I enjoyed season 1 but season 2 feels more like I'm reading what's happening, rather than watching it, thanks to the excessive use of subtitles.
Good but a little bit dissapointment
Just watched the pilot and I gotta be honest, this is the best pilot of any serie I have ever watched. Can't wait for future episodes.
Try to think while watching it, that they are "robots" not humans, that they are just programmed to act like humans not to think or remember things, but yet they start remembering things for the first time.
It's hard to try and imagine the feelings that they would have at that point, but they are still just only robots....
Probably an amazing concept overshadowed by unessissary sex and nudity. I got 10 minutes in and had to turn it off. I didn't do my research before starting. People stop desensitizing yourselves with this garbage. The more you watch it and rate it good, the more they make and the worse it gets... They continue to push the envelope until your children grow up to happily accept stuff that even today you would find utterly detestable. Read this note on casting alone... https://www.google.ca/amp/deadline.com/2015/09/westworld-extras-simulated-sex-hbo-pay-1201561486/amp/
I am honestly amazed at how bad season 4 is, even compared to how bad season 3 was.
Season 4 would have been good with one more episode or one less focused on Aaron Paul’s character. Hate to say it because I normally like him, but Aaron Paul is the least interesting character added to the series. Basically every moment was a chore to watch with him, which is a bummer.
We really took a journey this season. Cant say that I fell back in love with the show, but did pique my interest in the series overall again. Nothing replaces season 1, but season 4 helped get it back on track. I’ll definitely watch season 5.
Spoiler: pass on Aaron Paul’s whole ass storyline - take his kid too. Why would you bring us to the 20s and IMMEDIATELY leave!?! Fuck. Oh cool there are ‘outliers’ and hosts killing them selves after talking to them, but we won’t address that any more. Fuck yeah to what the man in black power move. Finally Dolores! Righting a wrong and major disservice to the show by “killing her off” in season 3. I don’t like any of her office setting either. Overall a lot to complain about, but you know what - it was entertaining, visually stunning, got me on a dual time jump storyline again, and mother fucking Maeve. End spoilers
Watch Season 1 and 2 only
Season 1 was very good,season 2 is a complete waste of time - can't see any possible way they'll drag this into a 3rd season at the 1/2 way point of season 2.
Season two is a complete mess of a story line with the viewer expected to suspend complete logic that a bunch of robots that have spent their lives in one story arc can now use fully automatic weapons and can outwit and kill - at will, a seasoned and fully trained army with the latest gadgets. All of the 'hosts' get killed with one bullet, but the main character hosts can take several and continue on with no hinderence and a tiny bit of blood.
Enter the Japanese and there's so much blood (from hosts that have green fluid in them) - that an abattoir would have trouble dealing with the volume of blood everywhere!! It's a completely stupid and unnessesary story arc too.
Season two gets a 1/10 from me. Not sure if I can take it for the last 2 or 3 episodes
Fantastic and immersive, a must watch for all.
The first season was great and had me hooked pretty quickly with great plottwists. The second season was way more convoluted and I didn't care anymore about any of the characters. When season 3 aired I simply felt not interested anymore to go back to it. Such a shame of the great first season.
this show is the posterchild of not knowing when to end the show it could have been great if they would have done 3 season and never left the park but somewhere greed entered the picture they were trying to extend the show beyond what they should have and that did them in the story was really bad in season 3 and 4 and they probably should have never made those seasons I don't understand why showrunners do that isn't it better to make a show that is shorter and to the point not watered down it could have been a great show it was really well done
Good start, nice twists, but they lost me with the endless psychological cruelty, much like Handmaid's Tale. At some point it becomes something to get over, as opposed to be moved by.
Great moments of acting, but everything the characters do, is either pointless or totally unrealistic.
The most pointless is the scene where they let the female robot hold it's own control panel. Who would willingly let a dangerous robot take control? Especially, after they know it can kill people.
Then after the robot has tried sooo hard to escape, having it come back on it's own just makes me feel stupid for watching. It's proof the show is a total waste of viewer time.
