*****CYBERNETIC SPOILERS!***** Written and directed by the late Michael Crichton (“Jurassic Park”), 1973’s “Westworld” told the story of a high-end amusement park staffed with android playthings who provide wealthy guests with an immersive experience in several recreated worlds of the past; “Medieval world,” “Roman world,” and the titular “Westworld.” It’s in Westworld where a recently…
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HBO’s “Westworld”(2016) and comparisons to “The Prisoner” (1967)
It’s one season (or in modern terms, a handful of episodes) into HBO’s new “Westworld” TV series, which is based on the 1973 Michael Crichton (“Jurassic Park”) movie of the same name and overall idea (robots at amusement park go on rampage…no one’s happy). The new series is to the 1973 film what 2003’s Battlestar…