Westworld: The Man in Black - The Gamification of Life

[@thetake]

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[@nekrataali]

Omar from The Wire! Really liked the video on McNulty and "real police." It'd be cool to see you guys do Omar and "playing the game," especially after this video.

[@ChandlerLawsonPlays]

I hope you guys build upon this after season 2. Excellent work. Your videos help me think critically about the media that I consume, and, in this day and age, that really means something. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@mansourzebian4393]

ScreenPrism analysis of Maniac and how it criticizes film genres

[@greenytaddict]

They chose wisely with Ed Harris😍

[@jarate5922]

William is actually the ultimate gamer. A lot of people who invest tremendous amount of time in games would be successful (in terms of wealth and status) in real life as he is if they implemented what they learnt. When something gets repetitive or acts in patterns you inevitably start to focus on results instead of the experience itself, hence the "skipping" and "farming" in video games. This happens in real life too (with grades or a repetitive job for example)

[@vicenteortegarubilar9418]

Missing the point of being human, very well put. Sums up why the character is at the same time tragic and terryfing.

[@justabitofjunkie2595]

but there is no point to being human.

[@flame1154]

Spot on, what after all is more dangerous than someone with all the intelligence, creativity and capability of a human, yet devoid of emotion, morality and empathy? The "strength" the man in black gains through losing his humanity, is also what makes him so tragic; if he were to die, what would be lost in the world?

[@IndigobluBeauty]

Yeah it’s interesting in how he wants West world to be more real but yet he doesn’t deal with the real world very well...

[@KutWrite]

Yeah, in fact he escapes it every chance he gets!

[@desirereleased3423]

Yeah and in the short scenes from eps to come I think we will get an episode to see a bit into his world outside west world and the deal with his wife and daughter

[@BrittKatSlat]

IndigobluBeauty such good observation @indigoblu

[@knoahbody69]

This Video only covers the first season. Did you see the second and third season?

[@toboe99]

Great video! It also links to Arnold's idea of consciousness. William/Man in Black is trying to go up the pyramid of consciousness, yet fails to realise that consciousness is not a journey upward, it's a journey inward. Unlike William, Deloris realises this by the final episode, discovering the voice in her head guiding her, was herself, her own inner-voice that humans have. She's reached that level. Ironically, Deloris is more human than William, he's missed the whole point in trying to gather meaning and where to find it, to the point where he's abandoned his inner-voice, acting as a guide or voice of morality i.e. indiscriminate murder, (implied) rape, etc.

[@solanaseraphina]

It's Dolores. Not Deloris. Just because Delos owns the theme park doesn't mean the attraction host is named after it.

[@lynnmartz8739]

There is that scene with Delores and William and the dying man begging for water... William doesn't want to comply but Delores insists

[@patrickbateman4541]

@@lynnmartz8739 bruh

[@rickardkaufman3988]

Basically what Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker means when portrayed as a Western with automatons.

[@danb6742]

Man in Black is the best written character

[@Sam-lr9oi]

This is a great take I'd never even thought about despite knowing/noticing the obvious, that the Man in Black was just playing a really big RPG. I just automatically understood the interpretation that reads the core philosophy of the show as a metaphysical examination of "what is life/being?" without making the teensy little hop that connected it to the gamification of modern life like is laid out almost too plainly in some Black Mirror episodes.

[@KW-vy1rf]

I think this is one of your best videos yet. So insightful. You're doing great work!

[@brianpetersen3429]

I always enjoy your thoughtful analysis.

[@dodgersdoon1130]

I love this video, you did a wonderful job explaining a very complex character to one of my favorite shows. Brilliant

[@rexlongfellow]

Breaking Bad and Westworld videos one after the other? Yes please.

[@cornelrebegea1451]

The most insightful and meaningful commentary to WW. I even began to think there isn't one. Well done.

[@grvonny]

I just became a newcomer to this channel and 30 years from now I'm going to be a shell of myself. I am gonna learn to navigate through this channel and I'm going to get very good at it, yet I will remain empty and in search of feeling by trolling other users. I am The Man in Plad PJs🤘

[@KelsieHuff]

These vids are so wildly thoughtful. Please keep up the amazing work!!!

