#MichaelChrichton

[mommylovestech]

Really enjoyed meeting you today Sherri Crichton! Loved hearing more stories about your late husband, #michaelchrichton . Didn’t realize he also wrote #Westworld !! It’s one of my favorite shows and one of many favorite creations of his. Thank you for stopping by today on @foxla #gooddayla @michaelcrichton_official #andromedaevolution (at Fox 11 Los Angeles) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ri1sUFne6/?igshid=eftilu16dryx

[doomonfilm]

Thoughts : Westworld (1973)

Before it was a blockbuster HBO original series, Westworld led a very different life.  Michael Chricton was a novelist looking to expand into the world of film, with Westworld being his writing/directorial debut.  The film served as an homage to a dying genre, a signal of what was to come, and a groundbreaking film of a scope that the creators could not imagine.

Peter Martin (Richard Benjamin) and John Blane (James Brolin) are visitors to the the Westworld section of a famous amusement park run by the Delos corporation.  The park is made up of three sections (Romanworld and Midievalworld being the other two) where guests intermingle with androids programmed to serve their deepest carnal desires, be it crime, violence or sex.  Guests are given specialized weapons that allow them to act out against the androids without fear of harming one another.  Blaine, a common visitor to the park, is doing all he can to make sure first timer Martin enjoys himself and gets the full experience.  This particular visit, however, happens to coincide with park malfunctions and androids that begin to act in an autonomous matter, harming guests and staff.  Martin becomes the target of a particularly vicious android cowboy dawning all black (Yul Brynner).  What was meant to be a relaxing vacation becomes a much more visceral experience than intended.

Westworld famously holds the title of being the first major motion picture to incorporate digitized images.  While the computer readouts and Brynner-vision may look rudimentary by today’s standards, those images were very distinct and arresting looks at the time.  Computers were not what they are today back then, and rendering these images took considerable time combined with a very unique skill set.  The look was clearly effective, as both the computer readout style and android vision were famously emulated in countless films to follow.

In terms of style, the juxtaposition of classic film styles such as westerns, medieval tales and Roman epics with pure science fiction works surprisingly well for the limits of the day.  The science in the film is convincing enough for the narrative, and the auxiliary parks have enough resemblance to their respective times to serve their functions.  The film really soars as an homage to the death of the western.  Yul Brynner was cemented in iconic status by the time of this film’s release, and his role was meant to be a stamp of approval for the western elements, adding an air of seriousness so that the comedy was not too far in the arena of camp.  The gun violence shots are taken straight out of the Sam Peckinpah playbook.  Once the trope-ish elements spill out of their natural elements, things really start cooking.

This film is clearly more about the idea and spectacle than the acting, with the majority of the cast serving as people used to give the park a grander scope and scale.  With as many as people as possible filling the roles of guests and staff, Westworld the park is able to serve as the star of the film.  That being said, James Brolin is wonderfully entertaining in his facsimile of a counter-culture Jon Wayne (even down to his character name).  Richard Benjamin plays the fish out of water turned hardened warrior extremely well.  Yul Brynner nails his role as the heartless, nameless android threat, adding a true sense of dread as the walls start to close in.

Compared to the HBO series, some would be quick to say that this film has not stood the test of time.  The lion’s share of the show’s season one ideas, however, have direct roots to this film and its sequel (maybe Futureworld will find its way to the blog one day).  The film is a fun relic of the times, and if not taken too seriously, an interesting idea with execution beyond that of a first time director.

[jaowonders-blog]

𝑪𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏. 𝑪𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒍𝒂𝒔, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑱𝒐𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝒔𝒉𝒃𝒚 #bookstagram #bookdragon #bookish #bookworm #bookwormph #pinoy #pinoyblogger #Ph #aestheticedits #aesthetic #grays #Mayfair #booktography #ilovereading #JoanAshby #michaelchrichton #stephenking #sleepingbeauty #horror #books https://www.instagram.com/p/B9aaLXup9ix/?igshid=1u18uhbytdfo0

[rmdreier]

