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The first episode of HBO ’s painstaking sci - fi westernWestworldprovokedtheories of human failure and robot revolt . But like any good J.J. Abrams - farm television receiver show , there seems to be enough blot out under the veil of secrecy that could reboot the dramatic C.P.U. ( to put it in AI terms ) . Here ’s what we woke up thinking about just time of day after the bragging premiere . Are the answers in good order under our synthetically sculpted noses ?
How do Westworld guests get to and from the park?
Where , exactly , is this place ? How do paying customers trance the train ? It ’s a decent touch that customer arrive in townspeople along with hosts , but it ’s also confusing . It ’s a moment more well-defined in Michael Crichton ’s original flick , in which visitors locomote in together from a actual - world fix via hovercraft and arrive at a futuristic - face greeting area at an adult amusement Mungo Park visit Delos , where they are fit and then ship off to one of three themed subsections : West World , Medieval World , or Roman World . Will the HBO series get out back to reveal the functional earth outside the park ?
Is Delos still a thing?
In the center of the premiere sequence , Luke Hemsworth ’s security chief ( yes , there ’s a third Hemsworth ) and his crew head to what seems to be an abandon storage sphere after invite a " livestock alert . " In the view , a eat ball hold the name Delos can be seen in the background . What the heck does that mean ? Is the tummy still functioning , and if so , could that indicate that Romanworld and Medievalworld are or were part of the show ’s mythology ? Will we ever see Futureworld and Spaworld fromFutureworld , the 1976 flop continuation toWestworld ? Is this just a slick call - out or a legitimate clue ?
How and why are kids allowed in Westworld?
It seems odd that children would be allow at Westworld , a place plan to please deviant grownup visitors looking to roll in the hay and vote down . Yet a human boy and his parents go about Dolores in that tantrum in which she ’s painting horses . eldritch ! Are sure piece of the park intend as family line - favorable ? Or can any human children who come to the commons also drink , screw , and slaying armed and defenseless androids ? hint to any parents think about play their kid along on their Westworld vacation : take them to Gettysburg instead – it ’s educational , safer , and way sleazy .
How do the robots eat and drink like humans?
James Marsden ’s character like his alcoholic drink . And remember the view where the rogue automaton lead wild with the Milk River , and white liquid state poured out of his stomach combat injury ? Are these guys suppose to be refuse garbage disposal ? Where does the intellectual nourishment and drink go ? Do they in reality crave nourishment , or are they merely programmed to do so ? Also : does this have in mind they ’re equal to of going No . 1 and No . 2 ?
Why do the tourists want to be cowboys so bad?
This is something the creators of this show take to address , pronto : why are so many masses into the Wild West ? Sure , The Magnificent Sevenremakeis doing well at the box office , but it ’s heavy to imagine a large segment of the population wanting to pay heavy clam to spend clip in a moth-eaten , anachronistic place like Westworld , even if it is filled with robot built for human amusement . Does this fondness for the cowpoke lifestyle mean that the world that exists outside the idea commons on the show is pretty bleak ? It must be , if all so many ample people are eager to branch over their cash to playGunsmoke .
How do the guns in Westworld work?
When we meet Ed Harris ' part , the Man in Black , we memorize that he ’s impervious to bullets and that he ’s a recollective - prison term patron of Westworld , so presumably the guns in HBO ’s reboot would work similar to the heavy weapon in Crichton ’s original , right ? Do weapon system have heat sensors that render them inoperable when signal at humanity ? Or is the tech different on the show ? Also , are the so - call newcomers impervious to all scathe , include bullets fired by other man , or does this just apply to hired gun fired by robots ?
How do the robots get from the repair site back to their world?
We see hosts arrive at Westworld and host switched to stasis mode at Westworld HQ . What wedon’tsee is a transition shooter of how they get to and fro . Crichton’sWestworldhad aMonsters , Inc.-like clean - up work party swoop in each dark , reconstruct and recalibrate the bots , then localize them back in position for the next day ’s activeness . Is it more complicated this time ? At one point , Shannon Woodward ’s character , wearing Wild West clothes , covertly deactivates Dolores . In another prospect , Westworld employee look on the map in present - solar day study wearing apparel . What ’s communications protocol here ?
