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Gangringo posted:As others have said I think the red ball is William as he was before the game got real. An unrepentant rear end in a top hat who delighted in mowing down hosts. After going through this narrative that Ford has cooked up he will have to face his old self. I’m expecting this season to end with Jimmi Simpson gunning down Ed Harris just because it seems like the sort of thing this show would do.
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And season 3 starts with MiB doing stuff and no explanation is given.
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May 17, 2018 19:59
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I think we all just need some fresh aid.
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May 17, 2018 20:01
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vegetables posted:I’m expecting this season to end with Jimmi Simpson gunning down Ed Harris just because it seems like the sort of thing this show would do. Jimmy Simpson gunning Ed Harris to the back of his head, that's how HBO get around the "paying ERW as much as the male stars in season 3" promise.
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eyebeem posted:This is a very complicated show, Intel&Sebastian. Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what have you’s Logan: What's in the fuckin' carrier? William: Huh? Oh, that's Juliet's dog. I think it's a Pomeranian. I can't leave him home alone or he eats the furniture. I'm watching him while Juliet and Emily are in The Raj. Logan: You brought the fuckin' Pomeranian to Westworld? William: What do you mean brought it to Westworld? I didn't rent it a sixshooter. I'm not buying it a loving whiskey. He's not joining the Confederados, Dude.
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May 17, 2018 20:13
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The whorehouse actually starts the moment you get off the high speed subway. But there was also a whorehouse on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride for a long time, too. It was just that the sex there was no good
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zeal posted:her appearing all cleaned up, with fresh clothes and full saddlebags on a new horse, after all those carefully placed close-ups of her bedraggled in captivity, was great MIB had wallhacks for where that modern first aid kit was so I would assume his daughter, especially if she's in the park on some dirty business, would know a place or two to regroup at
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mp5 posted:MIB had wallhacks for where that modern first aid kit was so I would assume his daughter, especially if she's in the park on some dirty business, would know a place or two to regroup at Billiam had a whole cabin set aside full of poo poo like his clothes and weapons and first aid.
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After season one ended with the Ford's death I'll be sad when season two doesn't end with his rebirth. He's getting on a bit though. Maybe he could just narrate it Rocky Horror style. Basically the show needs more Anthony Hopkins is what I'm saying.
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Cojawfee posted:I think we all just need some fresh aid. The gestures Jimmi Simpson made in response to that would give John Krasinski a run for his money in the Best Face Acting Emmy.
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Mike the TV posted:It's just nice to see Mathias get some good work after Longmire Hey, he's still in The Son. Should be back on for season 2 pretty soon. Good show.
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whatever7 posted:Jimmy Simpson gunning Ed Harris to the back of his head, that's how HBO get around the "paying ERW as much as the male stars in season 3" promise. I gotta say, I don't get all the love everyone is heaping on ERW. I think she's got one of the harder roles in the series to "sell" but she doesn't even come close to pulling it off.
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Solice Kirsk posted:I gotta say, I don't get all the love everyone is heaping on ERW. I think she's got one of the harder roles in the series to "sell" but she doesn't even come close to pulling it off. In what sense? I think she's holding her own pretty well. If it's just bad acting I think Tessa Thompson as Charlotte has been phoning it in every time she's on screen.
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Thompson was so awful in Season 1 that I was genuinely shocked when she did a good job as Valkyrie in Thor Ragnarok.
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whatever7 posted:There is no reason for any host to know what is "mainland" and they are in a giant island. Haaaa yeah I forgot about that. I still feel like she's conscious and possibly integrating original thought and dialog into the script given to her. Maybe not in full control yet, but close. Like, I don't think anyone gave her a script telling her to look for her daughter from a previous narrative (unless that was also covered and I just missed it), but it could still be part of the plan. I just think it would be cool for her to become the first "unshackled AI" and wildcard.
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Yeah Tessa Thompson is pretty flat in this but so far her character isn't much more than "business lady"
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Solice Kirsk posted:I gotta say, I don't get all the love everyone is heaping on ERW. I think she's got one of the harder roles in the series to "sell" but she doesn't even come close to pulling it off. I don't think everyone's really heaping love on her.
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People dislike her so much that I actually read that post as saying "I don't get why people hate ERW so much"
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Elderbean posted:Yeah Tessa Thompson is pretty flat in this but so far her character isn't much more than "business lady" She can't play business lady, she probably can play daughter of a Board member who has never had a real job in her life.
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She's just not intimidating at all.
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Laterite posted:Thompson was so awful in Season 1 that I was genuinely shocked when she did a good job as Valkyrie in Thor Ragnarok. I don't think she's a terrible actress, she's just super miscast in this. She seems to be pretty young for her age, playing a character that probably should've been cast older than early-30s to start with.
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Pinky Artichoke posted:I don't think she's a terrible actress, she's just super miscast in this. She seems to be pretty young for her age, playing a character that probably should've been cast older than early-30s to start with. Totally agree.
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Her writing has been terrible this season Bernard: twitching and incapacitated on the ground Charlotte: ugh what is wrong with you can we just go the mall
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"Oh my God, Bernard. You can't just ask if this is now."
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I actually don't know what is ERW going for this season. I have no idea if she is nailing her part.
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whatever7 posted:I actually don't know what is ERW going for this season. I have no idea if she is nailing her part. This may actually be what my issue is. It's hard to nail a part if you're not really being given anything to nail. I thought she was flat and boring season 1 as well, so maybe it's just her character that I dislike. I seem to recall her hamming it up just as well as everyone else on True Blood.
