Westworld on HBO is a must see

KingofNicotine · Oct 5, 2016

Awesome concept.

People basically pay to visit a wild west town where all the inhabitants are robots made of flesh and blood. The robots have no idea what they really are or about the world they really live in. All they know is every day "newcomers" arrive in a train where they take part of this western town.

Only one episode so far but looks very good. Anthony Hopkins is great as the creator. Bad acting on the female character in charge.
Also Ed Harris is great as the bad guy.

sharky99 · Oct 5, 2016

will have to check it out thanks

KingofNicotine · Oct 5, 2016

Yeah, it's on Rainierland.com if you don't have HBO.

KingofNicotine · Oct 5, 2016

slapshot · Oct 5, 2016

Sunday Night at 9

HacheMan · Oct 5, 2016

Don't have HBO but might add it back...

CoachCB · Oct 5, 2016

HBO is in desperate need of new - good - shows.

I'm not a fan of watching a brand new show. I like to hear all the hype and wait until there's at least 3 seasons (so I can binge watch). I am guilty of watching a few new shows though (Narcos, Bloodline, and a few others).

I got a Kindle Fire and watch mostly while I'm on the treadmill. I run at least 30-45 miles a week on a treadmill, so that gives me a bunch of time to watch shows I've missed. I'm on Walking Dead now. Didn't think I'd like it, but it's pretty damn good (just finished Season 3, Episode 1).

thecentaur · Oct 5, 2016

It will be no Game of Thrones but it was interesting. New take on the old "artificial intelligence" question. Was pretty disappointed Evan Rachel Wood didn't show some skin.

KingofNicotine · Oct 5, 2016

I don't think HBO is in desperate need of good new shows. It's network tv that hasn't done anything significant in years.

CarolinaKid · Oct 5, 2016

Thanks for the heads up on this

Cordoba · Oct 6, 2016

Hache Man said:
Don't have HBO but might add it back...

Just find somebody to lend you their HBOGo username/password. It's how I watch..

kleona93 · Oct 6, 2016

Which is the best netflix serie for you?? Looking for something good to watch...

CoachCB · Oct 6, 2016

KingofNicotine said:
I don't think HBO is in desperate need of good new shows. It's network tv that hasn't done anything significant in years.

Other than GOT what has HBO done?

Network:

Breaking Bad
Walking Dead
The Americans
Better Call Saul
Sons of Anarchy
Justified

I could go on and on....

KingofNicotine · Oct 6, 2016

OK I only consider CBS, ABC, NBC to be network. Anything on cable doesn't count.

For the person asking about Netflix, look at Stranger Things.

Also Bosch was a decent show on Amazon prime.

GoBlue34 · Oct 6, 2016

CoachCB said:
Other than GOT what has HBO done?

Network:

Breaking Bad
Walking Dead
The Americans
Better Call Saul
Sons of Anarchy
Justified

I could go on and on....

The Wire
Sopranos
Six Feet Under (highly underrated)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
Eastbound & Down

I loved all of those

There are many others that I haven't seen that I've heard good things about like Silicon Valley, Veep, Big Love, etc

TheFalls · Oct 6, 2016

How could you leave out True Detective?

And Vice principals!

GoBlue34 · Oct 6, 2016

The Falls said:
How could you leave out True Detective?

And Vice principals!

True Detective is more of a mini-series, Band of Brothers and the Night Of I thought were also great, but not really a tv show. 2nd season of True Detective was also ok at best.

I've heard Vice Principals is terrible.

CoachCB · Oct 6, 2016

KingofNicotine said:
OK I only consider CBS, ABC, NBC to be network. Anything on cable doesn't count.

For the person asking about Netflix, look at Stranger Things.

Also Bosch was a decent show on Amazon prime.

Well, I think anything that is not a "pay" channel falls in that category. Lost is probably the last decent "network" show.

GoBlue34 said:
The Wire
Sopranos
Six Feet Under (highly underrated)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Entourage
Eastbound & Down

I loved all of those

There are many others that I haven't seen that I've heard good things about like Silicon Valley, Veep, Big Love, etc

Lots of good HBO shows....but most of them are off the air. Also: Oz, Deadwood, Larry Sanders, etc.

Recon792 · Oct 6, 2016

Westworld is loosely based on the 1973 film by the same name starring Yul Brenner.

TheFalls · Oct 6, 2016

GoBlue34 said:
True Detective is more of a mini-series, Band of Brothers and the Night Of I thought were also great, but not really a tv show. 2nd season of True Detective was also ok at best.

I've heard Vice Principals is terrible.

True Detective was genius. Season 2 was above avg as well...and the poster didn't specify what type of programming...
and VP is f'ing genius...you heard wrong