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> Was hoping they were finally headed to space in season 5 That would have been an interesting setting for sure. But, I just did a re-watch of it these last c

> Was hoping they were finally headed to space in season 5 That would have been an interesting setting for sure. But, I just did a re-watch of it these last couple of months and I finished season 4 this weekend; Doloris clearly states it was going back to West World (wild West) in the last episodes. And the whole World was being re-built (from memory?) in order to play one last game [0]. To think this launched at the same time as Game of Thrones, which I never bothered with as it's just a mangled recount of the sordid dynasties and ruling classes of of former empires, but Game of Thrones was asking some much needed questions in regards to the implications of a Society more heavily reliant on technology. And while AGI will likely never come to fruition in my lifetime, 90s kid, it's still a rather good juxtaposition if it will just accelerate our demise and lead to our hasten extinction in this headlong pursuit and seemingly more dystopic existence. Sidenote: The Cyberpunk theme of season 3 was visually interesting, with some solid premise (the importance of free will rather than a dictatorship via technocracy) but woefully bad as a whole in it's execution. Zero HP Lovecraft's gig economy app was heavily influencing the RICO app plotline for sure. 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QFTwl7OE90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QFTwl7OE90

ShamelessC 4y ago
Yeah I mean I felt like it was clear-ish that Dolores was going to channel a Ford persona inside a big virtual simulation of the Wild West, probably eventually “remembering” him enough that he is technically reborn as immortal.
Slow_Hand 4y ago
The moment I realized that that was going to be the pretense for the final season (a simulation) I groaned out loud. That idea sounds exhausting to experience after seeing how the writers have handled things lately. I love dialogue-heavy shows, but the last two seasons of Westworld were needlessly ponderous and often melodramatic without a density of stimulating ideas to sustain interest. More often than not later episodes felt like never-ending exposition. You're just sitting there being told what IS or how the character feels without experiencing anything for yourself. Seemingly this final scenario (a simulation) would be super-fluid and un-moored from the internal consistency of a real-world setting, and that makes it hard for the viewer to give a damn about anything because the rules are so far beyond anything they can predict. So I was gearing up a full season of characters talking in a lofty manner with a diminished amount of substance at the core.
gamblor956 4y ago
To think this launched at the same time as Game of Thrones GOT launched in 2011, 5 years before Westworld.
- Melting_Harps 4y ago
  > GOT launched in 2011, 5 years before Westworld. I stand corrected, I just recall everyone trying to get me to watch GOT and I was just exhausted telling them I wasn't interested in it when we spoke about WW. Since WW dealt with more pressing issues: the Human condition, and it's ever greater reliance on tech, and our collective extinction due to the aforementioned being inevitable unless we have a consciousness shift.

ShamelessC 4y ago

Yeah I mean I felt like it was clear-ish that Dolores was going to channel a Ford persona inside a big virtual simulation of the Wild West, probably eventually “remembering” him enough that he is technically reborn as immortal.

Slow_Hand 4y ago

The moment I realized that that was going to be the pretense for the final season (a simulation) I groaned out loud. That idea sounds exhausting to experience after seeing how the writers have handled things lately. I love dialogue-heavy shows, but the last two seasons of Westworld were needlessly ponderous and often melodramatic without a density of stimulating ideas to sustain interest. More often than not later episodes felt like never-ending exposition. You're just sitting there being told what IS or how the character feels without experiencing anything for yourself. Seemingly this final scenario (a simulation) would be super-fluid and un-moored from the internal consistency of a real-world setting, and that makes it hard for the viewer to give a damn about anything because the rules are so far beyond anything they can predict. So I was gearing up a full season of characters talking in a lofty manner with a diminished amount of substance at the core.

gamblor956 4y ago

To think this launched at the same time as Game of Thrones GOT launched in 2011, 5 years before Westworld.

Melting_Harps 4y ago
> GOT launched in 2011, 5 years before Westworld. I stand corrected, I just recall everyone trying to get me to watch GOT and I was just exhausted telling them I wasn't interested in it when we spoke about WW. Since WW dealt with more pressing issues: the Human condition, and it's ever greater reliance on tech, and our collective extinction due to the aforementioned being inevitable unless we have a consciousness shift.