Survival Geeks
Neil Googe, Emma Beeby and Gordon Rennie
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Survival Geeks, a media-savvy sci-fi adventure! A parody of contemporary geek culture, for fans of...
Crunchyroll News
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The Crunchyroll News app brings you the latest developments in anime, manga, cosplay, and Japanese...
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Jailbreak Brewing
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Jailbreak Mobile App is an app created to provide realtime and up to date information about our...
Appy Geek – tech news
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The #1 tech news app - offering the most comprehensive daily breaking news coverage from nearly...
Guillermo Del Toro: Film as Alchemic Art
Keith McDonald and Roger Clark
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A critical exploration of one of the most exciting, original and influential figures to emerge in...
The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook: Sweet Treats for the Geek in All of Us
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The Nerdy Nummies Cookbook is quirky, charming and fun, featuring the recipes behind Rosanna...
Charles Burbridge (13 KP) rated Ready Player One (2018) in Movies
Mar 29, 2018
The vast majority of the film is animated, which is obvious given the subject matter. The animation, however, doesn't allow the actors to deliver nuanced performances. Everything in the film is turned up to 11. There's no breaks, no subtle moments. It's full throttle, pedal to the metal, all the way through.
Now, there are some very cute character bits that are blown away by the bombast, not the least of which is the film's villain uses a Superman avatar in the Oasis, and I'm pretty sure it's the Injustice Superman, which is fitting. Yes, we've all seen the Iron Giant in the previews, as well as the cars in the race sequence.
The most surprising inclusion in the movie, the best filmed and the most impressive story-wise, is the sequence involving the retrieval of the second key. It's pitch perfect and the film should have done more like that and less Where's Waldo. Speaking of, I didn't see Waldo, but I'm sure he's in the film.
Spielberg did as Spielberg does when he wants to make enough money to finance another serious film. He made a popcorn flick. Ready Player One should please audiences and in a year without Marvel's juggernaut would have been the geek culture film of the season.
Instead, it's playing second fiddle to Black Panther, Infinity War, and, to me, Incredibles 2. Still, it's great fun and as long as you're part of geek culture, you'll enjoy it. And then tear it to pieces on the Internet because that's what we do.
Kansai Cool
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In Kansai Cool, anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Christal Whelan offers deep insights into the...