"Big Picture" Themes
The Big Picture themes that I have picked out after watching the TV series a number of times are listed below. The pictures link to individual pages where I have explained my views on each theme in more depth. As you will soon gather all the themes are interrelated and the heady mix of these are superbly revealed in the TV series, making it such a watchable series.
There are numerous references to this old philosophical debate - do we have freewill or is it an illusion? As the Fandom site highlights - Is Freewill not free.
Simulated realities
Are we living in a simulated reality? There is a great question posed early on in season 3 where it is asked are we living in a simulated reality within another simulated reality?
Memory and its erasure
Meaning and purpose
I am very interested in Eschatology - the study of End Times. There are numerous references within Westworld, particularly in Season 3 about the End of the World
Female Heroines
The main story narrative is carried by Female characters rather than Males. This is a recent trend and great to see Evan Rachel Wood as Dolores Abernathy and Thandie Newton as Maeve Millay.
Keys and encrypted data
Encypted keys with special access to computer systems is a big theme in films about AI
The dream of immortality always seems to come up when dealing with robots. Westworld is no exception. Immortality is a major theme particularly in Season 2.