Author: Roger Roeper

Westworld Season 1 Thoughts and Questions

Hello gents! Have enjoyed your reviews and thoughts on the show thru season 1 and wanted to chime in with a few of my own and some of the questions I was left with. The results of Dr. Ford’s grand plan: Looking at Dr. Ford’s final narrative it seems clear...

Thoughts on the Felix-Maeve Elevator Scene

Hey guys, I’ve been listening to your podcast since episode 2 and I can’t believe we’re gonna have to wait until 2018 to get into the routine you’ve established this season. Hearing everyone’s thoughts and predictions as we all discover this universe has been really interesting and I’m going to...

Transhumanism and Posthumanism

Hi guys! I am writing about transhumanism and posthumanism and why I believe that this could become one of the main themes of Westworld going forward. I found the first hints in Fords Frankenstein dialogue with Bernard in episode one. He talks about humans having reached the end of evolution....

Logan

I guess this is less of a question and more of a statement, with my intent being to make sure that my thought process is correct. It seems that at this point in the story, anything left unanswered can really be “answered” by simply adding it to the list of...

Brains and Memory

Ford said during the finale episode that most of the hosts who gain consciousness go mad. This should come as no surprise, given what we know about the way the brain works with respect to memory. We have evolved an extremely subjective memory that is heavily influenced by what we...

Thoughts on the Westworld Finale

First off, thanks for your efforts – the podcast has been fun to listen to and I appreciate the time you put into it. With that out of the way, just going to slap it down: you guys got it all wrong. Here’s why: Sentient hosts was an accident. There’s...