Future World

Best vacation gone wrong story, ever!

One of the things I love about Jurassic World is despite over 20 years prior how disastrous the beta test of the theme part was, they decided to give it another whirl. “It’s twenty years later, no one will remember that”, which is true, and is bad,because shit hit the fan, badly!

Futureworld is a similar premise with a few very big details 1) the events of the original movie, Westworld were not based on a beta test gone bad, this was the park operating at full steam. 2) A lot more people got violently murdered in the Westworld tragedy than the Jurassic Park mishap and 3) it’s not specific how much time has past between WestWorld and future world, but it was less than twenty years (Possibly three as that’s how much time actually did past between both movies.)

Yet still, if they were to open a Futureworld or a Westworld now, thirty years after Futureworld,  I would want to buy that expensive ticket, to got to this theme park where robots help you live out your greatest fantasy: I can travel to the moon in Futureworld, I can buy a prostitute in Westworld and I can cut someone’s head off in Midevil world (in that order).

“But if I know the robots are going to go bonkers cause they did it twice already, why would I go back!?” Well, in my head, Jurassic Park is different that Futureworld. Trying to control an raging animal who sees you as food is stupid in comparison to trying to control a robot. Robots are designed to be controlled (Of course, it’s possibly this attitude that makes them want to over through us)

Well, anyway, future world is a great movie, that has stood the test of time because in this era we are a step away from someone making this theme park .

I love the set design as well. they do a good job of making me want to be in that theme park.

And Henry Fonda was very enjoyable, sticking it to the man whenever, however he sees fit.

But the real man in this flick is Yul Brynner, who reprises his role from the first West world as the gunslinger. the movie could have used more Yul Brynner but it’s still a good movie without it.

Recommend seeing the blu ray version of the film like I did, which also comes with a pilot episode of Beyond West world, which looks like an interesting show

Hard to say which is best better Westwordl of Futureworld as West world is almost a horror film set in a wild west setting while Future world works more as thriller with a big sci-fi focus.