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Im still confused on how Sepinwall didnt like this show. Its absolutely fantastic. The acting is off the walls. The story is so original and different from any TV show Ive ever seen. I feel like Westworld is the Bama of TV.
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I love the audacity and grandness and degree of difficulty of this show, but I'm not as in love with the writing and/or plot of this show like you guys are. The two repair techs are huge weak points IMO. They are both DUMB. At a certain point, why don't they turn on Maeve when she is back in the park and can't hurt them? Furthermore, why are they the only ones working on Maeve? And why are there no security cameras in the repair areas? Seems like the most logical place for corporate espionage etc.
And all the flashbacks/concurrent timelines are confusing and kind of a jumbled mess. I have the wherewithal to decipher them, but it's not well written spatially speaking.
I love
following the show, but I have to say, I'm definitely more in the second camp overall. Yes, it's unlike anything else on TV, the acting is phenomenal, and the mystery of it all is incredibly fun... but honestly, there hasn't been a single moment that I thought was truly great TV in terms of dramatic writing or a single character I'm truly engaged in. For instance, I'm so incredibly curious as to the
end result of William and Dolores' plight, but I haven't connected at all with their journey to get there. I just don't care about them the way I cared about, say, the Starks, Don and Peggy, Walter White, or the Taylors eight episodes into their respective runs. There's a fine line between "really intriguing mystery" and a truly empathetic narrative. And I don't mean for this to come across as a complaint, either. I absolutely love the way this show is seemingly designed exclusively for the reddit age; that it's almost more puzzle than story. That said, to defend the Sepinwalls of the world, there's something about it dramatically - especially compared to other "prestige" TV - that's just not clicking with some of us. Even
Lost managed to have characters - from the very first episode - that we cared deeply about almost immediately, while ALSO balancing the mystery/message board fodder of it all fairly brilliantly. But with
Lost, the message board aspect wasn't necessary. You could be perfectly content watching JUST the show. With
Westworld, however, I cannot imagine truly enjoying this show without the week-to-week reddit/message board aspect of it all. It would still be interesting, no doubt, but there's just a hollowness and clumsiness overall that I can't shake.