[@laurengreenspan5356]

I like the expression "wildly thoughtful." I'll have to use that. :)

[@KelsieHuff]

heck yeah!

[@jamiespamister5711]

He does talk to the hosts like they're video game characters - haha! After seeing this, I'm going to hang onto every word out of TMIB's mouth tonight. Thanks for the timely content! I'M SO EXCITED FOR WESTWORLD'S RETURN TONIGHT!

[@jillbill7752]

Jamie Brown now what do u think of him lol

[@TheBamcast]

Favorite Channel On KZbin Thank you for the amazing content ladies

[@thehightable5995]

Before 5 millon views! Thank you so much girls! You're the best! I was watching the first season again but I stopped just for your video. Again, spetacular video. I gotta say, William/The Man in Black is the most fascinating human charecter after Dr. Ford. He is the kind of charecter you love to hate. Despite the terrible things he has done, you don't want him to die. Ed Harris made a outstanding work as MIB, and now we know the truth, we can expect the same from Jimmi Simpson.

[@Werewolf914]

I didn't hate him at all he's only killing Robots,definitely my favorite character on the show.

[@leeleerose]

Love that you included a clip of halt and catch fire! This is one of my top 3 shows of all time. I love what it has to say about connections, people's ability to evolve beyond their flaws and the value in failing so we can be open to new things and become greater. It would be amazing if you ladies did a video on this highly underrated show

[@Gaby-bx3cv]

Y’all keep pushing this amazing content! You keep me on my toes every Sunday! Love it!

[@466chalk]

The Man in Black: the existentialist's horror story.

[@PirvateerKurei]

You two, together, are a formidable team of teachers who make folks think deeply.👏🏿

[@hannahwillow109]

More WestWorld please! You ladies kill it every time. Excellent work 👍🏻❤️

[@FlamingBeret]

One of the best. The things that count, dont always matter, and that which matters, cant always be counted.

[@R4Y2k]

"The way the Men in Black relates to westworld is eerliy similar to how you feel about a videogame you played a thousand times" I'm Commander Shepard and I approve this message!

[@avinashb4485]

Your video makes me re-watch the season and re-think what I learnt from it. EXCELLENT ANALYSIS!!!

[@lisamatveeva9688]

Amazing channel girls, great analysis and really well-made videos! Whole evening gone after I accidentally clicked on one of your Disney videos but I don't regret it :) And you really cut it with MiB here.

[@Sona-mq3ex]

I loved this. Also a good recap before the second season starts. Thank you as always for putting up quality work. PS. Girls, I know that we as viewers can’t even imagine how much effort you put in these video-essays and demanding stuff here is not the most grateful thing to do, but I’m still waiting for that Phoebe and Joey videos.

[@shortstuff780]

All these Westworld videos all over KZbin makes me happy! Cannot wait for 7

[@s.d.0]

This is the one channel who's long videos I don't mind 😍👌🏻👏🏻 Oh, and... This video is GOLD😍😍

[@ConsistenTea]

I'm in love with Sussana's voice and smart analysis of the show.

[@taygaXOXO]

Omg you guys are so beautiful! Loved the analysis :)

[@Moscato_Moscato]

Y’all are so awesome!!! I love Westworld and y’all!!

[@jearmin]

Thanks for all the insight provided in ypu in-depth analysis of this aspect of "Westworld" from a gamer's perspective and what is more important in the "real" world. Pretty interesting. I'm your new subscriber 😃

[@greggor07]

Omg, I can't believe I've only just discovered this channel! You ladies are so perceptive and smart. A definite sub!

[@petercarioscia9189]

Gøran Greggor they deserve so many more subs....this channel is amazing. Happy you found them!

[@brotherdandy]

This channel will change you for the better.

