Detta diskuterades med showrunner Jonathan Nolan i en intervju med Rotten Tomatoes. Kort sagt är det kulor som är speciella inte pistolerna.
With the same guns, the guests can blow the hosts away, but then the hosts still come back the next day.
“It’s not the guns,” Nolan said. “It’s the bullets. We thought a lot about this. In the original film, the guns won’t operate guest on guest, but we felt like the guests would want to have a more visceral experience here. So when they’re shot it has sort of the impact. They’re called simunitions. The U.S. military trains with rounds like the ones we’re talking about. But there’s a bit of an impact, a bit of a sting. So it’s not entirely consequence-free for the guests.”
Uppsägning på HBO Officiell webbplats "Westworld" erbjuder följande information.
2. (c): All weapons and equipment used within Delos parks are the exclusive property of Delos. Inc. Gun ammunition contains proprietary safeguards related to bullet velocity, and tampering with gun safety features or ammunition automatically transfers liability to you and absolves Delos, Inc. of any injury or death that may occur as a result.
Och det här också finns på den DelosIncorporated viral website som hänför sig till bullet-hastighetsprotokoll "
AGGRESSION BETWEEN GUEST ID#398436 AND GUEST ID#435873 HAS INTENSIFIED. GUESTS NOW ACTIVELY SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER.
STATUS:
BULLET VELOCITY PROTOCOLS FULLY OPERATIONAL, AND GUESTS REMAINS UNAFFECTED, BUT MUST DEESCALATE SITUATION.
Så där går du. Klar som lera.