Tell me why they grouped season 1 and 2 together in TMDB? Anime is no different than a TV show with multiple SEASONS, for anyone who is editing the database, stop trying to be different, please
More or less the as good as season 2 in terms of quality, but for very different reasons.
First of all, I like what they did with the story and most of the characters this season.
It pulls from things like The Matrix, Terminator and Minority Report in order to create something we haven’t quite seen before.
It’s more streamlined than last season, but it hasn’t been dumbed down in any way, as the show still messes with your mind.
I loved pretty much everything they did with Dolores, Maeve, Hale, Caleb and Serac.
Also, visually and musically, the show’s better than it ever has been before.
On the other hand, they really had no idea what to do with Bernard, Stubbs and William this season, so much so that their scenes got increasingly more dull as the season went on.
The post-credits scene in the final episode pretty much undoes the whole arc of one of these characters.
I also feel like the amount of forced plot mechanics has increased.
There is a lot more plotblocking than what is usually the case in this show, and sometimes characters conveniently show up at locations because the writers want it to happen, not because it would be logical.
Finally, they really have to up their game when it comes to the action scenes.
They used to be quite strong, but the hand to hand combat specifically tends to look like something out of a movie from the ‘70s.
7.5/10
Season 3 feels like a whole different show. Feels almost unrelated to the first and second seasons. It's a good extension to the show, not sure why there's so much hate for it online.
This was the best season of Westworld yet. I’ve been a fan of the Westworld franchise since I saw the original movie in the late 90s. But I digress, if you like cyberpunk fiction and media, you’ll really love where they took this season.
They basically take all the best tropes & inspirations of: Equilibrium, Terminator, iRobot, Ghost in the Shell, Big O (the androids subplot specifically), some original extra bits & twists of their own; and create this dystopic shithole that I love to see in cyberpunk. There’s this really sick drug called Genre where Aaron Paul’s character is tripping hella hard on for the majority of the episode. Gotta love when futuristic media creates new designer drugs that work with the subjects chemical brain and mechanical augmentations at the same time. To he honest tho, there were a few parts that were a bit to convenient for the plot. But if you can ignore that and get immersed in the world building, fantastical sci-fi, and beautiful cinematography; then you’ll have a fantastic time. The music in this season was also pretty on point.
I’ve spent the last two-ish weeks watching and falling in love with Westworld, after years of contemplating watching it, and after months of stalling after having paused my initial watch of the first season from last year. And I’m now finally ready for the upcoming Season 4 premiere tomorrow/Monday for me. I’m in love with the ideas at play in this series and how it’s been executed for three seasons, and I’m glad to say after my initial doubts, it’s quickly risen to become one of my favourite shows I’ve ever seen. Love that there’s a masterful sci-fi series out there (right now) about consciousness and free will and the soul of humanity in what makes us humans. It’s brilliant, it’s inventive, it’s entertaining, it’s emotionally cathartic, and it’s really darn bloody good. Can’t wait for S4!
I liked this better than season 2. Season 1 was a masterpiece with a novel concept that was introduced wonderfully. Second season was more of the same. This season has taken the challenge and brought the fight/story to the real world and seems to have evolved the show into something completely different.
I wish more shows did this rather than trying to remake the same season of a show again and again until audiences tire of the show (Walking Dead, Hand maid’s tale, prison break etc.).
Absolutely the best season of the show for a few reasons. What, why, how?!? some will say. Here is why - there is no ridiculous western theme with an enormous and often tedious backstory that frequently has only superficially to do with the issues the show is dissecting (do androids dream of electric sheep). There are still plot holes, but the story is more or less logical, there is a humanly comprehensible amount of characters and they interact and coalesce in logical ways. I almost didn't watch this season after reading the reviews, but it is honestly what I expected the first season to be.
Season 2 was absolute garbage, glad season 3 managed to save the show again!
I really missed real Archer. This doesn't reach the heights of the early years but at least it's really good, again