It was pretty clever using Yul Brynner at the time, he was an icon of the western genre so to bring him back as a killer robot version of his character was a cool twist
Fun Fact (that everyone who's seen this already knows but some people might not): The pixelated android vision was the very first use of CGI in a feature length film.
I've also heard it took hours to do a few seconds of that robot vision. This was after the process was worked on as the original method would have been extremely expensive and taken too long.
I read somewhere the both John Carpenter and James Cameron used Yul Brynner's performance in this movie as a model for how Michael Myers and the Terminator would move and behave though i'm not sure how accurate that story is.
Don't know about the Terminator, which was based on Michael Myers, but I don't know if Myers was. I've never heard that one. But, I'd like to if there's an article or interview that states this
@@rustincohle2135 Thank you. If you happen to have a link or title, I'd appreciate it. But, if not, I'll just try to find it. But, again, either way, thank you
Despite how far technology has come, I still think Yul Brynner is the most menacing robot...I especially like the silent scenes where all you hear is the footsteps coming down the hall...I still love this movie
If I were in Westworld, I would just be a crazy person from the future. I'd show up in Westworld dressed in my normal clothes and pretend I traveled back in time. I'd go from person to person asking in a panic, "What year is this?!" lol
I love 1850s-90s fashion (ACTUAL fashion, not hollywood's idea of what people really wore in the time period) and I hate 2022 fashion so I'd defo not be in modern-day clothes
“Crichton’s got a fascination for theme parks that go wrong!” Jurassic Park’s book was more about chaos theory, but in 1973, Walt Disney World had just opened two years before, and “Oo, robot pirates!” was still considered a major technologically big deal. Nowadays, though: “Was Galactic Starcruiser worth a thousand dollars a day?” 😂
I really enjoyed this film. Did you watch "Fantastic Voyage" yet, with Donald Pleasance and Raquel Welch? That was a very original sci-fi concept movie. It came out in the 60's. It's surprising that no one ever came out with a remake or sequel.
One of my favourite sci-fi movies from that amazing 60s-70s run. Along with the original Rollerball, another favourite from this era and one you should watch, Westworld seemed to be on every other Saturday afternoon. Amazing concepts in both films. Yul Brenner awesome. Great choice, great reaction.
I love in the recent TV series there's a little nod to Yul Brenners gunman, in that in the corner of one of the underground control rooms there's a figure covered in plastic that looks just like him.
My folks had taken me to Walt Disney World in 1972 and I loved it, then when I first saw this on TV was convinced that West World was a new park and this was just an advertisement for it like The Wonderful World of Disney had for their park. At first I was saying when can we go to West World, and then I was saying nevermind. Mom could not convince me it was just a movie. She even went so far as to say that the main robot was played by Yul Brenner....and actor, and I said that they just used Yul Brenner as a mold to make the robot. She gave up at that point in trying to convince me. :D
Brynner's Gunslinger android is designed in a sort of meta reference for the audience wearing the exact costume of his character from The Magnificent Seven.
Westworld and Jurassic Park were both written by Michael Chrichton. He spent a lot of time exploring the theme of our technology getting away from us in unexpected and catastrophic ways.
Fun Fact: Arnold Schwarzenegger used the Robot portrayal of Yule Brenner to base his physical movement of the Terminator robot. SO it's funny to hear you guys refer to the Westworld robot going rouge as acting like a Terminator.
For some crazy reason my young parents took me to see this in the theater. I was five. When the villains face came off I apparently screamed bloody murder. A completely understandable reaction in my opinion. Don't need to be a child psychologist to understand that.
I was in a daycare center when I was 9 because both parents worked and they took us to see this. They pulled us out near the end though as they feared it was too much. I was not happy as I'd been loving it. Fortunately my twelve years older brother took me to see the whole thing that weekend and I really liked it.
This was one of a number of films I enjoyed with my grandfather that I was probably too young for at the time...had at least one nightmare about the Cowboy. Great movie.
I think the only “the future is gonna kinda suck” movie that hasn’t already been mentioned previously in the comments is Death Race 2000 (original ‘70s version of course). Not necessarily a “sci-fi” per se, but a real hoot of a weird ‘70s dystopian flick, with a very young Sly Stallone AND David Carradine (Bill from Kill Bill). Also, Scanners is pretty close to the genre as well, with a young Michael Ironside.
Funny, I just watched James Brolin in Capricorn One (again), on the weekend...he never seems to be too far away from the next rattlesnake...with mixed results... Anyway, glad you got to this one!
I think an aspect that deserves a mention is the time period the movie was made and tastes in movies before than and around that time in the early 1970s. For almost 30 years at that point one of, if not the, most popular genres of film were westerns. Ule Brenner, the gun fighter in Westworld, was a popular western actor and lent the whole concept credibility. The other is that in terms of people's fantasy of what to do it was a bit more what an adult, particularly men, would want to do in 1973. I do think Chrichton has re-visited the well a couple of times with some of his books resembling one another in partial conception...
