History Film / Westworld

A [[Series/{{Westworld}} television series adaptation]] of the movie premiered on Creator/{{HBO}} in 2016, co-created by Jonathan Nolan (Creator/ChristopherNolan's brother), executive-produced by Creator/JJAbrams, and starring Creator/AnthonyHopkins, Creator/EdHarris, Creator/EvanRachelWood, Creator/JamesMarsden, and Creator/ThandieNewton.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Daphne, the sexy serving-maid who refuses the Medieval Knight's advances after drawing his attention with this.
* ActorAllusion: Creator/YulBrynner's Gunslinger character wears the same outfit as Brynner's character Chris from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. It is possible that in-universe, the Gunslinger was specifically modeled after Chris from that film.

''Futureworld'', a 1976 sequel made without Crichton's involvement, removes the original film's {{giallo}} influences, being more akin to a sociopolitical thriller. The Delos resort has been revamped and re-opened, and a pair of {{Intrepid Reporter}}s (Creator/PeterFonda and Creator/BlytheDanner) are invited to preview the park's attractions (including a new theme park, [[TitleDrop Futureworld]]), but soon learn that Delos' backers have much more sinister plans for their improved robots... Notably, Yul Brynner's "Gunslinger" shows up in ''Futureworld'', but only in a DreamSequence and having absolutely no logical connection with the original character. Both movies were followed up by a ''very'' short-lived television series, ''Beyond Westworld''. In the series, set after the first movie, John Moore (Jim [=McMullan=]), the head of security for Delos, and agent Pamela Williams (Creator/ConnieSellecca) are sent after mad scientist Roger Quaid, who aims to uses the androids to take over the world.

* MohsScaleOfViolenceHardness: ''Westworld'' gets a pretty light 7, due to some of the blood-gushing squibs on the Gunslinger (Yul Brynner).

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->''"Boy, have we got a vacation for you!"''

A sequel, 1976's ''Futureworld'', removes the original film's {{giallo}} influences, being more akin to a sociopolitical thriller. The Delos resort has been revamped and re-opened, and a pair of {{Intrepid Reporter}}s (Creator/PeterFonda and Creator/BlytheDanner) are invited to preview the park's attractions (including a new theme park, [[TitleDrop Futureworld]]), but soon learn that Delos' backers have much more sinister plans for their improved robots... Notably, Yul Brynner's "Gunslinger" shows up in ''Futureworld'', but only in a DreamSequence and having absolutely no logical connection with the original character. Both movies were followed up by a ''very'' short-lived television series, ''Beyond Westworld''. In the series, set after the first movie, John Moore (Jim [=McMullan=]), the head of security for Delos, and agent Pamela Williams (Creator/ConnieSellecca) are sent after mad scientist Roger Quaid, who aims to uses the androids to take over the world.

A sequel, 1976's ''Futureworld'', removes the original's {{giallo}} influences, being more akin to a sociopolitical thriller. The Delos resort has been revamped and re-opened, and a pair of {{Intrepid Reporter}}s (Creator/PeterFonda and Creator/BlytheDanner) are invited to preview the park's attractions (including a new theme park, [[TitleDrop Futureworld]]), but soon learn that Delos' backers have much more sinister plans for their improved robots... Notably, Yul Brynner's "Gunslinger" shows up in ''Futureworld'', but only in a DreamSequence and having absolutely no logical connection with the original character. Both movies were followed up by a ''very'' short-lived television series, ''Beyond Westworld''. In the series, set after the first movie, John Moore (Jim [=McMullan=]), the head of security for Delos, and agent Pamela Williams (Creator/ConnieSellecca) are sent after mad scientist Roger Quaid, who aims to uses the androids to take over the world.

Two friends, John Blane (Creator/JamesBrolin) and Peter Martin (Creator/RichardBenjamin), arrive in Delos to get away from their busy lives. They head into West World, where John has been many times before, to have fun and act out various Western-themed scenarios. In particular, the mousy Peter [[ARealManIsAKiller earns his manhood]] by defeating the local Gunslinger robot (Creator/YulBrynner) in a duel. In the middle of the night, the robots are rounded up and sent in for repairs, ready for the next day's events.

* NoOSHACompliance: The safety hazards in the park are flat out obscene. The Delos control room has doors that are entirely reliant on electric power. There is no way open them or alternative means to exit the room if the electricity ever goes down. Then of course there is the fact that the robots in Westworld are inexplicably armed with live ammunition in their guns. Meanwhile the robots in Roman world and Medieval world have real edged weapons.

* DownerEnding: Technically it's a BittersweetEnding in that [[spoiler:Peter makes it out alive]], but it's presented on such a dour note that it might as well be this. [[spoiler:Most of the guests and technicians in Delos are dead at the end, and most the robots 'died' when their batteries ran out. Peter finds a woman chained and begging for help, and tries to offer her water... only to short her circuits. He doesn't even get the satisfaction of saving someone else's life, [[EverybodysDeadDave and is pretty much the last survivor we know of at the end of the film.]]]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: Turns out the new infrared tracking suite that the Gunslinger was upgraded with works excellently - too bad the safeties are long turned off when he starts using it.

