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Westworld (HBO/Sky Atlantic) [** Spoilers **]

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    #1682
    Roberto_gas
    Registered Users Posts: 4,077 ✭✭✭Roberto_gas


    Taylor365 wrote:
    Really hope the 2nd 'brain ball' is Dr. Ford's.


    He is all over westworld anyway within host network..does not need a body..also saves cost to the makers 😎


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    #1683
    ManOfMystery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,394 ✭✭✭ManOfMystery


    Roberto_gas wrote: »
    Taylor365 wrote:
    Really hope the 2nd 'brain ball' is Dr. Ford's.


    He is all over westworld anyway within host network..does not need a body..also saves cost to the makers 😎

    Hard to beat Hopkins presence though, there's not too many actors who can touch him when it comes to dialogue and holding your attention


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    #1684
    yabadabado
    Registered Users Posts: 16,529 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Is Hopkins finished on this or was he signed up for a few seasons ?


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    #1685
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,676 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    yabadabado wrote: »
    Is Hopkins finished on this or was he signed up for a few seasons ?

    Just one season. They could sign him up again for further seasons, but I think it's unlikely. He's far more interesting as a God-like presence.

    He can still make guest appearances. He's already made a few voice cameos this season and will almost certainly pop up in the flesh in a flashback at some point.


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    #1686
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    Well. That was that!

    Wasn't expecting the move of Teddy to be so quick.

    Also, got the feeling we might be heading to an impass of Delores Vs Millay


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    #1687
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,127 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    The piano makes a slight return, the Shinto Paint it Black was epic


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    #1688
    mloc123
    Registered Users Posts: 9,454 ✭✭✭mloc123


    I have no interest in the Delores/Teddy storyline at all anymore


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    #1689
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,638 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Yeah find it the dullest part of the season. Speaking of which, half way through the season.


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    #1690
    Also Starring LeVar Burton
    Registered Users Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭Also Starring LeVar Burton


    I was never invested in Teddy as a character, so yeah that aspect of this week's episode I wasn't as hooked on - although it is the first episode this season where I've actually enjoyed Dolores as a character.

    The Maeve side of things this week though, was class.


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    #1691
    BoJack Horseman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,248 ✭✭✭✭BoJack Horseman


    While I'm very much enjoying season 2, boy does the whole "Delores" thread weaken everything.

    She was such a great character, now.... meh.
    She thinks she's 'free', but seems to be just this 'Wyeth' nut job, on her own quest.


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    #1692
    1huge1
    Registered Users Posts: 6,173 ✭✭✭1huge1


    Found that to be a weak enough episode, enjoyed some parts of Maeve's story but as usual it just gave me so many more questions than answers.

    The trailer for next week's episode at the end of tonight's one looked very interesting.


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    #1693
    EPAndlee
    Registered Users Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭EPAndlee


    The music so far in this show is fantastic. I'm really starting to prefer
    Shogun World


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    #1694
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    First time I can say I was bored. I was meant to care about the Samurai characters but didn't in the slightest.


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    #1695
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 17,992 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    alchemist33 wrote: »
    First time I can say I was bored. I was meant to care about the Samurai characters but didn't in the slightest.
    So it wasn't just us! I couldn't have cared less about who was being abducted. If I'm meant to then you're surely giving me a reason?
    Obviously, we were paralleling with Maeve's story but that doesn't mean it needs that much screen time devoted to it.
    Maeve with a samurai sword is pretty damn cool, and I do like the idea of her using admin privileges on the other hosts.

    At least Delores and Teddy's story line got interesting at the end as it was largely a snore fest this week.


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    #1696
    Brego888
    Registered Users Posts: 1,321 ✭✭✭Brego888


    That was boring.
    2nd season has been a big let down so far.


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    #1697
    GottaGetGatt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,133 ✭✭✭GottaGetGatt


    People really just don't appreciate the production and finer details that goes into this show. Sigh!!


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    #1698
    Harambe
    Registered Users Posts: 337 ✭✭Harambe


    I'm enjoying season 2 way more than season 1.


