SADDO: THE MOVIE (aka READY PLAYER ONE)

oh man, I'd forgotten about this little portion of lockdown entertainment (re the sequel book)

that "he was on a nearby production so they just winged it" thing is just hollywood kayfabe bullshit right? they say that about literally every surprise cameo in every shitty movie

that "he was on a nearby production so they just winged it" thing is just hollywood kayfabe bullshit right?

Of course. That two seconds of footage likely took six months of lawyers going back and forth.

so the guy from parks and recreation is captain America now?

sorry, must sound like either an idiot or a prick saying that, I honestly didn't know though

yeah, paul schneider is captain america

he's starlord fwiw

huh never heard of starlord before

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVJwYzHU4As-HXX?format=jpg&name=medium

I remember reading Doomlord when I was recovering from measles but this starlord sounds like a bit of a wanker

This board is full of annoying ppl

yeah but at least there are plenty of consistently hilarious people as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMBylNJQEbg

when the movie trailer was released, the guy who created "the ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny" did this

Here's the official trailer for READY PLAYER ONE: pic.twitter.com/0rQnUE5LdK

— Neil Cicierega (@neilcic) July 22, 2017

I feel torn here, because I hate this kind of nerd-pandering stuff but I was also delighted by 'Big Daddy meets Dan Dare' on that Eagle cover above and I don't know if I could say hand on heart that it's all that different

https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55d9a2ebe4b090d1642480e9/1464364474580-GMSRHQNMRFXGFCOJNDJ6/image-asset.jpeg?format=2500w

The weird thing about this movie is that I watched this with my son some time last year and while I had the same kind of reaction as most people in this thread, my son enjoyed it quite a bit despite hardly getting any of the references, which has made me wonder if this movie is actually better if you don't know the references. Was my constant eye rolling distracting me from a decent action movie that was hidden underneath the pop references? Could this have been good if it referred to completely made up pop references? Maybe that would make it weird and interesting?

Oh dear at the Free Guy clip. I actually encouraged my 16yo to go and see this because, like any out of touch parent, I thought it might be her kind of thing. She gave it 1.5 stars on Letterboxd :) "It was random stuff crammed in for no reason". B-but I thought that's what you liked?

I mean if we're going to be comparing the two, Free Guy was much, much worse than Ready Player One and I regret suggesting that my son and I watch this while his younger sisters and mother watch the Paw Patrol movie, which was also probably better than Free Guy.

Ugh, my son really really wants to see Free Guy and my wife loves Ryan Reynolds so I better brace myself for having to sit through it.

Could this have been good if it referred to completely made up pop references? Maybe that would make it weird and interesting?

― silverfish, Wednesday, September 29, 2021 10:29 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

Imagine the level of creativity this would require!

I guess alternatively, you could make it all pop culture references from another culture, like make it all Eastern European pop references or something

Is Ryan Reynolds meant to look like a fucking waxwork?

quite possibly?

He acts as well as one, after all.