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just listened to wil wheaton read 'Ready Player One'. It's good.
maia posted this on,
Sun 28 May 2017, 4:19,
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I have watched 2,867,498 spins
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gronkpan @vomitinglarry.bsky.social,
Sun 28 May 2017, 7:54,
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there's a movie coming up, Olivia Cooke as Art3mis. maia posted this on,
Sun 28 May 2017, 15:26,
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I'm not sure I want to see it as a movie.Spielberg's a good choice as he can do sci-fi and nostalgia well, but I can't see them keeping the less mainstream references which were spot on, eg Zork - most geeks with 80s nostalgia know it, but it's not a mainstream reference.
It could end up like Pixels if they try and broaden the appeal.
(It could end up like Pixels if they try and broaden the appeal.
monkeon schmonkeon,
Sun 28 May 2017, 16:19,
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I worry the Hollywood version will be full of Millennial references instead of 80's stufffeaturing the movie American Pie instead of War Games and classic music like Blink 182. As an Audiobook having Wheaton read it really added to the experience as he got to mention himself at one point.
Wait, I take it all back IMDB says "Filming Locations: Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. Also, underneath Spaghetti Junction." That is gonna be some bostin' urban nightmare backdrop, maybe they'll recreate the Bull Ring in CGI how it used to be. The book really hit home with me and the film might hit even closer.
(Wait, I take it all back IMDB says "Filming Locations: Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham. Also, underneath Spaghetti Junction." That is gonna be some bostin' urban nightmare backdrop, maybe they'll recreate the Bull Ring in CGI how it used to be. The book really hit home with me and the film might hit even closer.
Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology,
Sun 28 May 2017, 20:04,
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