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‘Westworld’ Is Not the Next ‘Game of Thrones’ (But It Is Worth Watching)

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HBO—or at least reporters who cover HBO—has long promised that Westworld could succeed Westeros as its next great epic. It fails in that respect, but shows potential.

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It’s interesting that high expectations might be Westworld’s biggest problem. The feverishly anticipated HBO series reveals a world in which boundless expectation and possibility gets stifled when the bleakness and limits of reality sets in.

The reality is that Westworld isn’t the

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