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TV Review -- 'Westworld' Tackles Tough Questions of a Not So Distant Future We May Soon Encounter
Posted by Jason Ingolfsland on Saturday, December 10, 2016 at 12:00 AM By Jason Ingolfsland / December 10, 2016 Comment

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It’s 2016 and the dawn of sentient robotic intelligence hasn’t yet come to pass. The technology is progressing, of course, and watching stories about it is much closer to home than if you watched 2001: A Space Odyssey in 1968. With the dawn of Siri, Google, Amazon’s Echo and so many other robotic devices, artificial intelligence is in our pockets, our homes and our cars -- it's becoming an everyday part of our lives. Among many themes in the show, Westworld asks the questions, “What if Siri were conscious? What if the people you kill in your video games were conscious? How do we grapple...

HBO Developing Series Called “Stillwater” -- Other Minnesota Places That Should Get TV or Movie Treatment
Posted by Andy Ellis on Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 12:00 AM By Andy Ellis / August 30, 2014 Comment

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It was recently announced that HBO is developing a new TV series set in Stillwater, according to Deadline. It will be directed by Howie Deutch who will serve as executive producer along with Colin Farrell and Mark Steven Johnson who will take on writing duties. The one-hour drama will center around a New York City cop whose life “spirals out of control when he relocates his family to a small town in Minnesota.” Stillwater isn’t the first town in Minnesota...