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Wow, this movie blows, and blows hard

posted 9 years ago by jgroub
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Westworld is one of my all-time favorites. I saw it when I was 8 and it scared the living sh!t outta me. I had nightmares that Yul Brynner was hunting me down for weeks.

But this? Wow, what a crapfest! Gotta love those pajama spacesuits for skiing on Mars. And half the movie filmed in the bowels of a power plant? Amaaaaaaaaazing. Their budget must have been absolutely huge to film shot after shot of steam pipe after scaffold after industrial fencing. I was, ahem, riveted.

What a total waste of time.

I want the doctor to take your picture so I can look at you from inside as well.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

And half the movie filmed in the bowels of a power plant? Amaaaaaaaaazing.

Absolutely my sentiments exactly and if we weren't in the basement, we spent our time in some boring control room. This sequel was just a pale shadow of the original, where we at least got some idea of the goings on in the different "worlds".

Cheap and tacky!🐭

[–] JoeKarlosi 8 years ago

Agreed. One of the most tepid sequels to a very good film EVER. And let us not forget Yul Brynner's pathetically embarrassing cameo!

[–] Hermies_Purrbuckets 8 years ago

Actually, Futureworld is by far the better film. Westworld is a sci-fi Western (Zzzz...), whereas Futureworld is a bright and cynical meditation on identity, corporate America, and the dangers of mass culture. Like most movies, it reflects the intelligence of the viewer. If you like dumb shoot-outs between cowboy robots, then I guess Westworld is the movie for you! If you actually like to think, however, Futureworld is s gold mine of fascinating concepts.

[–] keith48322003 8 years ago

You mean to suggest that you weren't riveted by the various talents and ideas on display? :)

[–] SteveResin 8 years ago

Yes it's dreadful. I can't believe they brought Yul back only to have him dance around with red silk ribbons in some lame dream sequence. Awful, awful film.

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