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Lately I have been repeatedly seeing a movie in my listings called Slow West.

I'm trying to think if a worse movie name is possible. Like if they really wanted to make sure I was not going to watch their movie - they wanted to be as positive as possible I would not get beyond that initial superficial perusal - was there a title that would have done the job better? Than Slow West?

Don't think so.
 
Season 3 of Halt and Catch Fire.

It was okay. Some interesting ideas. Some stuff felt too forced/contrived but I don't think anyone is saying it's a masterpiece of a show.

But I've lasted 3 seasons and will continue with the 4th. That doesn't happen with a ton of shows.

They have created a really interesting conflict as a try-to-bring-you-back for season 4. It's a creative, well-constructed idea. The only problem for me is, I don't really care who wins. Same with all the love subplots. I don't care enough about anyone.

They just feel like pawns on a chessboard. :dunno:
 
It's not bad at all.

Now, I read a TV critic who said that it wasn't "Mad Men in the 80's" and that it was "much better than that."

Er, yes it is, and no it isn't.
 
Oddly, season 1 was the worst. That's not usually how these things go.

That is my opinion anyway.
 
Sounds like Westworld is opening with some very strong ratings though. HBO's second all-time, only trailing the first season of True Detective.

Actually I heard that on the radio, but now I'm a little fuzzy about what they meant. Here is some brief stuff anyway:


Sundays premiere episode delivered a strong 3.3 million viewers across its first two airings and streaming, industry sources say.

Thats HBOs biggest series premiere audience since the first season of True Detective nearly three years ago (January 2014). And True Detective stands as HBOs largest series opening since Boardwalk Empire back in 2010.

Westworld did way better than the networks most recent expensive gamble, Vinyl, which opened to only 764,000 viewers last February and was canceled after a single season.

The sci-fi series was down a bit from a show to which its frequently compared, Game of Thrones, which debuted to 4.2 million viewers across multiple airings back in 2011.
 
Wow. After watching the new episode I gotta say, they might really have something there. Westworld.
 
Mudcat
Oddly, season 1 was the worst. That's not usually how these things go.

That is my opinion anyway.
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Totally agree, S1 was much weaker. It is getting progressively better.
 
Mudcat
Wow. After watching the new episode I gotta say, they might really have something there. Westworld.
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I'm into it.
 
Has anyone watched Fleabag (Amazon)?

Pretty great. Just 6 short episodes. Check it out.

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Westworld S01E01 is the wildest series premiere I've ever seen. Holy shit. :bowdown:
 
It just keeps getting hinkier - in a mesmerizing way.

Apart from where they go with the story, it has to be the best ensemble cast I've ever seen in a TV show - and nothing is a close second.

The main problem I have is when the player piano in the saloon starts playing, I find myself focusing too much on what they are playing and missing some of the narrative - and I have to go back. Episode 1 was Black Hole Sun. Ep. 2 was Radiohead, No Surprises. I didn't identify the song in Ep. 3.
 
Nice. I picked up on Black Hole Sun (and obviously Paint It Black later in the episode.)
 
Actually hinky is probably not the best word for the feeling I was trying to express - but I'm standing by it just to teach T.L Jones a lesson.


Okay so here's the thing - and I'll call this a spoiler alert - although it's not a spoiler because it is just me theorizing - although if I'm right it might be spoilish when the rightness of what I say is revealed if you hadn't thought of it. But then I could be totally wrong.

And episode 2 is key to this so it would be spoilish if you haven't seen that just because you might want to see if the same thought comes to you organically rather than be looking for what I am saying here.

I feel a need to rewatch episode 2.

But anyway, here's the thing: are we operating in two very different time frames here? Like maybe as much as 30-40 years apart? Like obviously the hosts don't change in appearance (although perhaps slightly in behavior) - but is that one narrative (with the two guys who arrive in episode 2) years before Ed Harris and Jeffrey Wright and all that?
 
Interesting.
 
Mudcat
But anyway, here's the thing: are we operating in two very different time frames here? Like maybe as much as 30-40 years apart? Like obviously the hosts don't change in appearance (although perhaps slightly in behavior) - but is that one narrative (with the two guys who arrive in episode 2) years before Ed Harris and Jeffrey Wright and all that?
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I've watched episode 3. The answer is no.
 
I just watched the Michael Crichton movie Westworld (1973) on which the HBO show is (very) loosely based. Hilarious watch. It's full of that nonsensical 70's acting and direction. Not a bad way to spend 88 minutes though - it's barely longer than one of the TV episodes.

7.2 Simulated Matty Rains out of a possible 10
 
I am also watching the movie - I'm about 15 minutes in - although I have seen it before, long time ago.

Yeah, no, not quite as much subtlety to it.
 
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