Westworld

Okay, this is a really interesting one here.

So the first movie I am a big fan of, of course, the early 70s, Michael Crichton-written, directed movie, Westworld.

And I always knew about this sequel.

I remember even how, when I was watching Westworld back in the day as a kid, my dad's like, there's a sequel, Future World, too.

And he just kind of did it in passing, and it's taken me this long to finally watch Future World.

I think 1976, this one came out.

So they said no.

So he basically had got to shop it around and why it's just so weird that AIP actually picked this one up.

It, it, it felt like the perfect match, um, as it was kind of going viral for the second time this weekend after they did this live performance.

Um, And then I did pick a backup choice, which is a movie, and that is the original Westworld with Yul Brynner playing...

I think it's Yul Brynner playing a robot sheriff who goes... off the rails and starts killing people and it just is kind of the movie of like what would happen if roland did go insane before giving up his gun to eddie and kind of went on a killing rampage uh roland is always being compared to robots so westworld seemed fitting

One of my biggest takeaways on a reread is no matter how crazy Roland gets, he'd never hurt them.

I just think, like, and th- that's why I had to take a step back when I mentioned the sci-fi elements, is that when I think about the different sci-fi elements, where does it come from? It still actually takes from other similar films.

Like let's think Logan's Run, Westworld-

Sure

...

Robocop, The Matrix, the original

Westworld with Yul Brynner.

Yeah, but both Westworlds, to me, will always be the ones that, because I have such a deep respect for Michael Crichton's ability to predict the future.

Remember one show I promised we would talk about aliens invented global warming? Yeah, we promised a lot, Scott.

Yeah, well, we're going to follow up on that at some point.

I don't know what it means.

After Westworld.

[laughs]

[laughs] We're not doing...

We'll have about 40 of them, right?

[laughs]

And go, um, don't worry about Westworld.

Although Westworld's quality.

hated it.

But the movie I fell asleep during was Westworld with Yul Brynner.

And...

Oh, no, I was thinking of Waterworld.

fall asleep during

that one.

No, Westworld, I mean, by the time I woke up, he was on a rampage.

But I...

[laughs]

The thing with the Bruce Willis in the, in the movies were the robots, and it started, I don't know, there was Westworld, and there-

Yeah

...

I guess the other big '70s sci-fi I haven't seen that is, uh...

I, I never watched Westworld.

Could, could you do a Rollerball series, prestige series, and then people would, like, be into it or something?

Hell yeah, you could do that.

Iconic Yul Brynner role in this.

Westworld from 1973.

The songs here are Robot Repair, Hovercraft Muzak, and The Gunslinger.

These are done by Fred Carlin, who is an American composer who composed more than 130 scores for film and television.

Some of his credits include The Stocking Moon, Chosen Survivors, Lead Belly, California Dreaming, and Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park.

Yeah, I picked Westworld because I think there are definitely some... themes here of, of course, you know, AI revolting against human oppression.

And also...

There's this whole underlying simulated reality aspect that cyberpunk obviously often goes into.