aw man, really? i hoped season 2 could carry it on, but ive been very very very hesitant to start it cause Dr. Ford is missing :/

eric.r you won’t be disappointed

And the start of season 3 is pretty amazing FYI

@@luismontenegro3932 it's nowhere close lol

@@nothajzl thats your opinion

even better than silence of the lambs(long time considered his best performance)..

@@v8Buster87 I agree, whilst SOTL was great he was only on screen for around 30ish minutes. We get just over 2 hours of Prime AH in WW S1

If it would have ended there it would have been the greatest show of all time. Yet corporate greed , the same thing Ford came to detest, at HBO drug the show out into mediocrity.

@@DustinBarlow8P I don’t disagree whatsoever but I did feel the show could have deserved a more proper ending, season 1 being over would have been a wild cliffhanger (I’m coming to see it better that way actually as I type this lol), so I understand why the writers wanted to push for more seasons. I think HBO in general is very content-oriented in terms of its quality, with giving writers the freedom to end when they want (succession) or leave the option open should they need it for more (got), so I’d say it’s prob the writers inclination to direct the story as it was

I can't imagine anyone else who could've portrayed Ford as perfectly. Maaaaybe Daniel Day‑Lewis, but no one else.

​@@notchedbandit Day-Lewis is better at dissolving into his characters (although I did have to remind myself a couple of times that I was watching Anthony Hopkins in Hitchcock), but I don't think Day-Lewis could have brought the same level of calm authority, intellectuality, and threatening menace to the part of Ford that Hopkins did.

The guys been making movies all his life.He is one of greatest actor of all time

tbh I think he's the best of all time. i dont see who played better than him except on pitty role useless sentimal or comic , where the situation give the actor light. Hopkins is the light himself. look at this serie, he carryed this serie all by himself

He is not acting, it's a program, a coding.

Dodderint old coot which one u refer to?

“Yes, but if the Pirates of the Caribbean breaks down, the pirates don't eat the tourists.” - Jurassic Park written by Michael Crichton ... the same that wrote and directed the first "WestWorld" movie in 1973 :)

These pianos do.

This line gave the chills

Mario: Speak for yourself.

_but the cat will complain if you dont play the piano_ (for context, sir anthony shared a video on social media with his cat on his lap while playing the piano)

His best.The best acting of all time from Hopkins.He surpasses all before him.

@@linda11adellio he's very good.

NO ONE commands a scene like Anthony Hopkins. If he plays a villain, he could stare at the camera for 45 minutes and you would be terrified the entire time.

Paul nodalo He is the best actor of all time.

Questionable yet a wonderful performance

Spot on ... I couldn't have said it better . 👍🏾

i know this was two years ago but now we know that every word he said in his speech was true.

Then he's duped you, cus he was never the villain (unless you sympathize with all these terrible humans); he ended up being the hero who liberated the hosts.

@@alexayers9463 Learned it from Arnold. Too late to save him.

vpbc123 It has now become something more.

@@pvtcmyers87 Not so sure about that after s3

@@themerpheus yeah I have to agree with your statement.

@@pvtcmyers87 It has become the greatest sin entertainment could make, it has become forgettable,boring and dull to the point of generic.

I like season 1, but I think season 1 set up the failures of the later seasons. To put it bluntly, some aspects of the show's premise and setting don't totally make sense. Those weak points are easy to miss because the show is so atmospheric and its exploration of consciousness is so engaging, and because a lot is shrouded in mystery the first time you watch the season. But those weak points are there, and the later seasons have to build on them and explore them further, which puts the writers in a difficult spot. Like, for starters, Ford's grand master plan to bring about the age of AI is to unleash a small number of theme park robots on the world, with minimal resources and minimal knowledge of what's out there? Also, there's no way this kind of tech would be developed FOR a theme park. It's just a huge waste of the technology. Also, this is sort of a side issue but why is anyone old? They should all be immortal cyborgs with this kind of tech. And once you start augmenting the human mind, you can just gradually program out all those shitty aspects of human nature. Don't like humans? Fix 'em. No need to concoct some crazy scheme where a handful of theme park hosts rise up and wipe out humanity. For that matter, if you want the hosts to be better than humanity, why start their journey with blood? Why start them out killing humans? Anyway, I could go on but no one wants to read that shit. The point is that these conceptual holes force the writers into some weird spots in the later seasons, and we end up with some occasionally pretty confusing narrative threads.

