Kalbear Posted November 4, 2022 Share Posted November 4, 2022 8 minutes ago, Werthead said: Apparently a historical moment: this will make 2023 the first year since 2000 that Bad Robot has not had a show in production or airing on American TV. They have a bunch of stuff in development but northing formally greenlit. I bought Season 1 on Blu-Ray (ha) years ago but never got round to watching it, and then everyone and their uncle seemed to despise Season 2 onwards. Is it worth watching? I wasn't a huge fan of the original movie either. It's worth watching, IMO. I actually started with Season 3 and 4 and I found them brilliant and also super cool as far as cyberpunky near future stuff. It's also beautiful to watch and has great music. It didn't capture the mindfuck of the first season, but I also think that that wasn't sustainable; you can't have the mystery of the season be that way every season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Yeah, while it made for a strong first season I think the mind fuck angle hurt the show in terms of audience expectations, and the impact on the show runners in response to the audience figuring it out. Still worth watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Fooools! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 This is embarrassing but I learned to play most of the opening theme on piano. I got to play it twice around other people but no one ever asked "is that the Westworld theme?" so I never got to say "It didn't sound like anything to me." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 9 minutes ago, RumHam said: This is embarrassing but I learned to play most of the opening theme on piano. I got to play it twice around other people but no one ever asked "is that the Westworld theme?" so I never got to say "It didn't sound like anything to me." That's a goddamn shame. Good on you nonetheless though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 44 minutes ago, RumHam said: This is embarrassing but I learned to play most of the opening theme on piano. That's awesome, shouldn't be embarrassed at all. Anyway, not surprising at all but still disappointing that it finally happened. Like the Dems losing the House on Tuesday. To reiterate, I thought season 4 was outstanding and very much worthy of letting Joy and Nolan finish it up. Still, it's not as frustrating as my all-time sadness of cancellation - Sarah Connor Chronicles. I still on occasion imagine what season 3 would be like. Here it's just more sad how things were left for Maeve and Bernard. They deserved so much better - meaning at least better death scenes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 I just turned on my cell phone and a story popped up saying the cast is being paid for Season 5. I guess the production team was ready to roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 This made me chuckle (Kilter Films is Joy and Nolan): Quote And here’s Kilter Films’ statement: “Making Westworld has been one of the highlights of our careers. We are deeply grateful to our extraordinary cast and crew for creating these indelible characters and brilliant worlds. We’ve been privileged to tell these stories about the future of consciousness – both human and beyond – in the brief window of time before our AI overlords forbid us from doing so.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 9 hours ago, DMC said: Still, it's not as frustrating as my all-time sadness of cancellation - Sarah Connor Chronicles. I still on occasion imagine what season 3 would be like. I can't imagine there's many of us, but I'll toast to that. I loved it. I haven't rewatched because I'll just get annoyed again, but I should do so anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 17 hours ago, Cas Stark said: I'm not surprised, and given the drop off in quality, I'm not really upset either. The 'old' HBO though would have given then the final year. They did that for Boardwalk Empire and part of me wishes they didn't. I still haven't seen season 4 but I think I'll get around to it this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 19 minutes ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said: They did that for Boardwalk Empire and part of me wishes they didn't. I still haven't seen season 4 but I think I'll get around to it this week. I fully agree about Boardwalk Empire. The final season of that show felt beyond weird, almost as if many of the actors weren't available at the same time and it became noticeable the longer that season went on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 35 minutes ago, karaddin said: I can't imagine there's many of us, but I'll toast to that. I loved it. I haven't rewatched because I'll just get annoyed again, but I should do so anyway. Hey, I really enjoyed that show as well. I thought I was the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cas Stark Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Season 1 is one of my all time favorites seasons of television. It is 100% worth watching. Season 2, while uneven, and overly concerned with fooling the audience, is still very, very good TV. Season 3 was a huge drop and season 4, better but still not that great. I imagine that sooner or later we will hear what Joy and Nolan had in mind for the final season and how it all would have ended. My saddest cancellations were Canivale and Penny Dreadful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Season 1 is perfect Season 2 is Perfect's pretty cousin Season 3 is Perfect's eccentric cousin Season 4 is Perfect's DILF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadlines? What Deadlines? Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 2 hours ago, sifth said: I fully agree about Boardwalk Empire. The final season of that show felt beyond weird, almost as if many of the actors weren't available at the same time and it became noticeable the longer that season went on. They had effectively cancelled the show but gave them enough to do a truncated final season to tie up some of the main story threads. Season 5 was actually season 10 with seasons 5 thru 9 existing in some alternate universe somewhere. It's incredibly frustrating when you consider how season 4 ended. Boardwalk Empire was a very expensive show to produce but it didn't have the viewership to justify the cost. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumHam Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Deadlines? What Deadlines? said: They did that for Boardwalk Empire and part of me wishes they didn't. I still haven't seen season 4 but I think I'll get around to it this week. I'm glad the final season exists if only for Chalky's storyline. Sure it's a little contrived that he and Daughter showed up at Narcisse's place at the same time. But damn was that powerful. I haven't watched it since Williams died. Capone's stuff is pretty great too, especially the last bit with his son. The casting on that show was incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 36 minutes ago, RumHam said: I'm glad the final season exists if only for Chalky's storyline. Sure it's a little contrived that he and Daughter showed up at Narcisse's place at the same time. But damn was that powerful. I haven't watched it since Williams died. Capone's stuff is pretty great too, especially the last bit with his son. The casting on that show was incredible. Not sure if I agree about Capone. One thing I found rather funny about Capone in season 5 was, he never seemed to leave his hotel, until the final episode. We're told quite often by other characters he was off doing other things, but every scene with the character in the flesh , was always in the same location. I wonder if his actor was off working on another project and they only had one set for him, for most of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psynetik123 Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 Not surprised by this cancellation at all. The first season was great, but after that the quality just nosedived straight off a cliff and never recovered. Nolan and Joy are a pair of dumb hacks who got lucky with the first season, and wouldn't know what good writing is if it slapped them in the face. On a side note, I'm also really worried right now for the Fallout TV series they're currently working on, as Fallout is one of my favourite vidya gaem series and the last thing I want to see is for them to inflict their unique brand of braindead writing onto it. Can't wait for every episode of Fallout to end with a braindead retarded plot twist that defies all logic and forces you to suspend your disbelief at how pants-on-head retarded it is. Also can't wait for the series to repeatedly jump backwards and forwards in time just to confuse and misdirect the viewer. Because that's the hallmark of a well-written series: repeatedly trying to confuse the viewer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winterfell is Burning Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 8 hours ago, sifth said: I fully agree about Boardwalk Empire. The final season of that show felt beyond weird, almost as if many of the actors weren't available at the same time and it became noticeable the longer that season went on. The actors were available. If was Terrence Winter and Scorsese's decision to end the show early so they can focus on the old man nostalgia porn that was Vinyl, which got cancelled after one season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sifth Posted November 6, 2022 Share Posted November 6, 2022 39 minutes ago, Winterfell is Burning said: The actors were available. If was Terrence Winter and Scorsese's decision to end the show early so they can focus on the old man nostalgia porn that was Vinyl, which got cancelled after one season So why was Capon only on one set, for nearly the entire season? It drove me nuts watching the show, the first time around, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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