XPost: rec.arts.sf.tv, rec.arts.movies.past-films   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2026-02-14 22:28:22 +0000, Your Name said:   
      
   > On 2026-02-14 14:42:57 +0000, anim8rfsk said:   
   >> The True Melissa  wrote:   
   >>> Verily, in article <10mpmd2$33duh$10@dont-email.me>, did   
   >>> weberm@polaris.net deliver unto us this message:   
   >>>> Before Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton built a different kind of   
   >>>> monster. This is the story of Westworld (1973), the "cursed" production   
   >>>> that predicted the dark side of AI and the playgrounds of the elite.   
   >>>   
   >>> I watched this as a little kid. I'm not sure how old I was, but it   
   >>> probably took a few years for this to cycle to TV, so I was maybe 8 or   
   >>> so. I recall understanding virtually none of it and still being   
   >>> fascinated.   
   >>   
   >> I saw it as a teenager and while it could’ve used some nekked nudity, it   
   >> was pretty much every bit as fun as the upcoming Fembots that so   
   >> shamelessly ripped it off   
   >   
   > You youngsters! ... the "Westworld" show only started airing in 2016.  ;-)   
   >   
   > *It's a joke!!*   
   > I know there was an older "Westworld" series in 1973 and "Beyond   
   > Westworld" in 1980.   
      
   Rats!! The word "series" got added in the wrong place ... it was the   
   movie in 1973 and the brief series in 1980.  :-\   
      
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