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* TyopOnTheCover: Some posters for the film included the line

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* ActorAllusion: Creator/YulBrynner wears the same outfit from ''Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960''.

* DeadpanSnarker: The Gunslinger before his rampage. He was meant to be snarky in order to goad tourists into gunfights.

* ShoutOut: Creator/YulBrynner's Gunslinger character wears the same outfit as Brynner's character Chris from ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]''. It is possible that in-universe, the Gunslinger was specifically modeled after Chris from that film.
* SpiritualSuccessor: Crichton's ''Literature/JurassicPark'' takes the same premise and puts [[RecycledInSpace dinosaurs in place of robots]].

* RobotBuddy: Clark, in ''Futureworld''.

* DrinkOrder: They don't serve vodka martinis (with or without a twist of lemon) in Westworld, dummy.

* PopCulturalOsmosis: The ''[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Simpsons]]'' episode "Itchy & Scratchy Land" is far more well-known by young people than this film, which it parodies. That is, when they don't assume it's a parody of Crichton's ''other'' story [[Literature/JurassicPark about a theme park breaking down]], only with robots instead of dinosaurs.

* MalevolentArchitecture / NoOshaCompliance:

* {{Narm}}: InUniverse. The more silly "performances" of the tourists at Delos certainly qualify. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] considering they aren't trained actors and are basically hamming it up for fun to emulate what they've seen on TV and film. The robots within are also deliberately over-the-top personas and cliches as the setting dictates. For some viewers all of this can become a case of NarmCharm as it adds a certain authenticity to what is essentially an adult theme park. Peter lampshades this to an extent when he talks about feeling silly but he eventually starts to enjoy it. (Until things go wrong, that is...)

* {{Zeerust}}: The control room. They had ''control tapes.''

Two friends, John Blane (James Brolin) and Peter Martin (Richard Benjamin), arrive in Delos to get away from their busy lives. They head into West World, where John has been many times before, to have fun and act out various Western-themed scenarios. In particular, the mousy Peter [[ARealManIsAKiller earns his manhood]] by defeating the local Gunslinger robot (Creator/YulBrynner) in a duel. In the middle of the night, the robots are rounded up and sent in for repairs, ready for the next day's events.

A sequel, 1976's ''Futureworld'', removes the original's {{giallo}} influences, being more akin to a sociopolitical thriller. The Delos resort has been revamped and re-opened, and a pair of {{Intrepid Reporter}}s (Creator/PeterFonda and Blythe Danner) are invited to preview the park's attractions (including a new theme park, [[TitleDrop Futureworld]]), but soon learn that Delos' backers have much more sinister plans for their improved robots... Notably, Yul Brynner's "Gunslinger" shows up in ''Futureworld'', but only in a DreamSequence and having absolutely no logical connection with the original character. Both movies were followed up by a ''very'' short-lived television series, ''Beyond Westworld''. In the series, set after the first movie, with John Moore (the head of security for Delos) and agent Pamela Williams sent after mad scientist Roger Quaid, who aims to uses the androids to take over the world.

A sequel, 1976's ''Futureworld'', removes the original's {{giallo}} influences, being more akin to a sociopolitical thriller. The Delos resort has been revamped and re-opened, and a pair of {{Intrepid Reporter}}s (Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner) are invited to preview the park's attractions (including a new theme park, [[TitleDrop Futureworld]]), but soon learn that Delos' backers have much more sinister plans for their improved robots... Notably, Yul Brynner's "Gunslinger" shows up in ''Futureworld'', but only in a DreamSequence and having absolutely no logical connection with the original character. Both movies were followed up by a ''very'' short-lived television series, ''Beyond Westworld''. In the series, set after the first movie, with John Moore (the head of security for Delos) and agent Pamela Williams sent after mad scientist Roger Quaid, who aims to uses the androids to take over the world.

Two friends, John Blane (James Brolin) and Peter Martin (Richard Benjamin), arrive in Delos to get away from their busy lives. They head into West World, where John has been many times before, to have fun and act out various Western-themed scenarios. In particular, the mousy Peter [[ARealManIsAKiller earns his manhood]] by defeating the local gunslinger robot (Creator/YulBrynner) in a duel. In the middle of the night, the robots are rounded up and sent in for repairs, ready for the next day's events.

However, the technicians running the park are having problems. The robots break down faster than expected, the memory wipes are less effective, and they begin to resist the visitor's demands. [[HolodeckMalfunction It is speculated that a computer virus has infected the machines, one that soon causes them to murder humans.]] Alarmed, the head engineer orders everything shut down immediately, but this only results in suffocating everyone in the control room to death. With the machines running amok, John and Peter discover the gunslinger has come after them, looking for revenge...