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whatever7 posted:She can't play business lady, she probably can play daughter of a Board member who has never had a real job in her life. To be fair, we don't know what the Board is, how powerful they are, or what their real role is. Are they more powerful in the company than William? Less? Is he really active normally when he's not in the park as far as running things? Does the Board know of the plan to resurrect James Delos and (presumably) give him back his company? Charlotte may be a lightweight because the whole board is just a plaything of William, like the park.
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ERW is scary amazing actress overall, I think it's more the WW material than anything. Probably doesn't help that she's playing Wyatt 80% of the time we've seen her this year. Her scene with Abernathy was the only impressive one she's had so far this season imo.
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Yeah, I think Dolores is just a lot less interesting this season. She mostly just scowls at people while Teddy wrings his hands in the background. Most of the "woke" hosts are boring as poo poo tbh. Except Maeve.
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Astroman posted:To be fair, we don't know what the Board is, how powerful they are, or what their real role is. Are they more powerful in the company than William? Less? Is he really active normally when he's not in the park as far as running things? Does the Board know of the plan to resurrect James Delos and (presumably) give him back his company? William sold the idea to old man Delos in some way that was more than just ".1%er themepark". Before the immortality project was revealed, I thought it might be blackmail. The guests are all rich and powerful, having evidence of them being depraved fucks could give you a lot of leverage over them.
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Dolores as a character isn't interesting. Dolores as a vessel to carry the story and mystery in Season 1 was intriguing.
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If your office IT guy announced that he was going on vacation, alone, to Southeast Asia, would you think he's going for the food and the temples? Nah. If you’re going to Westworld, everyone knows why already, they just aren't saying anything because you are rich and/or powerful. They don't need confirmation that you're going to rape and/or murder because you're going to an place that advertises itself as a land of infinite possibilities. For the fabulously wealthy, blatant crimes are like the only thing they can't do.
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It's one thing to suspect, it's another thing to be presented with a 4k video of the guy shooting a ranch hand in the head and then skull loving the hole. Maybe the general public don't know what goes on there. The park is ultra exclusive. edit: it was just an idea. I also thought they might be trying to make dopplegangers of the guests. Delos isn't stable, but that might not matter. The dopplegangers don't have to be full copies, just good enough facsimiles to pass unnoticed. tooterfish fucked around with this message at 04:03 on May 18, 2018 |
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tooterfish posted:It's one thing to suspect, it's another thing to be presented with a 4k video of the guy shooting a ranch hand in the head and then skull loving the hole. I mean, as something of a counterpoint to that, Sylvester implies that VR is absolutely a thing and that it's used for stuff not at all unlike WW, something about a submissive redhead. Between that and Felix mentioning he needs the job, I don't think the morality of the general public is necessarily all that different than the upper crust. Clearly people have gotten real hosed up in this supposedly-post-scarcity future, but not much nicer. The difference in what goes on in VR vs what goes on in WW seems like it's just the exclusivity factor of it supposedly being more realistic. Like the "live out your depraved fantasies" version of the difference between a $50 pair of jeans and a $500 pair, it's mostly just branding. It might not necessarily be intended by the writers, but arguably in a society where VR is already being sold with "live out all your depraved and twisted fantasies, it's okay because it isn't real!", given that everyone thinks the hosts aren't much more than videogame characters, why would anyone object if the society has already sort of chucked the concept of brutalization existing and being a bad thing over the side?
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Pinky Artichoke posted:I don't think she's a terrible actress, she's just super miscast in this. She seems to be pretty young for her age, playing a character that probably should've been cast older than early-30s to start with. That was my thought from the beginning. She's supposed to be an intimidating power figure but she just comes off as an entitled brat in a position she didn't earn, which may actually be the case but so far the show hasn't indicated anything like that.
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:That was my thought from the beginning. She's supposed to be an intimidating power figure but she just comes off as an entitled brat in a position she didn't earn, which may actually be the case but so far the show hasn't indicated anything like that. She's not supposed to be personally intimidating I don't think, though she seemed to think so in season 1, it's entirely her position in the corporate hierarchy that does it. As I recall, isn't she talked about as a representative of the board before she arrives? Which would really underline the idea that that is the part people were intimidated by, rather than her personally. Charlotte in season 2 is of course not presented as being intimidating in any way, just a somewhat capable person in way over their head and trying everything in their power to get back out.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:If your office IT guy announced that he was going on vacation, alone, to Southeast Asia, would you think he's going for the food and the temples? Nah. Eh, I think if someone mentioned that they have a Playstation and played GTA over the weekend you wouldn't immediately guess that they're a hooker killer. You may know that you can do that sort of thing in the game, but I don't think most people would go there first. JaySB posted:Dolores as a character isn't interesting. Dolores as a vessel to carry the story and mystery in Season 1 was intriguing. I agree. She was more interesting last season, now things are sort of just meandering it seems. Professor Shark fucked around with this message at 10:33 on May 18, 2018 |
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I'm here for William "T. Sherman", and Elsie & her robot buddy fighting crime. Maeve's okay too.
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TK-42-1 posted:Billiam had a whole cabin set aside full of poo poo like his clothes and weapons and first aid. I assumed that was where they patched him up and got him in his tuxedo for the big shindig, so it made sense that it would all still be there.
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Chef Boyardeez Nuts posted:If your office IT guy announced that he was going on vacation, alone, to Southeast Asia, would you think he's going for the food and the temples? Nah. Yeah, I don't think blackmail would be effective if everyone thought it was just a video game with fancy robots.
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