Admittedly, Westworld's Shogun World episode was pretty entertaining & impressive (except the boring parts w Dolores), though the nightmarish "Riddle Of The Sphinx" probably won't be topped this season. Root Jedi Maeve is too OP, but I'm enjoying her crew's D&D adventures.
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There's still way too much hyperviolence & prop gore in this show, getting in the way of plot & character engagement. Let alone the puzzle box obsession, enticing but ultimately self-defeating. Maybe WW will manage to tell a straightforward, well-paced story next season.
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I enjoy Mr. Robot's essentials way more than I do Westworld's, and found its 3rd season, purposeful and freed of puzzle boxes & mind games as it was, to be its better part so far. (Too bad s4 won't be out till next year http://www.denofgeek.com/us/tv/mr-robot/269653/mr-robot-season-4-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-news …)
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S3 aired Oct. through to mid-December last year, also pushed back compared to previous seasons. But it's fine, I can wait for a quality season. I think :p
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As for WW, it's so intricate, I don't bother to work it out (and I love puzzles.) It's a chewing gum show for me, which is disappointing.
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Exactly, wasted potential given how deep the themes it tries to juggle are. Which is why Riddle of the Sphinx was its strongest episode. I don't mind working out the puzzles, it's the navel-gazing & hyperviolence that breaks my immersion.
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Nolan is so keen on his precious puzzles that he forgets movies are about storytelling -- my impression. Violence is indeed excessive.
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Couldn't have said it better. Hollywood's precocious boy wonders need some perspective recalibration from time to time.
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I don't think he and both of them changed much since Memento -- I got that impression back then and it remains. Seriously, I love puzzles, but WW feels like work that needs to be de-constructed with a huge board -- like in detective films/shows, or Carrie's crazy wall.
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Oh, but that's the thing, they'll never manage to put together a more elaborate puzzlebox than s1's. Which I totally appreciated, and engaged with, but it's over now. I appreciate most of his work, but he wears me out by the end (eg. Dark Knight Rises).
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