|
packetmantis posted:Eschaton is a biblical thing, not a reference to obscure nerd novels you dumbass. Well then how do you explainnnNNNNN???
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 04:38
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 26, 2024 16:52 |
|
|
So... the history about the maze that Teddy saidquote:The maze itself is the sum of a man's life... That plus the "The maze is not for you" and the voice commands being broadcasted to old models makes it pretty explicit that the maze was something Arnold developed as a way for the hosts to achieve sentience. Wonder Miss Mowcher fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Nov 10, 2016 |
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 04:59
|
|
|
packetmantis posted:Eschaton is a biblical thing, not a reference to obscure nerd novels you dumbass. So it is definately what you say? Based on what? I base it on the balance of probabilities that this is a Sci Fi show about robots that delights in making obscure references, not a show about the bible. It could be either.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 06:15
|
|
|
Oh, this is definitely a show about the bible, though. No irony.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 06:18
|
|
|
I stand corrected.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 06:25
|
|
|
Collateral posted:I noticed Ford (or Hopkins) was wearing contact lens. His cornea looked very strange in closeups. I'm pretty sure that's just arcus senilis but I did notice it, too.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 12:05
|
|
|
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 13:12
|
|
|
This show has lovely writing and contrived plot devices, but it also has great production values and Anthony Hopkins. Guess I'll keep watching.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 22:01
|
|
|
Also a conservative ideologue used the phrase memorably 50 years ago to trash liberals, it's pretty much the modern origin of the phrase.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 22:11
|
|
|
Collateral posted:So it is definately what you say? Based on what? I base it on the balance of probabilities that this is a Sci Fi show about robots that delights in making obscure references, not a show about the bible. It could be either.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 22:23
|
|
|
Shageletic posted:Also a conservative ideologue used the phrase memorably 50 years ago to trash liberals, it's pretty much the modern origin of the phrase. Because obscure political burns are more widely known than the bible.
|
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 23:31
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:Because obscure political burns are more widely known than the bible. First I didn't say it is more widely known, only that Vogle (the writer) is responsible for introducing it into modern parlance. Phrases come from crazy places, and for this one, that's the source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immanentize_the_eschaton Thousands of people screamed it in a march on Washington, and it became a political slogan for a fractious conservative fraction that eventually turned into the neo conservatives we know and love today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young_Americans_for_Freedom History is fun! EDIT: 
Shageletic fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Nov 10, 2016 |
|
#
?
Nov 10, 2016 23:48
|
|
|
Shageletic posted:EDIT:
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:24
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/WestworldHBO/status/796818983508840448 Delores Delors Delos
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:34
|
|
|
Junkfist posted:https://twitter.com/WestworldHBO/status/796818983508840448 aaaaaahahahahahahahahahaha quote:that's not how you spell it!!! That's some cool acting in Teddy's eyes though, like he's being commanded by his programming, or he can always just "locate" her wherever she is.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:44
|
|
|
bring back old gbs posted:That's some cool acting in Teddy's eyes though, like he's being commanded by his programming, or he can always just "locate" her wherever she is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcNXq5DUZnk
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:50
|
|
|
Junkfist posted:https://twitter.com/WestworldHBO/status/796818983508840448 Show finalé spoilers: The robots are running away from a horde of angry humans with pitchforks and knives. Another robot with the power of time travel or whatever shouts to Dolores, "De-low res!". In a final act of sacrifice, Dolores increases the resolution on the TV's surrounding them to distract the humans with the stunning high definition of Minions 34. Unfortunately this also bled into the past which caused Dolores to constantly shout nothing but "Delores!" back when she was first being beta tested. This bug is quickly fixed by the techs but they remain baffled to what was causing it in the first place.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:57
|
|
|
Dolores, not Delores.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 00:59
|
|
|
packetmantis posted:Eschaton is a biblical thing, not a reference to obscure nerd novels you dumbass. It can be both. Though congrats on being the first person I've ever seen conflate "hippie drug novel" with "nerd novel".
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 01:04
|
|
|
Junkfist posted:Delores Nobody has made this misinformed post multiple times before.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 01:14
|
|
|
I was referring to Singularity Sky, not Illuminatus!, which should be required reading for everyone. (I've read both and love Stross a lot but I have no illusions about the likeliness of mainstream TV shows to reference him.)
