that's what I thought, so he's definitely someone to be reckoned with. I guess a human could still kill him though?
You have got to think that they have some control over humans killing humans. My guess is that all the guns are fake, but it works like laser tag. When the bots are shot, they have a way of exploding form the inside to look like a gunshot. Otherwise, they would have to have some sort of control over when the gun shoots real or fake bullets. No way they could risk having humans kill humans in there, as there is no way for the guests to know the difference.
If he isn't human, I suspect he is kind of a "tester" bot that doesn't have his memory wiped. They monitor him and let him run free to see how he evolves. Everyone could be in on it, or only Hopkins' character knows, and everyone else thinks he is just a weird rich guy. I think they said he has been coming for 30 years? Maybe he is Hopkins' brother...
Here's my wacky theory
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re-the guns and bullets. I believe they are real. I believe that when guests come to Westworld, they are sold or rented guns and clothing in a gift shop, and those items have some kind of personal shield. I would think that the guests would want the actual realism and thrill of shooting a real gun. But because of the personal shields humans can't kill each other and robots can't kill them.
Ok, my main theory.
The Gunslinger is a robot, and one of the first realistic builds by Anthony Hopkins, and he's been around since near the start of the park, and long before most of the current employees. At some point, as we've seen with Hopkins, he made the Gunslinger nearly perfectly human and as such self aware. He began to believe himself to be human or better then human, or had a melt down like the father and was boxed. But somehow he reactivated himself and escaped.
At some point, the Gunslinger forgot he was a droid, or programmed himself to be human, and because of that he overcame his programming and began to act human, and also, if my above theory is right, he stole the tech to shield himself. So at that point he could kill robots.
Because all of the employees came on board after this rebellion by the gun slinger, they don't realize that he's a robot, they think he's an especially vile and homicidal human.
But the gunslinger never leaves the park, he just goes into the badlands and hides.
The next logical question, is can the gunslinger kill a human? I have my doubts if the protection is actually worn by the humans and is not some programmed individual shield (if they are using real guns and real bullets). But that might be what his quest is or what he's searching for. He's either looking for the humans that run the park, or he's looking at a way to shut down the protective tech so he can kill everyone.
Just my 2 cents
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So heres a question, typically HBO shows have a story arc, before they start filming there is a conclusion, Game of Thrones is a pseudo-exception to this although the producers knew how it was going to end before they got involved.
Is Westworld the same? Is there original source material that dictates how long this show is going to run for?
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So heres a question, typically HBO shows have a story arc, before they start filming there is a conclusion, Game of Thrones is a pseudo-exception to this although the producers knew how it was going to end before they got involved.
Is Westworld the same? Is there original source material that dictates how long this show is going to run for?
The original movie is the original source material. Even though it was written by Michael Crichton (who wrote many novels that were adapted into screenplays), Westworld was not based on a previous novel.
In the movie, there are Medieval and Roman worlds in addition to Westworld, but the producers have said they don't plan on introducing those worlds on the show.
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The original movie is the original source material. Even though it was written by Michael Crichton (who wrote many novels that were adapted into screenplays), Westworld was not based on a previous novel.
In the movie, there are Medieval and Roman worlds in addition to Westworld, but the producers have said they don't plan on introducing those worlds on the show.
My guess is it's a budget thing. Having all 3 worlds, would mean having 3 different types of sets. You have to use the Western one or the title of the show doesn't make sense.
I was thinking about the Mexican village, not the old restaurant on 17th, but where the man in black shot everyone. What happens there? It's a bunch of robots out hanging around, with probably no humans for long periods of time, due to the remoteness of it. Just seems strange, what do the robots do, day in and day out.
I was thinking about the Mexican village, not the old restaurant on 17th, but where the man in black shot everyone. What happens there? It's a bunch of robots out hanging around, with probably no humans for long periods of time, due to the remoteness of it. Just seems strange, what do the robots do, day in and day out.
They talk about it in the episode. They talk to each other debugging themselves becoming more and more human like.
The man in black scalps the one guy which shows some kind of map or else some kind of Nurel net revealing they are android. He's seeking the maze so I kind of assume that it's a map for the maze. The girl drops out of character when she says the maze is not for you which to me could mean it is unfinished content.
My MIB premise is this guy essentially moved into the came from the real world and doesn't leave. He is a super player who has seen all the moves been shot as a guest from every situation so can anticipate the next moves. Maybe he's been imprisoned by the corporation in this fake world trying to escape or just an eccentric billionaire.
So my theory is the Maze is the new naritive that Hopkins introduced and he and the MIB have some previous connection which will come to a head inside.
So heres a question, typically HBO shows have a story arc, before they start filming there is a conclusion, Game of Thrones is a pseudo-exception to this although the producers knew how it was going to end before they got involved.
Is Westworld the same? Is there original source material that dictates how long this show is going to run for?