1993 SC The TERMINAL MAN Michael Crichton is our #bookaneerbargainbin book of the day. $1 plus shipping. 📚📚 #michaelchrichton #mindcontrol #ai #artificialintelligence #scifi #sciencefiction #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #booksbooksbooks #bookish #thriller #scifithriller #bookworm #bookaneer #bookaneer4sale (at Dodge Center, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv9QemsHdJK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fle6nlv8d4mo

[bryanlenning]

Tribute #posterdesign to #stevenspielberg’s Jurassic Park! This movie just get’s better :) @jurassicworld @samneilltheprop @lauradern @jeffgoldblum @samuelljackson . . #jurassicpark #jurassicworld #samneill #lauradern #jeffgoldblum #samuelljackson #richardattenborough #michaelchrichton #poster #movieposter #graphicdesign #design #digitalart #art #artistsoninstagram #photoshop #illustration #dinosaur #soundtrack #johnwilliams #wayneknight #deancundey #cinema https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1v-WpB9pX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zxja9uhmo816

[maddymilimani]

Accomplishments #picoftheday #books #lostworld #jurassicpark #michaelchrichton #depression #accompishments #quote #booklover #reading #alwayskeepfighting #empowerment https://www.instagram.com/p/BuVyzUblKNb/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=suq3hl4g4sw6

[luckysnoho]

Jurassic park love done by @charles_rouse_tattooer 🐊 #luckysnoho #northamptonma #jurassicpark #dinosaurtattoo #raptor #jurassicparktattoo #clevergirl #velociraptor #michaelchrichton #muldoon #colortattoo

[mauriziotemporin-blog]

#CINESTESIE #mauriziotemporin #jurassicpark #federicofellini #fellini #luigiserafini #stephenspielberg #paolovillaggio #giuliettamasina #michaelchrichton #jurassicworld #jurassicworld2 #samnaill #jhonhammond #lauradern #jhonwilliams #jeffgoldblum

[knopfjackets-blog]

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. Designed by Chip Kidd, 1990. #alfredaknopf #knopf #jurassicpark #michaelchrichton #chipkidd #bookjacket #graphicdesign #design #25yearanniversary

[unnecessarilyliteral]

Well, that's not ominous at all! #next #michaelchrichton

[the-kingcollector-blog]

Hello there !!! #anime #manga #comic #comiccon #unboxing #tamashiinations #toycon #wonderfestival #hasbro #dinosaur #velociraptor #raptor #jurassicworld #jurassicpark #lostworld #jurassicpark3 #fallenkingdom #michaelchrichton #cretacico #jurasico #figure #collectibles #collection https://www.instagram.com/p/BmpTSmcD6pw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=192f4x0qo94lb

[tamanbacarindang-blog]

PIRATE LATITUDES. SANG PEROMPAK. Michael Chrichton. 45.000,- Segel. #piratelatitudes #michaelchrichton #bukulangka #bukujadul #bukubekas #bukuseken #bukulawas #bukuterjemahan #jualbukunovel #jualbukusastra #jualbukubekas #jualbukuumum #jualbukuindonesia #bukubaru #bookstagram #book #booklover #bukusejarah #bukukiri #bukubagus #bukuklasik #fikfan #kumpulancerpen #bukubisnis #motivasi #pengembangandiri #obralbuku

[theebeecee]

Peanut enjoying a light novel on our last full day of our family vacation. #smiles #michaelchrichton #familyvacation #obx #corolla #reading #thoseeyes #beautifulgrandaughter (at Corolla Beach, NC.)

[jaowonders-blog]

📚📚📚 #bookstagram #bookish #books #aesthetic #aestheticedits #bookdragon #bookmoments #bookmodel #bookwormph #bookworm #michaelchrichton #Nature #presets #preset #ilovereading #stephenking #horror #horrorbooks #nook https://www.instagram.com/p/B9YrkJWJmCP/?igshid=o5ylm6o9ozhl

[kimilynna]

Here's a #michaelchrichton book pile for you all! #bookstagram #bookpile #books #booklover #bookworm #jurrassicpark #airframe #micro #author #bookish

[scifieveryday]

#Sphere by #michaelchrichton What a weird, twisted, and surprising movie. I need to read the book, but I always remember how messed up is the finale and why so #scifimovie #scifieveryday