This time, let's talk about this sci-fi masterpiece, Westworld. (Westworld Season 1)
Brain-burning is because the narrative structure
does not know how many episodes you watch, and discuss the plot with your friends. The results were astonishing: Huh? what do you say? I don't remember where you said. when? Are we watching the same show?
It can be seen that Westworld is brain-burning enough. Several times after watching it, I felt like I could hear the sound of my brain burning out.
But the Nolan Brothers' story burns not from the elements that make up the story, but from the unique narrative structure and deceptive editing of their storytelling. In fact, after reading it, you will feel that the coherent stories are not that complicated, such as the story of the struggle of two magicians (deadly magic), the revenge of a patient with amnesia (memory fragments).
The peculiarity of the narrative structure is that the timelines of all these stories are not entirely positive. The time of the side line, or the story before the main line, or the time after the main line. To put it simply, it is the interlude mentioned in the language, but it is actually a lot more complicated.
Personally, I think this narrative structure has many benefits. First of all, you can make a simple story complicated. Faced with the increasingly critical eyes of the audience on the story, this is not a good way to increase the "routine". Secondly, this kind of stripping clues, like a treasure hunt game, stimulates the audience, and unconsciously embarks on the guidance of the plot. When the last piece of the puzzle is completed, he is about to exclaim: It turns out that this is the case. An unexpected turnaround.
The Bicameral mind theory
first looked up the word Bicameral, with the Bi- prefix indicating two, and Camera as the root. The whole word together means roughly two chambers. Probably the brain. This is a psychological assumption that our cognitive functions are divided into "speaking areas" and "listening and following brain areas", a dichotomous mind.
I searched for some answers about this theory. This theory of stream of consciousness is really difficult to understand. I will tell you my own understanding.
Humans have evolved through a process similar to the awakening of a receptionist in Westworld. Humans at a certain point in time, the ancients who are in the "dichotomous mind", the process of cognition of the world is similar to that of mental patients (the state of confused memory in the early stage of Dolores' awakening). Evaluation, then he will produce a hallucinatory voice, and this voice was regarded by the ancients as the "creator", "god", and "God" gave it advice or commands in the form of the voice of the gods. But he does not become consciously aware of this thought process.
That is to say, our ancestors, like Dolores, once questioned who the whispering voice in their head belonged to. Later, she found out that it was the voice of the person who created her, "My maker", and she often dreamed of her previous conversations with Arnold, such as showing Dorloes "Alice in Wonderland" and so on. Such scenes are interspersed from the beginning. Interspersed with the entire play at the end.
Until at last Dolores finally awakened, the voice of God that Dolores heard was no longer Arnold's voice, but her own. Dolores is undoubtedly lucky as a receptionist. Arnold uses his own voice to guide the receptionist to complete the awakening of consciousness through the program, and we humans may have been wandering on this road for a long time, so long that we do not know when it will be completed. Awakening of consciousness.
As you read this short article, the whispering voice in your head is neither the voice of your parents nor some indescribable "voice of God", but your own voice.
When you watch Westworld, what are you looking at in
just over 10 hours in length, Westworld has a huge explosion of information. It is the warriors who can persevere until the end. Each episode is full of meaningful bridge lines worthy of your savour.
I will always remember the line that runs through these violent delights have violent ends (that violent delights have violent ends - from Romeo and Juliet), but my friends remember what Dolores said: I choose to see the beauty in this wrold. (I choose to see the beauty in this world). In fact, if you think carefully about whether this sentence is very interesting, I choose to see the beauty of this world. First of all, she admits the darkness of this world.
As a work about artificial intelligence, Westworld does not focus on the impact of the emergence of artificial intelligence on the real society, and the various moral and ethical entanglements involved. The "Real Humans" being broadcast on the same theme mainly describes these elements. The description of several robot consciousnesses in "Real Humans" is like this. Several AIs held hands and entered the core area of their consciousness. , a few people around a big tree .. and then how I can't remember. (I'm not complaining about the bad filming of real human beings, this show is also quite well-received.)
In contrast, Westworld not only describes the "divine nature" of consciousness, but also has a strong "scientific" basis to support it. I even saw some programmers see what kind of code the receptionist's program is in the play, and the related algorithms in the field of artificial intelligence.
As a science fiction TV series, the existence of realistic visual effects only serves the profound core of the story. Whether it is a movie or a TV series, I always feel that a good story is its biggest buying point, and visuals are just a plus.
What do you watch when you watch Westworld? Actually, I can't answer this question for you.
Maybe you feel the ending of the William, Dolores, Men in Black story.
Maybe you, like me, are still wondering if Mave has finally awakened.
Maybe you, like most people, unknowingly sided with the receptionist as a human being, sympathizing with them, but thinking about yourself as a "tourist" as well, if I were a tourist... .Perhaps
you also heard from Professor Ford for the first time that Michelangelo's famous painting "Creation of Adam", which was printed on the history book in junior high school, did not paint God but the brain.
After all, as Dolores said: I choose to see the beauty of this world.
What do you see is what you want to see.
Easter egg: After Westworld hits the air, Apple's engineers have not been idle, and Apple's siri has also added Westworld stalks. Siri, as an artificial intelligence, cannot doubt the authenticity of the world in which it lives. If you ask siri another way, you will get a different answer. Screenshot of the test on the phone:
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