Dolores became the leader of the robot army.
The theme park "Shogun World" was launched, and Sunstars such as Hiroyuki Sanada and Rinko Kikuchi joined
With the 73-minute first episode airing, the second season of "Westworld" finally returned to the screen after more than a year. At the end of the last season, the audience had a premonition that the robots were about to revolt. In this season, in addition to the fate of the protagonists, the most eye-catching thing is the newly opened theme park "Shogun World" (previously rumored to be "Samurai World"). The Nolans added a large number of Asian cultural elements and invited Japanese stars such as Hiroyuki Sanada and Rinko Kikuchi to join. New characters, new puzzles, new worlds, welcome to Westworld 2.0.
The actors also don't know the plot
Westworld has been a game from the start, except that it's more immersive than any OTHER VR. Visitors can experience real-life experiences here without having to suffer any consequences – as a result of robots being recycled and repaired at night. However, "Westworld 2.0", the rules of the game have changed completely. The iron law of "robots will not harm tourists" has been completely thrown into the Mariana Trench, they are no longer obedient, tourists with blunt objects to beat innocent robot boys, they should think that one day in the future, they will also be hunted by robots. As Park Designer Robert Ford told William in Black, in this new game, everything you do will have real consequences.
Just as the robots already know that their time memories are confused, they begin to "confuse". In the crew, which is highly confidential about the plot, the actors are also confused, "I think our shooting order is to confuse me." "On the set of the second season, people are often unsure about the first few episodes – of course, even if they knew, it wouldn't be useful, so they were waiting for the tv series to air.
The "World of Generals" is coming
Westworld is a theme park, and all theme parks are constantly adding new projects to attract visitors. So this season added "General World". "World of Generals" will officially appear in the third episode of this season, and will continue to appear in subsequent episodes thereafter. Based on Edo-era Japan (1603-1867), Shogun's World incorporates many representative Japanese elements from the 300-year-old, samurai, geisha, and more complex than The Western World.
As Westworld expands, many new characters will naturally appear. First and foremost are the "Shon's World" robot "Musashi" and the geisha "Akane". These two characters are played by two japanese stars, Hiroyuki Sanada and Rinko Kikuchi. In addition, Tatsumi Okamoto, who has acted in blockbusters such as "Wolverine 2" and "Superman vs Batman", and Yujin Kiki, who has acted in the American drama "Hero: Rebirth", will also join.
Westworld and Generals World are not delos' only two theme parks, they have a total of six such robot parks, and the other four have not yet opened, but are destined to appear in future episodes.
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan are Asian fans
Why the "samurai world" was first opened, instead of choosing "medieval paradise" and "Roman paradise" as in the old film, the producers of the show, Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy and his wife, gave a very convincing explanation. For Nolan, Japanese samurai films and Italian Westerns accompanied him throughout his upbringing, and he loved the Samurai Trilogy by Japanese directors Akira Kurosawa and Hiroshi Inagaki, and Toshiro Mifune was his favorite actor.
Nolan's wife, Lisa Joy, is also fond of oriental culture because she spent her childhood in Taiwan, where she watched many Asian film and television dramas, most of all the martial arts films adapted from Journey to the West. Under her screenplay, not only is there an entire episode of the show that is a samurai world, but the audience can also see that the theme parks are located on an island in Asia.
【Old Character】
A
Dolores unlocks a new personality
Benefiting from Hollywood's "Time's Up" movement, Westworld actresses Ivan Rachel Wood and Sandy Newton will receive a raise in the third season, and they will receive the same salary as Actors such as Anthony Hopkins and Ed Harris from next season. At the same time, their roles were upgraded in the play.
At the end of last season, Dolores kills the park's chief designer, Robert Ford, and launches a robot rebellion, in which she will lead other robots to take revenge on the humans who abused them in the past. She not only has to become the master of Westworld, but also has to go out and occupy the world outside paradise. At this time, "Dolores" has completely become her other personality "Wyatt", which was written into her program by another creator of the original paradise, "Arnold", and at the end of the previous season, she solved the puzzle of "Labyrinth" and successfully unlocked the character of "Wyatt".
But not all robots are busy rebelling, and "Maeve", played by Sandy Newton, has her own mission. At the end of the previous season, she had the opportunity to leave the park, but stayed because she was looking for her "daughter". In order to find her daughter, Maeve holds Westworld's chief screenwriter "Lee" hostage, and they will embark on this season's adventure together.
B
Men in Black looking for a "door"
Ed Harris' "Men in Black/William" was the villain in the first season and the most surprising character in the first season. He was originally the executive vice president of Delos, who inherited the company because he was married to the boss's daughter. He is addicted to Westworld games and is a regular here. In the interlaced narrative of time and space in the last season, the audience watched him change from a humble and restrained "William" to a cruel and cold-blooded "Man in Black".
On the robot "Awakening Night", the Man in Black survived. And he will also have a new mission, this time not a "labyrinth", but to find a "gate". "Doors" is also a subtitle for this season's Westworld.
The man in black was given the task of the game by no one else, but Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins), the chief designer of the park, who had been killed by Dolores, and although his body was dead, his consciousness was written into code and could appear through the robot at any time.
C
Bernard "Broken Piece"
Jeffrey White's park administrator "Bernard" has become more active in this season, and viewers who have watched the previous season know that Bernard is actually a robot, and his prototype is the park founder "Arnold".
After the night of the Robot Awakening, Arnold and Charlotte (Tessa Thompson), sent by Delos, wait for the rescuers to arrive. Because the robot Bernard had committed suicide once before (and was later repaired by Maeve), there was always something abnormal, and there were often fragments. It also brings a lot of mysteries to this season, because he doesn't know what time and space he is in and what happened during the period of unconsciousness. In the first episode, the audience will see that during his fragmentation, the entire Grand Canyon has become a vast ocean, drowning many robots. Bernard says he did it, but is he really a reliable narrator?
Written by/Nemo