I could have sworn we did this episode before but I guess not. Either way, I lost my memory.
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1726 - Hollywood Is Dead - 157 - The Insider (1999) & Ace In The Hole (1951)
Didn’t plan to do 2 movies that tear apart the media culture but that’s what happened.
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1725 - LIW The Twilight Zone Review - 460 - TZ2002 - 122 - Gabe's Story
This story? Oh, that’s Gabe’s. Any other questions?
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1724 - LIW The Twilight Zone Review - 459 - TZ1959 - 220 - Static Redux
I mean, at least the title fits? Also, why is that kid staring into basement windows so much?
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1723 - LIW The Twilight Zone Review - 458 - TZ1959 - 321 - Kick The Can Redux
Just kick the shit out of that can already you cranky bastards.
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1722 - LIW Westworld Review - 45 - Westworld Redux (1973)
43 - Westworld Redux (1973)
James Brolin looks like Christian Bale’s dad
Peter shoots Yul Brynner. John asks him to shoot at him to prove gun won’t work
Taking shots upstairs and hear casual bank robbery.
At night they collect robo bodies. Talking about the breakdowns
Peter shoots Yul Brynner again and is arrested for it. John blows up jail and breaks him out.
Christian Bale Sr bit by rattlesnake. Keep showing guest as new sherif and the couple in medieval world.
One of the medieval girls won’t fuck so they know something is up.
Everyone waking up after bar fights and not being able to fuck wenches. Medieval guy killed. Yul shoots Bale Sr. Chases Peter on horse
Did you really make a 70’s dystopian movie if the last 30 minutes isn’t filled and an annoying musical loop?
Delos guys stuck in room dying. Peter finds guy working on truck. He’s killed by Yul.
Peter arrives at Roman world and it’s a massacre. Goes underground. Delos peeps dead.
Peter throws acid in his face. Acid did nothing. Chases him to kings room. Used fire to hide. Burns up Yul and saves wench. Metal Tup appears to fall.
Peter and John are William and Logan.
Not gonna cover the video games.
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1721 - LIW Westworld Review - 44 - Futureworld Redux (1976)
43 - Futureworld Redux (1976)
Yay Amazon.
Newspaper writer Peter Fonda gets call to meet. Dude he meets is dying and blames Delos
Delos meeting says more than 50 guest died and 75 employees. That would have been fun to watch.
Girl mad they are bringing in Fonda as it ruins her tv exclusive
On plane prize winner talks about wanting to fuck a robot. First one says it is t programmed for sex
Take off scenes. Japanese guy wins duel in Medieval times. 3D chess like Star Wars Holiday Special
Going skiing on Mars. Everyone is required to pick a fuck not. REQUIRED? Fonda asking about dead guy. Has photo of him dead. Okay real rockemsockem robots. Bartender keeps photo but lies about it.
Constant PA saying it’s all perfectly safe.
Real world equivalent of the Japanese guy jousting is paying a dominatrix to stomp on your balls with high heels.
Goes behind curtain. Spends way too long walking down hallways. Delos guys onto him
Contestant winner can’t decide which girl but won’t fuck both.
Delos guys at night look like ninja cult members. Somehow capture Fonda while sleeping and consider on him. Girl wakes up thinking it was real.
More sleuthing in warehouse. Attacked by slowest samurai ever. Hits head. Tech guy saves them by freezing Samurbots. Try to talk him into doing interview so Cleveland will see it. Introduces his friend Clark that’s a white robot. Inspiration for the HBO series? Caught talking to a Harry then go bang.
Delos puts Harry in Roman world in water.
Delos shows Fonda they can see into her mind. They get her fantasy laid. In it Yul Brynner shows up and shoots cult ninjas. Was hoping she would be running one out when she woke up.
Fonda sneaks off to talk to Harry who is playing angry poker with Clark. Shows him photo of Frenchy. Spy on a code where only 700’s can go. Can’t get in. Harry kills a robot after calling it iron ass.
Peter Fonda robot. His dick too. Harry puts robot face on welding mask. See their own robots just walking around.
