Ready Player One

[RuneRider]

I just watched the movie and am sad to say that the people researching for it missed the computer bits completely.

The machines shown were not any of the systems that made the '80s for any of those who lived through the scene back then.

Still worth watching though.

 

[Trapshot]

Yea, it missed a few things and overall the book is much better.

better than Pixels though...

 

[Exmosquito]

Heh I certainly hope it’s gonna be better than Pixels!

 

[screemo]

I just watched the movie and am sad to say that the people researching for it missed the computer bits completely.

The machines shown were not any of the systems that made the '80s for any of those who lived through the scene back then.

Still worth watching though.

I saw a 1541 Disk drive - that must be in the 80's category

 

[commodorejohn]

I'm always down for some sincere shameless wallowing in nostalgia, but having read a few excerpts of the book, it seems to be about the emptiest, most passion-free "adventures of that kid you knew in junior high who thought that acquiring just the right combination of cool toys and pop-culture trivia would finally make people like him when all along the problem was actually that he was an irritating prick" stale communion wafer of a story I've ever encountered. Hard pass.

 

[RuneRider]

I saw a 1541 Disk drive - that must be in the 80's category

Must have missed that one.

I've seen an interview with the author and it seems it's more about the things in his life as a kid than anything else.

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I'm always down for some sincere shameless wallowing in nostalgia, but having read a few excerpts of the book, it seems to be about the emptiest, most passion-free "adventures of that kid you knew in junior high who thought that acquiring just the right combination of cool toys and pop-culture trivia would finally make people like him when all along the problem was actually that he was an irritating prick" stale communion wafer of a story I've ever encountered. Hard pass.

Not something I took away from it, but I was busy wallowing in nostalgia.

 

[trixster]

I'm three quarters of the way through the book at the moment. It's a page turner because of the nostalgia, but it's not very good so far. The writing style is quite limited. Much of it is introspective so I'm not sure how it will translate to film. If the film concentrates on the action sequences then it'll be a mess, as the action sequences in the book are the weakest aspect so far. Despite all that negativity, I'm surprisingly rather enjoying it.

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finished it last night. Underwhelming ending to say the least!