Ready Player One
Discussion
Had a search for a thread on this but couldn't find one (which is a shame), so in case there isn't one I thought I'd start one.
I'm just re-reading it (read it about 3 years ago I guess) and had forgotten just how brilliant it is! The imagination that's gone into describing the OASIS is fantastic, being 'of a certain age' I love all the Eighties references, it's a great read and it's just good fun.
Thoroughly recommend it! (And discovered there's a Ready Player Two whilst searching for a thread on RPO) so have just ordered it.
I'm just re-reading it (read it about 3 years ago I guess) and had forgotten just how brilliant it is! The imagination that's gone into describing the OASIS is fantastic, being 'of a certain age' I love all the Eighties references, it's a great read and it's just good fun.
Thoroughly recommend it! (And discovered there's a Ready Player Two whilst searching for a thread on RPO) so have just ordered it.
Totally agree about the film, it definitely doesn't live up to the book and I was a bit disappointed to begin with.
But realistically, how many hours does the book have to engage with you compared to the couple of hours the film gets? So I think, given the time they had and the necessity to keep the story simple and moving along for all audiences, it wasn't a bad job really and, if you disconnect it from the book, it was a fun watch.
Disappointing to hear about Ready Player Two - I was looking forward to that!
But realistically, how many hours does the book have to engage with you compared to the couple of hours the film gets? So I think, given the time they had and the necessity to keep the story simple and moving along for all audiences, it wasn't a bad job really and, if you disconnect it from the book, it was a fun watch.
Disappointing to hear about Ready Player Two - I was looking forward to that!
The Rotrex Kid said:
Book was much more enjoyable than the film, but both were a cliche w
k fest of pop culture references, gets a bit overwhelming. At some points I found myself skipping while paragraphs to get past stuff.
Guess it just wasn't for you. Not convinced that makes it a 'cliche wk fest of pop culture references, gets a bit overwhelming. At some points I found myself skipping while paragraphs to get past stuff.k fest of pop culture references' for anyone other than yourself though... 
robemcdonald said:
E63eeeeee... said:
But being able to fight, shoot people, defuse bombs, pick locks, seduce women or whatever are skills with real-world value.
Fookin hell, you must have interesting weekends. I don't recall ever having to do any of those with the exception of seducing women and you're even on dodgy ground with that these days..... So, no real world value then.... well no more than being really good at Joust anyway.
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