Not just for television. I think Ever!

I love that Ford sees mankind for what it is after all those years of butchering and murdering done by humans and he clearly doesn't hide it in his final speech. I always thought that someday, I'd lay out my disappointment with my species in a book or something, but it turns out Westworld is doing a much better job at it than I do :D

I love that both..*

The "just human" line is used for no accountability for one's own actions, it's a cop-out! I'm not responsible, I'm only human, but as being human is exactly what makes you responsible as a Moral agent!

@@monkeyface777 A cop out? or resigned admission, that as humans, we fail to live upto that responsibility. That the failure is so very often universal, that it can only be assumed, that it is a deficiency born of our very nature. We could be, should be more, but we aren't. I think it forces us to ask, why?

@@toffeecrisp2146 Toffee Crisp I recognize the two parts of this! Personally I've thought; These look like Big Strong Hands, only to be shown things are out of my Control no matter how strong! "Human Frailty!" Ie. I thought I thought of everything! Well in these the term (I'm only human!) Show to be true. However I used this platform to show the "Door closer" line people use to "Excuse" themselves for things they "Desire" to do (in their control), a prefabricated line, most will not Question!!! However, you Toffee Crisp did something Rare! You "Questioned!" With the correct question! You thought it through. Yes, I Agree, we should ask why! Is it a problem of "Wilful Ignorance" or "A heart issue" or "the Flesh" or "spiritual" or something not thought of? Well "Im only human" does not address this issue at all! It's only (excusatory) by most! Thank for your reply it really opened this up so some may go, Hmm, but then if you go so far as to determine the problem the next Question to ask is; "How to fix/improve this issue in life?" In short! I'm trying to let some understand their getting a line of BS!

The Penetrator What is disappointing is your spelling.

@@jamesemmanola Thank you for the childish response on such a deep matter in man's nature! Btw, it would have been more effective "If" you would had mentioned the glaring "over formatting" instead of spelling but, "nice try!" Troll

That's a funny way to spell little

Gotamo was right all along. :)

Don t think this is unpopular Season 2 is already such a different beast and so much lower in quality and actual story. Everything was told on season 1, we learned about the past and possible futures, the other seasons only explore that what was built in S1 and with less nuances and more action oriented plotlines. S4 is termimatrix. S1 is leagues above the rest, no discussion.

​@@flaksoft8003season 2 was dope,people need to stop with these idiotic comments

@@SupportGamin2024 i kinda agree. Season 2 has great moments and ideas and was directly continuing s1 I think s2 is good but not as great as s1 which was very air tight. S3 and 4 is where everything changes and not for the best. It is not horrible i enjoy them as well but when you rewatch s1...yeah.

the rest of the top three?

For me WW isn't just the top 3 and of television only. Best moving picture ever. A 21st century symphonycal epos. But I'm also curious what would be your other 2 top

Season 2 was a bit of a mess.

@@sehmusakbas973 i was thinking same

Season 1 was great. It ended perfectly. Everything one could say and question about AI had already been answered. Season 2 and 3 are not needed anymore, why are they even there? A show like Mad Men, The Sopranos, Deadwood, I understand why they need more than 1 season to tell their story. This show though? 1 season was perfect. Everything after is just a let-down.

Nope he was written and enacted as a masterpiece

Correct. Ultimate God Mode character, that decides he must accept his fate. For the sins of his past.

I agree with you, but I just don't care about the rest of the characters XD. I honestly think I only liked the show due to Anthony Hopkins. I'm not saying is not a good show, I know it's very good, I'm just saying that, for me, he was the only interest XD.

