Westworld

My initial reaction was amazement. I thought the first episode was brilliant, beautiful, and conceptually interesting with the repeating timeline events (something I wish Dunkirk had done a better job with). Episode 1 (no, Little Annie. sit back down) excited my sci-fi curiosity and left me needing more. With the introduction of Ed Harris' character, and how much the timeline of events and character perspective shifts were aggressively used as narrative tools, I wondered if that would become part of the over-arcing seasonal story. I am guessing Harris' character may be one of the initial primary characters in another timeline. I think that would be an interesting idea given how ep1 could work as a model for longer arcs. At one point, I thought perhaps he was the early incarnate of Arnold, whose name keeps popping up but later episodes nixed that possibility.

Sadly, googling "the two idiots of Westworld" has led me down a path of possible spoilers, some of which have popped up in this thread which is why I had to stop reading. The temptation to click the spoiler tag reveals is too much for me!

As to the idiot techs, I am offended by them. So much so that I have considered abandoning this series is disgust. Everything else (mostly) that has played out, I can excuse and look past. Even if the fan theories that I've stopped chasing are correct and are revealed to be true during the next two episodes, I still do not know if I can excuse the writing of how these two characters do not follow the series' own internal rules. It is beyond ridiculous for me and I am so frustrated!!

My initial reaction was amazement. I thought the first episode was brilliant, beautiful, and conceptually interesting with the repeating timeline events (something I wish Dunkirk had done a better job with). Episode 1 (no, Little Annie. sit back down) excited my sci-fi curiosity and left me needing more. With the introduction of Ed Harris' character, and how much the timeline of events and character perspective shifts were aggressively used as narrative tools, I wondered if that would become part of the over-arcing seasonal story. I am guessing Harris' character may be one of the initial primary characters in another timeline. I think that would be an interesting idea given how ep1 could work as a model for longer arcs. At one point, I thought perhaps he was the early incarnate of Arnold, whose name keeps popping up but later episodes nixed that possibility.

Sadly, googling "the two idiots of Westworld" has led me down a path of possible spoilers, some of which have popped up in this thread which is why I had to stop reading. The temptation to click the spoiler tag reveals is too much for me!

As to the idiot techs, I am offended by them. So much so that I have considered abandoning this series is disgust. Everything else (mostly) that has played out, I can excuse and look past. Even if the fan theories that I've stopped chasing are correct and are revealed to be true during the next two episodes, I still do not know if I can excuse the writing of how these two characters do not follow the series' own internal rules. It is beyond ridiculous for me and I am so frustrated!!