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Westworld

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Westworld (1973)

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Writer/Director Michael Crichton used similar plot elements - a high-tech amusement park running amok, a central control paralyzed by a power failure - in his novel Jurassic Park.

A fifth season episode of The Simpsons, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, features a chase scene that references a similar scene in Westworld.[36] The sixth season episode Itchy & Scratchy Land also parodies and freely quotes Westworld.[37] Set in a futuristic theme park, the robots of Itchy & Scratchy Land rebel against their programming and attempt to kill the Simpson family.[37]

In Iron Man 3, Tony Stark quips at his aggressor Eric Savin, saying "You like that, Westworld?", in comparison of Savin's and the Gunslinger's mental slowness, indestructible persistence, and bald heads.[38]

The "analogy of an infectious disease" made by the computer scientists in the conference early in the film concerning the central processor malfunctions being experienced by the androids may be the first reference to an induced software malfunction, aka a computer virus, in a motion picture.[citation needed] Veith Risak's pioneering article on a self-replicating computer program had been published in a technical journal in 1972, the year before Westworld was released.

estworld was first aired on NBC television on 28 February 1976.[27] The network aired a slightly longer version of the film than was shown theatrically or subsequently released on home video. Some of the extra scenes that were added for the US TV version are:[citation needed]

Brief fly-by exterior shot of the hovercraft zooming just a few feet above the desert floor. Previously, all scenes involving the hovercraft were interior shots only.

The scenes with the scientists having a meeting in the underground complex was much longer giving more insight into their "virus" problem with the robots.

A scene with a couple of techs talking in the locker room about the work load of each robot world.

There was a longer discussion between Peter and the sheriff after his arrest when he shot the Gunslinger.

During the scene where robots are going crazy,there was a scene in Medieval World where a guest is getting tortured on the Medieval rack. At first he tries joking while getting dragged to the rack and saying "What is this, a joke? Hey! I paid in advance!" But then he really gets desperate and says "I really don't want to do this!" and then starts to scream as he gets placed on the rack and stretched and then his arms are pulled out of their sockets. One still shot shows piece of this scene with guest on rack while one of the robots wearing some kind of hood is standing next to him.

Gunslinger's chase of Peter through the worlds was also extended.

There was a scene added in which Gunslinger is splashing water on his face from the sink after being hit with the acid, he recovers and then there was a close-up of his face when he turns arounds real fast and his silver eyes turned into black and crazy look.

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