General derision here and my wife's apparent firm "no" means I won't be traveling back to WestWorld any time soon, but I thought this was funny:
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/now-that-the-election-is-over-i-have-some-questions-about-westworld
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 18 November 2016 12:40 (seven years ago) link
Holy fuck, it appears Sky have hijacked the official website in that it won't load in the UK but redirects to the Sky Atlantic's Westworld page. Fuck this show
https://www.discoverwestworld.com/#
― groovypanda, Friday, November 18, 2016 8:48 AM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I just got something about the site not being available in the territory I'm in. Though I did get the Delos page.
― Stevolende, Friday, 18 November 2016 13:27 (seven years ago) link
Lol... it would be amazing if the agency that created the website somehow sold the rights per territory
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 November 2016 14:00 (seven years ago) link
Maybe it was wrapped up in some "ancillary content" bit of the contract that only HBO paid for.. I dunno, scratching my head over that
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 18 November 2016 14:01 (seven years ago) link
if u hold down the shift key the website will send u a garbled transmission from anthony hopkins, here is the map
http://i.imgur.com/aoRlE8e.jpg
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:29 (seven years ago) link
oh that seems to be missing the main towns
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:30 (seven years ago) link
there u go, had to figure out how to take a screenshot w/o using the shift key lol
http://i.imgur.com/8GYgHxJ.jpg
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:34 (seven years ago) link
so the story is basically going south ?the part where nobody ever came back is the "under construction" area, I suppose ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:47 (seven years ago) link
came back from...
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
i think under construction is where hopkins is building his new thing
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 14:56 (seven years ago) link
maybe that's not exclusive and the reason why it's a "no go zone" ?otherwhise where would the "no go zone" be since they were in the ghost nation area ?
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:16 (seven years ago) link
Oddly just rechecked that Westworld site and it partially loaded but then just went to a black page saying that 'I'm Sorry Destination westworld isn't available in the country you're in'. Thought it would just go to a 404 message or something, if it wasn't going to load.
Not sure what the story is on distribution over here so wonder if there is any chance somebody might pick up the website for the area.
Sounded from the comment earlier that Sky were redirecting elsewhere from the URL, I'm assuming that would be UK. I couldn't tell if what i'm getting is just Ireland or outside the US and related. But would think a site like taht would be promotional material that they would want to have widely available.
― Stevolende, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:19 (seven years ago) link
ya hopkins new thing and the place no one ever came back from being the same place wld make sense, tho i got the impression they were looking out over the part labeled canyons (cause there were canyons)
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:26 (seven years ago) link
tho iirc there was something abt hopkins building a canyon too
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:27 (seven years ago) link
but there was a river between them and the "no go zone" and if I understand the map correctly there would be a river between the south west of ghost nation and the "under construction" area...
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:35 (seven years ago) link
Lecter's canyon-building project is in the Under Construction zone and you see the gigantic earth-eater approaching the agave plantation hacienda.
The place Bernard goes and finds the cozy Devonshire cottage with Lecter's family may be in that zone but it's not clear - a tech tells Bernard merely that it's an area reserved for future storylines. The theater where Elsie goes to find the transmitter is merely said to be in an abandoned area. The three flavors of off-limits (under construction, reserved, and abandoned) may be the same or different, once assumes.
― marzipandemonium (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 18 November 2016 15:46 (seven years ago) link
there's no thread for it but if you're getting tired of this then Insecure on HBO is really good!!
― goole, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
another interesting thing is that the "under construction" goes over the sea !Waterworld !http://aws-cf.caradisiac.com/prod/mesimages/96143/waterworld.jpg
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 18 November 2016 15:56 (seven years ago) link
some1 just watch the original movie and report back with the answers to all the mysteries
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:28 (seven years ago) link
i have seen it but i dont remember
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:31 (seven years ago) link
― goole, Friday, November 18, 2016 10:47 AM (forty-three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
looks good ty!
― lag∞n, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:33 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/GzdbTHU.jpg makes you think...
