JJ may be an Executive Producer, but the show was developed by husband and wife
team Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy. Nolan is Christopher's brother, and has a
hand in the scripts and/or stories for most of that Nolan's films, most notably
the short story that was the basis for Memento. Joy has written on both
Pushing Daisies and Burn Notice and is attached to write a Battlestar Galactica
theatrical movie that apparently somebody thinks we need.
JJ is the television drama equivalent of Chuck Lorre in that he is not quite as
day-to-day hands on for all of the projects he's attached to. He might give
notes like Steven Spielberg did for the Warner Brothers cartoons he 'presented'
in the 90s, but I doubt JJ is as directly involved as he might have been with
Alias or Felicity.
Of course, you all might already assume this, and should pay me no heed.
David
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Subject: [TV orNotTV] Quickie Review: Westworld
JJ Abrams' take on Michael Crichton's Jurassic-Park-but-with-robots
(re-)introduces us to the flagship of the Delos Corporation's stable of
android-populated amusement parks, though not strictly as for-adults as the
1973 movie was... don't get me wrong, this show is full of booze, boobs, and
blood, but there's always a kid amongst the "Newcomers" (and why is that,
actually?).
On one level, it speaks to the Crichtonesque commentary of chaos theory that is
prevalent through his works. Sort of a Murphy's Law 2.0.
On another level, it speaks to what Hollywood thinks of us mere mortals, giving
us a backdrop of a stereotypical spaghetti western with hackneyed writing that
is spoiled in perhaps the most brilliant way possible (I'm not going to say
what, you'll just have to watch it).
On a third level... it's filled with anachronisms & oxymorons that will require
multiple viewings (the bots wander the great outdoors, the humans running the
show are left in sterile machine-like corridors of glass and metal... and
that's just for starters). There is one key element that takes a hard right
within the first 15 or so minutes. So if you think you know the show by
watching the movie or looking at the clips online... you know nothing. :)
In short, if you've seen it, see it again. Or read a spoiler site or something.
But if you found that the likes of Game of Thrones is over your head, don't
bother.
But that's my opinion, YMMV.
~D
Available now on the HBO Now & HBO Go apps.
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