Anyone watch Hbo's next big thing?
To much of a mind**** for me.
Anyone watch Hbo's next big thing?
To much of a mind**** for me.
I've seen the trailer. I'll check out the show at some point this week. Looks like a hell of a cast.
Watched it and will continue to. Pretty heady stuff. Like all HBO shows, a bit of nudity for nothing other than shock value, but that's come to be expected. Has sort of an Ex Machina feel so it's going to be delving into some existential territory. Great cast. I'll tune in again.
"For there is always light, if only we are brave enough to see it. If only we are brave enough to be it." Amanda Gorman
"When Fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
Season Finale was tonight. Not gonna delve too much into the nitty gritty for spoiler reasons.
But a few questions I have.
First, guns. Why and how? The last episode really brings things to a head for me. And there is less explanation and this makes it crazier.
Second is where does it take place. We know more about the whens of the show, but the where is all over the place.
The rest are spoiler heavy so I'll come back tomorrow with a spoiler wrap.
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
I enjoyed the season. Some great concepts. I will let other weigh in on their perspectives before I list a couple of gripes I have.
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Spoiler:
Thewupk. My response below is to you
Spoiler:
Stockholm, more densely populated than NYC - sturg
Solid show. Really enjoyed the twists at the end.
Ivermectin Man
I actually think, unlike most other HBO shows, the nudity is Westworld was not for shock value—at least not the usual sort. I personally really like the reading (not original to me) that the show is, in any ways, a commentary on (among other things) the nature of spectatorship, and specifically a critique of HBO's viewers and other shows/showrunners. The nudity in Westworld is mostly very clinical and sterile, and I think the staging and cinematography does a very good job of making its nudity desexualized, or at least "unsexy," in a way that nicely problematizes the sort of nudity featured in, say, Game of Thrones*. Meanwhile, the guests function, to at least some extent, as a stand-in for the viewers at home, especially those who are also fans of Game of Thrones and its ilk (of which I am admittedly one), and even more especially for those who watch the show for its sex-&-violence appeal.
* Somewhat to its credit, I think Game of Thrones attempts this as well, at times—for instance Circe's "walk of shame" scene; but it's also telling that its biggest moment of desexualized nudity involved a proud woman being shamed, spit upon, assaulted, et cetera.
"For all his tattooings he was on the whole a clean, comely looking cannibal."
weso1 (12-30-2016)
This is funny timing. I'm currently rewatching Game of Thrones and was just discussing with my wife the necessary vs. unnecessary nudity in Game of Thrones. I'm on season 2 and every episode has had nudity so far, but I think only three scenes of nudity were necessary in regards to the audience. The scene where dragon lady is disrobed by her brother, the scene where the lady of the light is being seductive to seduce the wannabe king and the scene where the gay wannabe king was seduced by his girl. All other nudity seemed like pornography.
thank you weso1!
To be clear, I'm not anti-nudity in film/television/stage and weso has summed up my feelings better than I did. As he points out, if the nudity is central to what is happening to a character or furthers the plot in some way, it can be an effective and meaningful storytelling tool. It just seems to be a requisite on a lot of the premium cable dramas that there is nudity for the sake of nudity, which can dull its effectiveness.
jpx7 (12-31-2016)
I absolutely loved the first season. Practically flawless.
jpx7 (12-31-2016)