Westworld

Rob is hoping for many dream sequences.

Damn... Now this was a great pilot. Excellent story-telling, some brilliant casting choices (Ed Harris gave me the chills) and big screen camera work. I didn't really know what to expect but if they continue like this I expect this will become one of the best shows of the season.

Yeah, great first episode. Really looking forward to this even more now.

Yeah it was a great and beautifully shot series for sure. Loved Harris's character the Gunslinger. This one will probably be sticking around for a while

didn't like the pilot ep that much... hoping this will improve

I liked Harris' character as well, but honestly there was too much going on. Perhaps it's meant to be that way from the start though. I'm guessing this is a limited run one or two season series, but it definitely has potential, and the acting definitely isn't lacking.

Really liked that first episode. What's with the symbolism. The western versions of Paint it Black and Black Hole Sun as well the man in black.

So far seems to be everything Wayward Pines could've been.

yeah, yeah, very good. I'm definitely into it... but they need to explain what this world actually is, and they need to do it immediately.

i was so confused by the mechanics of it, that i couldn't truly enjoy the episode.

Thought it was explained? It's an amusing park for the wealthy to indulge themselves mainly in sex and violence in an old West setting, using androids as the outlet. But you can also takes the kids and do the tame storylines.

i get that, but where is the park and where are the scientist/engineering people?

is that miniature thing they're looking at just a sophisticated 3D projection? The way it's shot, it's made to look like the people in the park are shrunken down.

i should watch it again. probably not something i should watch while sleepy.

Park seems to be somewhere out West, going by the landscape. Looked like Arizona to me.

I got the impression that the command/tech center is below the park

Yeah, I took it as a hologram of the park used to view what is going on.

Damn. This is one of the best-written shows I have seen in a long time. If Isaac Asimov and Philip K. Dick ever had a baby it would be called Westworld and it would be glorious (and scary as f...)

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/07/arts/television/westworld-season-1-episode-2-recap.html?_r=0

"The “Gunslinger” drags a condemned man to the far reaches of the Westworld universe to inquire about where to find the entrance to “the maze” he finds himself in. He tortures and kills his way into a cryptic answer from the man’s daughter (“Follow the blood arroyo to the place where the snake lays its eggs”), kicking some “Lost”-like revelation down the road, but it’s his behavior that matters. Dr. Ford is predicting that Westworld’s future lies in creating a richer environment with more layered characters, rather than bigger and bloodier adventures.

Then again, maybe his agenda goes deeper than that. And maybe his motives, too."

I have watched the first episode 3 times already. People have no idea how good this show is.

I'm thinking he's definitely some rogue AI or some kind of agent that wants to break the droids free. I was kind of interested as Dr. Ford's character showed that spire at the end of the episode. All and all every episode leaves me wanting to see more of the show, and the production value is amazing.

He appears to be human at this point, androids can't harm him, he's said he's been coming to the park for 30 years and the head of security referred to him as a guest. But I could see some spin where he's an android, that they're letting do his thing for a purpose, 'the game'.

Yeah, is Ford introducing religion into the androids?

only watched the first two shows and really not that impressed

Just watched the first two episodes, this show is shaping up to be fantastic.

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Just saw episode three... it feels like it's beginning to wander about already... Hope they up the ante soon.

Not really, the show is great.