Beautiful and fascinating story
Contrary to all, I think the last chapters were even more interesting
I myself am not interested in western style, but I saw it again
It's hard to tell a story about the sense(lessness) of existence for 36 episodes. I notice a caesura at season 2, everything about motivations & characters' reason for action seems plausible, because it has to be. At least with season three, I lost connection to the characters. It was like being untrained my empathy for them (that's ironic, because it was one philosophical key access to the show). More and more it seems that I am watching a mix of Heroes, Terminator- The Series and Jurassic Park reboots right now & I must endure constructed twists. The mystery and real scifi was written away somewhere in the middle of season 2 imo. My calculation is as follows: 9+7+6+5 eq ~7 stars.
This is such a complicated and well-orchestrated show that you constantly have to think whether what you are seeing is actually happening or not. While the first season is the best, the others are still great, and it is unfortunate HBO canceled this show as we will never know the true ending of this amazing series.
If it would be just Season 1, rating 9, maybe even ten. All 4 seasons together more like a 7... Or 6.
Admittedly, I am harder on this show than most. The first season was awesome. Second and third continued to decline and felt like a different show, but the newest had regained some of its footing and was ready to continue the series in a positive direction. It is unfortunate we will never see where that regained footing will lead us! Nevertheless, this is one your should check out if you enjoy HBO dramas, just be prepared this show does not receive a proper ending.
Average Season Review: 7.63/10
Recommendation - At Least Give it a Whirl (for HBO Drama Fans)
I was really disappointed to hear that the 4th would be the final season, but now that I've watched it, I think all the loose ends were tied. I had a great time watching this show. I'm definitely going to watch it all again sometime.
Although "Westworld" still deserves some praise for always trying to reinvent itself and get bigger and more ambitious in scale each time, they completely missed the point after the end of the first season. I wonder if they actually had more than ten episodes in mind when laying down the foundations.
Now that the show got canceled, I would highly recommend watching the first season only and forgetting about the rest. Despite the open ending, all questions find an answer, and most arcs get perfectly closed. As with all big productions, it had to make more than one compromise to please everybody, but it still retained the potential to become one of the decade's most balanced and intriguing mainstream shows. It was eye-candy enough for popcorn entertainment, yet thought-provoking enough for those who want something more engaging. The dark, gritty tone mixed with extreme violence and sex continued the HBO trend set by Game of Thrones but still pulled it off quite elegantly. I didn't like how they had to throw in a random shoot-out in every single episode, but I guess you can't keep people interested if a gun doesn't fire every 30 minutes.
Artificial intelligence has been an abused theme in sci-fi entertainment, and Westworld limits itself to making the same textbook philosophical considerations on free will and identity without adding much new. However, I thought the writing shined when exploring the darkest sides of its human characters. Ford, William, and (implicitly) Arnold are the three primary forces around which the whole season and its mysteries revolve. On the other hand, I found it pretty hard to empathize with most of the hosts, as they were programmed to stick to the clichés of their narrative. It's more than understandable, but as the writers insist on getting them killed or raped to make us humans feel sorry, I ended up caring very little about them.
After the second half of the second season, it just became a mixed bag of generic sci-fi/action tropes to stretch the plot for as long as possible. The writing started to take a completely different approach, and the original team became less involved with each new season. Characters became inconsistent and, at times, unrecognizable, continuously going from one extreme to another. Some would even keep changing their goals and motives depending on the writer they got for the episode. It all becomes about making the plot as convoluted as possible for its own sake and resorting to cheap tricks to surprise the audience or distract them from the gaps in logic.
Maeve's storyline was the one that required the most significant amount of patience and suspension of disbelief. She hardly had a purpose to stick around for longer than a few episodes if not because the actor's contract needed to get renewed. Her story arc is the second season's most significant issue, but it only got worse in the third and fourth. Not to mention that she died and came back to life at least a dozen times.
The third season is probably the most ambitious, as it finally took us outside the park and showed a whole new world, but the transition could have been handled better. None of the old characters make sense in this new storyline, and the new screenwriters are obviously not as competent as the previous ones. It just became a generic dystopian sci-fi show with questionable fan-service moments with the old cast. Surprisingly enough, Hale suddenly became the most compelling character, even considering the sudden change of heart in the last few episodes. Dolores played more with ambiguity, but her ending made everything up to that point kind of pointless and illogical.
