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So are we clear or not clear on what's actually in Abernathy's head? I forget the specific lines between Hale and Writer-guy about it besides being an insurance policy in case Ford nuked the place. But are they implying it was some sort of back up of the Cradle or something else? And why is it being called a key now instead of him having the actual valuable data?
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Intel&Sebastian posted:So are we clear or not clear on what's actually in Abernathy's head? I forget the specific lines between Hale and Writer-guy about it besides being an insurance policy in case Ford nuked the place. But are they implying it was some sort of back up of the Cradle or something else? And why is it being called a key now instead of him having the actual valuable data? Those are two different things, I’m pretty sure. Dolores has or had Abernathy’s head and also knows how to open something because she learned about it in the past.
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Jun 13, 2018 17:34
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Intel&Sebastian posted:So are we clear or not clear on what's actually in Abernathy's head? I forget the specific lines between Hale and Writer-guy about it besides being an insurance policy in case Ford nuked the place. But are they implying it was some sort of back up of the Cradle or something else? And why is it being called a key now instead of him having the actual valuable data? It is a very large encryption key which likely gives access to the blank bodies that are in the Valley Beyond. Dolores, Ghost Nation, and Maeve all want to access them to transfer Host consciousness to blank human skins.
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Jun 13, 2018 18:14
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Elise the actress is way cuter when she isn't on westworld. Also this was cute https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb6gf_-9_-s
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Jun 13, 2018 18:41
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superjew posted:I don't understand the distinction, but I think it's implied that Ford is fine in Bernard's head (possibly because Bernard is a stable mind). If Ford's control unit was put in a mcmuffin and put in printed body, software wouldn't run on the hardware and he'd deteriorate. The guests were two-fold data collection: 1) Using them as test variables to the Hosts' "control" allowed Delos to refine their cognition builds for the immortality project they are selling to the super-rich 2) Collecting all of that data allowed them marketing knowledge about the world's richest and most powerful influencers Bonus) Pod people of the rich and famous My  is that the Valley Beyond is the mind-storage facility for Delos' immortality project. The people who are paying to be resurrected ("James Delos would rather die than make a bad deal") have their mindscans backed up there while the company works out the last few kinks with Dadbot in the fishtank. Unfortunately, Ford made everything go all-Baghdad-n-poo poo and it looks like they won't push poor, mad James Delos across the finish line before Dolores and BerFordald ruin everything.
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Jun 13, 2018 18:53
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KoRMaK posted:Elise the actress is way cuter when she isn't on westworld. So the reason Theresa and Emily both smoke the same way is that their actors are both from northern Europe playing Americans and (probably) the only actors on the show who smoke?
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Jun 13, 2018 18:59
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Am I right thinking the Valley Beyond is the place Ake saw under construction which is the same place in the restaurant scene with Ford in season 1?
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Jun 13, 2018 19:01
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business hammocks posted:So the reason Theresa and Emily both smoke the same way is that their actors are both from northern Europe playing Americans and (probably) the only actors on the show who smoke?
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Jun 13, 2018 19:39
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Elias_Maluco posted:Am I right thinking the Valley Beyond is the place Ake saw under construction which is the same place in the restaurant scene with Ford in season 1? It is the place he saw under construction, but it is not the same place as that scene from S1.
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Jun 13, 2018 19:44
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Wait, "Grace/Emily" ? Did I miss something?
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Jun 13, 2018 20:02
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WampaLord posted:It is the place he saw under construction, but it is not the same place as that scene from S1. Hum, I just vaguely remember that scene. Wanst the restaurant near a huge construction site?
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Jun 13, 2018 20:11
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Elias_Maluco posted:Hum, I just vaguely remember that scene. Wanst the restaurant near a huge construction site? Yes, but that was Ford re-raising the church town where Wyatt killed Arnold back in the day, it wasn't the Valley Beyond project. SweetMercifulCrap! posted:Wait, "Grace/Emily" ? Did I miss something? She's introduced as Grace while in The Raj but her actual name is Emily. I think the fake name was to avoid spoiling the "reveal" that she was William's daughter because he mentioned her being named Emily at some point in S1 (I think).
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Jun 13, 2018 20:12
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Not just northern Europe, the same country. Close: one is a dane and one is dutch. I wanted to just say it was the same culture, but that seemed kind of chauvinistic.
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Jun 13, 2018 20:19
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So anyone else thinking Maeve might ending up becoming the initial node of what's essentially a host hive mind?
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Jun 13, 2018 20:24
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Ohtsam posted:So anyone else thinking Maeve might ending up becoming the initial node of what's essentially a host hive mind? Seems plausible, since Ford has no trouble existing in Bernarfordald so far, and the Crfordle was a thing. She just has to upload herself to the cloud.
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Jun 13, 2018 20:40
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business hammocks posted:Close: one is a dane and one is dutch. I wanted to just say it was the same culture, but that seemed kind of chauvinistic.
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Jun 13, 2018 20:48
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WampaLord posted:She's introduced as Grace while in The Raj but her actual name is Emily. I think the fake name was to avoid spoiling the "reveal" that she was William's daughter because he mentioned her being named Emily at some point in S1 (I think). It makes sense in-setting, too. Nobody calls the Man in Black "William". Using fake names would be both an RP thing for people who want an immersive experience and an anonymity/deniability thing for rich and powerful guests.
