Pop culture wouldn't be the same if Michael Crichton had never gone to Disneyland.
It was while watching the animatronic Abraham Lincoln at the park's Hall of Presidents that he began dreaming up Westworld, his 1973 movie and the inspiration for the hit HBO series about murderous robot cowboys. For Crichton, there was seemingly no technological advance he couldn't use to fearful effect – and he was never one not to use every part of a good idea. He'd revisit the idea of a theme park gone awry with his 1990 novel Jurassic Park,...
It was while watching the animatronic Abraham Lincoln at the park's Hall of Presidents that he began dreaming up Westworld, his 1973 movie and the inspiration for the hit HBO series about murderous robot cowboys. For Crichton, there was seemingly no technological advance he couldn't use to fearful effect – and he was never one not to use every part of a good idea. He'd revisit the idea of a theme park gone awry with his 1990 novel Jurassic Park,...
- 6/11/2018
- Rollingstone.com
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