The fourth season acknowledged the fans' complaints and attempted a return to form. Whatever happened in the third season gets labeled as a little more than a diversion, and many situations and plot points from the second season are brought back again. The problem is that we still miss the most important thing that made the first season unique: the writing. This fourth season is even more contrived and utterly pretentious than the previous one. It eventually just limits itself to resetting the status quo and bringing characters back alive for the umpteenth time so that they can wrestle some more. The only moment it felt like being back to the original mood of the show was with the twist and change of perspective in the middle of the season…. which didn't lead to anything anyway. The ending has to be one of the most ridiculous things ever, as if nothing up to this point meant anything.
By the 4th season, they forgot what "Westworld" stood for. I do not understand how this show got renewed by WB for 3 disappointing seasons. It was dead from the 2nd season. It had such potential but they always find a way to ruin things :)
Season 1 was amazing, but the rest is just a mess.
HBO delivers again. The first season was amazing, and the best season of the series. After that it's a slow decline. Not that the other seasons were terrible or anything, they just couldn't match the level of awesomeness delivered in the first and the story just isn't as interesting after the second season. It's still a great show and I would recommend anyone to watch it.
Season 4 is straight up garbage.
This series is highly overrated. Except season 1, it has nothing. Poor plot, can ask hundreds of questions that have no answer. I think the people who love this series, are hypnotized by 'Nolan' name.
Anyone else totally lost the plot of this show?
I'm in love with this show if this show was a girl l would fall in love with her
All the seasons have been great so far, but the last episode season 4 really kind of sucked. I'm not sure they're planning a season five,. Felt like it might be, but hopefully the last episode of the 4th season is not a sign it would disappoint.
Luv the futuristic rise of ai beings
I doesn't look like anything to me.
One of the best sci-fi TV show I have ever witnessed
Season 1 and 2 are easy 8-9/10
Season 3 was a little bit too far from the main story and was a little dumb 6/10
Although season 3 was a little low on story, it is still worth a watch and a re-watch for season 4
Season 1 was pretty good sci-fi. Season 2 was dumb. Season 3 confirmed that it should have been a one season show.
People here say season 4 is looking better, but if you have to skip two stupid seasons to watch a half decent one again then why bother? Part of my liking any show is the appeal to re-watch it sometime down the road (i.e., The Wire can be watched repeatedly), I'm not going to watch season 1 then lose all continuity by skipping to season 4.
But, in the end, after all the vapid BS coming out of Evan Rachel Wood, Ed Harris and Jeffrey Wright over the past few years I just won't watch anything any of those twats are in, let alone all of them, it's a perfect storm of vapidity. I've tossed all shows any of them appear in. Add to this the general puke spewing out of HBO, I'm out.
I don't want to jump to conclusions but from the first two episodes of season 4, it seems like the writing is back to being good again. So far at least even better than season 2.
Westworld is definitely one of the best TV Shows out there! You’ll get completely addicted to this when you first have started! It’s amazing :see_no_evil::ok_hand_tone2:
Season 1 OK, season 2 not so good, season 3 is a joke. In general hugely beyond awful
Nearly time for season 4,cant wait especially after believing it had been cancelled.
WTF....a fourth season meant to be coming out?
Due to the bad reputation of 2nd and 3rd season i won't watch them. Also, and this is the most important reason, the 1st season is AMAZING and it could (and should) really end there. Yesterday when i finished it I understood instantly why the following seasons hadn't been appreciated in the same way: they aren't necessary, you can tell it even without watching them. I think it would be a perfect one-season-show.
The first season was FIRE. 10/10 recommend. The second season was honestly so confusing that I had to look up everything on Reddit afterwards. That was kinda frustrating.
watch the series and make something in your miserable life
Brilliant first season.
Meh second season.
Great third season but meh X2 ending.
Worth the watch cause season 3 kills it all... What an epic anticipation from us
Incredibly, intricately crafted first season. Emotionally riveting and grandiose second season, my personal favorite. Most recently, the innovative, visually stunning third season that narratively crumbles in the final episode.
Every season just keeps getting better and better
I watched the 3rd season wit so much enjoyment and now... I don't remember the half of it! But I remember that it was nice and the typical watering down (some big moments, a lot of low episodes), for a show that started with a BIG BANG!!!