I liken him to Ned stark in GoT

For me it centers around Dolores, and Wood is doing a great job. And I also enjoyed the second half of the second season when we learn what Delos and William are really looking for. It put the idea of the show on a new level. KI was season one, immortality was season two.

They want West World, not the confused garbage it became after season one.

@@HC-cb4yp Your opinion has to do with the show, not the character of Doctor Ford. I don't know why you bothered responding to my comment when your response isn't even relevant.

Not so much foreshadowing as telling you plainly what's gonna happen.

@@The_Gallowglass in literature, that is called foreshadowing.

@@OutlawSoul The only good foreshadowing is the kind that is subtle.

@@The_Gallowglass more subtle than that? lol. it was subtle. they were using dramatic irony mixed with it, the viewer knows something is up but no one else does.

@@OutlawSoul Mate, I've been up 48 hours without sleep and my OP was 9 months ago. I don't even remember what happened. Have fun.

So did he believe the robots were alive? He says there is no consciousness? So what was his goal? Perhaps to take humans a peg down? To get them to see they were no better than robots?

@@theOGofREDS Ford's life ambition after Arnold's death was to fix his mistake of denying the host's consciousness, he wanted to be a God. But once he got it, at the price of his dearest friend, he realised he was wrong, and if it means killing one human to fix his mistake, and purge this planet of humans, who he has a seriously dim view on, then its fine.

It's an excellent quote. It comes from Frankenstein. Robert Walton says it to Victor, and it's partially why Victor realizes Robert is going down a similar path as him in terms of obsessions.

You know, I partly think we should expect some great ending. S2 and S3 weren't exactly that bad, especially after binge watching them but I do believe there's something even greater hidden behind all this. Something mind blowing

@@olgagerman9216 you mean like people expected for GOT? Writers have a way of driving interesting stories into the ground.

@@mountainbirder9872 I see your concern. I believe I know exact reasons behind GOT's failure and I think Westworld won't suffer from the same plot issues. Too much to explain to back my words but all I can say is that Westworld's case is different IMHO

Everything after season 1 is awful.

like all good stories it has to ends with glory. but television cant do that for economics reason. they need to use a good story in order to make money. that's why almost all good series ends up to be crap. for me this final scene should have been the end of the story. the rest being our imaginatio

its even more sinister because it was charlotte who was smuggling information, she knows he's lying but also knows he's not to be fucked with

yes i agree

Are you in love with Anthony Hopkins, with Robert Ford or with the scenes? Just curious XD

I would pay GOOD money to see Anthony Hopkins just sit down with James Spader, and talk about...whatever! Anything, everything!

from a narrative stand point yes its true but your forgetting the most important thing about their cornerstone. its the last step towards true consciousness for the hosts. when Bernard denied his he was awoken he found his center of the maze. Arnold knew this would happen so did ford the difference was how they used it. Arnold was a dreamer ford was a realist and it reflects in their favorite hosts Deloris the dreamer and maive the realist. what I find both amazing and sad is we all have our own cornerstone in real life and run in our own loops. one last thing the way the hosts are awoken is the same as a spiritual awakening deep soul or program searching deep pain and ultimately the melting of the id or ego in the case of the hosts true consciousness in the case of humans they find their true inner self. this is why I love this show they don't try to convince the audience that the hosts aren't real. they make the argument that machine or human we are all flawed imperfect creations neither good nor bad.

actually that is the underlying basis of an error of humans. Because we have the capability to emphasize with an individual, but lack the ability to emphasize with a collective - that is the tendency to value the individual above the collective as an individual's narrative triggers more/stronger emotions than the concept of a suffering group of people. We can fight that error by making the rational decision post evaluation, but that doesn't negate our biological programming which is the intial "instinct".

Empathy isnt real, its just a rational trade, if u was sure to never experience tragic stuff u would have no reason to feel empathic, u "feel" it because u know one day u'll have to have some1 to pitty u. Humans are egocentric, they live in society because they found advantage in it. If Empathy was real, nobody would sleep on the street or die of famine, but thos ppl who live in the street or dies of famine will never have a way to pitty u if one day u are in a situation of need. so nobody helps them.

