I haven't seen such sarcasm since Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes back. Dr. Venkman would blush.
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I haven't seen such sarcasm since Princess Leia in The Empire Strikes back. Dr. Venkman would blush.
Disagree. It's not some literary masterpiece, but it's a fun read with an interesting premise.
Pilgrimzero
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I actually just got done rereading JP. Love how so much more happens than is shown in the book. I did not like that Lex is just awful and Hammond is a major asshole.
Also the book didn't know when to end. Really the whole end part with the Raptors at the lodge then the aftermath stuff with the eggs wasn't very good.
Over all a fun book though.
ftfy.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It's basically the same premise as Westworld, also by Michael Crichton, which starred Yul Brynner, riffing off his appearance in the Magnificent Seven, which was a western remake of The Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosawa, who was a huge influence on Star Wars.
I pondered this as I sat in the cockpit of my X-Wing, which I'd won in a game of sabacc, which was like a game of pyramid, which used to be a card game but the reboot of Battlestar Galactica made it a sports game, along the same time they made Starbuck into a woman, which I thought was okay because Starbuck was pretty hot, and her hotness added something awesometacular to the character that was almost as intangible as one of the ghosts from the Frighteners, the movie Peter Jackson made before Lord of the Rings, which was, I think, a better movie than it was a book, and I thought, like Pooh Bear trying to scheme on a plan to steal some honey, that Spielberg could do the same thing Jackson did with Ready Player One.
Messofanego
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Yikes.
Lokimaru
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Cline based Art3mis on his Wife, Just as he based Pazival on himself. Notice she's described as being rubenesque in a simulation where everyone else looks Supermodel thin. She's rocking CBBE in a Jane Body and Sevenbase world.
Tron had Jeff Bridges twice, so that is an emphatic no.
Messofanego
Banned
That last sentence is gobbledygook, right?
It's some Skyrim bodymod lingo. Had to look it up.
I applaud the post for employing gaming references in this thread where we hound Cline over his liberal use of gaming references. We're many layers of irony deep now, gentlemen.
I applaud the post for employing gaming references in this thread where we hound Cline over his liberal use of gaming references. We're many layers of irony deep now, gentlemen.
Maybe we're all just a part of Ernest Cline's VR experience.
Adam_Vania
Banned
yeah there is no difference between a random message board post people will look at for 5 minutes and a best-selling book being made into a Steven Spielberg movie
Whimsical Phil
Ninja School will help you
And, of course, Kevin Smith.
Don't take it so personal Ernest.
This will always be funny.
Razgriz-Specter
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Wow IGN pointed out a lot of stuff I completely missed like Lara Croft.
JimiNutz
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Yeah me too.
Dizzy from Gears of War? That's a pretty obscure reference. Plus the Halo assault rifle!
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Deleted member 22576
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I'm all for digging deeper to find underlying themes, but I think you're giving Cline too much credit here. What you note above is definitely a reasonable takeaway from the book, but I think the actual intended message was that the 80s are cool and pop culture indulgence is great and we have to protect both from giant greedy corporations that don't actually care about or understand the inherent wonderfulness of pop culture, but only their own bottom lines.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
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NekoFever
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The irony being that most of the things the book deifies either are or are the product of large corporations. I mean Cline's clothes in that photo in the DeLorean (© DeLorean Motor Company) are covered in corporate logos.
Discotheque
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As cringeworthy as cline and his writing seems to be i still got some hopes for this because I keep going back to the trailer.
The second half with the race prep and the rush song is dope as hell. And the way the race is shot immediately brings to mind his tintin scene. Pretty excited to see that scene in full
I really hope all that "this is the Delorean which I won on the planet zemeckis" basura is cut out of the script tho
The second half with the race prep and the rush song is dope as hell. And the way the race is shot immediately brings to mind his tintin scene. Pretty excited to see that scene in full
I really hope all that "this is the Delorean which I won on the planet zemeckis" basura is cut out of the script tho
If the leaked script is anything to go by... lol
The movie starts with narration by Wade and ends with narration. Even worse, there's an epilogue where a little kid named Ernie just finished learning about Wade's story and how Aech made Oasis 2, and then decides to solve Aech's scavenger hunt.
Also, Artemis has sex with Wade the first time they meet, then she bails the next morning because "we cant be together", gets kidnapped immediately after, and Wade is sent on a mission by Ogden to save his girl. Which he does, obviously. This all ties into one of the challenges of the hunt or something. I also don't think it pass the bechdel test...
But this is a really early version of the script so HOPEFULLY all of this is edited/removed. If not... welp.
Wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait wait the main character is a self-insert shut the FUCK up
Razgriz-Specter
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Star Falcon
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I liked the book, so i am interested in seeing this. I don't seem to remember a city chase scene at all though.
Also, as cool as the Iron Giant is...
Also, as cool as the Iron Giant is...
he was never selected from the second gate in the book by anyone. So i'm a bit worried they are ditching Leopardon, Minerva X or Raideen for more 'mainstream' mecha. It could be an IP issue... but I'd be really surprised (and disappointed) if Ultraman, MechaGodzilla or the RX-78 were dropped.
Yeah I don't remember that at all. I know the Akira bike is mentioned and described but that's it. And yeah, it would suck about the bolded but it should still be enjoyable. I mean the premise of that part is what's cool, not the specifics.