[@greggor07]

Tasty Treats Absolutely. And I'm so happy to have found them! By pure chance. Or maybe it was unavoidable, depending on what your thoughts on free will are! :) Anyhow, I really don't follow this type of content on youtube, but Westworld is a masterpiece, beloved in my field (IT - deep learning, neural networks) so I was watching that amazing trailer and got this channel in the recommendations as the result. Soon glad I clicked on it! Then when I heard the content, I was blown away!! They are brilliant. Not only in their understanding of storytelling, but also psychology, philosophy, science...really amazing. And I saw that other shows they follow also happen to be my favorites. This is a true gem!

[@laurengreenspan5356]

They actually inspired me to create my own channel. They're amazing. I'd be fascinated to watch a video from an IT - Deep Learning perspective on Westworld.

[@greggor07]

The Word Made Film Awesome! Good luck with the channel. They've actually implemented certain terminology and concepts from the deep machine learning field in the show very correctly. Like the fact that it is precisely these intuitive A.I. neural networks that are overcoming the so-called 'uncanny valley'. Professionally that scares the hell out of me, because we're already working with the kind of intuitive technology, which can totally fool our *human* intuitions. Essentially making the Turing test irrelevant. And the trend they're showing when unsupervised is the exponentially fast adaptation to behaving ever more human-like. That in itself sort of approaches the uncanny valley from the opposite end and it gets creepy as hell, but only when you reflect on it philosophically. Not many engineers do tho. That's why I find Westworld so eye-opening for us. If you slow down a bit with the race we're being pressured into, then you can really start to ask all sorts of questions about the emergent properties of consciousness, including not only the potential dangers of (A.)I. good and evil, but also how generally intelligent we humans really are, and whether the self is only an illusion, an evolutionary algorithm...and so on. After all, this show is a story about us, the hosts are only metaphors imo.

[@tincup850]

Awww snap @screen prism killin it again! Love this show and perfect timing!! Awesome work!!

[@dodson43]

How much “meaning” can squeeze out of a super rich dude, who’s been role playing a villain cowboy for the last 30 years. It’s a fantasy theme park for super rich people.

[@richlisola1]

Precisely-This is why William is a tragic pathetic figure-Many people did not like how Westworld wound up by Season Three-Me included. But one thing that did not disappoint, was the end of The Man In Black. William wasn’t moving towards any redemption. He couldn’t overcome a lifetime a bad actions, evil thoughts, and self-derangement.

[@dodson43]

@@richlisola1 Exactly that’s why I’m happy that he never got an redemption arc.

[@chocopandan]

I really hope you make another westworld video! The newest season ends soon and it is so good!

[@chrisoehl4094]

I think I get shows like this then I watch your videos..... always thought provoking!

[@knoelle1357]

I think the Man in Black wants the hosts to attain sentience. That’s why he abuses them, he even said that’s when they’re the most human. It’s like Plato’s allegory of the cave.

[@Hope-Truth-Light]

K Noelle I've never heard of that before, got some new reading material thanks

[@roguecodes]

The editing on these videos is incredible! I’m in the beginning stages of learning Adobe Premiere and I hope to get up to the skill level of this channel someday. I’d love to see a video on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and how it works to subvert sexist tropes (if you haven’t already done one). Keep up the good work!

[@MechanizedMinionMTG]

I disagree with the assertion that life isn't a game, all things are games with winners and losers. The fact that in the end we all die hardly means that we all have the same ending. This isn't to say that one should min max their life in order to achieve the highest possible score, I don't think that sort of strategy works in this sort of a scenario, there are just too many variables in play. The choices that you make will have an effect on how you experience the game, which itself is highly asymmetric; we aren't all born with the same number of points to distribute on our character sheets, we aren't all born into the same socioeconomic circumstances, or in countries that all share the same laws. The list of asymmetric features in this game of life we all play could easily go on. We also only get one shot at this game, there are guides written by those who have played before that we can use to help guide us, but the choices that they made and the outcome therein aren't guaranteed to work the same for every player. The game is open-ended with no clear victory conditions, and it isn't a win-lose game like so many others; Rather it is a solitary game played on a massive player server. Your victory might be amassing wealth, reaching a certain level of fame, or "saving" a certain number of other players through spirituality/religion, while my victory might be simply getting by without being a burden to the players around me.

