Ikr? There's a line in Dollhouse abt the name "Rossum Corporation" - "It's a joke. You aren't really robots, there's no such thing" https://twitter.com/torjo87/status/809797499477069824 …
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Blablabla tech, virtuality, mediation, There's Always a Human Behind the Screen, that whole convo we've been having
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Dollhouse's tech was unrealistic af but man there was something compelling about a Silicon Valley where the "silicon" is all wetware
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Where we don't really have the many masks and screens we have IRL to pretend that the "tech economy" isn't still just a human economy
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(And I mean jfc THE DOLLHOUSE'S EVIL MAINFRAME COMPUTER IS LITERALLY MADE OF THE RECYCLED BRAINS OF ITS FAILED HUMAN SERVANTS metal af)
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Constant state of self-betrayal, Clive (the primary slaved brain) could only gain power to stop Boyd by empowering the Dollhouse
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The one is a deeply flawed show I'm still thinking abt years later, the other is a shiny prestige show I'm pretty sure I'll quickly forget
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Look if I were to write some grand narrative about Systems or whatnot the primary thing I'd want to subvert is the idea of a Puppetmaster
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Our modern-day "Wild Wests" are filled with obnoxious wunderkinder who think they're pulling all the strings and are just dumb assholes
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An ideal Westworld would be how everyone -- the suits, Dr. Ford, the Guests, AND the Hosts themselves -- are pulling strings
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They even acknowledged that, it looked like it was gonna be that kind of show, but then every single string ended up leading back to Ford
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Here's the other twist I want for S2, I want Man in Black to actually win, to have learned something abt the Hosts Ford overlooked
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