Westworld: What Makes Anthony Hopkins Great

Nerdwriter breaks down one of my favorite scenes from Episode 5 of Westworld, and why Anthony Hopkins is so great.
RFlaggsays...

This scene chilled me perhaps more than most any other scene... aside from perhaps later in the episode involving Dolores which goes a bit into spoiler territory so I won't cover it... but *promote the awesome view of scene.

siftbotsays...

Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 3:23pm PDT - promote requested by original submitter RFlagg.

Mekanikalsays...

Being a fan of the movie I like the series, but it's like they've started too many narratives at once. I feel like there are going to be a lot of unanswered questions like in LOST.

RedSkysays...

Yep, and as a result each of the stories is progressing at a snail's pace. Also while the premise is interesting I feel the dialogue tries too hard to be deep and meaningful.

Also the nudity is absurdly gratuitous. I get they want to convey the dehumanised aspect of the hosts and that the park is basically a harem to satisfy the carnal pleasures of the wealthy, but they've made that point an umpteen times too many already.

Acting's solid though and production values are obviously insanely high.

Mekanikalsaid:

Being a fan of the movie I like the series, but it's like they've started too many narratives at once. I feel like there are going to be a lot of unanswered questions like in LOST.

entr0pysays...

That made me realize how the nudity in the show is central to understanding what it is like to be a 'host'.

To the guests they're sex dolls. To the engineers and programmers, they are robots with no sexuality or shame, more like sculptures than people, so having them wear clothes while doing diagnostics is silly.

And then we saw in the last couple episodes that to the repair technicians they're more like cadavers than they are like robots, since they're always a powered down mess by the time they get to them.

So if you look at the experience of Maeve she gets to be a whore part of the day, a lab experiment part of the day, and a dead person at night.

Bring on the robot uprising, kill all humans.

RedSkysaid:

Yep, and as a result each of the stories is progressing at a snail's pace. Also while the premise is interesting I feel the dialogue tries too hard to be deep and meaningful.

Also the nudity is absurdly gratuitous. I get they want to convey the dehumanised aspect of the hosts and that the park is basically a harem to satisfy the carnal pleasures of the wealthy, but they've made that point an umpteen times too many already.

Acting's solid though and production values are obviously insanely high.

Paybacksays...

I notice Dolores is either clothed or not filmed gratuitously in the lab. I'm wondering if that's due to the script, or a non-nude clause in Evan Rachel Wood's contract. Her other work tends to make me think it's deliberate.

poolcleanersays...

Non-nude clause? Yer fired.

Paybacksaid:

I notice Dolores is either clothed or not filmed gratuitously in the lab. I'm wondering if that's due to the script, or a non-nude clause in Evan Rachel Wood's contract. Her other work tends to make me think it's deliberate.

Paybacksays...

Having never read anything by Martin Amis, I'll just assume this is a direct Trump quote.

gorillamansaid:

'WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE WON'T TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF! SHE'S ONLY A FUCKING TV ACTRESS! I'LL RIP HER FUCKING CLOTHES OFF!'

Paybacksays...

I liked when Ford visited the Man in Black. Two of the best living actors on the planet in the same scene.

Goosebumps.

RFlaggsaid:

This scene chilled me perhaps more than most any other scene... aside from perhaps later in the episode involving Dolores which goes a bit into spoiler territory so I won't cover it... but *promote the awesome view of scene.

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