What kind of character can make the audience care about, empathize, and want to know his future direction, eager to turn the book to the next page? After all, it's human nature. There are many successful examples of using humanoids as the protagonist and creating impressive characters. "Blade Runner" is one example. Whether it is the beautiful and delicate Rachel or Roy, who is full of philosophical thinking and aspiration for life, they are all more human. We humans can also identify with their humanity from the bottom of our hearts and lament their struggles.
In contrast, "Western World" puts too much emphasis on the high-cold sci-fi setting, and puts too much emphasis on plot reversal. All robot characters, from Dolores to Teddy, no matter how emotional the actors are, the audience knows that this is just a "character setting", and in the end they will not arouse our sympathy and sympathy. In the first few episodes, we were like William who had just entered the park, crying bitterly for Dolores holding Teddy’s body in Tianshui Town, and stumbling for Dolores to always miss his father. In the end, we are like people in black who are dying and looking at the robot. To die alive, even the fact that all the fleeing of the brothel's old bustard was just another game for Ford, didn't even feel it.
The actor who plays Lawrence really has a pair of very emotional eyes. Facing the destruction of his family and the inexplicable journey with a man in black, it is difficult for the audience not to be moved. Then, there is no use for eggs. The average TV series will try their best to tell you that these stories are true, how touching men and women, but the Western World does the opposite. Whenever you start to have feelings for any character, it will repeatedly emphasize to you: these They are all fake, just sit on the sidelines.
But there is nothing wrong with screenwriters, that is, memories, especially painful memories, are the basis for constructing a personality. When all the painful memories of robots are fake, then the robot's personality no longer exists. At this time, their only surviving humanity is the pursuit of humanity itself. And when the drama tells us that this pursuit of freedom or humanity is also one of the "scripts," then robots are no different from marionettes from beginning to end.
So the most successful character created in the whole play is William. Because he is a living person, his pain and evil, love and despair are all real. Through his atrocities against robots again and again, this kind of truth has only been intensified. He repeatedly abused Dolores and his former brother Lawrence, and some even said it was out of love and hatred.
My personal understanding of this character is like this. The remaining traces of humanity and compassion of this unkind person have been smoothed out for 30 years. After all, more than 30 years ago, he was able to kill his eldest brother-in-law and marry his sister to inherit the company without guilt. Kind of thing. He also said to Dolores later, I want to thank you, because you taught me one thing, this world, including the outside world, is a game that requires progress, strategy, and victory. To some extent, William was able to do such a big business through the rules he learned in the paradise. What he has been looking for in Paradise is nothing but a kind of truth and a kind of meaning. He is a person with a high psychological threshold. He feels that everything is just his own plaything. Killing and tears can no longer move him. He wants to find a feeling of being alive, that's all. If this feeling and meaning of being alive happens to be realized by awakening Dolores and other robots in the park, then it is good, then I will find the maze and solve Arnold’s puzzle, if not, then I will pass something else Way. Dolores is nothing but a feelingless doll. He finally found her after all the hardships. When he saw the bright smile that she had opened after someone picked up the milk powder can for her, he had already fully understood.
When Dolores finally remembered William's name, the man in black smiled and told her that I was just another memory of you, you just kept running after your shadow. Later, Dolores gave a wonderful speech about the behemoth in Amber, and the man in black remained unmoved because he heard Dolores say similar things too many times. When Daogen threatened her, she said that this world had its beautiful side, but it was all because someone like you undermined Arnold's original intention. Then Daogen said that you can do anything to me, this world was made for people like me, she said, then someone has to destroy this world. Arnold has been using her mouth to convey his thoughts. Dolores' awakening level is worse than that of Brothel Bustard and Bernard. The latter two are often surprised by their robot identity, and they argue: impossible! These thoughts are my own and are not controlled by others, and Dolores has never reacted to the fact that he is a robot, and even this is not as good as a safe thief.
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