Ready Player One

Everyone’s talking about how great the Shining sequence is and I’m just sitting here pissed they didn’t go to Syrinx. Waited like three years to see that. Making the first challenge a race instead of the Temple of Elemental Evil (and not having Parzival and Artemis beat it before anyone else even found it) was lame too.

I do like that they made the challenges more than just pure tests of trivia knowledge and gaming skill, though; making the key understanding Halliday’s regrets makes the end message feel a lot less forced than it did in the book. I just wish they hadn’t changed them so drastically from things I was excited to see on-screen.

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Originally Posted by Space Pirate Roberts

I do like that they made the challenges more than just pure tests of trivia knowledge and gaming skill, though; making the key understanding Halliday’s regrets makes the end message feel a lot less forced than it did in the book. I just wish they hadn’t changed them so drastically from things I was excited to see on-screen.

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Yeah, it was less about the search for a Real Gamer than it was an effort to leave it to someone who wouldn't make the same mistakes. I thought that change worked well.

One nice side effect of this train wreck of a movie is that it's made Adventure for Atari 2600 spike in price to stupid levels

for real?

Up to $50 for a loose copy that has a picture label.

I hope you have a few copies.

not any more.

Is there any reason to watch this movie instead of any single movie that it's referencing?

It looks like lame nerd culture meta trash to me. I’ll give it a watch on Netflix or the usual places though.