Guys, you're missing the really big key here. This was a directed by Michael Crichton who wrote Jurassic Park, Sphere. The Andromeda Strain pick anything he's directed or written the majority it comes out outstanding. Very well done for the '70s. Remember when it came out it was the hot ticket
I thought the first season of the show was great, but the showrunners started dragging the plot out more and more, making it boring and tedious as they added layer upon unnecessary layer to an already convoluted plot. It would have been more interesting to me if each season had focused on a different themed region of the park instead of just revolving around Dolores and Maeve. It had a lot of potential that, unfortunately, went completely untapped, and it killed the show for me.
The biggest thing that we can't know is when the writers have an ending or not. "The good place" writers clearly had an ending in mind from the start of the show. Play executed their story and then they ended it. More often though it's like the show "Lost". They have a good High concept for show but they have no idea what they're going to do in season 2 or 3. And they have no idea of the overall story they're trying to tell. They have one good season and then after that they're just making it up as they go along.
Cool movie. This is one of those that I barely missed as a kid because I was too young to see it when it came out but I was exactly the right age for Star Wars when it came out four years later. So, the point is that it took me a long time to get around to seeing, but when I finally did, I was glad I had. It's an intriguing film, a bit dry and sterile, but still tense and exciting.
I was actually there at the beginning. I watched it on screen at the theater. It was pretty good and interesting when it first came out. Then years later people consider it to be foolish and nonsensical. And then later as science and technology caught up, it didn’t seem so stupid anymore. And then Westworld came out. If we survive the next hundred years, this will become reality.
Yul Brynner is the OG Terminator! I saw this movie in 2003 on the now defunct UPN network, and had no idea author Michael Crichton wrote and directed the film! I saw this movie on Friday in TCM, Turner Classic Movies. In 1993, him and Steven Spielberg would give us a different kind of theme park experience gone wrong: JURASSIC PARK.
Loved this movie back in the day, along with Logan's Run (the one with Michael York.) Check out Soylent Green. Those were my scifi trifecta when i was growing up.
This is a unique Crichton film because the movie wasn't based on any of his books; Crichton's original screenplay was published in book form at the same time the movie was released.
That’s a good, fair score from you both. I love this movie, as well as those other late 60s/early 70s American sci-fi movies like Planet Of The Apes, or The Andromeda Strain. Where it was all about these big concepts. But yes, the tv show has greatly expanded upon the original idea.
@@TTM9691 The sequels were fun too. My favorite was Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, about the ape rebellion. It's really visually striking, with the brutalist concrete landscape and the colored uniforms the apes wear.
The scene where we see through the robot's eyes is really the first use of CGI we have ever seen in film. It was only 2D, but the process to achieve it with the limitations of computer technology at the time was really groundbreaking. I remember there was a video on YT about it, but forgot what it's called.
I'm hoping you guys keep "digging" into the 70ies ear "dystopian" SciFi movies like this one, THX 1138, Silent Running, One boy and his dog, Phase IV, The Andromeda Strain, etc (avoid Tarkovski's Solaris. Great movie, but a looonnggg one). Great first reaction.
I am german and I only understand 50% of your videos, but I love them, they are always very funny and entertaining ❤️ I follow your channel since about one year now. Good job, guys! ❤️
Your ratings were totally on the money, even in the context of 1973. It's a good, fun movie, that's what it was. 1973 was a great year for movies so even in the context of 1973, 7 is what most people would have given it.
Yeah, I don't know why people are so down on '7s'. I'd say 7 - a good fun time. 8 - Very good, re-watch time and again. 9 - Classic, genre-busting/defining stuff. 10 - Changed my life.
I used to have an old celebrity bio book from the early 60s or late 50s. It said that no one really knew where yul Brynner was from, or if that was even his real name. He told different stories about his past. Mystery Man ☮️
The power wasn't shut off, it just went off in the same way that all the other systems were failing. Like Jurassic Park, it's about the hubris of supposing that you've got the technology completely under control and nothing can go wrong.
The fact that the Gunslinger continued to pursue Peter even after his gun ceased functioning made him even more frightening...if it catches him, the mind reels as to what it will do to him. And it *did* almost catch him...when the movie jump-scares us with the burnt Gunslinger, we see that, for the first time, it actually got close enough to touch him.
Loved this reaction, especially the 'hands' gag. Hugely fun film I've loved since I was a kid, but I'd say your '7' is on the money. Favourite thing? The executive who says, "But no one's been killed. Everything's fine," when told that the robots are malfunctioning. Trope defining hilarity right there. Also, please spare a thought viewers for the poor schmucks who have to clean the robots every night. Eurch.
Ah, the "original terminator". Such a great movie and definitely a sci-fi classic. The 70's had some great sci-fi movies, I hope you guys will watch other lesser known movies like 'Demon Seed', 'The Andromeda Strain', 'Capricorn One'.
It's worth noting how ahead of its time this was- the first known computer virus was designed in 1982, almost a decade after this movie came out. The idea of a "sickness" that could spread between computers may be very elementary for us today, but it had never happened in the real world at the time this was written.