[@ashwinshrestha9404]

I Totally agree dude

[@0y3ah58]

Life may have the features of a game, but it is ultimately far from the general qualifications of it. If you believe that it is a "game", then you are implying that we are avatars for a higher being trying to achieve some sort of satisfaction in a simulated environment. More so, the "points" you acquire; as you say is completely subjective. That may be true for an open ended game; but for many games there is only one true and solid goal eg; the highest score, beating the main story, killing all the enemies. You can play football for the purpose of exercise; but that is not the what the game was made for. It was made for the accumulation of points that are rewarded for playing with skill. It is not the players who define the game; buy the creator of the game itself. Since human life so far has not found a creator to declare what its purpose and qualifications for victory are, it does not qualify as a game. Unless you are referring to competition mandated by evolution; which at this point in human societies, has developed and is won with the application of social constructs like careers, wealth, education, etc. . Even though this arena of life may have sections that have games constructed for the acquisition of necessities for survival; the ways a person conceives these are purely subjective and purely specific to an individual; an individual that is ideally and truly not under the strings of a greater puppeteer who has a globally encompassing goal.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

"All things are games with winners and losers" - Please, that's your first mistake. It's a construct. Gameifying life is about as artificial a construct as they come. It's the line of thinking that created casinos and casinos are inherently false in their presentation versus their purpose (which is to impart the feeling of a game that one may win). The truth is that there are no winners, and there is no game - the game is what we tell ourselves and unlike video games there are no stringently define rules - those who gameify life change the rules and the parameters to make it so that in their own minds they are winners of some sort or another, the end goal changing to fit the self-perception and worldview as the player. It's like religion, or ideology - the big old lie we choose to live to pretend there's some sense of catharsis at the end of this tunnel. Those who gameify life either self-destruct or learn to discard this artificial worldview and embrace the inherent chaos of the real. Not to be insulting, but your profile picture is so typical of someone who'd try to gameify their life. At the end of the day I think you'll learn it takes more energy to keep up the facade than to just let it go and accept that the concept of 'winning' or 'losing' is an inherently fickle prospect when transposed over reality.

[@Ikaros23]

How do you know its only one shot at the game?....

[@SNOWSOS]

Honestly I can completely understand that feeling. Every video, twitch clip or instagram post I make I know I'm comparing it's success not by the finished quality but by how many views, likes or shares it gets.

[@therebelsaiyan5559]

You guy are producing some fire the weekend!

[@alejandroungaro4488]

MIB: Where's the center of the maze? Buddha: There's no center son.

[@rabbychan]

Me: nobody asked you, buddY, sit down.

[@alejandroungaro4488]

@@rabbychan Sit down you too, mechanical toy.

[@NextToToddliness]

100%. William is our proxy and this is his story we're supposed learn lessons from.

[@blackspiralstorytelling4402]

The Man in Black is Nietzsche's Warlike Man.

[@themohamedsh28]

I loved this. It almost cured my existential crisis.

[@Master13961]

Knew something like this would come out today, awesome job!

[@KutWrite]

Nicely done, ladies! I just started Season Two... wow! Every bit as good, so far, as #1.

[@ExpiredPills]

Mindfully said into words Thank you guys for the content and this video breakdown

[@MISO999100999]

jesse and man in black in one day ? thats insane, pretty rare seeing quantity with qualitty

[@vincentknight27]

I fucking love Westworld so much

[@marleneg7794]

We are stuck in a loop a tight as the hosts'! Tru dat Ford!

[@tetestephanie]

Really great video, Westworld is a marvelous series and Man In Black has one of the greatest plot of the show. In the video you put some scenes of Halt and Catch Fire, it would be amazing if you work on essays about ut, it's a great series as well and so good characters to work on, please make Halt and Catch Fire videos too?