Delos man explaining it all to Fonda. Reminds me of a Bond villain walking into Halloween 3. Girl shoots Delos dude, robot.
Harry breaks up with his sex slave. Robo Fonda at a Harry and shoots at himself. Girl shoots her robot version. She probably has a name.
“you couldn’t hit an elephant in the ass at 5 yards with a bazooka
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1720 - LIW Westworld Review - 43 - Beyond Westworld - 105 - Take-Over
43 - Beyond Westworld - 105 - Take-Over
News guy talking about officer involved shooting. Immediately cops attacked.
George Takei doing surgery. Nurse is robot.
Cop talking to wife in hospital about adopting kid. Pamela nurse comes in
Moore does his favorite thing: scold someone laying in a hospital bed
Moore in traffic cop outfit using robo detector and finds it may be a cop. Why not just single them out? Seems easy.
Quaid and The Professor looking bored watching the show. Trying to use chip in human to make him kill Moore. Pamela shows up to pretend interview him. Why undercover???
Chip in brain cop talks to Robo Takei
Uses projector shooting simulation as robots Albany see heat sensor but the wax bullets blow up the wall
Just splash water on them all
Next scheme is to take them to pool to see who tans. Gross. Dude gets blisters in a minute. Why ever go outside?
Cop tries to beat up Moore because he thinks he’s internal affairs
How would the actor playing Quaid feel if this went to series?
Governor arrives on helicopter and Moore takes him back to hotel. Quaid overtakes his dude and he uses it to protect officer in shooting. But he shot a guy controlled by him so…. But what for? Freeze frame on Quaid
Debate starts in few hours and Moore and Pam can’t figure out why Quaid wants governor dead. The sexual tension is just overbearing.
Moore follows up on doctor and living robot guy said he was checked and is fine.
Police escorted governor arrives at debate. Governor sets off metal detector. Pam says she found signal using her goddamn tape recorder they call a tracking beacon.
They track it down to Riley. The most obvious suspect. Quad has him run away as Moore steals garbage truck and kills him.
Most generic debate answers. Quaid activates living copbot. Moore pulls governor in front of bullet and Copbot shoots him. Quaid tells Copbot to shoot Moore. How did he know about the adoption paperwork??
Moore tells Pam that 2 years ago the governor died. Series ends on terrible joke.
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1719 - LIW Westworld Review - 42 - Beyond Westworld - 104 - The Lion
42 - Beyond Westworld - 104 - The Lion
For some reason Moore at a celebration for a racecar The Lion. Some couple getting married
Every show in this era needed a race car episode. Car blows up.
Science dude says it was Westworld tech that caused the wreck.
Moore goes to hospital and yells at cripple.
Moore offers for Delos to fund Lionstar
Fire kills owner due to heart attack. Oh he’s alive.
Husband and father almost killed but Moore talking her into continuing.
19:10 save her speech
Quaid working with The Professor.
Pamela and Moore almost blown up in bus. Are there 5 Moore’s. He’s everywhere
Guy driving car almost hits them. Chair falls over. Someone jacked the brakes
Pamela catches Cory practicing on wheel with hand brakes and scolds him. Like she caught him jerking. Later he tells his wife she’s not racing
Mechanic is robot. No shit who else is left Robot quits and Quaid thinks it’s perfect.
NASCAR even with 2 cars. Typical. That was the Indianapolis 500???
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1718 - LIW Westworld Review - 41 - Beyond Westworld - 103 - Sound Of Terror
41 - Beyond Westworld - 103 - Sound Of Terror
Power & Ruth: greatest band ever playing anti-nuclear concert protest.
John and Pamela see home in fence and decide to go after band. Did Pamela replace Laura?
John backstage. This band has 52 members. Didn’t even recognize Rene Auberjonois. John finds empty canisters of uranium. One of the 52 band members is a robot.
Singer yells at Rene for being a thrill seeker.
Singer’s mustache friend comes in flirting and pisses off Rene.
Main cast of this show is dead already.
Directed by Paul Stanley but not that one
singer does show in field for kids. and it’s just the fucking worst.
