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06-26-2018, 07:24 AM
'Westworld' Season 2 went full 'Westworld'. Never go full 'Westworld'.
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Westworld Season 1 felt like a magic trick.*
The story flashed by in bits and pieces, misdirecting the audience’s attention while carefully obscuring that which was right in front of their eyes, only to reveal the truth — the gag, really — in a breathtaking finale.*
Westworld attempted to do something similar in the show’s anticipated second season, but judging by the underwhelming final episode, the writers forgot a key part of how magic tricks work: They’re only effective the first time. If you perform the same trick twice in a row, what was magical is rendered pedestrian.*
Especially if you, uh... kind of fuck it up on the second pass. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/25/westworld-season-2-finale-derivative/)
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Westworld Season 1 felt like a magic trick.*
The story flashed by in bits and pieces, misdirecting the audience’s attention while carefully obscuring that which was right in front of their eyes, only to reveal the truth — the gag, really — in a breathtaking finale.*
Westworld attempted to do something similar in the show’s anticipated second season, but judging by the underwhelming final episode, the writers forgot a key part of how magic tricks work: They’re only effective the first time. If you perform the same trick twice in a row, what was magical is rendered pedestrian.*
Especially if you, uh... kind of fuck it up on the second pass. Read more... (https://mashable.com/2018/06/25/westworld-season-2-finale-derivative/)
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