AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:Just watched some westworld. Question, how do the humans know who they can kill and rape and who they can not? Like, what if some visitor got hammered, lost a hand of poker and then shot the guy who won only to find out that guy he shot was another human, not a host? Or...you know, if a visitor raped another visitors wife or something....seems like a huge hole in the story.
I believe the guns only work on the hosts. I think other human to human interaction is just monitored and policed. Hosts can intervene to break up fights, and I think it's implied there are humans planted throughout. Might have picked up some of that from behind the scenes material. Don't recall now. But it's full of holes even apart from all that.
What are some other holes you've noticed? How does the geospatial shift happen? They show the park to be on a bit table maybe 30' in circumference or so. Then, they show the people on the train in that park. But, they're able to go into the park and bring the hosts out to real life size. How does that shift happen...where they blow the hosts (and guests) up/down by what is probably about 5k times bigger/smaller?
That table's just a map. Where the actual park is hasn't been answered I don't think. There were some theories it was on another planet, but I think it's just out west somewhere.
I'm a bit fuzzy now, but it's not really clear to me which machines are conscious of what, and to what extent. Not sure how far you've gotten but Maeve appears to progress much faster than anyone even though she comes to her knowledge later than Dolores. Dolores' gaps in her memory don't make much sense, and aren't consistent. The politics of the park don't make much sense to me. Why is this tech reserved for a theme park? Where are any kind of authorities? The maze is kind of meaningless.
I really enjoyed it, but it makes Game of Thrones look deliberate and thoughtfully planned by comparison.
I enjoyed season 1 of westworld, but I have a sinking feeling the show's quality is going to drop significantly. There are a lot of ominous signs in season 1.
Michael wrote:I enjoyed season 1 of westworld, but I have a sinking feeling the show's quality is going to drop significantly. There are a lot of ominous signs in season 1.
Yeah - part of the greatness of the show is the premise and the excitement of learning the rules of the park. Season 2 looks likely to be more like the Itchy and Scratchy Land episode of the Simpsons. Or Jurassic Park I guess, if you prefer something less good.
American Vandal is legitimately one of the best things I've watched on Netflix. It's a mock Serial/Making of a Murder type of documentary about a high school student who may or may not have been falsely accused of spray painting dicks on teacher's cars in a high school parking lot. The premise is hilariously dumb but the show is really well done and clever.
I don't know if anybody else watched The Orville and/or cared for it but I'm going to stick with it. The show has room for improvement and I'm holding on to hope that it will steadily get better.
FYI, don't trust my opinions on stuff like this. I'm not a fan of about 90% of the shows everybody else loves. Still haven't watched a single episode of Game of Thrones either.
tlombard wrote:I don't know if anybody else watched The Orville and/or cared for it but I'm going to stick with it. The show has room for improvement and I'm holding on to hope that it will steadily get better.
FYI, don't trust my opinions on stuff like this. I'm not a fan of about 90% of the shows everybody else loves. Still haven't watched a single episode of Game of Thrones either.
I watched the first couple episodes but the fact they are moving it to Thursday evening might get it off my radar. It seems like it is ok for a little escapism; not a special show but it has a few laughs. I did note that Brannon Braga of Star Trek is an executive producer; not sure if that is good or bad. He gets a pretty bad rap from a lot of hardcore Trekkers.
We're in a world of DVR's and you can stream shows whenever you want to, what does it matter when a show originally airs? If you want to watch it or not just watch it when you get to it.
Michael wrote:American Vandal is legitimately one of the best things I've watched on Netflix. It's a mock Serial/Making of a Murder type of documentary about a high school student who may or may not have been falsely accused of spray painting dicks on teacher's cars in a high school parking lot. The premise is hilariously dumb but the show is really well done and clever.
Who drew the dicks?
I was bored and watched the first season last night (don't judge..lol)....the show is pretty funny and clever. The premise is hilarious.
It's a mix between American Crime and Making a Murder.
On a side note, I pay an extra couple bucks to Netflix to watch content in 4k.....anyone else out there w/ a 4k TV that finds shows look a little strange in 4k and it takes quite the adjustment to watch?
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tlombard wrote:I don't know if anybody else watched The Orville and/or cared for it but I'm going to stick with it. The show has room for improvement and I'm holding on to hope that it will steadily get better.
FYI, don't trust my opinions on stuff like this. I'm not a fan of about 90% of the shows everybody else loves. Still haven't watched a single episode of Game of Thrones either.
I watched the first couple episodes but the fact they are moving it to Thursday evening might get it off my radar. It seems like it is ok for a little escapism; not a special show but it has a few laughs. I did note that Brannon Braga of Star Trek is an executive producer; not sure if that is good or bad. He gets a pretty bad rap from a lot of hardcore Trekkers.
I know it's not always a popular opinion with some but I actually like Seth McFarlane. So far my favorite part of the show is probably the two helmsman and their interactions/comments. And I have laughed at some of the interactions between the Captain and his ex like when they were stalling for time and brought the bad guy into their discussion on relationships. It wasn't hilarious but I enjoyed it.
Anyway, I think it has potential and hopefully it delivers on that potential. I do agree that moving shows around is stupid. Even in this day of DVR (which I don't have anymore but streaming online works as well), I hate it when they just move shows around all the time and then cancel a show because it never had a big following. It was way more of an issue in the past but if you never know when a show is on, how in the heck can you follow it?
Michael wrote:American Vandal is legitimately one of the best things I've watched on Netflix. It's a mock Serial/Making of a Murder type of documentary about a high school student who may or may not have been falsely accused of spray painting dicks on teacher's cars in a high school parking lot. The premise is hilariously dumb but the show is really well done and clever.
Who drew the dicks?
I've watched four episodes and love it. Really gonna be hard for me to avoid spoilers but I enjoy this so much.
