I haven't seen the first episode yet but I loved the first film and thought the second one, Futureworld, was pretty good with some nice ideas.
I have been procrastinating to sit and start watching the original TV series Beyond Westworld and I am on the fence on whether to get into that one before or after I get into the new Westworld.
Nintendo is selling their IPs to Microsoft and this is true because:
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