First season of Westworld was one of the best seasons of television I've ever watched. Another Western you boys will absolutely love is DEADWOOD (perhaps you've already seen it?) 3 seasons and a movie. One of my favourites.
I was born in 1976 and saw this movie when was still in kindergarten. Maybe it was because it was the first non-children's movie I watched, but it left a huge impression on me and often works its way into my dreams. I haven't seen the TV show. When I first watched Terminator and Predator, I thought: "this reminds me of Westworld".
When the rumours were leaking out about a reboot I instantly thought Vin Diesel acting as a kind of robotic riddick for the malfunctioning gun slinger robot.... Even his voice is perfect....very similar to yul Brynner. I grew up watching this film.... It was the subtle motions in yuls acting that sold him being a robot! Another Michael critchon film I would like to see rebooted it 'Runaway' it's a very down to earth view on malfunctioning everyday robots.
My 2 cents - It's really unfair to compare a movie to the first season of a TV series, because the TV series has, like, ten times the amount of time to develop the story and characters. How on earth can one expect the movie to be as good at exploring the concept, characters and plot with those odds? Then add the fact that the TV series had the advantage of more than 4 decades of advancement in technology and development in filming techniques and you really cannot compare them at all. So I really think that Shaun's method of including how it holds up and how it compares is completely unfair. It’s like comparing a Smart TV to an old, monophonic radio and expecting the radio to be as good. But, like, that’s just my opinion, man. Still really enjoy your content, thank you.
If you guys like science fiction, you should definitely watch the first ever Michael Crichton film, The Andromeda Strain. It's very procedural, very sciencey, but also very gripping, with a simple but strong visual style.
Classic. I agree, the concept is stronger than the execution. Plot drags a bit, but the effects were top notch. The TV series gets worse with every season. They seem to have no idea for an overarching engaging story.
I didn't even know there was a film. Thanks for educating me. It terms of my Westworld fantasy, it would definitely be a saloon fight. Just the idea of letting loose and smashing a chair on someone's back or throwing a few punches around or even smashing a bottle on someone"s head, that sounds so cathartic and satisfying.
One of my favorite movies from my childhood were Journey to the Center of the Earth (the original 1959 movie) and Mysterious Island (1961), both based on Jules Verne books. They are a bit cheesy, but really fun.
I think Westworld seasons 1 thru 3 tell a complete story. Each season progresses the mystery of what the park is actually *for.* By the end, we know. (And it's truly warped!) When one of you commented you love disfunctional amusement parks, I immediately thought of a novel that you might enjoy! I googled it to be sure I gave the right title. Imagine the near future, when terrorists take control of a high-tech theme park... "Lethal Velocity", by Lincoln Child. (Previously published as "Utopia.") It's an enjoyable read! (Actually, I hope it's made into a miniseries, some day!)
Appreciate that you take the time to consider the age of the film and are fair about rating it for the time it was released not present day, sort of like grading on a curve. It’s amazing to think this will be 50 years old next year. Trivia: The woman running the “ladies of the evening” house is Majel Barret, wife to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. Plot Hole (maybe): The explanation of how the guns are made safe was very logical and believable but I could never understand how that was supposed to translate to the swords in Medieval World. You can program the robots to not hit or stab a human but unlike the guns you can’t program the swords to not stab or cut if one human accidentally goes after another.
I also could never understand how they could control such a thing as 'ricochets' or bullets punching through a wall and hitting someone on the other side. I imagine the Delos Resort has some very interesting waiver forms.
The tv show is just so amazing, i loved all the seasons of it. In my top 10 shows I've ever seen. It's definitely worth watching the rest of the seasons
I too only watched the first season of the show, until recently I watched through it again and carried on through to the end of season 3. It’s an insane series and season 4 is gonna be crazyyy
I agree, if you hadn't seen the show and had no expectations, you would have liked this movie even more. If you like robot/fembot sci-fi/horror, another one to definitely check out: "The Stepford Wives" (1975). I don't want to give any spoilers though, better to go in blind. "Rollerball", "The Stepford Wives" and "Planet Of The Apes", all three of those you'd do great reactions for. I like "Westworld", it's a good movie. I haven't seen the TV show, but I'm intrigued, it's a good idea to expand on. Better than the sequel for "Westworld" which was called "Futureworld", I'm sure.
It didnt focus on the philosophical side because the idea of AI was still too far off in the future in 1973. The recent tv show took on the philisophical because we are so close to making it real AND it had much longer time to tell a story.
This has a sequel that is pretty good that takes the theme to another level. "Futureworld." And I don't just mean that it's set "in the future" instead of the wild west.
I recommend films to you two I don't recommend anywhere else, I think everyone has their own style and tastes of reacting to stuff. I always think the 1963 film 'Billy Liar' would be a fun watch for you both, i could imagine Shaun directing a remake with Tom as Billy haha.
