Westworld

[duskpire]

Did anyone ever get into Westworld?

 

[Webster]

Nope; I'm still enthralled by the original Westworld with Yul Brenner as the villain....

Westworld

Westworld is a 1973 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Michael Crichton. In the near future, Delos is an expensivenote $1000 a day in 1973, equivalent to about $5657 a day in 2018 adult amusement resort offering …

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[duskpire]

Nope; I'm still enthralled by the original Westworld with Yul Brenner as the villain....

Never watched the original movie. There's been a lot of people saying that the HBO series is somewhat of a sequel. I guess I should watch the movie.

The series hinges on an incident that happened 30 years ago within the timeline of the show, an incident that somehow devastated the park nearly beyond repair. This critical failure may be a nod to the film, where a sort of digital malfunction causes the park’s robots to become bloodthirsty, particularly the Gunslinger. A widespread and debilitating event, like the original film’s robots-run-amok conceit, seems to be the perfect kind of narrative prequel crutch to use to lead into the new show.

Yul Brynner Cameo Connects HBO's 'Westworld' to the 1973 Movie

Yul Brynner's Gunslinger from director Michael Crichton's source material made a brief cameo in "The Adversary."

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[Webster]

There's been a lot of people saying that the HBO series is somewhat of a sequel.

I've heard that as well; I may just have to bite the bullet and watch the series...

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

Did anyone ever get into Westworld?

Yeah I did but I kind of lost interest in the last season. Great show though!

 

[duskpire]

Yeah I did but I kind of lost interest in the last season. Great show though!

You're not alone in feeling that way. The show got canceled after it's 4th season because it went cold. I was thinking the show might have gone as far as Game of Thrones did. Guess not lol.

The recent Season 4 felt lukewarm, the storylines felt all over the place, and the series that once gripped the audience tumbled to 4 million viewers when the dust finally settled. In contrast, Season 1 raked an estimated 12 million viewers. Per the report, Season 4 viewership, coupled with ratings (Season 4 sits at 54 percent audience score and 76 percent on critics' on RottenTomatoes – the lowest ever for the series) was hardly enough to justify the expense of a $160 million budget for eight episodes on Season 4. In contrast, HBO just delivered House of the Dragon for $125 million, which earned about 29 million viewers per episode across all platforms over the course of its first season consisting of ten episodes.

Massive Budget and Plummeting Ratings to Blame for ‘Westworld’ Cancellation

What was Dolores' final test?

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[Webster]

TV Tropes said it best...

Westworld gets hit with this very hard. A lot of characters (host and human) are morally shady which makes the audience care less about them. Then, there's the misanthropic narrative that "humans are simple-minded and violent assholes" which is repeatedly invoked many times by the characters. And despite there are some sympathetic humans, they either ended up dead or turned out to be a host. It doesn't help that the showrunners keep on insisting that humanity is doomed which eventually came true in the last two episodes of Season 4 with the main cast dead except for Dolores who states that sentient life will go extinct. HBO officially canceled the show in November 2022 — to no one's surprise, given the overall bleakness, cynicism, and rampant death of beloved characters.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

You're not alone in feeling that way. The show got canceled after it's 4th season because it went cold. I was thinking the show might have gone as far as Game of Thrones did. Guess not lol.

TV Tropes said it best...

Makes sense. It also felt like the show didn't really have anywhere else to go (story wise).

 

[duskpire]

Makes sense. It also felt like the show didn't really have anywhere else to go (story wise).

The fact that the show goes back in and forth in time is a bit confusing. It gives you no idea on what's past or present until you reach the end of the season.

A Simple Guide to Westworld’s Multiple Timelines

Want to understand the show's chronology? Pay attention to Dolores.

www.vulture.com

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

The fact that the show goes back in and forth in time is a bit confusing. It gives you no idea on what's past or present until you reach the end of the season.

A Simple Guide to Westworld’s Multiple Timelines

Want to understand the show's chronology? Pay attention to Dolores.

www.vulture.com

Yeah I had to watch some episodes twice to understand whats going on.