| 102: Chestnut – Violent Delights: A Westworld Podcast |
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Violent Delights is a weekly podcast where hosts Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne DeFreitas, and Tosin Onafowokan discuss HBO’s Westworld, and the larger questions this ambitious show hopes to tackle. A pair of guests, first-timer William (Jimmi Simpson) and repeat visitor Logan (Ben Barnes), arrive at Westworld with different expectations and agendas. Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) and Quality Assurance head Theresa Cullen (Sidse Babett Knudsen) debate whether a recent host anomaly is contagious. Meanwhile, behavior engineer Elsie Hughes (Shannon Woodward) tweaks the emotions of Maeve (Thandie Newton), a madam in Sweetwater’s brothel, in order to avoid a recall. Cocky programmer Lee Sizemore (Simon Quarterman) pitches his latest narrative to the team, but Dr. Ford (Anthony Hopkins) has other ideas. The Man in Black (Ed Harris) conscripts a condemned man, Lawrence (Clifton Collins, Jr.), to help him uncover Westworld’s deepest secrets.
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| HBO’s ‘Westworld’ Pilot Is Available For Free… For Now
HBO aired the pilot to Westworld last Sunday, and people clearly tuned in to watch as Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy‘s retelling/quasi-sequel of Michael Crichton’s 1973 movie of the same name drew in 3.3 million viewers, making it one of the network’s biggest premieres since True Detective. Based on critics and viewers’ reactions, the show should have no trouble at all being the next genre hit after Game of Thrones airs its final episode. But if you didn’t catch the season opener this Sunday or simply don’t have access to HBONow, today is your lucky day, as you have the opportunity to see what everybody is talking about. The Westworld pilot is available now for free. Check out the details below.
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| 101: The Original – Violent Delights: A Westworld Podcast
Violent Delights is a weekly podcast where hosts Andrew Sorcini, Dwayne DeFreitas, and Tosin Onafowokan discuss HBO’s Westworld, and the larger questions this ambitious show hopes to tackle. As another day of fantasy plays out in Westworld”Š”””Ša vast, remote park where guests pay top dollar to share wild-west adventures with android “hosts””Š”””Štop programmer Bernard Lowe (Jeffrey Wright) alerts park founder Dr. Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) about incidents of aberrant behavior cropping up in some recently re-coded hosts. Meanwhile, in the Westworld town of Sweetwater, a rancher’s daughter named Dolores (Evan Rachel Wood) encounters a gunslinger named Teddy (James Marsden) in the street”Š”””Šbut their predictable narrative is upended by the appearance of a ruthless Man in Black (Ed Harris) and, later, by a supporting host’s unscripted encounter with an artifact of the outside world.
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| ‘Westworld’: HBO Releases New Video “Welcome To Westworld”
The series premiere of Westworld is less than a week away now already. HBO has released a new video titled “Welcome to Westworld,” in which cast and crew including creators, showrunners, and executive producers Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, executive producer J.J. Abrams, and stars Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, and James Marsden discuss the show. Westworld is set in a future where we’ve gone beyond virtual reality and a place exists where people can live out their every fantasy in the real world. This is made possible by robots—called Hosts in the series—who look, feel, and even think like real human beings. In addition to the video, a brief new promo has also been released which focuses on the characters Maeve (Newton) and Dolores (Wood). Both of these videos can be viewed below.
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| ‘Westworld’ Trailer: Where Dreams Become Bloody Reality
There are only a few short weeks left until HBO debuts the highly anticipated Westworld. With Game of Thrones now coming to an end, and with shorter seasons, the network is looking to fill that void with another exciting new genre series. And based on the previous trailers, it looks like Westworld may be just that. But before those doors open, we are getting yet another trailer that will do more than just whet our appetite. Check out the new trailer below.
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