Westworld

As Soygen said obviously 2 episodes isn't a lot to go on. The biggest issue in my mind to help guess with unanswered questions would be we have no idea how old the Hosts or Hopkins is at this point. Throughout human history as we cure more diseases and improve our medical technology the average age of a human increases. If we've cured every ailment known to man how old do you think people would live on average? 120 or 150 years, longer? It's clear that there's been many stories throughout the life of the park with the Hosts having different roles. At minimum the park is 30 years old but for all we know it could have been in existence at least double that if not more. Anyway, my best guesses for now.

Hopkins - Based on his speech where he explains why the new story won't work he views himself as an Artist trying to reach perfection for human interaction which in his mind is why people keep coming back. First episode he mentioned that the only thing people can't do is retrieve the dead. People would probably pay a lot of money and keep coming back over and over if they could relive their lives with those they lost who act perfectly like that person which if the park is in fiscal trouble would obviously be a big help. We know that Management's (him) idea for the park are completely different than what the customers or shareholders think which is that Westworld is just a mindless gore and sex filled place. He's obviously working on a secret project by the old Church as we see him go there and then again in the preview saying so.

Maze - Interestingly the director mentions to Jeffrey Wright that while he enjoys silences the Hosts never shut up. Wright explains it's so that they can practice with each other and learn to better speak with other people. What if the Maze was meant for the Hosts and not the guests originally? If the Hosts are programmed to improve speech that could easily apply to proving solving as well. Certain Hosts spread throughout the park have clues to the Maze as we know as Ed Harris is hunting them all down. The child who tells him where to look for the entrance said it's not for him, assuming he's a Guest and not a Host. If Hopkins is always trying to improve the Hosts to be more life-like then what better way then to copy the one that eventually improves itself to the point it can problem solve it's way to and through a maze. Maybe this has something to do with the Critical Failure in that it didn't work as Hopkins though? Obviously these clues are from old story builds, how old is the question?

Ed Harris - Obviously the 30 years of him there and the 30 years since the last critical failure at the park are somehow tied together. I can see possibly how people may think he's also a Host, he could have been programmed into the park the same as a Guest in order for him to hunt down rogue Hosts. I think it's much more likely what Hopkins and him want are tied together in that he's somehow figured out what the true nature of the park is and winning the game gives him whatever his true nature/purpose is now.

Can't wait for next week, it's been really good so far.

Do not Lost this thread or I will be sadneg.

BrutulTM said:

While I do not promise not to speculate, I do solemnly swear that I will not
1) Expand on theories more than a paragraph
2) Become butthurt and declare the show to suck and have horrible writing when my theory proves to be incorrect.
3) Engage in lengthy debates with other posters about said theories.

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You can do what you want I will just be sad! No censorship.