I thought this too, but I read something from Nolan about them making sure they had a big, long-term arc that could span a number of seasons. I dunno if it'll be good, but it sounds like they've got a destination in mind, at least. I thought that little scene where the security lady and the storyteller guy (I'll get their names down in the coming weeks, I'm sure) talked about the interests of the corporation was actually good foundational work for one of the way the story could change and expand down the line.
Reportedly they have FIVE seasons worth of story mapped out, including building to a specific conclusion. Obviously details will be added and subtracted along the way if it actually runs five seasons, but encouraging to know they have ideas, intent, and are building toward something instead of just building for building sake and maybe it will become cohesive and maybe not.
I thought the first episode was excellent. I like the original film, but it is terribly dated and the ideas presented there fairly limited, though they were also ahead of their time in 1973.
"Westworld" the series, one episode in, has already expanded the basic concept of the film. In genre terms, besides being more overtly philosophical, the horror elements already obvious in this introduction are adding such a level of dread and even jeopardy to the deaths of what we understand from the initial concept are robots. I already fear for the safety and fates of the characters who have been identified as the hosts. Yes the series is going to examine the blurred line between human and android that other films have done before, including prominently
Blade Runner and the recent
Ex Machina, but the gore is translating as pain for me, even for beings that technically don't feel physical pain the way a human does. It is definitely highlighting how inhumane it is to treat any being this way, android or not.
Really looking forward to enjoying how it develops.
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