Thanks, Shaun & Tom! And happy St. Valentine's Day to everyone!!! 💘 I liked WESTWORLD (1973) but the first 3 seasons of the *tv* *series* is soooooo much better (please get back to it)!
I really enjoyed your reaction, thx guys. The first time I watched this movie it freaked me out. On recent watching, a few years ago, after seeing a lot more movies in between, I thought it didn’t stack up. Understandably because it was a 70’s movie, and movie making had progressed so much over previous years. I haven’t watched the new series based on this movie, but I might give it go when I’m ready for a new show.
Shaun scare pranks Tom that was funny. It was a creepy film that stuck with me a long time thinking bout what would one do in that situation since seeing it in the 70's
The gunslinger is actor Yule Brenner based on the actual movie character from The Magnificent Seven, starring the actual Yule Brenner. Just a little tidbit I thought you might be interested in... ;)
7 is fair score especially watching first time after the new series and other movies. I think I watched it on tv before I had even seen the terminator movies so it was really unique and scary back then. Great movie.
I find sci-fi movies from the 1970s have a very unique and distinctive style of direction compared to sci-fi from other eras. Michael Crichton himself directed this one, after "hanging around on the set" of Robert Wise's earlier film of Critchton's book "The Andromeda Strain," and the two films have a similar feel to them. That one's also worth a look, if you've not done it yet.
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Yul Brenner in this movie is basically the original Terminator. I love this movie.
Yeah!!
He was the inspiration for the unkillability of Michael Myers.
Yep
Arnold Schwarzenegger has publicly stated that he based his performance of the Terminator on Yul Brynner's Gunslinger in Westworld.
@@patrickginther8527 Nice work. I was just about to come here and inform them about that one.
It was pretty clever using Yul Brynner at the time, he was an icon of the western genre so to bring him back as a killer robot version of his character was a cool twist
I remember dreaming up an early 90's remake but wanted Sharon Stone for the gunslinger reprising her role from The Quick and The Dead.
Fun Fact (that everyone who's seen this already knows but some people might not):
The pixelated android vision was the very first use of CGI in a feature length film.
I've also heard it took hours to do a few seconds of that robot vision. This was after the process was worked on as the original method would have been extremely expensive and taken too long.
that was fun
The code you see on the control room screens is actually the source code for the robot vision effect
The Gunslinger's appearance was inspired by Yul Brynner's portrayal of "Chris Adams" in the film The Magnificent Seven.
based on Seven Samurai
Which itself was influenced by Kurosawa's viewing of the Westerns of John Ford.
And Brynner came back as the Gunslinger in the sequel Futureworld (1976).
We definitely need to see more reactions to Magnificent Seven, one of the greatest westerns of all time.
I read somewhere the both John Carpenter and James Cameron used Yul Brynner's performance in this movie as a model for how Michael Myers and the Terminator would move and behave though i'm not sure how accurate that story is.
Arnold has said that he based his performance as Terminator on Yul Brynner.
Don't know about the Terminator, which was based on Michael Myers, but I don't know if Myers was. I've never heard that one. But, I'd like to if there's an article or interview that states this
@@LA_HA Arnold and James Cameron have said it in semi-recent interviews.
@@rustincohle2135 Thank you. If you happen to have a link or title, I'd appreciate it. But, if not, I'll just try to find it. But, again, either way, thank you
@@LA_HA This is the 2016 interview where Arnold talks about "Westworld" and "Terminator":
th-cam.com/video/rf6gO6jxcXA/w-d-xo.html
Despite how far technology has come, I still think Yul Brynner is the most menacing robot...I especially like the silent scenes where all you hear is the footsteps coming down the hall...I still love this movie
Is anyone else old enough to remember the Yul Brynner anti-smoking ad? He recorded it when he knew he was dying of lung cancer.
If I were in Westworld, I would just be a crazy person from the future. I'd show up in Westworld dressed in my normal clothes and pretend I traveled back in time. I'd go from person to person asking in a panic, "What year is this?!" lol
LMFAO
I love 1850s-90s fashion (ACTUAL fashion, not hollywood's idea of what people really wore in the time period) and I hate 2022 fashion so I'd defo not be in modern-day clothes
McFlyyyyyyy!!
“Crichton’s got a fascination for theme parks that go wrong!” Jurassic Park’s book was more about chaos theory, but in 1973, Walt Disney World had just opened two years before, and “Oo, robot pirates!” was still considered a major technologically big deal.
Nowadays, though: “Was Galactic Starcruiser worth a thousand dollars a day?” 😂
Please do The Stepford Wives 1975. The 70s were so twisted and dark about the future. Yay!!!
I really enjoyed this film. Did you watch "Fantastic Voyage" yet, with Donald Pleasance and Raquel Welch? That was a very original sci-fi concept movie. It came out in the 60's. It's surprising that no one ever came out with a remake or sequel.
Inner Space goes into the same territory though.
Fantastic Voyage is a great film!
That was a good one as well.
@@Frozen_Smoke1972 Innerspace (1987) is a must watch, great '80s comedy.