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Jun 13, 2018 21:22
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I'm very impressed with Katja Herbers' lack of accent, her English sounds practically immaculate. Speaking as a Dutch guy, at least.
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Jun 13, 2018 21:28
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wizard on a water slide posted:It makes sense in-setting, too. Nobody calls the Man in Black "William". Using fake names would be both an RP thing for people who want an immersive experience and an anonymity/deniability thing for rich and powerful guests. He got super pissed off when those dudes recognized him in S1.
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Jun 13, 2018 21:31
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TK-42-1 posted:He got super pissed off when those dudes recognized him in S1. Maybe changing your name fucks with the park's ability to map your brain, subtly changing the experience to make the collected data useless. I don't know how sensitive the overall WestWorld machine is. But William and Emily are the only two who lied about their name in the park, and are the only Delos employees we know about who are guests.
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Jun 13, 2018 21:33
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Judge Schnoopy posted:Maybe changing your name fucks with the park's ability to map your brain, subtly changing the experience to make the collected data useless. William never lied about his name in the park. We just never hear old William state his name. He was pissed because they ruined his immersion and this is his goddamn vacation.
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Jun 13, 2018 21:38
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If I was at Disney and I saw Bill Gates sitting there I'd say hi too. Annoying Guy Who Said Hi to William at the Campfire That One Night did nothing wrong.
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Jun 13, 2018 21:42
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It's not really surprising that the daughter of the CEO was trying not to draw too much attention while she was there on her secret mission.
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Jun 13, 2018 21:50
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Undercover Boss: Westworld Edition
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Jun 13, 2018 21:51
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Big Taint posted:Seems plausible, since Ford has no trouble existing in Bernarfordald so far, and the Crfordle was a thing. She just has to upload herself to the cloud. *upload herself to the clfourd
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Jun 13, 2018 21:59
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Solice Kirsk posted:If I was at Disney and I saw Bill Gates sitting there I'd say hi too. Annoying Guy Who Said Hi to William at the Campfire That One Night did nothing wrong. If I was at the Fuckworld buffet between trains or whatever, I might just let it go.
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Jun 13, 2018 22:02
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SweetMercifulCrap! posted:He was pissed because they ruined his immersion Yeah, but that also explains why people would use different names. Ford even tells us this, outright, in season 1: "Guests don't come here to find out who they are. They already know who they are. They come here to find out what they might become."
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Jun 13, 2018 22:06
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bring back old gbs posted:Undercover Boss: Westworld Edition *William with a large fake mustache watches a Guest violently sexually assaulting a host at the brothel* *cut away to interview* That was really hard to watch, knowing that this is the kind of company I'm running. I had to make this right, that's just not the kind of place I want people to know I own. *cut back* *techs in red and white hazmat suits replace the host with a much sexier one*
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Jun 13, 2018 22:54
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And he gives one of the techs a $5,000 scholarship to sexbot programming school because he was so moved by their Protestant Work Ethic.
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Jun 13, 2018 22:57
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How many CEOs would you recognize on the street if they didn’t have a huge entourage drawing attention? Maybe Bill Gates, Steve Jobs...uhhhh, Richard Branson? I don’t even know the name of Disneys lets alone what he looks like.
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Jun 13, 2018 23:16
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If it’s anything like my company, pretty easily. HR makes sure to have plenty of pictures of the dude around the back of house doing regular guy stuff since he’s just like one of us! We even were on Undercover Boss too.
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Jun 13, 2018 23:26
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drunken officeparty posted:How many CEOs would you recognize on the street if they didn’t have a huge entourage drawing attention? Maybe Bill Gates, Steve Jobs...uhhhh, Richard Branson? I don’t even know the name of Disneys lets alone what he looks like. I recognized the chick who runs spanx in the last episode of Billions.
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Jun 13, 2018 23:44
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:If it’s anything like my company, pretty easily. HR makes sure to have plenty of pictures of the dude around the back of house doing regular guy stuff since he’s just like one of us! Having the kind of boss that would want to do Undercover boss sounds terrible.
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Cojawfee posted:Having the kind of boss that would want to do Undercover boss sounds terrible. I never thought about this before but it is absolute true
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Jun 14, 2018 00:08
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Pellisworth posted:Could the original maze symbol Aki finds in the bar have been planted by the original Arnold? We literally see Arnold playing with the toy maze and then setting it down on the bar next to the bottle of whisky before he walks outside to get shot by Dolores in S1E10.
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Jun 14, 2018 01:24
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TK-42-1 posted:He got super pissed off when those dudes recognized him in S1. Well he shouldn't made his avatar look like him then.
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Jun 14, 2018 02:28
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tino posted:Well he shouldn't made his avatar look like him then. He had a busty anime babe as an avatar but then once the park opened, Arnold forced everyone into their real appearances and locked up the park until someone beat the game.
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Jun 14, 2018 02:31
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Ford's "they never died, they simply became music" speech makes more sense once you know he's uploaded his consciousness.
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Jun 14, 2018 02:47
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Oh hey I forgot to make a joke a few pages ago when everyone was talking about subscription-based DelosPets and I'd just like to say that Park4 should be all Host Puppy Versus Kitten Bowl like on animal planet during halftime of the Super Bowl. tyvm
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We actually know what four of the parks are now that Emily mentioned an 18+ fuckzone one, although the other ones just seem like fuckzones with extra steps.
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