#Ready player one simon pegg movie#

game which is claimed to be one of the worst video games of all time?! GAME ADAPTATION WAS AND HE DIDN’T TAKE IT! An Atari 2600 game is literally one of the key challenges in the film and Spielberg didn’t want to reference the E.T. In other words, SPIELBERG HAD THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO ADMIT HOW TERRIBLE THE E.T. No Spielberg 80s movies are referenced at all and even little teases that should prelude to very meta references to Spielberg’s earlier works or other adaptations of it are never referenced. Though at times it gets a bit too meta or misses the opportunity to go that route - mainly because the film is a love letter to the 80s. “Ready Player One” is literally every millennial’s wet dream and they will eat this shit up. The film gives you two options: either be a cynical asshole and scoff at all the 80s references or shut up and squeal with every geeky reference it throws at you and accept it like the millennial that you are. I’m a New Yorker so seeing that really got me excited more than anything else. One of the biggest times I geeked out was seeing the Silvercup Studios building in the background while cars are driving on an outside railroad. The sequence is such a splendor to look at that it makes you go, “ ‘Spy Kids 3: Game Over’ eat your fucking heart out.” The racing sequence takes textures and architecture from New York City as the map in our world of this race. The film starts off with an awesome race sequence that has you at the edge of your seat with your eyes glued to the screen like a kid at a candy store.

Adam Sandler is currently beating himself up as we speak for fucking up “Pixels” so bad. “Ready Player One” is a huge love letter to the 80s from the gaming, music, and movies.

#Ready player one simon pegg movie#

This movie is the closest thing you’ll get to a MUGEN adaptation if I’ve ever seen one because, instead only putting several pop culture characters in here, they brought EVERYTHING! From movies, anime, manga, TV, and video games, the film embraces the lore of pop culture and presents it to you in in the best way possible. Instead of it being so in-your-face, they’re in the background with something to do but surprise you in a way that triggers your nostalgia. But then, on the same level as “Wreck It Ralph”, you see plenty of other characters and icons that you’re familiar with popping up as cameos. Every horror film icon, blockbuster icon, and, especially, video game character that WB has the legal rights to make an appearance. Nearly every film and video game property that Warner Bros owns appears in “Ready Player One”. You thought Warner Bros stopped showcasing their catalog of properties in “The LEGO Movie” & “The LEGO Batman Movie”? Boy, that was just the beginning.

When Wade conquers the first challenge of the reality-bending treasure hunt, he and his friends-aka the High Five-are hurled into a fantastical universe of discovery and danger to save the OASIS.

The OASIS was created by the brilliant and eccentric James Halliday (Mark Rylance), who left his immense fortune and total control of the Oasis to the winner of a three-part contest he designed to find a worthy heir. In the OASIS, you can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone - the only limits are your own imagination. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels alive is when he escapes to the OASIS, an immersive virtual universe where most of humanity spends their days. In the year 2045, the real world is a harsh place.