Ready Player One

[Space Pirate Roberts]

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.

[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.

[Frogacuda]

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.

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.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

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

[kingoffighters]

for real?

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

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

[kingoffighters]

I hope you have a few copies.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

not any more.

[YellerDog]

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

[Drewbacca]

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