Sunday, February 12, 2017

Welcome to Westworld

This is a place where the patrons pay to "rape and pillage". Where humans become the monsters that we like to pretend we're not. At first glance this tv show seems nothing more than some sick piece of trash that simply shows a time in American history where women were taken advantage of and men did nothing more than kill each other. But plot twist we are actually in a fucked up future that were only see glimpses of in the labratories that run Westworld.

Now it was hard to believe that this show had any real merit in the first episode where senseless violence runs amuck. But thankfully in Episode 2 Chestnut, the viewet begins to see some actual hints at plot after Dolores kills a living creature and where we see Maeve becoming more than a woman who sells off her girls.

Before Maeve's dream, or as the techs say nightmares, I had little idea of what this show was offering. Then I realized that while the creators showed viewers a world where women are little more than punching bags, damsels in distress or the next thing to be fucked, they were actually revealing something interesting.

That the women AI's of Westworld are the ones who defy their programming. Dolorus kills a living creature and Maeve remembers the Indian attack which we see through a dream. The female technician makes the remark that "Imagine how fucked we be if these assholes ever remembered what the guests do to them?" Another chunk of wisdom from a woman. Because my thoughts, exspecially in the first episode was that if the AI's know what is actually happpening they'll slaughter everyone of you assholes. I can only hope that Maeve will get another chance in Westworld and I can't wait to see what Dolores has up her sleeve.

Oh and to the twat writer who designed Oddessey on Red River, from one writer to a fake one, listen to your boss. Because he's right, the audience already knows who they are and they're here for a glimspe of who they could be. Which I think is the reasoning behind all storytelling and how the American viewer has changed their demands for entertainment. Cheep parlor tricks only work for so long, time to give the audience what they really want.

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