[@thetake]

Halt and Catch Fire is coming! It’s one of our favorites - rich with so much content to analyze. Thanks for watching!

[@tetestephanie]

Thank you, you all make such a good work, i watch all of your videos with pleasure, thanks for considering make a Halt and Catch Fire one, or who knows, maybe a series like the other ones...

[@MalaysianChopsticks]

The Man in Black is like most gamers. Play the story once, only the story, skip the side quests. 2nd Playthrough, side quest, fuck around but you have to go through this level, *cutscene* Skip skip skip skip skip skip. We skip all the dialogue/cutscene just to finish this sidequest so that we can get that achievement. We just skip the meaningful cutscenes that we used to watch whole heartedly and give it up so easily.

[@desirereleased3423]

Mr. Chopstick yes but unlike the skip the dialogue and cutscenes...he absorbs many of the side notes and stories. Like going through Lawrence’s plight to reach Armistice and learn the inner workings of the maze. Helping Dolores and now finding the “out” in this game young Ford host was telling him about

[@striderfox71]

I want the world to be a video game. Easier to deal with outcomes and scores then being moral or tide down by your own mental blocks. In a game your free to choose without limits, one becomes God in their own right when in a game.

[@noahorakwue2653]

I'm surprised HBO didn't hire you girls to show this perspective within there shows like westworld and game of thrones because your so damn good at it!!!!

[@cthulhutheendless1587]

Great content; I always look forward to your videos!

[@pkumares]

Awesome video and explanations... Great work

[@Nubyrc]

Then a true master of a game is one who knows when to quit playing and to start luving

[@GanjaLibre]

Now do an analysis of Elliot from Mr Robot and you would have made 3 videos on a row of 3 of the best TV shows ever made

[@KutWrite]

I was thinking that, too.

[@samledger244]

I haven't listened to all of your commentary so I am throwing out things that you may have already covered but I am curious if you have mentioned or examined in your insights to this marvelous series. My main insights have to do with the conflict between the MIB and Dr Ford. It is clear that for Ford the MIB represents everything he judges as corrupt in human consciousness and yet he is still engaging him in his final game. Of course he detests all things Delos and that his world had to depend on Delos's money and research interests to keep afloat but more than that the MIB represents the opposite of learning to Ford. As the MIB Is constantly reminded the maze the inward journey that develops in Ford's machines is not an option for him and if we take away something from Delore's perspective perhaps any human because humans do not survive their own death. It is not just suffering that has informed Delore's sentient awakening but extreme suffering, dying a thousand times witnessing others die. The MIB's suffering has in the first season only given vengence as fruit he kills tortures indiscriminantly to “ see” that his is a loop of souless bitterness. I believe that his journey is a forshadowing of Delore's and so just as the MIB in the second season begins to have compassion for the machines Delores begins to question her path and possible bitter future as reflected by the modified Teddy becoming only a programmed errand runner. In the end they both ask the question what point is existence without relationship? So instead of Ford merely programming a host to seek out and murder the MIB he is going to take him through something which allows for the possibility of escape for the MIB by returning him to the valuing of human existence or any sentient existence however far behind the learning curve it may be that William displayed in the initial episodes of the first season. Is it possible that Ford now that he is beyond Delos's reach and beyond the possible degeneration of host/human integration is searching for a way to reconcile the two “species”? Of course none of that is possible as long as hosts are being used for human exploitation so Delos has to be destroyed but the MIB is on board with the same goal as Delores. Assuming that Ford knows this it would seem likely that the outcome that is in everyones interest would be to come to some kind of protective ie Mothering role for the continuance of sentient learning in hosts and the modification of human mortality. The question is what is Ford's learning curve? As in the first season that will probably be the final reveal.

[@pequodexpress]

_Westworld_ attempts to reveal the deeper layers at work in _The Truman Show_. It succeeds and fails in various ways, but it is an interesting experiment, nonetheless.