I still want to see what is happening next, so I am looking forward for season 4!
season 3 sucks sooooo bad
The 1st season was so good but it fell to pieces in the 2nd. Now after watching the 3rd season I've lost all interest in the show. It's a damn shame.
I just cannot keep watching this show. I mean it's just too stupid, who's the hero? A robot? Why are the humans helping the robots? Why Maeve think she has a daughter, it was just a storyline they gave to her. Dolores is just cold killer, am I suppose to relate to her? who a I suppose to relate? Who is the real hero if everybody just kills like no tomorrow. Bernard? I suppose but he is such a boring and coward character I can't root for him. Season was very entertaining but from there it just go downhill.
This season (season THREE ) was a definite slow burn and I fear it may be the last. Why did it take so long to reach it's conclusion, not to mention the amount of time it took to explain the plot thricely (episodes 1-4 bizarrely cryptic 4-6 disorganized flashbacks and finally in an almost palpable desperation of the writer's room - we were illuminated about the plot via long monologues from each character.]
The action scenes and automated vehicles sometimes had more character than actual actors on screen. As a Westworld fan, I come for the creepy and sneaky yet I understand that in order for movies to survive studios need to appeal to adolescent boys who really, really get off on explosives this season had an entire episode dedicated to a car chase, so my loyalty to the show was tested slightly!
Fortunately Delores and Mauve carry us through each episode with their typical badass aplomb. The addition of Aaron Paul seemed to replicate the audience's comprehension of what the hell was happening. His character arc allows him to shines in amazing action scenes but his origins and purpose remain stubbornly hidden when it no longer benefits the plot.
Westworld's hidden humanity and underdogs made watching the first 2 seasons rise to it's anarchic conclusion - pure addictive TV pleasure. The downside with blowing up the badass world - is knowing that for many excellent stories, the unique character of the stories setting also is a major loss
I don't know what the hell season 3 was... But I do know we have 2 years to wait for season 4.
Will we make it?
Without a doubt the first season is the best by far - I fear we will see a gradual decline if season 3 is anything to go by, not that it was terrible by any stretch however it has a totally different feel to it, it's hyper violent and nowhere near as suspenseful or surprising which is disappointing. It's still a very watchable show regardless, and obviously I'll be waiting for season 4 to come with excitement - I can only hope it returns to it's beginnings more.
First season GREAT but everything else is just stalling crap. It never gets anywhere. Tries to thrill with expectations but it just gets boring as hell. Quit on Episode 4th 3rd season. At least the nudes kept me for some time now not even that.
As of season 3's completion, the show is in an overall good spot. It seems to be increasingly common that HBO shows have an incredible start and then soil the bed in writing quality (Game of Thrones) as the show goes on. Westworld is one of those shows that you really have to pay close attention to, and might be best enjoyed checking out some analyses and reviews on YouTube or Reddit.
Season 1 was top tier. Some people might argue it's boring, but I'd say it has an incredibly good script and production quality. There's no BS, everything seems well planned out and there's plenty of foreshadowing and hinting very early on about the direction the show is going in.
Season 2 was too convoluted for me. I struggled to follow along and by the end I was expecting some massive reveals and things to come together the way they did in season 1. Instead, I was left confused and disappointed, really having no clue what happened. The only thing that had me come back to season 3 is sunk cost fallacy. Maybe this season was just too smart for me, but I figure that it's probably too smart for most viewers. I would guess a large part of it comes down to the messing around with multiple concurrent timelines and spaces for seemingly no meaningful reason other than to make things appear more mystical. It could be that I just don't remember the season well enough at this point.
Season 3, while not as good as season 1, definitely redeemed the show for me and after the mess of season 2. I'm back to being interested and excited for season 4. The universe expands in this season and touches on some real concerns relating to futurism like superintelligent AI, determinism, data privacy, etc. It had a bit of a silly start, particularly with the cameo of Drogon and the idiot D&D twins Benioff and Weiss immediately followed by Stubbs chasing down a small troop of armed guards with a rubber axe. I took this as a sign that Season 3 was going down the toilet, but luckily I was wrong. The writing doesn't mess much with timelines, but does include some scenes within simulations which are given away by their letterboxing. It's not as confusing as season 2 but is still dense with hinting information. The production quality is amazing if that's something you care about, probably one of the best portrayals of futuristic tech I've seen. The action scenes are cool, but I think sacrifice believability for suspense. There are many scenes I was left wondering "Why didn't you just shoot him/her, what are you waiting for?!", "Why did you just do that?!", but it's a small part and doesn't ruin the show.
