Great first episode!

I'm excited to see where they go with it.

Edited October 3, 20169 yr by TMoney

I thought it was great, and it has tons of potential.  

Agreed... subscribed.

I am a big fan of the Yul Brynner movie.

That said, I'm totally digging what they're doing with this show.  References to repeated storyline ideas like Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow.  I totally dug the use of an orchestral version of Paint It Black (Battlestar Galactica reference?), and then the bizarre Shakespeare quotes that just was its own thing.

In.

Don't forget Black Hole Sun on the player piano!

I missed that! Probably not subconsciously, though, it took me a couple seconds before I recognized Paint It, Black...I did love the use of piano during the opening credits.

Like it, have set up series recording.  Hope the writers continue down the classical sci-fi path, with mysterious, thought-provoking ideas.   

Twisted and dark enough to keep it interesting.  Hopefully the ongoing story line is solid.  Quite the cast.

HS

Episode 2 is stream-able on HBOGo already.

Wow. This show already has me hooked.

Keeping tabs on the songs (it's all very deliberate, apparently):  Episode 2 -- Radiohead, No Surprises @ 24:35 -- I had to look this one up, too, but at least I recognized it right away as a player piano/orchestral rendition of a contemporary pop tune.

I love what they did with the Thandi Newton character, "bump up her aggression" (and she practically grabs a guest by her pussy), and then turn up her emotional acuity just a tad, and she becomes just right?

I'm definitely looking forward to episode 3.

I got the Joplin, and recognize but can't name the one at 37:33.  Debussy?  Sartre?

Also, someone pointed out that all three songs in the first episode had something to do with 'black' -- Paint It, Black, Black Hole Sun, and the song in the end credits was by the man in black (johnny Cash).

Did you mean Satie, not Sartre?  I don't remember the song.  I thought episode three was pretty great.  Answered a lot of questions, but raised new ones, too.

41 minutes ago, EdipisReks1 said:

Did you mean Satie, not Sartre?  

Lollers...yes, yes I did.  There's a lot of dialog over it, but I'll see if I can't give Shazam or SoundHound a go.

And yes, I do like the way they're propelling the story without rushing things.

Continues to remind of Battlestar Galactica. 

it certainly felt like rushing to me last night.

17 minutes ago, grawk said:

it certainly felt like rushing to me last night.

I didn't think so: most of the scenes with Dolores were quite measured.  As were the scenes between Ford and Bernard.  I thought the conversation between Teddy and Delores was lovely.  I never know that Evan Rachel Wood was such a good actor.

So, the woodcarver: I got the impression that he did that to himself to avoid being analyzed.  Maybe part of the maze?

Edited October 17, 20169 yr by EdipisReks1

2 hours ago, grawk said:

it certainly felt like rushing to me last night.

What?  No, not even maybe.  Maybe compared to Luke Cage, but pretty much no other show I can think of (certainly not Dollhouse).

And it was during (one of?) the conversation(s?) between Bernard and Ford where there was an automaton playing piano in the background (I the fact that they use largely pianos, and a variety of them, even during the opening credits) that I'm not recognizing the song.  (wanders off, returns)  Ooh, ooh, I was right, it was Debussy:

Nice, another callback to "reveries".

Right on, Dusty!

Specifically I think they're rushing the replicants have memories and feelings angle.  I think that should have taken longer to come out.  But I don't know the source material at all.

1 hour ago, grawk said:

But I don't know the source material at all.

I think that is part of the fun of the Westworld experience. No one really knows where they are going to go with it.

That and the cast is phenomenal for a TV series.

Ok. Reread your welcome pm

On 10/17/2016 at 9:38 PM, grawk said:

But I don't know the source material at all.

Give the old movie a watch if you like 70's scifi. It's only about an hour and a half. The show departs drastically from it except for the main premise and a few thematic similarities though. The movie is mostly good for seeing what Terminator and Jurassic Park pulled from it later.

Episode 4 music, besides soundtrack:

player piano cover of "A Forest" by the Cure

at 53:30 "Habanera" from Carmen, Bizet

I giggled when the Cure started.

I find myself giggling at least once per episode.