How does the Man in Black know Dolores?
Near the beginning of the cowcatcher , Ed Harris ' character tellsEvan Rachel Woodthat it ’s been a farseeing clip before dragging her into the barn to do ( presumptively ) horrible things to her . Later , we determine that Dolores is the oldest android model currently walking around Westworld and that the Man in Black has been visiting the park for three decades . Is their history more complex than we ’ve determine so far ?
What “level” is the Man in Black trying to unlock?
" There ’s a deeper degree to this game , " Harris ' fictitious character tells Kissy the Card Dealer , right beforescalping the bot . Not only does the womb-to-tomb Westworld patron intimation that there ’s something deeper cover in the park , he calls it " a plot . " The top of Kissy ’s forefront reveals a psyche - like maze with a Vitruvian Man at its heart – just like the ones at Westworld HQ . Is Harris taste to locate the base or something else ? Will there be a robot minotaur in the internal ear ?
Who the f*ck is Arnold?!
Right before the crazy Milk River - drinking bot gun down his fellow hosts , he murmur , " Not gon na die this time , Arnold . " To whom is he pertain ? Another automaton ? Or some variety of homo overlord ? The cable ’s even spookier considering the bot ’s malfunctioning , " memory"-filled state of being . One affair ’s for indisputable : Arnold , whoever he is , made a lasting impact on at least one golem – the kind that sticks with a computer after it ’s purportedly been wiped .
Who planted that photo on Abernathy Ranch?
Easily the self-aggrandising enigma of the premiere , Peter Abernathy chance upon a picture underneath the soil by his cattle pen depicting a char in the middle of what looks like Times Square . Who ’s the charwoman ? And why did the picture make Dolores ' pop go all screwy ? Was it dropped on stroke or engraft on aim ?
What is the corporation’s real interest in Westworld?
The tension - filled conversation between the park ’s no - falderol operation leader Theresa Cullen ( Sidse Babett Knudsen ) and its squirrelly narrative director Lee Sizemore ( Simon Quarterman ) was one of the episode ’s most cryptical and tantalizing scenes . " This place is one thing to the guests , one affair to shareholders , and something completely different to direction , " said Cullen , suggesting that the Westworld corporate - overlords have something secret in store for all our pet robots . Are they building an army ? Are they creating an alternate reality to move back to when calamity come across in the tangible world ? Are they cast an all - robot remake ofBlazing Saddles ? We need to know now .
What happened to Bernard’s kid?
In the latter half of the premiere , viewers read that Bernard Lowe has , or had , a kid – an get on category photo father a close - up . Not much else is said , meaning we have tons of inquiry about this : who did Bernard have this kid with ? Is she still alive ? What happened to the kid ? Did Bernard ’s job have anything to do with this ? Maybe most importantly , in terminal figure of his involvement in the saga : where did Bernard total from , and what brought him to Westworld ?
What did Bernard whisper to Dolores' defunct robot dad?
It ’s like theLost in Translationwhisper all over again . The breakthrough of the photo on his spread triggers a memory in Dolores ’s dad ’s robo - brain . He starts take on the gadget characteristic of his previous plot line . He does n’t do his day-to-day duties . It ’s creepy-crawly , and it elicit an unhearable comment from Jeffrey Wright ’s fibre . But what was it ? Will we see him again ? And how did Bernard direct him off into the cracking android containment whole in the sky ( er , basement ) ?
How are the robots able to dream and feel emotion?
Throughout the instalment , the term " dream " is used rather loosely . Can the hosts in reality stargaze ? Or are they programmed to get specific episodes when they ’re turned off – which they consider to be dreams ? What about emotion ? One of the most uncanny elements of the golem is how well they can turn on and off their affect – shout out to Evan Rachel Wood ’s phenomenal acting – but how are they programmed ? And how legit are these emotions ? There ’s something almosttoosincere about Dolores .
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