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    #1699
    Gregk961
    Registered Users Posts: 1,135 ✭✭✭Gregk961


    Didn't enjoy it quite as much as episode 4, but I was expecting that in fairness.

    I think we seen a bit too much of Shogun World, as another poster mentioned we didn't know the mirror characters well enough to really care but yet we got 30+ minutes of them. The (re)Paint it Black scene was very well done I thought, but I could have done without learning so much about the Maeve mirror character. Maybe it is more significant than it seems but I doubt it.

    Delores story is the least interesting for me.

    Loved the music too, didn't realise until I looked up the episode after but the song playing over Akane's dance was C.R.E.A.M by Wu Tang!


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    #1700
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    Another great episode. Westworlds biggest issue is it sets such high expectations for itself that after last weeks masterpiece episode, this episode was never going to top it. The Paint it Black scene was just genius.


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    #1701
    [Deleted User]
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    Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »
    Another great episode. Westworlds biggest issue is it sets such high expectations for itself that after last weeks masterpiece episode, this episode was never going to top it. The Paint it Black scene was just genius.

    Must not bite


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    #1702
    Penn
    Registered Users Posts: 33,617 ✭✭✭✭Penn


    I enjoyed that episode a lot too. Not as good as last week's episode, but they're really moving forward with Maeve and Dolores' stories now. Interesting developments for both.

    I think a bit of a mid-season dip is to be expected regardless. It has to start moving things towards the season endgame.


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    #1703
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Not bad, but wasn't totally gone on it, especially after the knock-out previous episode. I'm enjoying the second season so far, but I have to say it very much overall has a artificially inflated feel to it that the first season didn't.


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    #1704
    ManOfMystery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,394 ✭✭✭ManOfMystery


    I thought it was a great episode. Love the parallels between Westworld and Samauri World, emphasising again the artificial nature of the hosts' lives - so artificial that storylines from one park are rehashed in another with different characters.

    I'm assuming Maeve's new found abilities are linked to the hosts mesh network, which is what allows them to share information. Though to everyone else, it looks like telepathy/witchcraft.


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    #1705
    Grassey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,393 ✭✭✭Grassey


    ManOfMystery wrote: »
    I thought it was a great episode. Love the parallels between Westworld and Samauri World, emphasising again the artificial nature of the hosts' lives - so artificial that storylines from one park are rehashed in another with different characters.

    And here I thought it was because the whiney brit was lazy and had to churn out '300 narratives in 3 weeks' :pac:


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    #1706
    RobbingBandit
    Registered Users Posts: 18,127 ✭✭✭✭RobbingBandit


    I think Teddy was her anchor to the Delores persona she is now free to go full Wyatt mode. Teddy is too humane Delores is being held back by him.


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    #1707
    Tipsy McSwagger
    Registered Users Posts: 9,068 ✭✭✭Tipsy McSwagger


    RobbingBandit wrote: »
    I think Teddy was her anchor to the Delores persona she is now free to go full Wyatt mode. Teddy is too humane Delores is being held back by him.

    I'd say she's just pissed off waiting for him to turn so she gave him a helping hand.


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    #1708
    razorblunt
    Registered Users Posts: 17,300 ✭✭✭✭razorblunt


    Ol' James Marsden is the American Sean Bean isn't he?


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    #1709
    ManOfMystery
    Registered Users Posts: 2,394 ✭✭✭ManOfMystery


    One does not simply become Sean Bean.


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    #1710
    irishguitarlad
    Registered Users Posts: 2,792 ✭✭✭irishguitarlad


    Weakest episode of the season.


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    #1711
    alchemist33
    Registered Users Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    Another thing that's annoying me is Maeve's quest to find her daughter. She knows she doesn't actually have a daughter and any maternal instinct she has is programmed, but she's still determined to do it. Is she just trying to prove she can break from Ford's plan to "infiltrate the mainland", but by doing this she's complying with earlier programming?


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