Bad Robot/Jonathan Nolan Bringing "Westworld" to HBO

[Man in the Suit]

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[Rowsdower!]

Looks fantastic!

 

[StarLord]

Another great trailer. Hyped!

 

[Whatupman]

Terrific trailer! There were some beautiful shots in there, and you can never have too much Ed Harris.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, Harris looks super-badass in this.

I also wonder if his character's name is a subtle homage to The Dark Tower. In the original, Yul Brenner's character was called "the Gunslinger", but in this version, Harris' character (which appears similar to Brenner's) is known as the Man in Black.

 

[squeekness]

So many good people in this, I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[Rowsdower!]

Yeah, this show really has an impressive cast lined up. I like pretty much all the actors in it.

 

[The Shape]

I'm very interested to see how much this deviates from the original film and how the expanded/new story will unfold.

 

[Marvolo]

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[slimshady247]

Wow. Looks like a really interesting adaptation and expansion of the film.

 

[Doctor Jones]

Yeah, I'm on board.

 

[Hunter Rider]

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It looks fantastic, shame that it's had so much production hassle.

 

[StarLord]

 

[Rowsdower!]

Hopefully it will be worth the wait.

One thing I'm scratching my head over here though is how, if the robots are unaware that they aren't real and some of them believe themselves to be ruthless killers who go around shooting people, how does Westworld keeps its visitors from getting hurt or killed? Hope they address this somehow. I guess it's probably some sort of built-in "Directive 4" fail-safe like in Robocop.

 

[SuperBatman]

Trailer looks good Im so on board.

 

[Sawyer]

My pants are tight.

 

[slimshady247]

Hopefully it will be worth the wait.

One thing I'm scratching my head over here though is how, if the robots are unaware that they aren't real and some of them believe themselves to be ruthless killers who go around shooting people, how does Westworld keeps its visitors from getting hurt or killed? Hope they address this somehow. I guess it's probably some sort of built-in "Directive 4" fail-safe like in Robocop.

In the film, the guns are temperature sensitive and have sensors that prevent them from shooting humans since humans have high body temperature. So humans can shoot androids (which have a low body temperature), but androids can't shoot humans - at least, not officially, lol.

The androids are also, from what I understand, specifically programmed not to harm humans, but obviously that doesn't really end well anyways since they start glitching out (Fun fact: the film version has the first reference to the concept of a computer virus in any film).

But yeah, the explanation in the show may or may not be some kind of variation on that.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Four More Westworld Photos Debut

 

[Rowsdower!]

In the film, the guns are temperature sensitive and have sensors that prevent them from shooting humans since humans have high body temperature. So humans can shoot androids (which have a low body temperature), but androids can't shoot humans - at least, not officially, lol.

The androids are also, from what I understand, specifically programmed not to harm humans, but obviously that doesn't really end well anyways since they start glitching out (Fun fact: the film version has the first reference to the concept of a computer virus in any film).

But yeah, the explanation in the show may or may not be some kind of variation on that.

Interesting, thanks. Never saw the old movie. I've been debating watching it but I think I'll wait until after the first season of the show.

 

[slimshady247]

No problem.

And you definitely could, I doubt it'll spoil anything in the show. The show pretty much looks like a reimagination rather than something that'd actually be spoiled by the film.

Plus it's a good film so why not, right.

 

[Marvolo]

HBO's Westworld already has the next five seasons planned out

If you recall, HBO's Westworld suspended production back in January in order to give show-runners Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan additional time to write the final episodes of the first season. It's always a little concerning when a production has to shut down temporarily, but in the case of Westworld the delay allowed the team to "really finesse all the storylines we set up – deepening character arcs and delving further into the series’ larger mythological questions." That break served another purpose beyond catching up on writing however, it also allowed Nolan and Joy to plan out the next five seasons of the series.
Westworld star James Marsden spoke with Entertainment Weekly to address what was happening behind-the-scenes.

"It wasn’t about getting the first 10 [episodes] done, it was about mapping out what the next 5 or 6 years are going to be. We wanted everything in line so that when the very last episode airs and we have our show finale, five or seven years down the line, we knew how it was going to end the first season – that’s the way Jonah and [executive producer J.J. Abrams] operate. They’re making sure all the ducks are in the row. And it’s a testament to Jonah and Lisa and HBO that we got them right, especially the last three scripts. They could have rushed them and get spread too thin. They got them right, and when they were right, we went and shot them."

There always was a rough plan in place for the future of Westworld even from the first pitch to HBO, but it's good to know that the complex story which they hope to tell has been fully mapped out. However, Westworld is a big ambitious series with a hefty price tag and if the ratings aren't there, additional seasons likely won't be the first thing on HBO's mind. We're a little under a month away from the premiere of Westworld so we still don't fully understand how the first season will unfold, but Jonathan Nolan teased that subsequent seasons will likely be quite different.

"We didn’t want to have a story that repeated itself [each year]. We didn’t want the Fantasy Island version of this [where new guests arrive at the park every season]. We wanted a big story. We wanted the story of the origin of a new species and how that would play out in its complexity.

http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/hbos-westworld-already-has-their-next-five-seasons-planned-out-207

 

[squeekness]

The more I read about this, the more I'm looking forward to it.

 

[Man in the Suit]

Eric Goldman from IGN: First four episodes are "Cool and creepy and fascinating in all the right ways."

 

[LoganGambit87]

WESTWORLD Dreams Trailer
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[StarLord]