ready player one
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All Pop Culture Is Merging Into Mush, And The Iron Giant Is The Latest Casualty
WB Games recently released a new trailer for its upcoming Smash-like fighter Multiversus. In it, characters like Harley Quinn, Bugs Bunny, and Shaggy fight each other before Superman and the Iron Giant show up at the end. While some enjoy the trailer, other viewers are disappointed to see the Iron Giant, a massive robot who…
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Steven Spielberg’s Own Nostalgia Inspired The Coolest Scene In Ready Player One
Ready Player One was either a fantastic tribute to nerd culture or an annoying slog filled with nostalgic pandering, it really depends on who you ask. But what usually isn’t up for debate is how cool that whole The Shining sequence was. For many fans, it was an exciting tribute to a classic film. For…
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The Real-Life Atari Secret That Inspired Ready Player One
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ready Player One, like the source material, is chock full of references to 80s music, movies, and video games. It also throws in a few Master Chiefs, Overwatch characters, and the Iron Giant for good measure. Usually these references are surface level and fleeting, but a few carry more weight —…
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The Latest Ready Player One Trailer Actually Explains The Movie’s Plot
Now that the first wave of Ready Player One reviews have confirmed what the earliest trailers for the film suggested – that it’s over-reliant on genre culture nostalgia because its story is sorely lacking – the newest trailer is trying something bold: Explaining the plot, instead.