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testingtor t1_iufexgl wrote

You cant possibly make Ready Player One without a ton of cameos and callbacks.

> I get the sense the upcoming Weird Al movie is going to be like this. Nothing but forced jokes and cameos to score internet points, instead of fleshing out a good, subtle script.

I dont think subtlety works with that movie. Its a parody movie.

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[deleted] OP t1_iuff983 wrote

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testingtor t1_iuffd8r wrote

> The Ready Player One movie was nothing but forced references.

Thats the book though.

> The movie is supposed to be a parody of celebrity bio pics, and should be subtle.

Who gets to determine what it SHOULD be if not the people making it?

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Noflimflamfilmphan t1_iufh5sx wrote

Mike Nelson, formerly of MST3K and currently of Rifftrax, has a podcast called 372 Pages We'll Never Get Back, where the premise that they read the literary equivalent of the bad movies they'd do on MST3K and review them. The first book they did was Ready Player One, and, hoo boy, are you right. Whole point of the book just seems to be some boomer author listing off all the things he enjoyed when he was younger as if they were the be-all-end-all of pop culture.

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testingtor t1_iufhfzx wrote

Yeah Ive read the book, im guessing OP has not.

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