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I stayed up last night to watch one of my favorite movies "West World" on the TCM (Turner Classic Movie) channel. The script was written by Michael Creighton who wrote "Jurassic Park." West World is an oldie, but a goodie.
Great acting by Yul Brynner as a poker faced robot gunslinger gone amok in a fantasy old west setting. The idea was that guests pay big bucks to live out their fantasies in one of three settings--West World, Roman World, or Medieval World. James Brolin and Richard Benjamin star as pals who go to West World to enjoy being characters in an old west town. Bar fights, gun fights, women, horses--like stepping into a Western movie, except everything except the guests are robots.
An elaborate electronic control center and wiring built into the robots prevents guests from being harmed by the robots--supposedly. There was even a robot rattlesnake. It bit Brolin, which was NOT supposed to happen. Then Brynner, who had been shot twice before by the pals, shows up again and shoots Brolin dead. Then Brynner takes his dead eyed aim at Benjamin.
Benjamin escapes to the desert with the implacable Brynner on his tail. The humans at the control center are all dead; nothing can stop the robot. It's a good movie, and I hear a re-make is on the horizon. Why do studios want to re-make a perfect movie? A movie like Psycho was a perfect gem--the remake a dud. West World is another of those perfect gems.          susil.
