The second time I read "Westworld", I lost a lot of unfamiliarity with nonlinear narratives, but I can better focus on some topics that can be discussed in depth. The completion of the second brush is 2/3. The look and feel of the first two seasons brings a completely different look and feel from the first time: the first time I watched the wonderful plot design of S1, but I felt that the S2 plot was boring and procrastinating; the S1 plot during the second brush. The degree of shock is diluted, but it is more attracted by the rich and profound character arc of S2.
If the philosophical mission of S1 is to raise the topic of self-awareness awakening and the realization of a leap of faith, and to induce skepticism about the existence of a higher-dimensional world; then S2 is more likely to include metaphysics on the form of "free will" and political philosophy on the The meaning of "freedom" and the exploration of the political path to realize "freedom". "Free will" and "liberty" (both freedom and liberty) are the core propositions of S2.
1. Maeve was the most charismatic character in the entire second season. The real awakening of Meave's "free will" is when she gives up walking out of paradise and goes back to find the daughter she knows is a fiction. This is the moment when she really breaks the "storyline" and writes her own story. She was a liberator, and her idea of freedom was that "everyone has the right to choose their own life, even death." Maeve really made a robot more human than a human.
2. Dolores was not likable in the second season, and seemed to be "blackened". Dolores' core driver is to step out of the man-made world and rule the human world. The awakening of Dolores' "free will" lies in the gradual awakening of her memory, "no longer only see the beauty of this world, but see the truth of this world". However, it is worth pondering that this seems to be more like a political philosophy - after awakening, Dolores has become more and more like the human beings she hates, giving up humanity and kindness; in order to achieve freedom, she decides others based on her own likes and dislikes fate. This dilemma has occurred more than once in human history.
3. Compared with the first two "premature", Bernard is more like a student in this season. He knew his identity early, but he still couldn't get rid of Ford's shadow. Passive, struggling, involuntarily, but fortunately In the end he found his own free will.
4. William turns black. William turns mad. The dark side of his heart made him a black hat, and his conscience once again made him change and do good deeds, but after his kind deeds, he was late and badly punished, making him crazy. Begin to tear apart the real and the fake.
5. Mirror character relationship: Dolores - William; William - Logan; Dolores - Maeve; Maeve everyone - Shogun
6. When life becomes an endless cycle and memory cannot be retained, this eternity is a prison. Buddhist reincarnation, out of reincarnation.
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