LucidMomentum
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I'd be more willing to accept that reading as valid if said mega-corporations weren't foiled by the very pop culture they were supposedly using to placate and distract.
If the leaked script is anything to go by... lol
The movie starts with narration by Wade and ends with narration. Even worse, there's an epilogue where a little kid named Ernie just finished learning about Wade's story and how Aech made Oasis 2, and then decides to solve Aech's scavenger hunt.
Also, Artemis has sex with Wade the first time they meet, then she bails the next morning because "we cant be together
But this is a really early version of the script so HOPEFULLY all of this is edited/removed. If not... welp.
What in the fuck is that shit?!I'd be more willing to accept that reading as valid if said mega-corporations weren't foiled by the very pop culture they were supposedly using to placate and distract.
Talking about the "leaked" script.
valkillmore
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Oh my god I can't wait
Ernest Cline once wrote a short story titled Nerd Porn Auteur. He later claimed it was a parody in precisely the same way as Tommy Wiseau did with The Room.
It's not a parody. It's a fascinating look into the mind of Ernest Cline, however. Y'all should listen to supergreatfriend read it while putting on the smuggest voice he can muster.
Apologies if it was linked earlier in the thread, which wouldn't surprise me.
It's not a parody. It's a fascinating look into the mind of Ernest Cline, however. Y'all should listen to supergreatfriend read it while putting on the smuggest voice he can muster.
Apologies if it was linked earlier in the thread, which wouldn't surprise me.
The fuck?
Also, Artemis has sex with Wade the first time they meet, then she bails the next morning because "we cant be together
The double fuck?
Pilgrimzero
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Hopefully that leaked script (if real) has been updated etc.
I get they had to massively change things to make it into a film but they really cheated out on how to obtain the 3 keys and the whole final 3rd was garbage.
Reminds me of the Scott Pilgrim film. Got a lot right then fucked up the ending.
I get they had to massively change things to make it into a film but they really cheated out on how to obtain the 3 keys and the whole final 3rd was garbage.
Reminds me of the Scott Pilgrim film. Got a lot right then fucked up the ending.
Tommy claimed The Room was a parody when it clearly wasn't because he didn't want people to think he was legitimately as delusional as he actually is, so technically Ernest Cline was telling the truth when he said that it was a parody in the same way as The Room, lmao.
The Iron Giant is not anywhere near as mainstream as something as MechaGodzilla. Picking Iron Giant is more fanservice than the usual anime tropes.
This brings an interesting question, if Artemis and Aech are seen on screen talking about anything, does this count as passing the Bechel test?
It's tricky given the nature of the story.
The main character AND the creator of the Oasis are very clearly self inserts.
Basically one is his hero power fantasy, the other is what he wishes he became in real life: a "god" of pop culture.
Scott Pilgrim strayed from the comic the more into the run time you get, basically you start seeing the differences when Lucas Lee shows up and by the end it's completely something else.
Salvatron
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I just finished the book a few days ago. It was... aight, I guess. Some parts like naming doctrow and making a note that art3mis is 'rubenesque' made me cringe as they felt so forced in, same thing with discovering Aech was a lesbian.. all of it only seemed to just be there to showcase how open-minded & progressive wade is. Art3mis also didn't strike me as someone who would give a shit what people thought of her looks.
So at first I was hyped by the trailer because of the visuals, seeing the delorean in another context, the subtle nod to wonka... but after finishing the book I dont know what to think. Riding a mechanical scorpion? A race? no wargames references?
Is that Kaneda's bike? or just a similar looking recumbent bike?
So at first I was hyped by the trailer because of the visuals, seeing the delorean in another context, the subtle nod to wonka... but after finishing the book I dont know what to think. Riding a mechanical scorpion? A race? no wargames references?
Is that Kaneda's bike? or just a similar looking recumbent bike?
See that's what Ernest Cline understands that the rest of the world doesn't. No matter how autonomous and badass and "strong" a woman is, what she really needs deep down is for a man to accept her aesthetically.
Pilgrimzero
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forgeforsaken
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Man you are a hardcore defender of this book.
The test passes if two women talk about anything that is not related to (dating) men. So yeah, it would pass if they were discussing a challenge or whatever.
But what if it's a black queer woman pretending to be straight white man so everyone in 2044 will be comfortable talking to her?
That's another thing the protagonist "forgives" a woman for doing by the way.
Pilgrimzero
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More of, I just dislike people trying to use things in an arguments they don't have the full context of.
Which usually means before you try to shit on something try reading it first instead of looking up other people's selected quotes from some podcast review.
Pilgrimzero
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Alcotholic
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I'm going through the book right now. I'm enjoying it, actually. I see the incessant references as a weird character obsession rather than pandering. Ultimately, the author could be pandering, but its so in your face I have to look at it from a different perspective.
I find the writing easily digestible. Its not amazing by most standards, but it makes for popcorn reading. And in the grand scheme of things its an adventure novel. A fun one at that.
Edit:
Oh... Uhh... Hahaha. I'm going to put this away and finish the book. I'll reserve my judgement after I'm done.
I find the writing easily digestible. Its not amazing by most standards, but it makes for popcorn reading. And in the grand scheme of things its an adventure novel. A fun one at that.
Edit:
Oh... Uhh... Hahaha. I'm going to put this away and finish the book. I'll reserve my judgement after I'm done.