Roberta robot watching Moore. Quaid watching it on tv. Pamela is going door to door in hotel with Geiger counter. Singers mustache friend in on it too.
Quaid trying to sell bomb and work for dictator.
Moore finds bug on lapel as mustache man watches him. Singer saves him from freeze frame commercial break.
Mustache man is human and Ruth is preggers.
Guy with heart glasses is robot. We haven’t really met him. He then attacks Ruth and Pamela.
Moore gets on 70’s plane with them. Immobilized by taking off glasses. Opens plane door and sloooowly falls out. Blows up.
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1717 - LIW Westworld Review - 40 - Beyond Westworld - 102 - My Brother's Keeper
40 - Beyond Westworld - 102 - My Brother's Keeper
Dean Stoner betting 200k. Oh other guy is a robot. Kidnaps Stoner and beats up cop. Moore on the case. More of a Blade Runner show.
Quaid has kidnapped gambler. Stoner signs over 51% of oil company if he can pay back 200k in 24 hours
Nick Stoner talks to Moore about being an assassination target.
Robot starts fire and walks through. Football throws interception but nobody notices
Pamela arrives to guard football game as cheerleader
Roberta the nipple lady shows up to report on John Moore’s plans
57 year old Super Bowl quarterback kisses Pamela. Quaid in her room and brings in Pambot.
Quaid tells quarterback to grow up. Then Pambot falls trying to kill Moore
Robot strips and says he Shonna kill Pam. Dean passes out from falling on luggage. Moore kills robot.
Nick “I’ve always been more fearful of fear than what I’ve been afraid of.”
Quaid driving a lot. Activates robot Earl the quarterback. Says he’s 34… 46 here. Moore kicks him in back and throws ball at door
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1716 - LIW Westworld Review - 39 - Beyond Westworld - 101 - Westworld Destroyed
39 - Beyond Westworld - 101 - Westworld Destroyed
Ted post directed.
credits. John. Simon. Laura. Joseph Oppenheimer. Foley. Cpt Farrell. Parker.
Laura tells John Westworld is destroyed. Would be like if Ashley Stubbs had a spin/off
Laura explaining robots shut down at 2 am. Says Simon Quaid is behind the revolt.
Cpt Farrell doesn’t fuck around with the book
Quaid watching on tv as Laura and John tour the frozen robots. Oppenheimer joins them. Quaid also somehow watching submarine of Farrell.
Quaid has Foley program robot to kill all 3 of them. Shoots Oppy in leg then John puts him in water. Activates all robots. Leave on helicopter
Quaid has robot on sub. Wants to destroy Delos.
Have robot Jan to replace humans in dangerous jobs
J and L board sub to find robot. Man saves her from hydronic door. They are suspicious.
John gets in car driven by Foley and is gassed. Quaid questions him about blind luck and leaves alone with snake. Puts in light socket.
Another guy backs up into Laura’s more suspicion.
John questions pointing a missile at a city in a test. Realizes he leaves handprint but not Capt Farrell. Caught sending out signal and sub out on red alert. Arms missile while Delos building flees.
John sets fire alarm. Shoots and sprays with fire extinguisher. John shoots missile off.
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1715 - Hollywood Is Dead - 156 - The Frighteners (1996) & Blue Velvet (1986)
Other than being a decade apart, not a lot to tie these two films together. Our first Peter Jackson and our second David Lynch films.
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1714 - LIW Anthology Series Review - 136 - Inside No. 9 - 107 - The Inventors
If time travel were real, I’d go back and not watch this.
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1713 - LIW Anthology Series Review - 135 - Inside No. 9 - The Bones Of St Nicholas
This was a strange one but at least Christmas didn’t end in a snuff film? Right?
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1712 - LIW+ - 170 - Live Episode Commentary - 128 - Inside No. 9 - 107 - The Inventors
1711 - LIW+ - 169 - Live Episode Commentary - 127 - Inside No. 9 - 801 - The Bones Of St Nicholas
1710 - LIW Westworld Review - 38 - Que Sera, Sera (408)
38 - 408 - Que Sera, Sera
Steven Oggs is back like GTA5 character. Dies immediately. Chain of kills. MiB ends it.
