Tuesday, January 10, 2017

TV review - "Westworld Season 1" (2016) *** (warning: spoilers)

Not bad. It was hard going at first but there were two decent twists - I kind of guessed that Jeffrey Wright was a robot (well maybe not him exactly but I guessed someone would be) but the second one (the time jump) I didn't spot coming.

I felt maybe the show runners focused too much on the end game for season one and didn't exploit the possibilities inherent in the "world" - just casual little stories. There was a lot of piano playing of modern songs, and orgies and shooting people, but that was about it. Like many an HBO show, slow moments would perk up outbursts of sex and violence.

The acting was very high quality, the production values were divine and it did get better as things went on.

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