2022-11-22
Westworld
Westworld is an award winning Movie and TV series, originally created by Michael Criton (who also created Jurassic Park and The 13th Warrior), but re-envision by Jonathan Nolan (et al.). It follows several characters through a future where technology has advanced so far that humonoid androids are almost indistinguishable from their makers, in both appearence and behaviour. The latter though is showcased as sophisticated programming that simply mimics real human behaviours and actions.
Loved by the Gods
Slaves to Masters
In the first season, the character Maeve actions directly seek to both defy and escape her jailers, and to live her life in the real world, without the illusions and character stories setting out her actions, defining her destiny. The plotline shares the typical ideas of freedom that are common across a whole host of media, and also real life. This makes her story all the more meaningful.
In season 2 we meet the alter ego of Deloris, the bloody (and probably deranged) Wyatt.
The End is Nigh
A theme which only sufaces from time to time in the first two seasons of the series is this idea that mankind (and their world) are always near the brink of disaster and eventual extinction. In Seasons 3 and 4, this theme becomes central to the plot, with both humans and hosts justifying their actions (past and present) with the preservation of their kind.
At the face of it, this theme adds weight to the series and a clear sense of urgancy to the actions of the characters. Under it though, we see a dark truth to the world in which Westworld plays out: that the technocratic utopia not only did not last, but that its very existence led to the downfall of mankind.