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Watched the first season and...

posted 3 years ago by M1sterDoct0r (3883)
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It's absolutely brilliant. I've heard mixed to negative things about the later 2 seasons, especially season 3 but I've heard nothing but praise for season 1 & it absolutely deserves it. Lived up to the hype for me.

Brilliantly written. Fantastic performances all round. Especially Anthony Hopkins, Thandie Newton, Evan Rachel Wood & Jeffrey Wright. They're so freaking good.

Masterfully done. I'm in no hurry to check out the other seasons but this was just an amazing watch. One of the finest seasons of any show in my opinion

[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

If the show justifies its initial praise, then the praise is not hyperbole. I think all the seasons are phenomenal.

Someone who can’t pay attention would disagree.

[–] JaqenHgar (679) 3 years ago

I've been a bit behind on the show, but I finally finished season 3 last night. There were parts in each of the first 2 seasons that confused me initially, but that confusion was erased as the season progressed. Now, of course, I have a new host of questions about the upcoming season 4 that need to be answered. I have no complaints about any of the performances over the course of 3 seasons, and I would definitely commend Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy for bringing this show to us.

[–] BourbonKing (5612) 3 years ago

I wouldn't go so far as call it masterful. There's a lot of film meta and borrowing from other Sci-Fi tropes, but for the sake of storyline and motivation Season 1 executes on its source material very eloquently, but almost too eloquently. There's also very little attention given to the guests as there are only a handful represented throughout the season which confounds me because it seems that the Westworld park is operating on a different economic grift outside of tourist dollars.

Anywhoo, it's a fun show to watch going into Season 2.

I can tell you that Season 3 disappointed me on several fronts

[–] M1sterDoct0r (3883) 3 years ago

I can tell you that Season 3 disappointed me on several fronts

Yeah, I hear that a lot. Thankfully, knowing that going in, I'm gonna set my expectations pretty low.

[–] FootOfDavros (6719) 3 years ago

The first season was excellent.

As you've said, unfortunately it doesn't build on it's promise in the following seasons. Although I think I actually preferred the third season (despite a really poor ending) to the second.

The third season was a bit different but the second kind of spoils the legacy of the first.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (3883) 3 years ago

Definitely gonna check 'em out in time. Hopefully before season 4 comes out. But I'm gonna miss Anthony Hopkins. The man was absolutely brilliant in season 1.

[–] LoveCatsHateDogs (1535) 2 years ago

They should really have stopped at the end of Season 1.

It would have been better as a mini series.

Now its legacy has been tarnished by the unnecessary Season 2 and the awful Season 3.

[–] joi2049 (5488) 2 years ago

If it turns out there are NO HUMANS anymore, and haven't been any the entire time that we've been watching the show, couldn't what else happens in S2 & S3 be justified?

Because LOGAN also gave his SPEECH to DOLORES at his father's RETIREMENT PARTY where he said

the HUMAN RACE was burning and the people from Delos LIT the match.

So imagine how all that's left now might be the CONSCIOUSNESS of HUMANS that have been placed inside of the same kind of BODIES that the ROBOTS have.

In other words, they'd also have PEARLS inside of their HEADS (the same way as JAMES DELOS did ... before WILLIAM BURNS him up inside of the ROUND ROOM ... after he failed for the 149th time to meet the requirements of the TEST that he was given).

And then in the CLOSING CREDITS we also saw the daughter of WILLIAM (EMILY who was also DEAD because her own father shot and killed her) giving him the SAME kind of TEST as he gave her grandfather (JAMES DELOS).

So wouldn't the TARNISH also belong to the HUMANS for being FOOLISH enough to have LIT the MATCH that put an end to their own EXISTENCE???

🤔

[–] kuatorises (7467) 2 years ago

I thought the first season was perfect. Season 2 was ok, and season 3 was intriguing for a while, but the ending just ruined it.

[–] DaveBowman2001 (472) 2 years ago

Exactly. You made it further than me though. I Loved S1. It should have ended there, but I was happy to entertain more. S2 was ok. Kept me watching. S3 I watched one or two episodes and walked away. Strayed too far. Characters unlikeable, switching bodies...they are just milking it now.

Originally, I wondered how they would make a full season out of the original movie, but I was pleasantly surprised. They had some good premise going that I thought might bleed into S2, but never quite materialized.

[–] kuatorises (7467) 2 years ago

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[–] rnmboon (376) 2 years ago

I am halfway season 2 and if season 1 is "absolutely brilliant" then I should probably quit watching this series. I am waiting for some sort of pay-off because up til now it has mostly been about creating atmosphere, showing a lot of violence and trying to make the lead characters look unsympathetic. If that continues in the rest of season 2 and in season 3 then there isn't much to be had from the rest of this series.

[–] chilidoggg (13053) 2 years ago

I hear ya.

This story does not take four seasons to tell.

I couldn't get through the first episode of Season 2.

If someone could edit out all the Red Dead Redemption missions and just leave the scenes where the plot develops, I might watch that. The only character I care about is Anthony Hopkins, and maybe Arnold shows up at some point, but I don't have the time to watch hours
and hours of robots shooting robots.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

If a show lives up to its praise, the praise is not hyperbole.

Hyperbole is bullshit.

I thought a doctor would know that.

[–] M1sterDoct0r (3883) 2 years ago

I'm not an actual Doctor. That's just my last name. I had it legally changed.