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.
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
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.
If anyone else call the first episode a pilot, I swear I´ll cut his tongue. The budget for its Premiere was in the neighborhood USD 25 million that its what many others get for a whole fall season (12 episode); which means that we aren't watching a pilot but a Full Fledge International Premiere.
It has all the ingredients, including a very large budget to succeed. My concern is if Sci-fi as a subject in itself could lack enough mass appeal, the way that firefly did, to support the costly special effects, outdoor filming and cast. Most, if not all, Sci-fi productions happen inside a space ship in the middle of blackness. But this series is here to break molds, and being Sci-fi, it's staged at some Westen Village and natural surroundings, so many scenes include a lot of exteriors, blended with special effects.
Very few TV Series that are longer than "A Band of Brothers" have been able to support these kind expenses, right know only one comes to mind, Game of Thrones, I hope it becomes its successor audience because in every other aspect it surpasses the latter by far. I'm sorry Game of Thrones fans but that's the way it's.
I guess we are lucky that HBO is behind it and it has a tradition of being kind of stubborn on Quality and not so much on audiences (at least for two seasons). Hope they have not changed lately.
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 TvShow will go down in movie history as the "Blade Runner" of the XXI Century.
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.
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
If it would be just Season 1, rating 9, maybe even ten. All 4 seasons together more like a 7... Or 6.
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.
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 :)
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
I am honestly amazed at how bad season 4 is, even compared to how bad season 3 was.
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.
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
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)
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.
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.
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.
Anyone else totally lost the plot of this show?
Got bored 5 minutes into the first episode, skimmed through, shit show. Nothing to see here!
Luv the futuristic rise of ai beings
Nearly time for season 4,cant wait especially after believing it had been cancelled.
WTF....a fourth season meant to be coming out?
I doesn't look like anything to me.
I've liked this series from the beginning and it just got better with each episode. The 1st season finale was spectacular! Well worth watching, maybe best as a binge watch (I found it difficult to wait a week between episodes, and the story was so complex/original/unique it may be best to have no memory lag from one episode to another. I'm glad they have renewed it for another season. I give it a 10 (outstanding) out of 10.
Thoughts at the end of Season Two - The series has not deviated from it's quality, but this season was even more complex, and I reiterate that binging may be the best way to watch (if you can handle waiting until all 10 episodes of the season air before digging in). Three helpful hints in watching the series (I'll hide them as spoilers in case you'd rather figure it out for yourself. If you get lost come back here and this may help): there are two interweaving post massacre timelines that involve Bernard which are separated by two weeks, the second begins with Bernard found on the beach, try to separate them from each other. The other characters back stories are pre massacre. And finally, like Marvel, there is a post credit scene at the end of episode 10 which is set in the distant future. . The second season never missed a beat and I maintain it's 10 (outstanding) out of 10 rating. Unsurprisingly, it has been renewed for a third season. [Futuristic Drama]
Brilliant first season.
Meh second season.
Great third season but meh X2 ending.
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.
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.
Wow this first season was a great one. U really have to follow the episodes closely but at the end. Super!!
Season 3 is absolutely horrible. not sure about this show anymore..
\W/estworld give you such an amazing production, that even as a viewer its hard to tell the real apart from the computer made. The quality of the story is no less than superb. Cast are amazing - true, real, and believable every step of the way.
The plot itself is gripping and flowing. By the 2nd episode I'm hooked. I took a small break in the middle of the episode, and found myself just keep thinking about it.
You don't get "cheap" cliff hangers here like in the TWD (which I watch), but actually an ending for each episode.
Only thing is that they say F*ck just all the time, which I think even real people so say so much. Not including Irish.
Extremely recommended, 10/10.
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...
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.
Totally in love with Maeve <3
Most overrated show on TV.
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)
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.
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?
Season 1 was amazing, but the rest is just a mess.
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
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.
Worth the watch cause season 3 kills it all... What an epic anticipation from us
It's so rare to find such jewel. Everything about this show is perfect. Stellar cast that superbly does the job. Not one bad apple among them. Script, dialog and narrative are finely tuned machines that deliver the exact amount of excitement needed. After watching only one episode I recommend this show to everyone because I know that it will deliver excellence throughout the entire season.
A very compelling story! The acting is a welcomed treat and I can't stop watching it. Definitely worth a try.
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:
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?"
Easily the best TV show in a long time. Superb acting and very intelligent writing.
I will have to re-watch this before the second season because it´s so complex I´m not sure I´ll remember everything when the time comes.
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. .
HBO does it again. Totally hooked.
season 1 was amazing but season 2 was a let down
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.
Big HBO production. Slow gripping storyline following both humans and android/robot/replicant. Probably the best show of 2016.
[Edit 2020] After watching the second and third season, I would recommend NOT to watch the 2nd season and ignore completely the 3rd one, despite the fact that 3 more season are planned. The reason is whereas the 1st season is close to the original material, the interesting bits of the slow 2nd season are dropped in the 3rd one and replaced by a very boring simplistic story line. I would go as far as comparing it to Altered Carbon (another science fiction show that has more emphasis on action and CGI than actual character development and story) . I have therefore dropped the rating accordingly.
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.
one of the most entertaining piecies of film in the last 20 yrs
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
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.
of the best series, but for season three I hope that mailin is still alive <3
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.
It's the best TV show after Game of Thrones.
This is absolutely my favorite new show. I would even say it is my new favorite show.
It's crazy to find out not all of androids are hosts for the park. Some of them perform other roles.
Great show, Great Acting, Really interesting plot.
watch the series and make something in your miserable life
I'm in love with this show if this show was a girl l would fall in love with her
Second episode"Chestnut" was much more interesting than the first episode, think it really has potential if the storylines continue to progress, or will it become just a weekly kind of futuristic "Fantasy Island"... Which could be cool, but not this show!
Well, this can't be not awesome, Jonathan Nolan knows his way around artificial intelligences.
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.
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.
I'm watching it again, and damn it's so great.
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?
In just one word....... PHENOMENAL!
So far its all good cant wait for next ep.
I'm waiting for this series to bring something .. that something that's missing... it's still not there.
Not sure if it will live up to the hype they created around it, or it's just gonna be another 'Antony Hopkins is one of them' and killed Arnold kind of story.
Wake me up when it gets interesting.
OMG, loved the original film so was looking forward to this, it's brilliant and does not disappoint.
Great show, Great Actors, 100% recommend this show.
This is the kind of cerebral show that you expect from HBO and Nolan. I hope it gets enough audience to tell a complete coherent story.
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!
terrible show is this, waste of time.
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.
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....
feeling empty and amazed of how good this show has been so far, and wanting more too. just perfection, whoever though Game Of Thrones was the top tv show well they thought wrong. because this one is utterly PERFECTION.
Watch Season 1 and 2 only
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.
I'm instantly addicted to this show. Kind of wishing I'd waited until S1 was over before watching as a week seems like such a long time to wait between episodes.
All aboard the mindfuck train! Fantastic show!
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!
Looking forward to Samurai World, Viking World and Medieval World :)
Good but a little bit dissapointment
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
Fantastic and immersive, a must watch for all.
I'm loving this show thoroughly!
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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!