Westworld: 10 Questions We Have About The New Park

2022-09-24 03:07:02 By : Mr. YIFAN YIFAN

Westworld has allowed its characters to return to the roots of the show with a new world to explore, but there's something mysterious about it!

Westworld has returned back to its roots with Maeve and Caleb heading to a variation of the Westworld park, this one set within the 1920s. It's an intriguing new location to explore, but one that echoes back to the past. There are so many questions surrounding the purpose and background of this new creation.

It's possible that the show may never answer any of these questions. Westworld has a history of resisting too many solutions to its narrative conundrums, but there will surely be a few solutions to the queries that fans are going to have as they continue to watch the latest season of the HBO show.

"Where is Westworld actually located?" has been a question that has haunted the show since it began, as the trains in and out fail to reveal where in the world it really is located. There have been hints here and there, but the newest Westworld might be in a different place entirely.

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It's almost as if the base structure of the new 1920s Westworld is built upon the Westworld that existed there previously. If that is the case, perhaps the ghosts of the western iteration of the theme park are likely to haunt the current version of the attraction. Location is surprisingly important, especially as the wider world of this 1920s variation has yet to be explored.

It's fairly obvious that the version of Westworld set within the 1920s is a carbon copy of the original. It's a cheap rip-off and Maeve seems quite taken aback by how closely this version of the park matches with the variation that she lived in for so many years.

The iconic sequences of the major Westworld characters involved with the park are all replicated with the exact same scripts. But to the outside world, is Westworld being advertised as a reimagining of that original structure? With other locations like Shogunworld or The Raj to explore, why would guests be drawn to this area?

Maeve and Caleb began to explore the inner workings of the 1920s Westworld, although not everything was as it seems. It was yet another level for guests, but that raises the question, is the background scenery of this park the same as the others, or have changes been made?

It's clear that the system that was previously in place was woefully failing and completely inadequate. Changes must have been made, but with the hosts themselves running the park from the shadows, perhaps there are further shifts in the underground levels of the theme parks, that reflect upon the experiments fans have seen with the flies.

The timelines of Westworld can get very confusing, leaving viewers to wonder when the show is actually set. Is Christina's story even set during the same time period as Caleb and Maeve's or is there something more going on? Where does the 1920s park measure up in comparison to Bernard's journey to save the future?

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It would ultimately be really useful to know how much time has passed since the Westworld disaster and thus how long after the 1920s land has been built and launched. There were some assumptions that Delos stopped operating in the theme parks completely, but that's obviously not the case.

Since this is a carbon copy of the original Westworld, most of the narratives appear to be exactly the same. Every detail has been copied over, even the dropping of the tin can that allows guests to meet Dolores for the first time. Surely there are some other stories to explore though.

Guests wouldn't want to keep coming back if they have actually experienced everything there is to do already. There might not be any new writers working on the narratives though if it's now being run by hosts. Unless Christina's work is more linked than original though and it is her crafting new tales.

There's an experiment happening here, but the endgame isn't clear. It might be that the 1920s park is designed to trigger the Wyatt narrative involving the uprising of the hosts, but there are two questions there. The first is, is that how it's being advertised to guests, as a reimagination of the disaster?

Secondly, is there a hope that by creating this narrative within the park, as Ford may well have done, that there will be a genuine uprising that will once again bring more hosts onto the side of those trying to wipe out humanity? The reasoning behind confronting this dark past might just play into humanity's grim curiosity. Some of those answers may depend on where in the Westworld timeline the story is.

If this is all an experiment, is there a desire for the hosts to gain sentience once again? Or has that already started? Maeve might have assumed that these hosts are cheap imitations of the originals, but there's a huge possibility that their paths have already begun.

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The path to true intelligence and self-choice is a difficult one, but the return of the maze imagery has to be foreshadowing the idea that it could happen again. It raises some interesting concepts in regards to this being an inevitability versus it being based on Ford's original meddling.

Are these cheap rip-offs in looks, but the original characters in regards to their minds? The Valley Beyond was a technological marvel which kept the minds of all the hosts that chose to go to this haven beyond the known world. However, Teddy's return could suggest that it's not a permanent stay.

It would be fascinating to see that the crew behind Westworld had actually tapped into the Valley Beyond and stuck some of those original personalities within the hosts, to control how they so wish. It's a prison of sorts, which means that the hosts can be held hostage until victory is found over the likes of Dolores.

It remains to be seen if the 1920s Westworld is actually popular among guests. The original Westworld was one of the earliest parks to open and continued to be on the cutting edge of technology. A lot of focus went into its design and continued evolution because it was the bestseller.

Is this 1920s land taking this same interest, or is the heyday of Westworld actually behind it? This may all be a front to fund something far more sinister, but it does seem as if this version of the 192os park is a glum representation of what used to be. There might be some more Westworld foreshadowing here about the eventual fate of the whole concept and its demise.

Most of the hosts that existed in the first Westworld have either been let out into the open world or are now in the Valley Beyond. But there are side characters whose fates were never quite sealed. It would be fascinating to see if they were just shoved back into a new park.

These characters aren't too important considering all the vital figures are at the center of narratives, but they may be there to progress the idea of what the transition has been between the parks, and whether there is a move toward sentience again within the 1920s park.

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