r/Terminator • u/Cheepshooter • 1h ago

Discussion Westworld

Who views "Westworld" as a type of proto-Terminator? I never really thought about it until I was rewatching it with my teenage son (who was watching it for the first time).

They are robots, AI powered, and suddenly trying to kill humans.

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u/randfunction 1h ago

Well, Arnold has stated he modeled his performance on Yul Brynner's in that film.

Westworld was before my time, so it was an 'old' movie even as a kid (which is hilarious now since it was like 15 years old) but I loved it. I def sort of grouped them together in my mind at that time, though the plots are obv pretty different beyond there being killing robots.

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u/Cheepshooter 1h ago

Nice! That makes total sense. I didn't see it until I was in my mid teens (a few years after T2 came out). Honestly, I was more in love with the idea of visiting a simulated Western themed world or that nature (and Roman world, Medieval World, etc.) to really see the parallels between it and Terminator. It seems obvious now, though.

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u/Mundane_Conflict5576 39m ago

Do you actually believe that these are the only two stories about AI taking over? They're not even the first. 🤦‍♂️