@@LarryFleetwood8675 I'm genuinely surprised none of the usual reaction channels have reacted to Innerspace yet.
One of my favourite sci-fi movies from that amazing 60s-70s run. Along with the original Rollerball, another favourite from this era and one you should watch, Westworld seemed to be on every other Saturday afternoon. Amazing concepts in both films. Yul Brenner awesome. Great choice, great reaction.
I love it
Rollerball is another favorite of mine.
Brenner was so intimidating that, even as I watched him sing and dance in "The King and I", I kept expecting the bastard to suddenly pull a gun!
I love in the recent TV series there's a little nod to Yul Brenners gunman, in that in the corner of one of the underground control rooms there's a figure covered in plastic that looks just like him.
My folks had taken me to Walt Disney World in 1972 and I loved it, then when I first saw this on TV was convinced that West World was a new park and this was just an advertisement for it like The Wonderful World of Disney had for their park. At first I was saying when can we go to West World, and then I was saying nevermind. Mom could not convince me it was just a movie. She even went so far as to say that the main robot was played by Yul Brenner....and actor, and I said that they just used Yul Brenner as a mold to make the robot. She gave up at that point in trying to convince me. :D
Brynner's Gunslinger android is designed in a sort of meta reference for the audience wearing the exact costume of his character from The Magnificent Seven.
Westworld and Jurassic Park were both written by Michael Chrichton. He spent a lot of time exploring the theme of our technology getting away from us in unexpected and catastrophic ways.
I also love his Coma (1978), another brilliant film.
It's been directly stated that both the Terminator and Michael Myers from Friday the 13th were inspired by the gunslinger in this film.
You need to watch Escape from New York with Kurt Russell. Amazing syfi. Snake Pliskin is a true bad ass. It was from 1980.
Definitely one of Carpenter's finest films.
RIP, Ivan Reitman, director of Ghostbusters Twins and Stripes. He passed away last night at the age of 75.
Fun Fact: Arnold Schwarzenegger used the Robot portrayal of Yule Brenner to base his physical movement of the Terminator robot. SO it's funny to hear you guys refer to the Westworld robot going rouge as acting like a Terminator.
For some crazy reason my young parents took me to see this in the theater. I was five. When the villains face came off I apparently screamed bloody murder. A completely understandable reaction in my opinion. Don't need to be a child psychologist to understand that.
I was in a daycare center when I was 9 because both parents worked and they took us to see this. They pulled us out near the end though as they feared it was too much. I was not happy as I'd been loving it. Fortunately my twelve years older brother took me to see the whole thing that weekend and I really liked it.
This was one of a number of films I enjoyed with my grandfather that I was probably too young for at the time...had at least one nightmare about the Cowboy.
Great movie.
Cowboy? Or... Gunslinger? haha
I think the only “the future is gonna kinda suck” movie that hasn’t already been mentioned previously in the comments is Death Race 2000 (original ‘70s version of course).
Not necessarily a “sci-fi” per se, but a real hoot of a weird ‘70s dystopian flick, with a very young Sly Stallone AND David Carradine (Bill from Kill Bill).
Also, Scanners is pretty close to the genre as well, with a young Michael Ironside.
Funny, I just watched James Brolin in Capricorn One (again), on the weekend...he never seems to be too far away from the next rattlesnake...with mixed results...
Anyway, glad you got to this one!
Capricorn One is alot of fun.
And closer to reality than many people think...🚀
_Logan's Run_ (1976) - if you dig _Westworld,_ this classic is one for the list.
Ahhhh, I love _Logan’s Run._ It’s camp but that’s what makes it so fun. I laugh out loud every time I watch it.
I think an aspect that deserves a mention is the time period the movie was made and tastes in movies before than and around that time in the early 1970s. For almost 30 years at that point one of, if not the, most popular genres of film were westerns. Ule Brenner, the gun fighter in Westworld, was a popular western actor and lent the whole concept credibility. The other is that in terms of people's fantasy of what to do it was a bit more what an adult, particularly men, would want to do in 1973. I do think Chrichton has re-visited the well a couple of times with some of his books resembling one another in partial conception...
Guys, you're missing the really big key here. This was a directed by Michael Crichton who wrote Jurassic Park, Sphere. The Andromeda Strain pick anything he's directed or written the majority it comes out outstanding. Very well done for the '70s. Remember when it came out it was the hot ticket
you didnt hear them mention Jurassic Park a few times?
@@shaggjones4854 I didn't know if they knew Crichton wrote and direct a lot of that stuff
I thought the first season of the show was great, but the showrunners started dragging the plot out more and more, making it boring and tedious as they added layer upon unnecessary layer to an already convoluted plot. It would have been more interesting to me if each season had focused on a different themed region of the park instead of just revolving around Dolores and Maeve. It had a lot of potential that, unfortunately, went completely untapped, and it killed the show for me.
The biggest thing that we can't know is when the writers have an ending or not.
"The good place" writers clearly had an ending in mind from the start of the show. Play executed their story and then they ended it.
