I enjoyed WestWorld immensely. I must fight my own shallowness...
Been watching something called "Sword Art Online" due to a recommendation. First thought, this is for kids. Fragmented writing, loose threads, lazy writing here and there. But something was interesting, which I would like to share or discuss. Romance is usually treated casually or ironically or comedically in western animation or shows. It's crazy rare to find something like "true love" even in movies nowadays. But in this kids' show, they go full True Love. They depict a thing about growing old together, they depict a sense of "family".
I've noticed something similar in other animes. And I like it. It seems to me that the western world has abandoned true romance. We've become too cynical to allow it? Even Bond movies don't have sex anymore... IDK, I just found it surprising and remarkable, especially in contrast to what we have here in the west.