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That moment when I spotted the Iron Giant... I... I just started crying tears of joy. Thank you, God!
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I didn't see Superman. I DID see the Deloran! :) Oh and Freddy Krueger.
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It's all just so glorious and beautiful.
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Good catch Imb! I must have missed that part.
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Noticed almost immediately that the person on the motor cycle is actually riding Keneda's cycle from AKIRA...
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Looks interesting but yeah, anime has been doing this kind of story for years.
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Looks interesting but yeah, anime has been doing this kind of story for years.
I don't see the appeal. All the movie seems to be is,"Hey you like references. Im sure you like references. That's all we have." It also doesn't help that as you correctly point out that both the gobs and gobs of American references and VR elements have been done so much better by anime.
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They've been done by anime, yes. Just because an anime already did it somewhere doesn't mean it should never be attempted again though.
And you don't know that they did it better until the movie actually comes out. Until it comes out we don't even really know what the movie is about.
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I would have probably not been interested at all on this, unless Spielberg was not in helm. Most of RPO is praising the pop culture of the 80's- in which Spielberg had a hand in making some of it. He is not nostalgic about 80's pop culture, it was after his time.
So, what if Spielberg uses this to be introspective? Spielberg taking a good hard look at 80's pop culture nostalgia and DOING something with it.
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I'm a huge fan of the novel, and unlike most adaptations author of the novel is also the screenwriter for the film. The story is about a video game contest in a virtual world that is where 90% of the world conducts all business.
The conceit of the video game consest is that the person who created it was an autistic shut in who was obsessed with 80' pop culture and made his clues all revolve around it.
The story is how a single teenage kid wins the contest when there is a huge megacorp willing to kill to win it.
The teaser doesn't give any of the story away, but having read the story, the visuals make me want to see it NOW.
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Well, if it stays true to the book, it should be great. The book's got quite a lot, so I'm worried they'll cut quite a bit. I'm totally okay with it being really long.
The sixers look really great, though, even if they're slightly off from they're description in the book.
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Looks interesting but yeah, anime has been doing this kind of story for years.
And Before Anime did The Simpsons did it. ;) (sorry South Park reference.)
But in all seriousness who cares if anime did it? I before that there was sci-fi novels about it...even a RPG based on VR gaming worlds.
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I watched the trailer and I have no idea what this about, other than it being a CGI heavy movie about people living in a CGI world because the real world sucks? Or something?
Honestly, the trailer doesn't do a good job of selling what the point of the movie is supposed to be.
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Skeld,
My guess? Nostalgia.
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The guy who developed the VR has died with no heirs, and put an "easter egg" in the VR, whoever finds it wins his fortune. The main character finds the first part, but is faces competition with many other "egg hunters" and an evil corporation (the army of robot guys with IOI on their faces and cars) trying to dominate the VR world, who will literally kill to find the egg.
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I've read the book. Initially, I was really excited by the prospect of the movie with Spielberg at the helm. I still think that is a great choice, but it would have been so much better if it had been developed as a series by Netflix or HBO or similar. The book is really even written in episodes. It would have given time to really explore the world and to cram in as many other properties as possible.
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Looks cool I will probably go and see it.
as far as the anime did it conversations. I've heard a theory that there is like 17-22 original stories and everything else is a variation of those stories. nothing is original anymore. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy the variations however :D
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HYPE!
And you don't know that they did it better until the movie actually comes out. Until it comes out we don't even really know what the movie is about.
If it's the same writer as the original book I do know. To call it bad is being generous.
Also great entertainment that users nostalgia stands on it's own. You strip the references out and well you end up with something amazing. You strip the references out of Ready Player One and well you have bumpkis. The only reason why I mention anime is because it happens often enough coming over to the US.
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That may apply to the book, which I didn't know there was one when I originally commented, but a Movie isn't always an exact copy of the source material.
So to claim that all and any anime does this movie's plot better than this movie, of which we have only seen 2 minute trailer since it's not even out yet, is kinda silly.
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So picking out possible characters, big bald dude driving the monster truck in the race scene (which isn't in the book) and who kills Freddy Kruger is likely Aech. Woman riding the Akira cycle is Art3mis. Obviously Wade is in the van and driving the DeLorean, be we haven't seen the Parzival avatar yet.
Edit: IMDb was wrong, TJ Miller is playing a bounty hunter, not I-R0k.
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More cameos: The building in the background when we see the Iron Giant looks like the Temple of Syrinx from 2112 by Rush. Big scene in the book.
The zero G dance hall is from Og's birthday party.
The Scorpion mech looks like it's from Wasteland. The shot is too dark to make out more details.
The AA on the key is a nod to Anorak's Almanac.
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But the point of RPO is the 80s references for god's sake. That's like saying:"Take the ice cream out of the ice cream and you have nothing left".
The point of RPO is the story. If it was just 80's referneces, it wouldn't be one of my favorite books, because I wasn't alive in the 80's.
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But the point of RPO is the 80s references for god's sake. That's like saying:"Take the ice cream out of the ice cream and you have nothing left".
I think the point is that good stories go beyond just "references". Ice cream may be tasty, but it doesn't make for a nutritious meal.
Or to put it another way,
Do we want to tell stories that make sense of the things we used to love, that help us remember the reasons we were so drawn to them, and create new works that inspire that level of devotion? Or do we simply want to hear the litany of our childhood repeated back to us like an endless lullaby for the rest of our lives?
Obviously some people loved RPO. and that's fine, but for me it felt more like the latter.
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More cameos: The building in the background when we see the Iron Giant looks like the Temple of Syrinx from 2112 by Rush. Big scene in the book.
The zero G dance hall is from Og's birthday party.
The Scorpion mech looks like it's from Wasteland. The shot is too dark to make out more details.
The AA on the key is a nod to Anorak's Almanac.
Might be Scorponok from Transformers with Napoleon on it's back
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I thought it was suppose to be 80's stuff why do people keep mentioning 90's stuff?
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Kind of sad. CURSE YOU COPYRIGHT RULES!
I enjoyed the book at first, but it fell flat any time the author made a big deal about a reference I didn't recognize. Also a couple of long, unrelated-to-anything author rants that are completely terrible.
Strip away the 80's nostalgia, and I found only one part of the book that could stand on its own merits:
The movie should be at least fun, though. I'll probably go see it.
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Wonder if we will get Tomb of Horrors.
I thought it was suppose to be 80's stuff why do people keep mentioning 90's stuff?
That's another irrational annoying thing I found about the book. 80's pop culture apparently spans a thirty year time period.
EDIT:And by irrational I mean for me.
I remember like 80% of the book being about the one character, who was just a really interesting dude.
I didn't really get any of the references, except for the Tolkien ones, but I still loved the book. They really weren't too relevant.
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Wonder if we will get Tomb of Horrors.
I'm expecting we will, along with Joust. That's pretty integral to the first third/half of the book.
Also, Hasbro can't be that dumb to give up the kind of free advertising RPO will give it, in fact, it's better than free, since they'll get a licensing fee for it.
I wonder if that's why they came out with a Tomb of Horrors board game recently - thought maybe next year would make more sense for that if it was purposefully timed to ride the publicity from the movie.
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Well, she is in profile in that pic.
Edit: it's also entirely possible that that scene is taking place in the oasis. It could easily be Aech's hangout. Wearing VR goggles in VR would be meta for the story.
Edit 2: I'm really thinking it's in the hangout, because that blond guy in the background looks like iR0k.
just got done reading the book. Absolutely no way the movie is more then 30% like the book.