More often though it's like the show "Lost". They have a good High concept for show but they have no idea what they're going to do in season 2 or 3. And they have no idea of the overall story they're trying to tell. They have one good season and then after that they're just making it up as they go along.
Cool movie. This is one of those that I barely missed as a kid because I was too young to see it when it came out but I was exactly the right age for Star Wars when it came out four years later. So, the point is that it took me a long time to get around to seeing, but when I finally did, I was glad I had. It's an intriguing film, a bit dry and sterile, but still tense and exciting.
I was actually there at the beginning. I watched it on screen at the theater. It was pretty good and interesting when it first came out. Then years later people consider it to be foolish and nonsensical. And then later as science and technology caught up, it didn’t seem so stupid anymore. And then Westworld came out. If we survive the next hundred years, this will become reality.
Fun fact: James Cameron was heavily inspired by this film and wrote "The Terminator"
Yul Brynner is the OG Terminator!
I saw this movie in 2003 on the now defunct UPN network, and had no idea author Michael Crichton wrote and directed the film! I saw this movie on Friday in TCM, Turner Classic Movies.
In 1993, him and Steven Spielberg would give us a different kind of theme park experience gone wrong:
JURASSIC PARK.
Loved this movie back in the day, along with Logan's Run (the one with Michael York.) Check out Soylent Green. Those were my scifi trifecta when i was growing up.
And for more Charlton Heston there's The Omega Man (1971), a great film too.
Yul was a god of cinema. Definitely someone who chooses the right job.
One of my faves as a kid.Pretty Brutal for a PG rating back then. I;d like to see you guys do Capricorn One or Andromeda Strain at some point.
Capricorn One was great fun. I’d love to see them react to that one.
This is a unique Crichton film because the movie wasn't based on any of his books; Crichton's original screenplay was published in book form at the same time the movie was released.
That’s a good, fair score from you both. I love this movie, as well as those other late 60s/early 70s American sci-fi movies like Planet Of The Apes, or The Andromeda Strain. Where it was all about these big concepts. But yes, the tv show has greatly expanded upon the original idea.
Both of those are great movies and "Planet Of The Apes" in particular makes for a fantastic reaction video, every one I've seen.
@@TTM9691 The sequels were fun too. My favorite was Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, about the ape rebellion. It's really visually striking, with the brutalist concrete landscape and the colored uniforms the apes wear.
@@ThreadBomb The sequels sucked. People and their insipid sequels. I like greatness, not cash-ins.
The scene where we see through the robot's eyes is really the first use of CGI we have ever seen in film. It was only 2D, but the process to achieve it with the limitations of computer technology at the time was really groundbreaking. I remember there was a video on YT about it, but forgot what it's called.
I'm hoping you guys keep "digging" into the 70ies ear "dystopian" SciFi movies like this one, THX 1138, Silent Running, One boy and his dog, Phase IV, The Andromeda Strain, etc (avoid Tarkovski's Solaris. Great movie, but a looonnggg one). Great first reaction.
A Boy and His Dog is classic.
@Gerald H YES YES YES and The Omega Man!
I'll be dead in the ground before I stop recommending the sixties sci-fi 'The Day the Earth Caught Fire' also.
@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures Quick ! Before it turns into a documentary ;-)
'Crack in the World' is also an interesting one about the pitfalls of trying to find unlimited energy.
The HBO show is pretty damn great. Would be interesting if you reacted to some of it. It expands on the movie in every way possible.
Westworld. Where Nothing Can Go Worng.
Fun fact James Brolin, who is married to Barbra Streisand is the father of actor Josh Brolin.
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Your ratings were totally on the money, even in the context of 1973. It's a good, fun movie, that's what it was. 1973 was a great year for movies so even in the context of 1973, 7 is what most people would have given it.
Yeah, I don't know why people are so down on '7s'. I'd say 7 - a good fun time. 8 - Very good, re-watch time and again. 9 - Classic, genre-busting/defining stuff. 10 - Changed my life.
@@PeterEvansPeteTakesPictures It's just that some people are unable to reassess the things they loved as children.
If you liked James Brolin, he is the main star in "Capricorn One". Another 70's movie about the faking of the moon landings.
GREAT FILM!
I used to have an old celebrity bio book from the early 60s or late 50s. It said that no one really knew where yul Brynner was from, or if that was even his real name. He told different stories about his past. Mystery Man
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The power wasn't shut off, it just went off in the same way that all the other systems were failing. Like Jurassic Park, it's about the hubris of supposing that you've got the technology completely under control and nothing can go wrong.
I like to see you guys react to Futureworld (1976) which is a sequel to Westworld (1973).
The fact that the Gunslinger continued to pursue Peter even after his gun ceased functioning made him even more frightening...if it catches him, the mind reels as to what it will do to him.
And it *did* almost catch him...when the movie jump-scares us with the burnt Gunslinger, we see that, for the first time, it actually got close enough to touch him.
