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Originally Posted by Ammi
..I finally caught up and watched the last episode...wow, a great ending..I'm still loving that kind of flipping of creators and hosts as well, that tear from Maeve as she saw Clementine...  ..while the creators carrying out the lobotomy and seeming less feeling of emotion as humans.../just loving everything about this series...  .. |
That's one of the deviations from the movie I love the most, how the Hosts have been fleshed out as characters in their own rights and all the moral questions that come with it. I really enjoyed the movie but I have to say I'm far preferring the TV series for how much deeper and more complex it is (all the cryptic mysteries really call to the Lost fan in me
), rather than it being a standard story of robots going haywire and killing the guests.
I watched episode 8 last night. Once again a fantastic episode
(I'd lie if I said I wasn't confused because I definitely am but in a good way
).
Spoiler:
It's mainly Dolores' story that I'm most confused by with the little visions she keeps having
It was cool to see the flashback from the park's early days again but this time to find out it was from Dolores' PoV (and I never even noticed Maeve in the background of that scene the first time around).
After the Host who greeted William showed up in the park and the Man in Black recognised her, I was back on board with the William = MiB theory but I'm still not sure if they're gonna do it. I had read a theory that her scenes with William were indeed taking place 30 years ago (during an earlier awakening she had due to the influence of Arnold) and those brief shots of her alone are actually her present-day.
I do think there are at least two separate timelines at play. I'm still convinced the Dolores / Bernard scenes are in the past and "Bernard" in those scenes is actually Arnold and the two different Westworld logos seen throughout the show is another hint. But then, the logo that seems to be the older one is seen when William arrives, and if the logos are significant then that definitely places his story in the past so he could be the Man in Black after all. UNLESS there's a huge swerve and the logo we think is the modern day one is actually the past one and vice versa.
MY HEAD
On a less mind melting note, I like Talulah Riley (Angela, the Host who greeted Wiliam) so I'm liking her role turning out to be a little bigger than expected. Her being revealed as a Wyatt follower was a cool twist.
Maeve remains amazing
When she was literally dictating the story around her
Cracked up at Armistice noticing the Sheriff tip his hat to her and shooting him anyway
As heartbreaking as Clementine being replaced is, I couldn't help but love the meta aspect of a character in a story noticing one of the the roles has been recast