limits. I had to stop watching Walking Dead because the characters became (for me) unimaginably stupid and my disbelief breaker was tripped.