Written by James M. Tate / 3/28/2018 / No comments / 2018 , new , science-fiction , steven spielberg
STEVEN SPIELBERG GOES FUTURE-PAST IN 'READY PLAYER ONE'
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Real of Release: 2018 Years of Celebration: 1980's |
Taking place about fifty years from now in the usual raggedy dystopic future, this particular urban wasteland's known as The Stacks, which the living quarters are, one atop the other. But a virtual reality game-world, Oasis, has become a sparkling haven beyond the squalor, and as people play into the games wearing helmets, walking on treadmills, etc., their avatars fight to stay alive while... and here's the plot... trying to find three keys that Oasis's dead founder left — for then the winner takes over the half-a-trillion dollar company...
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Lloyd? You Around? |
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PITFALL is even mentioned... a personal favorite |
And then there's music such as Van Halen's electrogasm hit, Jump, and the mention of just about every Atari 2600 Game Gen-Xers grew up playing. But what's most important about our known-for-his-flow director is, while not getting too deep into fleshing out the characters (sayeth mostly fans of the source novel), there's a nice balance between the real world and the virtual one so that each player means a little more than their endless bouts of action in that other place...
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Score: ***1/2 |
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The worst bar name in movie history |
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