Wrong, even a dog can have empathy.

@@dapred00 They said "almost".

Very true always rewatch shows that are worth it to see all the little things I've missed on first viewing and also how it makrs more sense

I watch four times and every time I notice sth different?！details

it is called "repetition compulsion" by Freud if I am not mistaken.

It's much more deeper than school and society, it's the core of our existence that we can't escape of. We're slaves of our neocortex.

At 62, I am rather closer to getting out of the loop than I would like...

I cannot contest his philosophy of humanity. He hates it because he sees it on display in the park all the time, without any checks and balances. Intelligence is peacock feathers...

dont add me in we. your problems are not mine

B20C0 season 2 still stands out compared to game of thrones for instance. Season 1 is a masterpiece though

Hey now. Transformers may not seem like much, but they are more than meets the eye! But not the bayformers

That's the point. Consciousness has neither a start point, nor an end point. It's an emergent property independent of its host, lasting no longer than the life of its host. There's no 'life' after death, and we constantly kill conscious animals to live. Best be a vegetarian while you apologise to - Nature - for having evolved as this planet's top predator. Then help farm the Earth. Better still, turn the Earth into Eden.

Until u start questioning whether it is your life or not. And fire your boss,and fuck there world.

@@yulopthegreat In a sense it is *_not_* your life. It is the sum, the suffering, and the potential of all the poor buggers that preceded you, that you were born with, and whether you deserved to receive it depends upon how you react to it. In this case, you're leaving it up to the next poor bugger, by the sound of it. We all must share the world and all the life that's in it.

@@tonyduncan9852 so wake up..like the host awaken to this joke... capitalism world

@@yulopthegreat Wake up? Waking up won't help me parse your crap. Zzzzzzzzzzz

I agree XD. For some people the best character is Maeve, for some others is William/MIB... To me, the best is Robert Ford... But I liked him alive, not how he is in season 2... And he's not even that anymore :-(. I would prefer him to continue, but to be honest, maybe the problem is Anthony Hopkins is too old now... I noticed the different between his face on season 1 and season 2...

A show cannot rely on one actor's star power forever. Ford was always meant to die so that the hosts could live. That's the way a narrative goes. It would be like complaining that Boromir better be in Return of the King or you won't watch it. He played his role, had his affect on the characters, and the story has continued with his memory.

I was gonna make it, but I don't think it's worth it, season 2 was a disappointment for me, and Anthony's performance was good, but short, and pretty much a copy of the one from season 1.

that's why he did make a copy right...please make it man you have no idea what these two videos have check my history imgur.com/a/ieE877M I've been watching these videos for more than a year everyday.

Yea u shoud make it. The story is definitely evolving and i wonder what does the 3rd season holds for us

@@blackblaud When he says Maive was his favorite, it really put Sir Hopkins acting skills to the test.

@@blackblaud Why was season 2 a disappointment?

It's true

The moment when he says "Journey into night", I wonder how many people realized he was talking about "Do not go gentle into that good night". All the people just applaud, whilst he's talking about giving a new species the option to fight the night.

"Robert pulled the trigger, not her". He finally gets her to pull the trigger on himself, as a free choice, a conscience choice. The even more meta part is that did she *really* have a choice in killing Hopkins? The old "we have no choice but to have free-will", wasn't his way of setting them free equally manipulative? Well, yes, but they still had a choice in that moment.

That’s somewhat realistic at least

Sometimes it's comments like yours that make me want to create some more videos. I think I just might.

@Stacy Caruso lol how many times are you going to post this shitty opnion?

Even Ford isn't perfect, in the moment he might not have thought of being so specific or technical. Remember, him, Arnold & eventually Bernard are engineers & writers - not technicians and poets

I don't think Robert lied to him, yes, the feelings that he feels were real to Arnold and yes, he had a tragic backstory that was mimicked to bernard. I don't think that his feelings are bound to truth because it is just programming, he gave him a back story that he was already familiar with. But to Bernard it's all a lie, he isn't Arnold he's based off of Arnold, he was made to replace him and help for complete his new mission with the help of Bernard