Futureworld

Good plot bad story. The story is about two reporters who are assigned experience the new and improved futureworld and report on it. The female reporter is doing that while the male reporter played by Peter Fonda is doing an investigative report on it. He is investigating because an unknown person tried to contact him about bad activity going on there and ends up dead before they could meet.I realize it's a science fiction but the story has too many holes in it. The place has surveillance cameras all over the place and yet Fonda's character manages to travel through maintenance tunnels all over the place undetected. He hits a bunch of buttons and switches on a control panel causing several machines to activate without being detected.The Samurai warrior robots that come after the two were the of the most wimpiest samurais I ever seen.Also there was too much comic relief with that human maintenance worker who was the guy from the Rockford Files TV show.In addition the dream sequence with Yul Brynner back in his role as the out of control robot cowboy from the 1st WestWorld was too long,unnecessary and boring.The ending was not great either.It appears it was made in a rush without good writers.

Very cohesive sequel. This is one of the few sequels that does the original justice! We visit the world of Delos in this sequel to "Westworld". The story is well written and well "retold" using an array of very talented performers! Blythe Danner and Peter Fonda take us on a wild ride to discover the corruption behind the Delos corporation. The failure of "Westworld" in the first movie is carried into this sequel and actually keeps the story intact and moving along nicely. *spoiler alert* A couple brief visits to the now defunct "Westworld " part of the new Delos "Theme" park really provides a connection to the first movie. The cameo appearance of Yul Brenner helps tremendously as well! Another "keeper" for sci-fi-fi buffs, especially if you are lucky enough to own a copy of "Westworld".

Not a bad idea for a sequel, (and is a bit amusing in hindsight as "Jurassic Park with people instead of dinosaurs") but there's something kind of dull about the presentation in the beginning and when the story does pick up it spends most of its time in a generic and boring industrial plant background rather than in the faux-fantastical settings of the resort proper. It also focuses on a (very 70s) conspiracy plot which in itself would be fine if it didn't come at the expense of the thrilling robot mayhem that we came for.There are some neat little scenes and I kind of like Blythe Danner's character (even if she's WAY too naive). I also wanted very much to find the robot "Clark" to be charming but his face-less visage was just a little too terrifying-looking... that is, at least until we see him heartbroken after his only friend has to leave him. Poor Clark!

This Futureworld film is most ideal to watch if you have previously watched Westworld because two of the characters are put together to help drum up good publicity for Futureworld Tracy Ballard (Blythe Danner) and Chuck (Peter Fonda) are researching events and circumstances pertaining to Futureworld that tied into some of what previously happened at Westworld. The working relationship between Chuck and Tracy starts off a little complicated because Chuck had been one of Tracy’s professional colleagues coworkers and he previously forced Tracy to eventually find work elsewhere when they previously worked together in other work related circumstances. Tracy goes on to eventually achieve a successful career and achieving prominent career accomplishments even after being forced to look elsewhere, however Tracy naturally initially has her guard up around Chuck because of their shared previous work professional history. The characters of Tracy and Chuck go to a Futureworld that has Spaworld, Medieval world, Romanworld, and Futureworld as some of the choices available. Additionally both Tracy and Chuck get an idea to gather intel and information pertaining to Futureworld from Futureworld employee Harry Croft (Stuart Margolin), however Harry is also initially reserved about freely sharing information about Futureworld. Additionally, Tracy Chuck and Harry have to also go about gathering information very carefully both because of how often they are watched by other employees connected to Futureworld and because of what Chuck knows happened to a previous Delos employee who was ready to spill some controversial details on what was going on at Futureworld.

An intriguing storyline with many unexplored avenues, but one in dire need of some yet-to-be-programmed "special effects", this "Futureworld" is trapped in the retro world of the 70's, with a made-for-TV vibe similar, as one reviewer put it, to "The Six Million Dollar Man". The Danner-Fonda duo is unconvincing, and in one scene downright embarrassing as Fonda vouyeuristically tunes into Danner's erotic dream (poor Yul Brenner) on that moving picture relic wheeled in from some Victorian era "gentlemen's club"......I mean, really? And these folks have the technology to make clones??? The cast looked like they bought out one of those costume stores that just opens up before Halloween and then disappears---and that includes the costumes for the era in which the movie was staged. There's some plain silliness as well, but I don't want to spoil all the fun if you choose to use this film as background noise during your mother-in-law's visit. The wonderful thing about this movie is that you can watch the very last minute of Peter Fonda's "acting" FIRST and discover the director's message without spending those 90 minutes or so in front of your screen. And you won't even need popcorn.

You know when a film isn't going to live up to expectations when you're checking the remaining running time and you've only been watching it for 20 minutes! God this film was b-o-r-i-n-g... Not a patch on the original and classic 'Westworld'. And talk about a (major) fail with the 'token' "dream" appearance of Yul Brynner. $$s must have been the (only) possible reason an actor of Mr. Brynner's calibre would have even contemplated making such a cringe making cameo. As for the Blu-ray itself -just the film no extras. And the 1080p resolution -I've seen sharper standard definition. If you wish to waste time, grab a comfy cushion and open a pot of paint... Far more gripping...

little known sequel to westworld, Peter Fonda an underated actor, creaky special effects but thats part of the charm

I collect films on DVD, Blu-Ray & Blu-Ray 3D (I think 3D films are FANTASTIC to watch), so this is another addition to the collection.

Super impressed. I ordered late Friday night and it arrived the following morning.Brand new and sealed.

The quickly scripted and filmed follow up to Westworld, this is entertaining in it's own right, but is a run of the mill thriller and not in the same class as the original classic.Still worth a couple of hours of your time it is an interesting mid seventies period piece and quite entertaining in it's own strange way.