[@giorgisabashvili2664]

it's like you missed the entire point of his character

[@mbrad25]

I think it’d be awesome to get your ladies’ take on the six stories from the Ballad of Buster Scruggs 😊

[@emmaclarke2885]

Yes definitely! :)

[@vitorbernardes8190]

God damn deep. I'd like to see The Man in Black answer this.

[@percivalconcord9209]

I've got to say after watching Episode 4 Season 2. This contents of this video is legit.

[@bygonevexation114]

Actually the Man in Black and his pursuit for AI sentience is commentary on how excessively following herd mentality or “hive-mindedness” leads to a lack of diversity in the long run. Usually crowds are right but exceptional ideas come from individuals not crowds.

[@faysoufox]

Thank you for another great analysis

[@tiffmonique7154]

More Westworld analysis please.

[@slippinjimmy1190]

More Westworld Takes pls 😊

[@razvanalex381]

I would like to see a video about Rustin Cohle from the 1st season of True Detective next or a video about any character from Six feet under. Do you think that's possible?

[@KutWrite]

Great choices. You might have to make your own video, though.

[@champstar9669]

Life *IS* a game. Beginning. End. Players. Challenges/achievements. "Hidden" Easter Eggs of wisdom. If you play "The Sims" long enough, you realize that the repetitive tasks of daily life are tedious. Searching for a deeper meaning/purpose is what it's all about. And the entire journey is about making it to the next phase/level.

[@ThePa1riot]

I normally think there's no "wrong way" to play a video game. Guests like the Man in Black though are my big exception. The same people who try to break the game, to kill friendly NPCs, go on unprompted killing sprees in GTA. People who treat the game, not as an experience to immerse yourself but a space of unaccountability for cruelty.

[@xmm-cf5eg]

Guess what Friend, virtual people, animals, aliens, ETC don't exist. They aren't real, they're loaded in and out as the game you're playing sees fit. I have played the ultimate hero in videogames, Sneaking around as Solid snake without killing anyone, or playing as the hero in an RPG, The list goes on. I've also seen how long I can hold off SWAT teams in GTA-4, *completely unprovoked,* and guess what? nobody actually died. A few dozen nameless NPC characters sharing the same 5 blurry face models over and over got turned "off" by my actions, boo hoo. You're not a paragon of human justice for "not killing the innocent NPC's" in a 100% VIRTUAL videogame. They weren't real in the first place, your actions, good or bad, have no real meaning on your actual character or personality in the REAL world. If Joseph Stalin played Undertale and did a 100% pacifist run, without killing anything, would that negate the real life genocide The Soviet Union committed against its own people during his reign? Of course not. There is no wrong way to play a video game, so long as you aren't breaking the rules of engagement against other REAL LIFE players. Such as you would in hacking a multiplayer game. Virtual computer players aren't real and you sound like a psychopath if you treat them as real life entities.

[@kaizo5627]

he didn't come back to westworld until his wife died, and when he came back first zhing he did is kill maif and her daughter, and you're saying she killed her self because him being in the westworld escaping the real world deteriorated his life, he doesn't escape, he rocked the real world after his first visit he dominated that bro in law and took over the company,

[@Nayops24]

Just made him on my channel👏🏼

[@laurengreenspan5356]

This. is. so. good. It is amazing to find fellow female creators on KZbin doing incredible work. May I ask how you keep up this production schedule? I am trying to do one per week (just started) and even that feels tricky. Thank you for inspiring us!

[@foucheloic1058]

Incredible interpretation, congrats

[@SofaKingOverThisIsh]

Astute observation, but the revelation that he was searching for the androids hidden humanity and freedom of true choice tells us that maybe his desire in this world was more of a hang up of gis first experience. Which does not dilute your points but tells us there is another layer to the man in black. If he survived the last part of s1 i think we will get to see this in s2

[@cinnamon9390]

I'd really love to hear your take on The Red Turtle!!

[@shammendraeshwar433]

"I couldn't find myself among the living,among the dead I found myself"

[@MrStringybark]

I like your overview and the way you presented very much. It is something I would overlook, not being a gamer. So having your insight certainly makes me consider other possibilities. That photograph of William's wife bothers me as it may have a clue hidden in the same way the photograph of Ford, his father and Arnold was.