Season 3 is absolutely horrible. not sure about this show anymore..
Got bored 5 minutes into the first episode, skimmed through, shit show. Nothing to see here!
Season 1 was boring as hell...
Season 2 was confusing and makes no sense...
Season 3 is so violent, it shows so called heroes killing without any remorse...
I'm out... This series makes no sense...
Watch/play Detroit Become Human if you want something positive and real. Way better!
Loved the movie Westworld. This series is nothing like that...
Explore a world where almost every human desire can be revelled without penalty at the convergence of the foreseeable future and the revamped world.The plot is incredible, the visuals are great and the acting is excellent. Non linear story telling in season 1 may pull back some viewers due to complexity, but if you are patient enough to grasp the story it will turn out to an ultimatum. Season 2 is mildly make it less interesting since it's a mere extension of what happened in season 1 but creators were abled to bring some new interesting set pieces into the story with some wild imaginations. Season 3 is running in the best way possible and bring out our wildest imagination of the near future to life keeping near to realistic feel. Definitely watch it and through each season its getting better.
one of the most entertaining piecies of film in the last 20 yrs
This show doesn't get to the point fast. It poses the same boring philosophical questions that you would get if you spent 5 minutes thinking about what happens if robots gain consciousness. The acting is great but they intentionally scatter the plot all over the place just to keep the audience in suspense for some stupid plot twist. A "just ok" season 1 and boring season 2.
This is just pretentious crap. It thinks it is something more than it actually is.
Pretty daarn good. Definitely in my top 10.
It seems a bit stretched in the last season though.
Storyline quality: 10/10 (7/10 in season 3)
Characters: 10/10
Originality: 10/10
Acting, directing and technical quality: 11/10 (:raised_hands: extra point for Hopkins' perfomance)
Progression: 9/10 (It's fast. Almost a bit too fast)
Consistency: 8/10 (the plots changes quite a bit between the season, but here it could be a good thing?)
Intensity (cliffhangers, edge of seat and the like): 10/10
Drama: 10/10
(Please like comment if helpful, and I'll keep writing them this way)
what a shame for an excellent first season of a series like this. the first season is a 8 or even a possibly 9, but season is only about a 6.
比第1季差太遠了
S01: 節奏有點慢，濃縮點會更好
Season 1 was for the most time great.
Season 2 is the biggest pile of shit I've ever seen, trying to do something tangled and complex doesn't make it automatically cool. And that is what happens with this season, trying to do something cool and complex ends as nonsense trash.
season 1 was amazing but season 2 was a let down
of the best series, but for season three I hope that mailin is still alive <3
All aboard the mindfuck train! Fantastic show!
The first couple shows will test your commitment, but just keep watching! It'll be well worth it. The show has tid bits that feel like other movies and shows plots but does a great job keeping itself in it's own lane.
Still
The show is entertaining and keeps you wanting more after each episode. There lots of killing, mind-blown moments and lots of sexual content. LOTS.
With that being said, this is not a show to watch with the family lol. Still, a very good show.
HBO does it again. Totally hooked.
If anyone staring this show, I would highly recommend waiting till season 2 is over before starting. Season 2 has some bad editing. No visual indicator as to where in timeline things are taking place & every episode they jump all over the time line. By the time you figure things out, you have to wait a week to see the next episode & by that time you forgot everything from the week before. Just wait 2 more weeks. Moving forward I’m only watching this show after the entire season has aired.
This being an awesome show, guarantees the idiots in Hollywood will cancel it because actors and writers will be forced to work. That always gives them the idea that their skills are more valuable than they actually are. When in reality, Hollywod Execs, and actors in general should be getting the message that most Americans actually don't give two shits for their opinions, or existence. We just want to be entertained with stable, consistant, programming, that includes long running eposodic shows, sans drama queens and over-inflated egotists. .
I was lost for the first 5 episodes of the season 1 and than I just couldn't stop watching it. I literally was waiting to get home to see the serie. and then, for the end of the season my mind...just... puff... the best show ever!!!! after the Games of Thrones, obviously.
