Bro what do you think Google and Facebook are doing. lol. Dataminng behavior is the #1 thing the internet is for ATTM.cbr said:
Just a reminder in case anyome isnt aware - cia and darpa engaged in a top secret data mining project to document behavior and users of video games, including world of warcraft - which was also being used for supposedly secret communications by lots of groups, some of which were very nefarious.
This show is not that far out in front of reality.
Let's do this LEEROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY JEEEEEENKIIIIIIIIIIINS!cbr said:
Just a reminder in case anyome isnt aware - cia and darpa engaged in a top secret data mining project to document behavior and users of video games, including world of warcraft - which was also being used for supposedly secret communications by lots of groups, some of which were very nefarious.
This show is not that far out in front of reality.
amercer said:
Having the actual human MIB for a mad max future would have been so much better though. I don't really care about the robot one.
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Haha not so subtle shot. Hey, I tried to like it. I even refrained from forming any judgment until I saw the finale. It's not like I've been dumping on this show every week.TCTTS said:
I try to critique intelligently, with objectiveness, and always say something positive as well. For the most part, it feels like others here are doing the same. It's the "LOL disaster!" posts that I can't stand, that quickly turn a thread insufferable. Hopefully we can refrain from going down that road any further...
LOL. Me too, but I was trying to be niceJim01 said:
Really because all episode I kept having this image in my head.
Agree 1000% on all countsQuote:
I have no idea what the character motivations were, there's 0 emotional stakes (as anyone who dies is somehow resurrected/cloned/simulated), and the dialogue was really really wanting.
Thomas Ford 91 said:
1) I have decades owned the London Philharmonic version of Dark Side of the Moon, so I got a Pink Floyd boner 3 notes in.
2) Suppose you're a motel housekeeper. You knock, no response. Open the door. There's a large black man sitting on the bed and a bleeding white man in the tub. What do you do? The answer explains how this could have lasted a very long time.
This response literally made me laugh out loud. Though, in all seriousness, based on vague hints by Nolan & co, along with reddit speculation, it sounds like something terrible goes down - like a nuclear bomb potentially, or something along those line - that might keep people from that area or from ever entering that room again. I hadn't thought of that.
3) Why do we believe the William that walks into Dubai Delos is the real William?
Nolan & co confirmed that was the real William and that the real William is, indeed, dead.
4) Agree with the podcast, is the bar so low that we put our trust in the guy that doesn't rape the sex robots?
This might sound terrible, but I've honestly never quite understood the idea of Dolores being so upset with park guests for beating/raping her or hosts in general. I of course understand the trauma she experienced and empathize with her as a character in that regard. But no one responsible for her existence/maintenance, save for Ford, had any idea she was sentient or could even retain trauma. And guests aren't going to think twice if management isn't either. Like, are we also supposed to anticipate that the sock we jerked off into in high school is now traumatized by that experience? Should I be wary that the punching bag I once hit at the gym wants to exact revenge on me? Otherwise, I don't get the blaming-of-guests for riding the rides, so to speak. A) that's what she was designed for, and B) no one knew the hosts were "alive." If there was even an inkling of host sentience, Westworld would have gone out of business in a heartbeat, and all kinds of host activist groups would have risen up. In other words, even outside of serving as a lame plot device, I don't understand Caleb's actions on a practical level either. At the time, given the general understanding of host tech, it would be like someone saying, "Hey, guys, we shouldn't have sex with the sex dolls that were created for us to have sex with. Shame on you." What? If anything, the option to have sex with perfectly life-like, but non-sentient hosts would likely all but eliminate human sex trafficking, human rape, etc, and would be considered a societal plus, not a negative.[/tangent]
