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You Can Now Listen to the Entirety of Westworld’s Excellent Soundtrack

At the beginning of November, HBO made five of Ramin Djawadi’s compositions available for people to listen to. Now, a full album of songs from the show has been released. The 34-track album is a mix of Djawadi’s original tracks (like the haunting theme from the opening credits which I somehow keep getting stuck in … Continued

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What Westworld Needs to Do in Season Two

We’re in for a fairly long wait between now and season two of Westworld, since it’s been confirmed that we won’t be returning to the park and its hosts until 2018. That means that viewers can spend more than a year trying to figure out what we’d like answers to, what we need to see, … Continued

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People Watched Things This Weekend

Specifically, a lot of people watched two things. First up was the Guardians of the Galaxy teaser trailer, which director James Gunn has said was the second most-watched teaser trailer ever: In theory, it could be that like five people watched it a lot, but it’s probably that a lot of people saw it. Second, … Continued

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Westworld Won’t Be Back Until 2018

It’s a good thing the season one finale of Westworld left so many things for viewers to discuss. They’re going to be waiting a long time for it to return. Series executive producer Jonathan Nolan confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter what many other outlets had already assumed. The hit show won’t be back until 2018. … Continued

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If You Go to the Westworld Website Right Now, There Are a Few Answers Waiting for You [Updated]

Not a ton of answers, but a few clarifying things are there. As well as some foreshadowing for season two. In a choose-your-own-adventure type conversation where you don’t actually have that many choices, a host wakes up and tells you bits of what you didn’t see and didn’t know. Last night, the Discover Westworld website … Continued

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The Westworld Finale Finally Turned Dolores Into a Character Worth Caring About

Westworld finished its first season last night. Most of the time, we learned exactly what we expected to— but that didn’t stop the show from delivering as many punches as it could on the way there. I’m going to start this recap with the speech Ford gave at the end of the episode, because it’s … Continued

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Here’s Your Spoiler-Filled Place to Share All Your Westworld Finale Thoughts

Westworld’s only needed 10 episodes to get under our skins in a big way. We’ll have the full recap tomorrow, but since time and the internet wait for no one, here’s a safe space to have as many spoiler-filled discussions as you want. And, again, to be very safe about this: Do not go into … Continued

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Open Channel: What’s Your Craziest Fan Theory?

It’s time to go a little bit crazy! Tonight, it’s the last call for Westworld surprises in season 1. We’ve got the next season of Game of Thrones coming up, The Walking Dead is still doing its thing. There are lots we can move forward from the expected into the unknown. That is, unless you … Continued

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If You’re Focused on Solving Westworld‘s ‘Mysteries,’ You’re Missing the Point

There’s a ton of anticipation heading into Sunday’s 90-minute long Westworld finale. With just a 10-episode first season, the show is already an obsession for the millions of people tuning in every week. Lots of time has been spent by fans trying to piece together “clues” to provide evidence for any number of theories. But … Continued

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A New Clip From the Westworld Finale Seems to Have Bad News for Ford

J.J. Abrams dropped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to share a short clip from the season one finale of Westworld. And while it looks like Charlotte Halte (Tessa Thompson) is getting what she wants, I wouldn’t count Robert Ford (Anthony Hopkins) out at all. That’s the thing about Westworld, after all. Everything’s a … Continued

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More Rumors About What Those Rogue One Reshoots Actually Changed

Now we know when to expect Marvel’s Inhumans TV show. Brad Peyton talks bringing Rampage to the big screen. Detective Pikachu has found its director. Plus, tons of new images from Rogue One, a glimpse at Westworld’s season finale, and Sense8 might be back even sooner than you expected. Spoilers now! Rogue One: A Star … Continued

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Westworld Is Running Out of Theories to Confirm

Westworld has piled mystery upon mystery in its premiere season, and fans have developed several theories to explain what’s happening, which the show keeps proving to be true. But with yet another major revelation revealed in last night’s episode, there is also only one big thing left for Westworld to confirm… or deny. Pretty much … Continued

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We Are All Dolores’ Freak-Out on Last Night’s Westworld 

Episode eight, “Trace Decay,” continued Westworld’s themes of memory and narrative. The world is controlled by the narrative, and the narrative is created by memory. It’s how the two blur together for both the park’s guests and the hosts, which is what is makes them indistinguishable. The episode picks up immediately after last week’s big … Continued

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SNL Proves Anderson Cooper’s Been a Westworld Host This Whole Time

Ever wonder why CNN seems to constantly repeat itself with its coverage of the 2016 election and the future president of the United States? Turns out, it’s because they’re on a loop. Let’s hope the Man in Black doesn’t show up. Saturday Night Live’s latest episode included a sketch where host Anderson Cooper and his … Continued

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Ed Harris Is Back for Westworld Season Two, Which Raises Lots of Questions

Speaking on BBC Radio, Westworld star Ed Harris confirmed he’ll be back for the HBO hit’s recently announced season two. “Yeah, you know, as a matter of fact, I was just talking to Jonah Nolan last night, who’s a creator of this thing with his wife Lisa Joy, and yeah, they’re doing another season,” Harris … Continued

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New Footage Solves One Mystery of How Westworld‘s Park Actually Works

Along with the questions about autonomy, self, and what it means to be real, Westworld also stirs up mysteries of a more practical nature. Namely, how does this giant park even work? One thing we have seen in the show is that the staff can come into the park at night, dressed in containment suits … Continued

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How Do We Know That We Aren’t Actually Robots?

Welcome to Giz Asks, a series where we ask suddenly urgent questions and experts try to answer them. Today, we’re wondering if it’s possible to be a robotic artificial intelligence entity and not know it. On Westworld, some humanoid androids are catching glimpses of a horrifying reality behind their artificial self-perception—that they, the robot “park … Continued

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Westworld Will Return For a Second Season

It’s been expected pretty much since the show began dominating the TV conversation after it premiered, but now it’s official: Westworld season two is happening. There’s no real details on the second season yet beyond the announcement, other than it will be 10 episodes long, and that no major cast or crew changes are expected … Continued

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Last Night’s Westworld Confirmed Something We’ve All Suspected

Let’s just immediately move the discussion of last night’s hugely important Westworld below the spoiler bar, shall we? Well. One major Westworld theory just got confirmed. While the question of whether the show is taking places in two different timelines remains unknown, the other big theory—that Bernard (Jeffrey Wright) was secretly a host—is now fact, … Continued

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Video Shows How Westworld and Jurassic Park Are Basically the Same Thing

Westworld, the hit HBO sci-fi western, and Jurassic Park, the source of all your favorite Jeff Goldblum GIFs, have one thing in common: They were both based on stories by Michael Crichton. And it turns out, that one thing makes a huge difference. A video from College Humor points out how Westworld and Jurassic Park … Continued