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 01:14
|
|
|
Dolores Abernathy is an anagram of Teary Ho, Delos Barn.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 01:23
|
|
|
Avril Lavigne posted:Dolores Abernathy is an anagram of Teary Ho, Delos Barn. Teary Ho clearly refers to Maeve, and Delos Barn is Ford's black church. You're definitely onto something.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 01:31
|
|
|
I thought Maeve was short for Ma Eve, or the biblical Mother of us all, Eve. Also William is clearly a reference to Will I Am, as in I think therefore Will I Am. Proof he's clearly a host that's found the maze and "passed" it, finding freedom. Now he's back for Teary Ho, Delos Barn, his true love.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 02:18
|
|
|
Junkfist posted:https://twitter.com/WestworldHBO/status/796818983508840448 Well, yeah, the production team decided to go with 2 different spellings, similar to the logos. Legos.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 03:23
|
|
|
And Ted-E is the wall-e made for a TED talk demo
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 03:28
|
|
|
kimbo305 posted:Well, yeah, the production team decided to go with 2 different spellings, similar to the logos. Legos. Legos Gelos Gelo Jell-O As in the Jell-O from Jurassic Park, Westworld is on the same island as the original Jurassic Park!
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 03:34
|
|
|
Junkfist posted:https://twitter.com/WestworldHBO/status/796818983508840448 Dolores Dolor Do Dona Donald Trump is the 45th President of the United States
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 04:07
|
|
|
There were two timelines all along, we just never realized one would be our own.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 04:23
|
|
|
Timeline 1: Delores Timeframe 2: Dolores
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 04:42
|
|
|
Kinda neat that people are doing anagrams with Delos but nobody has noted that it's named after a major ancient greek holy place where the gods Apollo and Artemis were born.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:02
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:Kinda neat that people are doing anagrams with Delos but nobody has noted that it's named after a major ancient greek holy place where the gods Apollo and Artemis were born. Another nifty thing is how the man in the maze looks a bit like a stylized depiction of Orion when flipped upside down. 
Nill fucked around with this message at 05:12 on Nov 11, 2016 |
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:04
|
|
|
Arglebargle III posted:Kinda neat that people are doing anagrams with Delos but nobody has noted that it's named after a major ancient greek holy place where the gods Apollo and Artemis were born. Partly (at least for me) cuz it was in the original movie, so can't give the new production the same amount of credit for applying mythology to the storyline.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:10
|
|
|
So was this a confirmation that Ford is a bot? Since a normal person shouldn't be having fond childhood memories of postwar England in a show set a number of decades into the future.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:13
|
|
|
Macdeo Lurjtux posted:So was this a confirmation that Ford is a bot? Since a normal person shouldn't be having fond childhood memories of postwar England in a show set a number of decades into the future. Though the simpler answer is that the bots were styled to be more representative of late 1800's England to fit the period of the rest of the park.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:20
|
|
|
Ugh, the MUSIC is so fuckin good,
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:24
|
|
|
Dr. Tim Whatley posted:Ugh, the MUSIC is so fuckin good, I know a lot of people were saying the anachronistic music choices were to make the Wild West seem more "contemporary" to guests, but I wonder if it's more like the show is set at least 100 years after 1990 which is where most (all?) of the piano songs come from. The reason the piano has songs from the 90s is that to the people of Westworld's time the 90s is the distant past. It's as alien to them as the 1800s are to us now.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:46
|
|
|
ruddiger posted:Timeline 1: Delores So we are now entering Berenstain/Berenstein territories here?
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 05:47
|
|
|
Nill posted:Though the simpler answer is that the bots were styled to be more representative of late 1800's England to fit the period of the rest of the park. That cottage is basically the English version of Abernathy's ranch. It's something straight out of Enid Blyton or James Herriot.
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 06:10
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 26, 2024 16:52 |
|
|
Nill posted:Another nifty thing is how the man in the maze looks a bit like a stylized depiction of Orion when flipped upside down. hmmm. so you're saying a stylized depiction of a man looks like another stylized depiction of a man? i'm not seeing it
|
|
#
?
Nov 11, 2016 06:18
|
|
