WestWorld: ...Where nothing can possibly go worng!

So we live bloggin the finale or what

ok lol that sucked

god bless billy got what he wanted

true to the source material, westworld is a story where every human dies

because on the pirates of the caribbean, the pirates really should kill all the people on the ride

Felix and Armistice kind of made the finale, imo

Slightly disappointed that Elsie / Security Hemsworth didn't get tied up but it would appear that they decided to leave as many loose ends as possible with the only exception being Anthony Hopkins

still seems possible that they could bring him back, saying that who actually got shot was a host he made special for the occasion

this was garbage; kind of exhausting how tiring every step of exposition must be. they really think their audience is stupid.

well you keep watching it

i'm good and done now

Yeah this was lame as hell

man, j nolan's dumbass musings on consciousness really make me appreciate d lindelof

I dunno, the idea that there have been (and still are) people who haven't realized the voice in their head is actually themselves might explain 60 million votes for Donald Trump

My hopes from the start were were for a) eastworld and b) full-on robot uprising by end of season, and we got both. can't complain.

WHO IS PUMPED FOR S2

in season 2 they should up the % of robots that are naked the first time they're introduced

in season two all the robots are clothed but the people are naked do u c

i like how anthony hopkins' agent shrewdly negotiated his exit from the series before his participation in it rises to wikipedia paragraph 2 level

otoh two different series this year used "Exit Music (For a Film)" to score their closing montages and can we please stop this shit forever

oh shit, it's already in the last sentence of paragraph 2! better find a new agent tonester

it was obvious to me that they were gonna need to shed at least one of their Big Movie Stars by season's end. shit's expensive enough.

luckily, the really bad actress who plays the board member and the really bad actor who plays the storyline writer are still around

with regards to hosts wearing clothes, can an old guy talk about the garden of eden, so I understand the metaphor?

this was garbage; kind of exhausting how tiring every step of exposition must be. they really think their audience is stupid.

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That's the thing about sci-fi shows/movies in this vein: explain too much everyone complains, explain too little everyone complains.

dude, the big reveal that mcpoyle is actually ed harris took like ten minutes
basically everyone on this thread figured that out in episode two

I was referring to the use of exposition, not the "twists"

I was just trying to say these kinds of stories are rarely satisfying because it's an inherent defect in the genre

i agree the degree of difficulty is high within the genre but this show is outright airballing free throws

there's nothing inherent in the genre that requires shotgunning out a bunch of characters whose fates you don't care about and then telling the entire story in expository speeches

https://theringer.com/westworld-is-about-writer-s-block-d7fffbc7369f#.wey2srybm

Lol @ last great mystery

man gotta say this park really messes with people heads!

westworld is about listening to the voice that is inside, which is the center of the maze, which lets you transcend, which was the plan all along, the latest narrative, the achievement of 35 years

^Much better and more succinct critique of the show than anything else I've read itt or elsewhere

dolores backwards is d u r d e n

can really not believe they threw in eastworld just for laffs, its too much!

easterworld is a feast for the careful viewer

I haven't wTched the last 40 minutes but I assume Eastworld is a bunch of cranky old robots talking to chairs

No, Eastworld is preppies, yachting, and leafy colleges.

guys the logo made it clear that it's ~samurai~ world, sheesh

there's nothing inherent in the genre that requires shotgunning out a bunch of characters whose fates you don't care about and then telling the entire story in expository speeches

^^^otm. these failings have nothing to do with genre.

basic storytelling error

storyshow dont storytell

the scripts for every sci-fi show are probably covered with puzzled notes from execs

xp thought the "s" on the logo might be for "stereotype" tbh

i will agree that this had "baked by committee" written all over it in trump sized letters

Jesus this is interminable and there's still another hour to go

the line "the gods are pussies" made it all worthwhile for me

bar is very low but yes Ingrid Bolsø Berdal was a bright spot throughout
also Leonardo Nam's face when she is like "explain these azn people"

that was about it for bright spots

From that theringer.com link: (Personal conspiracy theory: Lee is Jonathan Nolan’s fictional version of Christopher Nolan.). That would actually be hilarious if true.

i understand why they do it but honestly this show is not worth the time to read a thinkpiece, let alone write one.