On my trip to Scotland, the plane had HBO's Westworld. I heartily enjoyed it (stupid plane landed when I had ~20 minutes to go, and it was just getting even more mindblowing!). Basic premise, there's this, essentially, amusement park that's set in the Old West. It's filled with animatronics that look and act very human, but they can't do real harm to the guests (like if they shoot the guest, it might sting them but won't kill them). Meanwhile, the guests have just about carte blanche to do whatever they please to the hosts (the robots). Sleep with them, kill them, etc, it's up to them (though the main command center can mess with the guests if they're being too disruptive, like make their guns jam and have a couple robots tackle them and put them in jail overnight, that sort of thing).
It's about lots of the morality, choices, self-awareness of the robots, etc. Like, do they have actual free will, or are they still just responding to their scripts and prompts, and it's all faked? Do they have memories hidden away despite their overnight reboots? What is it that the humans get out of it all, are they getting a story or are they learning who they really are?
It's a fantastic show. Lots of nudity (it's HBO after all), some gore, so not exactly young family appropriate, but it's fascinating. It has Anthony Hopkins as the main mind behind the robots, and he does a great job, as do the rest of the cast.
I think they picked it up for a new season, but that won't be until I think 2018 is what I heard. But the first season is great, and like I said, starts really blowing your mind the last few episodes.
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