Westworld

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

You can shoot, rape, and abuse the androids. How do you know they are not fellow visitors?

I wondered about that also. I sorted out the shooting bit - I think. I'm thinking that the bullets aren't real and can only kill androids. When fired at a human nothing happens - so see the baddie human getting 'shot' and nothing happening to him - because he hasn't actually been shot.

But how does one human actually know another? I don't know. I am guessing that the production team step in if one human mistakes another human to be an android and stops any harm coming about. And maybe that is where things start to go wrong.

 

[sawtooth]

My one concern is how you get more than one series out of it. Clearly it is meant as a long term project but it seems to be going down the 'androids develop sentient life' and I cannot see how that becomes a 5 or 6 season program.

I hope that they don't drag it out too long, want a proper ending like Breaking Bad , hopefully no more than 5 seasons.

Don't want another Lost.

 

[Fyldewhite]

I hope that they don't drag it out too long, want a proper ending like Breaking Bad , hopefully no more than 5 seasons.

Don't want another Lost.

My first thought after S1/Ep1 was exactly this. Stuck with Lost for 2 maybe 3 series. Another for me was 24, I nearly made it through the first day when I questioned if I was watching the same episode over and over. Think this is the downside of the US "blockbuster" series. Found the first episode intriguing and I will give it a good chance, but don't see another Game of Thrones if I'm honest. Happy be proved wrong though.

 

[drewster]

And there was me thinking I was the only one who had Spear of Destiny spring to mind when I heard the series title.

Correct me if i'm wrong but was it not Theatre of Hate , the previous incarnation ???

 

[GB72]

You could be right. Long time since I dug out my CDs and only have theatre of hate on vinyl

 

[drewster]

Either way it's good to know that there are other "connoiseurs" out there!!!!!

 

[PhilTheFragger]

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[user2010]

Do they escape into the outside world? That seems the logical step. You then see them being tracked / fitting into regular life.

And in doing so, ripping off another Classic film perhaps? Bladerunner?

 

[USER1999]

I wondered about that also. I sorted out the shooting bit - I think. I'm thinking that the bullets aren't real and can only kill androids. When fired at a human nothing happens - so see the baddie human getting 'shot' and nothing happening to him - because he hasn't actually been shot.

But how does one human actually know another? I don't know. I am guessing that the production team step in if one human mistakes another human to be an android and stops any harm coming about. And maybe that is where things start to go wrong.

You would only find this out by pulling the trigger. It still doesn't stop the assaults though, unless you try shooting them first, but then if you only wanted to assault someone, it would take a bit of the fun out of it when their head came off.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

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Wow, a new Marvel character 🙌

 

[sawtooth]

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How can the site allow 2 threads by exactly the same name? Shouldn't let you do it ;-)

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

You would only find this out by pulling the trigger. It still doesn't stop the assaults though, unless you try shooting them first, but then if you only wanted to assault someone, it would take a bit of the fun out of it when their head came off.

This is why I think if there was any physical risk to a human - and that risk will only come from another human as androids will be programmed to not harm humans - the production team will step in. I'm guessing that the guns the humans have do not fire bullets - but trigger a gunshot wound effect (and death) in an android. But yes - physical violence by one human on another? I can only see production team intervention to prevent it - though that seems a bit high risk and prone to going wrong.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

3 episodes in and I'm not sure that I'm getting into it. The show is advancing at a snails pace and whilst I can see what is happening I'm not sure that I care or can be bothered to wait. Is there a character anyone cares about yet? I will give it one more episode.

 

[Norrin Radd]

3 episodes in and I'm not sure that I'm getting into it. The show is advancing at a snails pace and whilst I can see what is happening I'm not sure that I care or can be bothered to wait. Is there a character anyone cares about yet? I will give it one more episode.

my feelings exactly, i just cant get any enthusiasm for any of the charactors and the plot [is there a plot] is not exactly showing itself very brightly .i will give it one more episode and then probably give it the spannish archer.

 

[Kellfire]

Enjoying it so far - the plot is meant to be obscure at this point.

Disclaimer - I am RUBBISH at remembering character names this early in a TV show.

There's a combination of the androids gaining sentience/breaking their programming and the technicians different interactions with the androids. Some are retaining memories after their nightly wipe. We also have the main female android who isn't having everything wiped as she is meant to, because the black engineer is clearly trying something with her to see how she develops.

It's also analysing at what point the horrible things humans do to them goes to far and becomes a sign of their own evil/disgusting behaviour rather than, say, blowing up some stuff on your Playstation. Does interacting on a more personal level make it worse?

Then we have this gunslinger guy, going around trying to find the next level. Is there one? Or is he so drawn into the gaming world he needs more to be satiated by the immersion in Westworld so is making that for himself?

 

[Lump]

Theres a few subplots running too.
Who has been leaving clues for the hosts to find and trigger previous memories.
Is Bernard training Dolores to question her identity?
Where did the gun go after she spotted it in the draw? did she imagine it? why couldn't see shoot the gun when teddy took her for target practice, she's the oldest host in Westworld, something from her previous story lines?

I love it, its a real thinkers program.