![]() AI is as ubiquitous as the polluted air these Angelenos breathe, appearing everywhere from robot job recruiters to automated versions of long-dead friends. Additional innovations on display this season include a quasi-TaskRabbit app for criminal tasks, augmented reality mirrors that project purchasable clothing onto the body, and biotechnological capsules that inject a steady stream of drugs (legal or not) into the body. ![]() ![]() In the four episodes made available to critics, we plunge into the big, wide world beyond Westworld’s borders, where a pair of flashy specs can transport users to an alternate reality, Transformers-esque robots patrol a sleek, futuristic Los Angeles, and yes, glass-paneled cars zip Jetsons-style through the smoggy skies. Two years after the widely panned season two finale, Westworld performs a hard reset with its paradigm-shifting third season. In the date announcement trailer, showrunners Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy teased more information about the political landscape of this brave new world beyond Westworld, listing a series of events leading up a butterfly effect moment, all of which amount to what fans call the “divergence timeline.” That eerie timeline includes the impeachment of the 45th president of the United States, as well as ecological collapse, a thermonuclear event, and a Russian civil war, all culminating in a “critical event” in 2058. Through Delos, we can glean something of the capitalist dystopia at work beyond Westworld’s borders, yet the information arrives mediated only through their ethically dubious activities, which range from data mining to selling immortality to the highest bidder. What little we’ve known of the outside world has come filtered through the trials and tribulations of Delos Incorporated, Westworld’s parent company, valued at hundreds of billions of dollars. ![]()
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