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Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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At the end of Season 1, I wasn't convinced that this show needed a Season 2. The ending, the revelations and resolutions, the open-ended possibilities of what might happen next--of how the world might change in the face of the hosts' evolution--were all so perfect as is.

After last night, I'm still not convinced.

But anyway, here's my current pet theory: With as heavy handed as they were about the brain core extractions, we'll soon find out that all the bodies in the water are just empty husks. It's a ruse to get all the gunbros to let their guards down, and someone (maybe Deelorrys) is currently hauling a saddlebag full of robosouls down into another secret lab somewhere.

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Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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DeafNote posted:

Honestly my sympathy for Dolores' side went out the window as soon as the killing started

Well in the Westworld children's adaptation we'll just have her give 'em a stern talking to

Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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HBO needs to call up James Purefoy for a guest appearance, so he can do what he does best (flinging his fat hog around)

Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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Is having to explain the concept of a flashback going to be the Season 2 version of timeline/timeframe?

Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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Somebody mentioned Fallout: New Vegas earlier and now I can't stop thinking about how amazing a really well-designed, well written, open-world Westworld game could be. Roam around the badlands doing schlocky-but-fun cowboy quests, but occasionally something is a liiiiiittle off, and you keep catching glimpses behind the curtain. What are all these subtle references to a Maze...? Wait, your memories seem muddled... Were you a guest, or a host? Maybe it's random, and you won't know for sure until you find that damned door...

Blah blah blah anyway someone go spend like eight years designing a fully voice-acted New Vegas total conversion, and PM me when you're done. TIA

Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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rich thick and creamy posted:

Near as I can tell there was a split second view of a tablet somewhere which had a set of coordinates. A viewer hit pause, punched in the coordinates and lo and behold: South China Sea. So not explicitly stated but rather a "blink and you'll miss it" bit of information.

IIRC they popped up in the Finnish subtitles of the S1 finale.

Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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Toxic Fart Syndrome posted:

Man, that floating hat in the intro makes me think y'all are going to be super pissed when we don't find out how the flood happened until the finale. :smugdog:

Has anyone predicted ark-building in the penultimate episode yet? If not I'm claiming that as my pet theory

Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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Intel&Sebastian posted:

...it was not a great look for them to kick off S2 with a modern white dude scalping a dead Native...

This was the one that bugged me the most, because they're wasn't a great narrative justification for it. They clearly set up that moment to happen, with those people, in that way, just to be edgy. "Dude, imagine this shot... A real switcheroo, right? Right, brah?"

It was such a shallow, lazy shock moment, and a show this smart should be above that.

Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 13:53 on May 19, 2018

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Trustworthy
Dec 28, 2004

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A Buttery Pastry posted:

Scalping was historically done by white Americans too, against American Indians (and each other). It's not really a switcheroo.

Oh come on, obviously I'm talking about the broadest, by far most pop-culturally ingrained stereotype of Indians scalping white people.

Being flipped solely for cheap shock moment on a show about a cowboys and Indians theme park.

Trustworthy fucked around with this message at 15:35 on May 19, 2018

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