Loved this reaction, especially the 'hands' gag. Hugely fun film I've loved since I was a kid, but I'd say your '7' is on the money. Favourite thing? The executive who says, "But no one's been killed. Everything's fine," when told that the robots are malfunctioning. Trope defining hilarity right there. Also, please spare a thought viewers for the poor schmucks who have to clean the robots every night. Eurch.
This movie rules. This and Rollerball make a great "70s Speculative Sci-Fi Future" double feature.
Ah, the "original terminator". Such a great movie and definitely a sci-fi classic.
The 70's had some great sci-fi movies, I hope you guys will watch other lesser known movies like 'Demon Seed', 'The Andromeda Strain', 'Capricorn One'.
Good recs, particularly Demon Seed which seems almost forgotten now.
I wonder if Spielberg's Duel would fall into that category too.
@@ThreadBomb What is sci-fi about it? It was shot as if it were a supernatural thriller though. I wouldn't mind seeing the guys react to that one.
It's worth noting how ahead of its time this was- the first known computer virus was designed in 1982, almost a decade after this movie came out. The idea of a "sickness" that could spread between computers may be very elementary for us today, but it had never happened in the real world at the time this was written.
Loved it when I was young,I remember my brother telling me it was robots like humans and I was so excited to see it:)
First season of Westworld was one of the best seasons of television I've ever watched.
Another Western you boys will absolutely love is DEADWOOD (perhaps you've already seen it?)
3 seasons and a movie. One of my favourites.
I was born in 1976 and saw this movie when was still in kindergarten. Maybe it was because it was the first non-children's movie I watched, but it left a huge impression on me and often works its way into my dreams. I haven't seen the TV show. When I first watched Terminator and Predator, I thought: "this reminds me of Westworld".
This, it's sequel and Logan's Run were the three movies everyone would wait for every year on tv before VCRs.
I never really liked Future World all that much but Westworld & Logan Run - most definitely
"have WE got a vacation for you"
"Nothing can go wrong" (but it did)
"I'd buy that for a dollar"
When the rumours were leaking out about a reboot I instantly thought Vin Diesel acting as a kind of robotic riddick for the malfunctioning gun slinger robot.... Even his voice is perfect....very similar to yul Brynner. I grew up watching this film.... It was the subtle motions in yuls acting that sold him being a robot! Another Michael critchon film I would like to see rebooted it 'Runaway' it's a very down to earth view on malfunctioning everyday robots.
My 2 cents - It's really unfair to compare a movie to the first season of a TV series, because the TV series has, like, ten times the amount of time to develop the story and characters. How on earth can one expect the movie to be as good at exploring the concept, characters and plot with those odds? Then add the fact that the TV series had the advantage of more than 4 decades of advancement in technology and development in filming techniques and you really cannot compare them at all. So I really think that Shaun's method of including how it holds up and how it compares is completely unfair. It’s like comparing a Smart TV to an old, monophonic radio and expecting the radio to be as good.
But, like, that’s just my opinion, man.
Still really enjoy your content, thank you.
That one guy looks just like Christian Bale!!! Thought it was him lol
If you guys like science fiction, you should definitely watch the first ever Michael Crichton film, The Andromeda Strain. It's very procedural, very sciencey, but also very gripping, with a simple but strong visual style.
Of course it has a Jurassic Park vibe.Both were based on books by the same author!!
Yeah that’s why I said it 😂
I love Michael Crichton as a director. Lost count how many times I've watched this one, Coma (1978) and Looker (1981).
Classic. I agree, the concept is stronger than the execution. Plot drags a bit, but the effects were top notch. The TV series gets worse with every season. They seem to have no idea for an overarching engaging story.
A childhood favourite of mine. Nice choice and reaction.
If I were in such a place,I'd be in the brothel the whole time.I'm not proud.
Saw at the theater as a kid we all giggled like he south park kids when the saloon girl’s eyes opened, thanks guys this movie and book are awesome!
I didn't even know there was a film. Thanks for educating me. It terms of my Westworld fantasy, it would definitely be a saloon fight. Just the idea of letting loose and smashing a chair on someone's back or throwing a few punches around or even smashing a bottle on someone"s head, that sounds so cathartic and satisfying.
One of my favorite movies from my childhood were Journey to the Center of the Earth (the original 1959 movie) and Mysterious Island (1961), both based on Jules Verne books. They are a bit cheesy, but really fun.
another fun fact the guy who was the main control room guy is the voice of Skeletor
The head scientist on West world Alan Oppenheimer was the voice of Skeletor ;)
If the snake wasn't supposed to bite,
its fangs would be made of rubber.
West world was written and directed by Michael Crichton who also wrote Jurassic Park
Gotta say the gunslinger's horse is the most beautiful thing on four legs I've ever seen ‼️
I think Westworld seasons 1 thru 3 tell a complete story. Each season progresses the mystery of what the park is actually *for.* By the end, we know. (And it's truly warped!)
When one of you commented you love disfunctional amusement parks, I immediately thought of a novel that you might enjoy! I googled it to be sure I gave the right title.
Imagine the near future, when terrorists take control of a high-tech theme park...
