Westworld Season 1 (2016)
Someone said the other day that we are going through the golden age of television. As the competition to make newer themes and fresh ideas get greater, we, the viewers, can relax, sit back and just watch the fun. All the love and adventure themes seem to have run out. Now, the storytellers have to look no further but somewhat inwardly into our minds. And believe you me, there is a landmine there! With all the vestigial connexions in our grey matter and the smartest amongst us only use ten percent of our real brain potential, the mind is an ocean, of which, our imagination is the limiting factor.
Yes, the story of Westworld is a complicated narrative told in a flip-flop manner over three timelines, probably as analysed by one online commentator, 2015, 2018 and 2052. In a nutshell, it is a story of a Western-themed entertainment park where paying guests go to re-live the adventure of living in the Wild West. The park was curated by Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) and is run by a group of executives. The characters in the park are advanced robots created by Ford and his partner, Arnold. These robots are called hosts and are initially subservient but develop a mind of their own. Hosts are killed in the course of the story and are refurbished (rebirths). They are given memories of performing their work by the creator (God). Over time, the hosts develop consciousness and revolt against their creator.
The offering is a refreshing outlook on life as we know it. Humans, symbolically portrayed by the hosts, were created by God or Nature. The only instinct for them to go on living is the will to continue their existence is the little something called consciousness. They develop a memory of what they learn during their time on Earth and improvise their understanding of things as they go on. Self-interest is the primary force for their survival. This, they realise through the pain and sufferings that they endure during their tenure. They kill God when they understand the dynamics of how things work around them.
The great story of Life and Survival of Mankind told theatrically. Are we all players in God's game show? And He is the owner of the amusement park? That person of affluence and power (the guests) can get away literally with murder? Makes you think...
Yes, the story of Westworld is a complicated narrative told in a flip-flop manner over three timelines, probably as analysed by one online commentator, 2015, 2018 and 2052. In a nutshell, it is a story of a Western-themed entertainment park where paying guests go to re-live the adventure of living in the Wild West. The park was curated by Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) and is run by a group of executives. The characters in the park are advanced robots created by Ford and his partner, Arnold. These robots are called hosts and are initially subservient but develop a mind of their own. Hosts are killed in the course of the story and are refurbished (rebirths). They are given memories of performing their work by the creator (God). Over time, the hosts develop consciousness and revolt against their creator.
The offering is a refreshing outlook on life as we know it. Humans, symbolically portrayed by the hosts, were created by God or Nature. The only instinct for them to go on living is the will to continue their existence is the little something called consciousness. They develop a memory of what they learn during their time on Earth and improvise their understanding of things as they go on. Self-interest is the primary force for their survival. This, they realise through the pain and sufferings that they endure during their tenure. They kill God when they understand the dynamics of how things work around them.
The great story of Life and Survival of Mankind told theatrically. Are we all players in God's game show? And He is the owner of the amusement park? That person of affluence and power (the guests) can get away literally with murder? Makes you think...
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