Westworld Sky Atlantic Tuesdays 9PM
Having not seen anything decent for a while post Black Sails and Game of Thrones I was not overly looking forward to the latest and greatest television event as with everything that follows brilliance, it just follows and doesn’t bring anything new to the party.
So, with expectations low it started. Then it finished.
Fuck me that went quickly, still not sure what happened or what this leads to, but from what I can gather it has all the makings of a good series.
Why only good? The game seems to have been given away almost straight away – the ‘hosts’ (robots) are beginning to glitch. Beginning to wake up and think for themselves. I am hoping this deliberate early plot driver is only because of the mayhem to come.
The rich pay to play cowboys as ‘newcomers’ screwing, yee ha-ing, drinking, fighting, bank robbing, horse riding, spitting, shooting to their hearts content but there will be consequences and oh how they will be represented in this version. By the close of this first episode I am already rooting for the hosts.
There will be countless comparisons to the book of course, to the 70s movie no doubt, how the plot is twisted doesn’t follow the original and so on. So what, look at Game of Thrones. That hardly follows the books, more bases itself around them but still creating a fantastic world the viewer can buy into, immerse themselves and enjoy the emotional investment.
Plus there’s bonking, violence, swearing, humor and the soundtrack.
The soundtrack – clever uses of ‘cowboy’ instruments playing Paint it Black, Black Hole Sun lends a cracking set of sounds to the classic western landscapes, horses and action.
Do we have any obvious heroes? So far, no. Are there any obvious villains? Oh yes, just about everyone and anyone which is what it makes this so cool, so much so I can’t wait to see the next episode.
I can’t remember the names of most of the actors apart from Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, ‘Scott/Cyclops’ X-Men, Tony Soprano’s Shrink, plus James Bond’s CIA mate Felix. The cast is good, the sets are cool, the premise is well known I look forward to seeing how it all unfolds.
Watch out for it because it will be watching you……….
Trailer 1
Trailer 1 episode 2
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