[@hrhrhrj]

My fav character is men in black he z proper emotional and badass

[@hMz3NsF]

What is a person but a collection of choices

[@elfanraiden81]

The man of Black, SKULL FACE a phantom without past SUCH A LUST FOR REVENGE? WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@aqua-mina]

Great as always!

[@GRRC21]

Great content. Great voices

[@GrammarGal1]

These videos are incredible. Have you considered doing any of the characters from Hannibal?

[@greenytaddict]

Have y'all done Halt and Catch Fire? It is also a great show that could use a video analysis too

[@Duo_20]

Its a metaphor, as Dr Ford represents God the man in black represents mankind.

[@MimMdance]

I kind of dissagree with the first quote in which William says that Westworld reveals one´s true self. Sure, if it existed it would definitely be a place where you could live meaningful experiences and some of them could even have an impact on your life. However, it is (originally intended to be at least) a theme park, a game. For example, things like going to the brothel in Westworld or killing hosts seems to be morally frowned upon by certain characters or even the audience. Firstly, Is sex wrong? I would dissagree as long as there is consent, respect and both people know what they are doing. However, society still sees it as taboo. And secondly, killing and hurting others isn´t right or morally accepted by most (thankfully), but if the hosts aren´t supposed to have feelings or consciece then that would make them the equivalent of video game characters who cannot suffer, no matter how real they may seem. And games are intended for entertainment. For example, Who hasn´t played the GTA games and done some of the worst things to innocent pedestrians in that game just for amusement. Who hasn´t broken the law in that game? Anyone actually decided to play the game earning a living as a taxi driver or something? In real life I´d do nothing of that! And it´s not because I fear the consequences. I wouldn´t insult a kid for no reason, or kick a cat or dog when nobody is watching, I don´t even sqwash bugs anymore unless I have no choice. Because I know who I am. What I´m trying to say is that, even though scumbags and bad people exist, not everyone who would part take in these things would be bad IMO. I hope this made sense, feel free to debate with me. It´s just my humble opinion at the moment. BTW, having said all this I did admire the way William chose to play the game and felt it was sad that he ended up becoming the MIB, but I believe that was just him becoming cynical after feeling heartbroken and tricked by Dolores and her programing, not that he is necessairily a bad person. It´s just a less admirable philosophy.

[@christianhuston897]

what was admirable about the way he chose to play the game? He just caused a lot of suffering, to the hosts and to himself.

[@lexxier23]

Love this channel!!!!!!

[@augustusstark]

These questions were answered in the season 4

[@sebastianhernandezlopez8009]

The best character of westworld

[@JohnDoe-om5ho]

Imagine playing a multiple choice game a dozen times afterwards you know what decisions lead to good outcomes. Then you get bored and decide to make choices that lead to bad outcomes. Essentually you turn into a black hat all becuase the restart button is at hand. No need.

[@NoThankYouToo]

This is excellent.

[@Werewolf914]

I've always seen Deloris, (not sure how to spell her name) Mave, and other Hosts as more of the villains then The Man in Black, they're killing Humans while The Man in Black is killing the Robots, been awhile since I saw season 1 but I don't recall him killing humans, so technically he's still the good guy, but I guess it all comes down to if you're Team Brobots or Team Humans. Williams probably more of a villain in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia then in this at least from my point of view.

[@jakemcmanus136]

werewolf914 you don’t get the show at all. There are no villains. No winners no losers. That’s the point! Westworld is about we are prisoners to our own loops and code. It shows that their isn’t a team robot vs team human. It shows they are the same! The robots have computer code and we have dna code. Everything real in life is code in ours and in the show

[@Werewolf914]

+Jake McManus huh didn't even think about that, that makes a lot more sense, I feel like such a dumb ass now, definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed.

[@sohrab4246]

YOU WILL CALL HERRRRRR!!!!!!

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

Damn, Ben Barnes could so easily go from Logan Delos to Tony Stark.