Ready Player One

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

New thread because this is going to be an epic film. And Heartly is a complainer.

Bobbyaro · **Joined:** 18th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 11898

Jeez, did this really deserve its own thread?

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

This is a dorky looking movie for nerds, yet it doesn't appeal to be at all.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 13:56

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

Yes.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:01

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

Yes.

The worst kind of badly-written fan fiction nonsense that somehow got a book deal. IMO of course.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

Yes.

The worst kind of badly-written fan fiction nonsense that somehow got a book deal. IMO of course.

I agree. Doesn't stop it being awesome.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:04

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

Yes.

The worst kind of badly-written fan fiction nonsense that somehow got a book deal. IMO of course.

I agree. Doesn't stop it being awesome.

It does, because it's utterly plagiaristic and contains not a single original idea. Avoid.

Satsuma · **Joined:** 20th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 14416

Looks like typical CGI-fest for people who don’t like films.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

Dead inside. I pity you.

MaliA · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:08

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

Yes.

The worst kind of badly-written fan fiction nonsense that somehow got a book deal. IMO of course.

I agree. Doesn't stop it being awesome.

I hear 50 Shades of Grey was awesome, you goons.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

MaliA wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

Yes.

The worst kind of badly-written fan fiction nonsense that somehow got a book deal. IMO of course.

I agree. Doesn't stop it being awesome.

I hear 50 Shades of Grey was awesome, you goons.

No, that was turd, redeemed by repeated boobage.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:12

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

DavPaz wrote:

Lonewolves wrote:

Looks terrible. Have you read the book?

Yes.

The worst kind of badly-written fan fiction nonsense that somehow got a book deal. IMO of course.

I agree. Doesn't stop it being awesome.

It does, because it's utterly plagiaristic and contains not a single original idea. Avoid.

It's a great book, you nutter.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16639

I thought it was great fun too. And the film will be good because it's Spielberg and he doesn't really make awful films. I dunno, it feels like it's the biggest nerds that are the ones most angered by it.

That's right if you don't like it then it's just because you're too much of a nerd.

myp · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:22

I hope you enjoy it.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:28

markg wrote:

And the film will be good because it's Spielberg and he doesn't really make awful films.

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

I quite liked IJATKOTCS

Curiosity · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:29

I’ve not read it, but the excerpts I have had shown to me were astonishingly bad. Maybe they needed context.

Plus from the poster the main thing we appear to be invested in is a man with insanely long legs.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

I've seen this book highlighted in the science fiction section of every bookshop around in the last few months. Read the synopsis and it looked like it's really stupid. Should I believe myp to confirm my bias?

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16639

Grim... wrote:

markg wrote:

And the film will be good because it's Spielberg and he doesn't really make awful films.

It was bad by his own standards but it's certainly not Alien: Covenant bad or anything like that.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38660

RuySan wrote:

I've seen this book highlighted in the science fiction section of every bookshop around in the last few months. Read the synopsis and it looked like it's really stupid. Should I believe myp to confirm my bias?

Yeah, it's ridiculous. But great fun. Not everything has to be Shakespeare.

Grim... · **Posted:** Mon Dec 11, 2017 14:40

markg wrote:

Grim... wrote:

markg wrote:

And the film will be good because it's Spielberg and he doesn't really make awful films.

It was bad by his own standards but it's certainly not Alien: Covenant bad or anything like that.

That's fair enough.

Okay, 1941 then.

RuySan · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 3542

DavPaz wrote:

RuySan wrote:

I've seen this book highlighted in the science fiction section of every bookshop around in the last few months. Read the synopsis and it looked like it's really stupid. Should I believe myp to confirm my bias?

Yeah, it's ridiculous. But great fun. Not everything has to be Shakespeare.

I never read Shakespeare, by i take my science fiction seriously

romanista · **Posted:** Tue Dec 12, 2017 10:01

Loved the book, just triggering the right kind of 80s nostalgia, and making it feel important instead of just trivial...

but in the trailer i see mainly references to non gaming 80s culture... booh..

LewieP · **Joined:** 29th Apr, 2008 **Posts:** 7600

Battletoads was always shite.

asfish · **Joined:** 5th Dec, 2010 **Posts:** 3353

Trailer looked OK, but then again they always do.

Reminded me of the Matrix with far more CGI

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