"Lethal Velocity", by Lincoln Child. (Previously published as "Utopia.")
It's an enjoyable read! (Actually, I hope it's made into a miniseries, some day!)
Appreciate that you take the time to consider the age of the film and are fair about rating it for the time it was released not present day, sort of like grading on a curve. It’s amazing to think this will be 50 years old next year.
Trivia: The woman running the “ladies of the evening” house is Majel Barret, wife to Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry.
Plot Hole (maybe): The explanation of how the guns are made safe was very logical and believable but I could never understand how that was supposed to translate to the swords in Medieval World. You can program the robots to not hit or stab a human but unlike the guns you can’t program the swords to not stab or cut if one human accidentally goes after another.
I also could never understand how they could control such a thing as 'ricochets' or bullets punching through a wall and hitting someone on the other side. I imagine the Delos Resort has some very interesting waiver forms.
The tv show is just so amazing, i loved all the seasons of it. In my top 10 shows I've ever seen. It's definitely worth watching the rest of the seasons
I too only watched the first season of the show, until recently I watched through it again and carried on through to the end of season 3. It’s an insane series and season 4 is gonna be crazyyy
This remains one of my dad's favorate films, and it's still quite a fun one i feel. good reveiw!
Well...written and directed by Michael Crichton who wrote Jurassic Park. Hence the similarity :-)
My mom referred to Crichton's work as "Science goes 'Whoops!'"
Your audio for the movie on this one was really quiet. I had the volume up and when you both screamed at one scene it nearly blew my eardrums 😂
7:18 that technician who is talking is also the voice of Falcor in The Neverending Story
I agree, if you hadn't seen the show and had no expectations, you would have liked this movie even more. If you like robot/fembot sci-fi/horror, another one to definitely check out: "The Stepford Wives" (1975). I don't want to give any spoilers though, better to go in blind. "Rollerball", "The Stepford Wives" and "Planet Of The Apes", all three of those you'd do great reactions for. I like "Westworld", it's a good movie. I haven't seen the TV show, but I'm intrigued, it's a good idea to expand on. Better than the sequel for "Westworld" which was called "Futureworld", I'm sure.
It didnt focus on the philosophical side because the idea of AI was still too far off in the future in 1973. The recent tv show took on the philisophical because we are so close to making it real AND it had much longer time to tell a story.
This has a sequel that is pretty good that takes the theme to another level. "Futureworld." And I don't just mean that it's set "in the future" instead of the wild west.
I recommend films to you two I don't recommend anywhere else, I think everyone has their own style and tastes of reacting to stuff. I always think the 1963 film 'Billy Liar' would be a fun watch for you both, i could imagine Shaun directing a remake with Tom as Billy haha.
3rd season of west world when Aaron paul in introduced.. some of the best TV out there.. hell no ALL of the 3rd season is just AMAZING.
Saw this at the drive-in. I was nine. Yul Brynner was such a badass ☮️
Thanks, Shaun & Tom! And happy St. Valentine's Day to everyone!!! 💘 I liked WESTWORLD (1973) but the first 3 seasons of the *tv* *series* is soooooo much better (please get back to it)!
I really enjoyed your reaction, thx guys.
The first time I watched this movie it freaked me out. On recent watching, a few years ago, after seeing a lot more movies in between, I thought it didn’t stack up. Understandably because it was a 70’s movie, and movie making had progressed so much over previous years.
I haven’t watched the new series based on this movie, but I might give it go when I’m ready for a new show.
Shaun scare pranks Tom that was funny. It was a creepy film that stuck with me a long time thinking bout what would one do in that situation since seeing it in the 70's
Shaun being a robot makes a lot of sense. :P
The only major flaw in this movie was the robots weren't given the same guns as the guests.
The gunslinger is actor Yule Brenner based on the actual movie character from The Magnificent Seven, starring the actual Yule Brenner. Just a little tidbit I thought you might be interested in... ;)
7 is fair score especially watching first time after the new series and other movies. I think I watched it on tv before I had even seen the terminator movies so it was really unique and scary back then. Great movie.
You should do "Rollerball" 1975 fellas. Still one of my favorites of the era/genre. James Caan and John Houseman, check it out.
"Rollerball" is GREAT, and makes for a great reaction video! Did you see Reel Reviews With Jen's reaction for it? It's really great!
@@TTM9691 No, I have never watched that channel. Will check it out, thanks
@@blanewilliams5960 Here you go, Blane! th-cam.com/video/AVDce43rllM/w-d-xo.html Enjoy! She's a great reactor.
Check out Logan's Run for some great 70's sci-fi / dystopia action ;)
They're just having a wild time! A wild west time! A wild Westworld time!
I find sci-fi movies from the 1970s have a very unique and distinctive style of direction compared to sci-fi from other eras. Michael Crichton himself directed this one, after "hanging around on the set" of Robert Wise's earlier film of Critchton's book "The Andromeda Strain," and the two films have a similar feel to them. That one's also worth a look, if you've not done it yet.