Written before the start of the third season, no spoilers.
From the greatest design perspective, Tolstoy's War and Peace and HBO's Westworld have the following similarities:
1. A grand worldview. "War and Peace" is about the fate of the individual and family against the background of the famous Napoleon's invasion of Russia. "Westworld" tells the individual stories of robots and tourists inside and outside the Westworld amusement park.
The grand worldview allows the audience to enter another world, just like Columbus discovered a new continent, novel, and hope to continue to know more.
2. Simple roles. Natasha, the heroine of "War", has a very simple and lovely personality, and then gradually became mature and vicissitudes. Dolores, the heroine of "West", is also becoming complicated in her gradual awakening. Both creations have many characters, and most of them have distinct personalities.
Each reader usually has one or more character characteristics, which is easy to empathize and has a strong sense of substitution, making readers wonder what the outcome of such characteristics will be.
3. A lot of deep thinking. The thick "War" is mixed with a large number of Tolstoy's profound expositions on war, philosophy and history. In "West", through the dialogue between the designers of the amusement park and the main tourists, a lot of profound discussions on artificial intelligence, human cognition, and the meaning of life are expounded.
It expands in the vertical direction of thought, satisfies the audience's desire for knowledge, and makes the whole series appear three-dimensional and multi-layered.
The difference is that "War and Peace" is based on the actual events of the past. When it reaches a state of clarity, it can often reveal the truth of life and become an immortal classic.
And "Westworld" is based on the future of artificial intelligence, more avant-garde design, amazing imagination to attract the attention of the younger generation.
But as a creator, I believe that "Westworld" has such an ambition to use the future to map the past, so that this show can be elevated to a classic that transcends time.
Finally, I want to end with Fitzgerald's words as a look forward to season three:
"We sailed against the current and fought our way forward until we were pushed back to the old days."
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