White robot saves Hale. Hands her Bernard’s message.
Dolores realizes she made up her friends.
Charlotte stomps map away. Then pulls ball.
Stubbs tells Caleb he won’t make it that far.
Jake finds dead William and Clementine walks in and says she wants to be free.
Very much following outline of season 2
Confederates shoot at MiB but he kills then then takes glasses to talk to Hale.
Zombie scene. Caleb Stubbs and C hiding out in supermarket. Stitches her leg up. Guy breaks in and Stubbs fights. Clem shoots and stabs him. She is looking for outliers. Fights Caleb but C shoots her. Dies with zombie look.
MiB beats Hale to the damn. She was in helicopter and he was in truck and horse and had to stop to shoot dudes. Anyway they fight. Hale finishes Bernard’s plan by shooting MiB. Says she is giving “her” a chance.
Caleb says goodbye to Frankie
Hale loads Dolores into Sublime. She doesn’t realize he’s not real. FINALLY. Decides to make her own game.
Expected to fly away like Neo with rage playing. Instead she walks over evenly dispersed dead bodies.
Naked Hale-bot sunbathes next to River. How can she smash her own brain ball?
Apparently all of humanity lived in Hale’s NYC?? Turns it to Westworld.
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1709 - LIW Westworld Review - 37 - Metanoia (407)
37 - 407 - Metanoia
Bernard and Maeve getting guns to go into tunnel. The Sublime is in Hoover Damn. Bernard opens it. Says they are copies and in Sublime. Robot crashes through. Is this reality?
Bernard talking to Acheteka about saving people.
Second time arriving at dam. Maeve makes Bernard promise to send her to Sublime. But she’s there already.
Dolores wakes up and Teddy is just watching her. Drowns herself but doesn’t die.
Caleb freaking out and Hale stops him. She tells him she’s placing humans in cold storage tomorrow. Says h daughter will arrive just in time.
Rebels ready to leave. Bernard tells Stubbs he dies.
MiB frees William. Wait no. Stabs him.
Dolores makes woman pull fire alarm at work. Then makes them all destroy stories. Cross cut with Stubbs and C finding William dead. Clearly different times.
Frankie meets Caleb.
Bernard and Maeve sneaking into tower. Tells her no matter what everyone dies but they can save a tiny part
Hale about to take her brain cube out but Maeve shows up. They kung fu fight. MiB shoots Maeve and Hale. MiB the finds Bernard. Shoots him. He clearly left message on tablet though.
Outliers leaving and everyone starts fighting. Teddy tells Dolores she’s not real but the world is. Not different timelines but just realities.
MiB shooting robots as tower blows up.
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1708 - LIW Westworld Review - 36 - Fidelity (406)
36 - 406 - Fidelity
Caleb’s wife and daughter are outliers and try to help a dude. His daughter looks like an adult milestone. Everyone freezes and the white robots come out. Saw this scene on Facebook.
Hale talks to Caleb about helping each other out. She says his brain is temporary and is already dying.
Bernard takes C below for control unit to fix Maeve. Says they upgraded from the hats to a mirror.
Caleb sees a room full of various stages of himself going crazy. Finds via in time glass and falls over. Wakes up to fire and Portal signs from himself. Lands on pile of his own ash.
Really hinting hard it’s his daughter. She’s mad at Maeve because she was with Caleb when he died. She shoots Bernard for being a spy host. He is copying all of them.
Caleb following his own dirty hand prints. Kills white robot. Now follows bloody hand prints. Uses own body to fall long way.
Bernard tells C she has to kill the mole or they kill her. It’s a different person every time. Talks to guy that is clearly the guy they saved at the beginning.
C smashes Jay with bottle because he called her his sister.
Caleb records message to Frankie. Maeve kills Jay. Hale behind it all to hear secret to daughter. Snaps his neck when he says the host would rather die than live in her world. Build 279 started.
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