― just another (diamonddave85), Friday, 18 November 2016 16:36 (seven years ago) link
I feel like Reddit-style plot-sleuthing over Westworld says more about the scripts' incoherence than the actual mysteries
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
FUTUREWORLDit me
― mh 😏, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:40 (seven years ago) link
xp imo it says more about the habitual delving into scripts as some airtight explanation of a complete fictional world and not just a show you watch and enjoy
I'm all in favor of people doing so in favor of making their own homegrown Westworld tabletop rpg or slash fiction or w/e but when it's just in the service of endless avclub-style "is this a good show" thinkpieces I die inside
at least the people who are probably on tumblr trying to figure out if it's ethical to fuck a robot horse have a goal in mind
― mh 😏, Friday, 18 November 2016 16:45 (seven years ago) link
sexyrobothorsepics
― diary of a mod how's life (wins), Friday, 18 November 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
otm
― mh 😏, Friday, 18 November 2016 17:13 (seven years ago) link
Oh, yeah, it's just fun to speculate. I have no illusion that the creators have a grand and unbreakable master plan so that errybody is like "wait, this bush needs to be two inches to the left to line up with the maps and schematics that we released online that are, like, totally canon." This mode of thinking is sub-Galaxy Quest, but it's a fun distraction in a time where some of us need such.
― marzipandemonium (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 18 November 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
― mh 😏, Friday, November 18, 2016 10:40 AM (two hours ago)
lol
― aaaaaaaauuuuuuuuu (melting robot) (WilliamC), Friday, 18 November 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
seems dumb that the robots' only override is a vocal command. what if it's loud outside?
― slam dunk, Friday, 18 November 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
can i just say that "where nothing can possibly go worng!" is probably the best tagline of all time
― Number None, Saturday, 19 November 2016 11:20 (seven years ago) link
agreed
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 19 November 2016 11:27 (seven years ago) link
it's from golden-era Simpsons (the westworld/jp-spoofing episode) so yeah
― diary of a mod how's life (wins), Saturday, 19 November 2016 11:28 (seven years ago) link
it was on the original movie poster
― Number None, Saturday, 19 November 2016 15:01 (seven years ago) link
Haha shut my mouth. So Simpsons ripped off westworld
― diary of a mod how's life (wins), Saturday, 19 November 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
The worng! makes it
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 19 November 2016 16:19 (seven years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjIxMDY2MTAzMV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwNDA3NjAxMDE@._V1_UY1200_CR75,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg
― slam dunk, Sunday, 20 November 2016 02:24 (seven years ago) link
http://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/55/b2/ab/55b2ab7e14df7f09e0b716ce45c7ae64.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 20 November 2016 02:49 (seven years ago) link
Futureworld tagline accurate for 2016
― great Canadian prog-psych debut from 1969 (Sparkle Motion), Sunday, 20 November 2016 02:54 (seven years ago) link
Shea Serrano is funny
I watched the one episode of Westworld where the main robot girl kills Oscar Isaac and then escapes off the compound and it was really good. That was probably my favorite episode. It was funny when Oscar Isaac danced. Oscar Isaac is such a good actor. I wish they’d have let him be in more Westworld episodes before killing his character. I’d have liked to know more about him.
https://theringer.com/lets-stop-pretending-we-know-what-s-going-on-in-westworld-e1afd7f584bc#.1new3np5h
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 20 November 2016 03:16 (seven years ago) link
lets-stop-pretending-we-know-what-s-going-on-in-westworld
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 20 November 2016 04:12 (seven years ago) link
if anyone ever fixes the spelling of "wrong" in this thread title I'm quitting ilx
― mh 😏, Sunday, 20 November 2016 15:32 (seven years ago) link
"not in her character""end of her story"
now they're officially just fucking with us
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:22 (seven years ago) link
seems like two timelines = confirmed
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 November 2016 02:56 (seven years ago) link
what r they
― lag∞n, Monday, 21 November 2016 03:00 (seven years ago) link
no wait nevermind, it could still be all one
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 November 2016 03:04 (seven years ago) link
Talulah Riley (who played the host in white who introduces William to the park) shows up again and MIB says "I thought you were retired?" but on further consideration this is a fake-out
― El Tomboto, Monday, 21 November 2016 03:11 (seven years ago) link
uh yeah he has been visiting for a bit
There are totally two timelines, though. The movie, where the not-convincingly-humans with the bad hand movements flipped out and killed all the guests, and the HBO series
what the movie had that the tv series lacks is the fourth-wall breaking dude who practically did the bugs bunny "eh, ain't I a rascal?" routine
seriously, there is a dude whose role is entirely reaction shots to sell the fact he's doing all this wild shit. but the two shots are him playing with a gun and accidentally shooting a mirror and him making this silly face after waking up and realizing there's a sex worker robot in his bed
― mh 😏, Monday, 21 November 2016 03:23 (seven years ago) link
I have yet to watch Futureworld to see if it's pseudo-canon
original Westworld set was small enough you could run to the Roman world from there, and also sneak into the command center, so presumably the spot where Fore popped out in view of the church steeple was the original area
― mh 😏, Monday, 21 November 2016 03:25 (seven years ago) link
*Ford, sheesh