Westworld faces something quite unique in Season 3: it either breaks it completely or consolidates it as the next TV revelation after Lost or Game of Thrones. Can't say I'm not worried after seeing 'Parce Domain', but I'll lie if I say I'm not excited.
The first 20-25 minutes where the ones that got me really, really worried. It felt sloppy, amateur. Too many cuts, too many sound effects, not enough time to really BE and feel like you're in a scene, like Westworld usually does. Thing is... was it on purpose? I'll explain.
The writers of this episode really got me with the scene inside the car. After that, everything started to really make sense very, very fast to me and excitement overcame worry. I loved that second half of the episode, which made me wonder why the first half felt, with its audio and video cuts and cringable speeches, like an highly-testosteroned trailer for your everyday, white label dystopian movie. Like a... dream?
It was like taking a nap when you're high. And maybe, just maybe, that was the intention. 'He's just tripping', a character said, and I thought "wow that's a bad script". Maybe that was the intention? To us to feel like 'tripping'?
I gotta say, I know what I'm saying sounds crazy, but I can't understand why such a sloppy start fell into place after real action took place. First you feel doozy with so much new information, so fast, sometimes so weird, sometimes too easy... and suddenly BOOM! You're into Westworld Season 3.
I give it a 9/10 because that's what I felt after finishing the episode (btw, look out for that post-credits scene! ) It definitely puts the show in a great starting point, and even if I struggled at first, that first half eventually felt like a weird dream, like a blurred memory, when the episode finished.
If that was the intention, it is brilliant. Weird, but brilliant.
If it wasn't, the great starting point is still there.
Whatever it is, Westworld is back! Let's feel it, like we love to.
The first 20-25 minutes where the ones that got me really, really worried. It felt sloppy, amateur. Too many cuts, too many sound effects, not enough time to really BE and feel like you're in a scene, like Westworld usually does. Thing is... was it on purpose? I'll explain.
The writers of this episode really got me with the scene inside the car. After that, everything started to really make sense very, very fast to me and excitement overcame worry. I loved that second half of the episode, which made me wonder why the first half felt, with its audio and video cuts and cringable speeches, like an highly-testosteroned trailer for your everyday, white label dystopian movie. Like a... dream?
It was like taking a nap when you're high. And maybe, just maybe, that was the intention. 'He's just tripping', a character said, and I thought "wow that's a bad script". Maybe that was the intention? To us to feel like 'tripping'?
I gotta say, I know what I'm saying sounds crazy, but I can't understand why such a sloppy start fell into place after real action took place. First you feel doozy with so much new information, so fast, sometimes so weird, sometimes too easy... and suddenly BOOM! You're into Westworld Season 3.
I give it a 9/10 because that's what I felt after finishing the episode (btw, look out for that post-credits scene! ) It definitely puts the show in a great starting point, and even if I struggled at first, that first half eventually felt like a weird dream, like a blurred memory, when the episode finished.
If that was the intention, it is brilliant. Weird, but brilliant.
If it wasn't, the great starting point is still there.
Whatever it is, Westworld is back! Let's feel it, like we love to.