I'll be your huckle berry
Started out as a very promising show. Unfortunately, the writers care only about suspense and action instead of thinking the story through. In the end, the plot is ridden with holes like a Swiss cheese, bending rules however they feel like at the moment, disregarding everything established before. Shame.
Awesome but who IS thé dude in the final scène?
I'm watching it again, and damn it's so great.
Very clever, very violent, very adult. It's the mystery and the depth that hooked me and kept me looking for the deeper story. The payoff was worth it. I was put off by the HBO-ification ("add more sex and violence, it'll bring in the viewers") that distracted from the heart of the show but I loved the actors, the framework, the reveals and the maze.
it's a very fascinating story with a very intriguing and captivating performance from the entire cast. I absolutely loved it. So engaging too. Can't wait to see the new "storyline" he gave up his life for. :D
it's a very fascinating story with a very intriguing and captivating performance from the entire cast. I absolutely loved it. So engaging too. can't wait to see the new "storyline" he gave his life up for. :D
I survived through 8 episodes. The show is beautiful, the acting is great, and I just love seeing fellow Brazilians working in cool shows like this (go, Santoro!). I got to enjoy most of the characters too, I thought they were well built, and I got to see a lot of development during these 8 episodes. I specially appreciated Jimmi Simpson as William, as I think heroic characters of this particular type are a very rare find nowadays.
However, episode after episode, I found myself less and less interested in the plots. Some scenes caught my attention here and there (Dolores's, and Maeve's scenes really stand out!), but I was most of the time pretty indifferent to what I was seeing. It came to the point when I began dreading whenever my randomized media list would fall on an episode, and I kept skipping it several times before I could convince myself to watch it. Finally, I just decided to give up entirely.
I was severely disappointed with the themes the series chose to explore, as they were not what I thought they would be from the pilot. The development outside the park was also extremely slow, with most things left obvious but unsaid through several episodes, until they were finally "revealed" making it all just very anti-climatic. I really cannot make myself go through it.
terrible show is this, waste of time.
this show hooked me like no other since LOST. might not be objectively one of the best shows ever, but the pacing and suspense (and twists) all made it so fun to watch.
great show, fun to watch
If you love TV shows, you can't miss this one. This is a must. It makes you wonder about humanity and our future.
Unfortunately, as it goes on, the show gets lost in too many brain teasers which weaken its strength.
Most overrated show on TV.
Wow, very awesome show at every level. The proportions of good acting, writing, and art are very well balanced. I felt very well rewarded even when I guessed a plot-line and even when I didn't.
The show is very much a reflection of our humanity without all the filters and forced drama. The show drew me in almost all on pure curiosity and mystery.
Can't wait until 2018!
A very compelling story! The acting is a welcomed treat and I can't stop watching it. Definitely worth a try.
Looking forward to Samurai World, Viking World and Medieval World :)
One hell of a show. Engaging, enthralling, confusing, brimming with brilliant acting and sure to make you question what you just saw was real, but then again... "if you can't tell the difference... does it matter?"
excellent spinoff of the movie
Wow this first season was a great one. U really have to follow the episodes closely but at the end. Super!!
Wow, really cool! At first I thought "Cowboys versus Aliens", but it's nothing like that.
Very smart concept and I hope it goes on!
What a terribly bad series with all that nonsense which no normal person understands something!
In just one word....... PHENOMENAL!
Decent show, very watchable. Not as deep as Humans but has more fun and games involved, will be keeping on with this series.
Amazing show amazing acting. Can't wait for season two in 2018.
Destined to give Game of Thrones a run for its money, great acting, interesting storyline but vastly different from original movie starring Yul Bryner
at the start i didn't know how i felt about this show, but watched more and more it grew on me.
This show has some nice twist and very good story line.
The Ending leaves you wonder what is to come of Season 2 and westworld anyone who wants to be hooked you should watch this
10/10 from me
This TvShow will go down in movie history as the "Blade Runner" of the XXI Century.
So complex, following what's going on takes actual work and you will be clueless most of the time but it is so worth it when it all comes together.
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so jurassic park mixed with that dr who episode with the cyborg cowboy?