I tried! My consolation prize is that, no matter where life takes me, I will never have to live with the shame of having written “Nerd Porn Auteur”Perrydotto wrote: ↑Thu Mar 29, 2018 5:17 amFor what it's worth I like your opening a heck of a lot better already
Everyone should read "Ready Player One"
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I wonder if it still would be if it didn't have Spielberg tied to itAuxiliatrix wrote: ↑Wed Mar 28, 2018 9:37 pmCertified Fresh
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That revised opening was much better, Madeline! Easy to follow and understand what the mood should be with no vagueness.
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The podcast that was linked earlier, where the RiffTrax folks read the book, mentioned that there is a scene with characters "dressed in 80's styles, dancing 80's dances". And they play a game where they rapidly go back and forth mentioning what specific details you could include if people were dressed in "80's styles". The book isn't even about the author's nostalgia: he's leaning heavily on yours in filling in the gaps he hasn't written.
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I saw the movie and it was pretty bad.
My favourite thing is how ultimately none of it matters in the real world. The world's still a mess, the bad guys have only been mildly inconvenienced, and while the protagonist has endless resources now he has no plans to achieve anything with them.
Seriously, after 2 and a half hours of movie the end result is that they start tuning off their MMO for 2 days a week so people can go outside a little. Oh, and they cut off the debt slavery centres so they can't farm MMO gold anymore... So I guess they'll just go back to good old fashioned slavery since that's apparently legal now.
It's very meta in a way, their world's a fucking mess and instead of fixing it here they are wasting time on a bunch of regurgitated pop culture garbage. Makes u think
My favourite thing is how ultimately none of it matters in the real world. The world's still a mess, the bad guys have only been mildly inconvenienced, and while the protagonist has endless resources now he has no plans to achieve anything with them.
Seriously, after 2 and a half hours of movie the end result is that they start tuning off their MMO for 2 days a week so people can go outside a little. Oh, and they cut off the debt slavery centres so they can't farm MMO gold anymore... So I guess they'll just go back to good old fashioned slavery since that's apparently legal now.
It's very meta in a way, their world's a fucking mess and instead of fixing it here they are wasting time on a bunch of regurgitated pop culture garbage. Makes u think
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Another problem with the movie is none of the characters are interesting at all (except the guy who made the game and starts the contest. I actually enjoyed all the flashback scenes with him, and I think I would have liked Simon Pegg's character more if we had actually gotten more of his character).
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I clicked on this thread and read these sentences, and for some reason my brain snapped to the MLP Movie when I read "the movie," so I was really confused for a bit thereHighbrow Dash wrote: ↑Fri Mar 30, 2018 10:02 pmI saw the movie and it was pretty bad.
My favourite thing is how ultimately none of it matters in the real world. The world's still a mess, the bad guys have only been mildly inconvenienced, and while the protagonist has endless resources now he has no plans to achieve anything with them.
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Just saw the movie (in 3D IMAX because that's how I roll), and it's a decent bit better than the book. Still nothing great, but at least it has decent pacing and the challenges were a hell of a lot better than the dreck described in the book at some points. One to watch for the visuals more than the plot.
EDIT: The stupidest trivia was that the creator of the OASIS had as favorite FPS Goldeneye in Slappers Only mode as Oddjob. Which is a terrible thing to like.
EDIT 2: The other stupid thing is that the entire cast of main characters/friends all happen to live in the same relatively tiny area.
EDIT: The stupidest trivia was that the creator of the OASIS had as favorite FPS Goldeneye in Slappers Only mode as Oddjob. Which is a terrible thing to like.
EDIT 2: The other stupid thing is that the entire cast of main characters/friends all happen to live in the same relatively tiny area.
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"My favorite FPS is where I'm half the size of the other characters in a melee-only situation that lasts a long time and my attacks do the same damage as everyone else's."
seems like a dork to me, imo
seems like a dork to me, imo
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I'd never heard of this meme before and I was momentarily shocked because I recognized his name and signature and that board style looks exactly like how the Ozy and Millie fan forums looked at the time.
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Went and saw this because Dormouse was bored. Entered expecting to hate it, left having quite enjoyed a classic Spielberg movie that felt like it was made in the eighties.
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I'm not invested in seeing this at all but I'm glad to hear it at least improves on the book and leaves out a lot of iffy shit so win-win for everyone involved
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As far as that post-credits segment goes: Somebody else compared the writing to those scenes in Bill and Ted where he's just like "OK, remember to go back in time and set up a trap for the bad guys" and then they spring a trap that wasn't there a moment ago. Except that was funny and clever and actually made sense because they have a time machine and can do that.
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ready player bazinga
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I heard Simon Pegg was not just in the film, but also a bit off. Is that true? I still haven't seen it and don't quite plan to.
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He was barely in it, and it just seemed a waste of a good actor.Auxiliatrix wrote: ↑Mon Apr 23, 2018 1:22 pmI heard Simon Pegg was not just in the film, but also a bit off. Is that true? I still haven't seen it and don't quite plan to.
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I finally watched this movie with some friends.
They tried to make the female lead unattractive but all that Hollywood could muster is a beautiful person in a cardigan with a pink mark on her face. Because of this my friends and I spent the whole movie screaming "IT'S HIDEOUS, KILL IT" and the like whenever she appeared on screen, and I think that was the main enjoyable part of the experience.
I was also hugely disappointed that the holy hand grenade didn't sing "hallelujah" before it exploded. If you're going to make a nerd movie about the nerd fantasy of being able to use obscure nerd knowledge to achieve a nerd victory, you really need to get details like this right.
Also more of a biker thing than a nerd thing: Kaneda's bike from Akira is electronic. He talks in the movie about its coils and it makes whirring noises that sound like a jet engine. Hearing it roar like a V-Twin in this movie was another complaint, but I did hear them briefly mention that it's a skin for another in game bike model?
They tried to make the female lead unattractive but all that Hollywood could muster is a beautiful person in a cardigan with a pink mark on her face. Because of this my friends and I spent the whole movie screaming "IT'S HIDEOUS, KILL IT" and the like whenever she appeared on screen, and I think that was the main enjoyable part of the experience.
I was also hugely disappointed that the holy hand grenade didn't sing "hallelujah" before it exploded. If you're going to make a nerd movie about the nerd fantasy of being able to use obscure nerd knowledge to achieve a nerd victory, you really need to get details like this right.
Also more of a biker thing than a nerd thing: Kaneda's bike from Akira is electronic. He talks in the movie about its coils and it makes whirring noises that sound like a jet engine. Hearing it roar like a V-Twin in this movie was another complaint, but I did hear them briefly mention that it's a skin for another in game bike model?
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Look, you can't expect all the little details to be correct in a story where the main character has to recite all of Grail perfectly.
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Also what kind of pervert wears the nut tactors on their haptic suit in the office :v
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cline, probably
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also if you can't stomach listening to 372 pages doing armada, just listen to the last episode
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it would seem he didn't know how to end it so he just slapped something togehter and clicked save
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I just want a realistic experience, okay?West Filly wrote: ↑Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:05 pmAlso what kind of pervert wears the nut tactors on their haptic suit in the office :v
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i wish i had the confidence of a male nerd writer
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It's okay. That was a different time.DaikatunaRevengeance wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 9:39 pmalso for fuck's sake what the hell was i thinking
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372 pages went on to do other bad books.
Eye of Argon is its own genre, I defy you to try to understand an entire page of that book
Eye of Argon is its own genre, I defy you to try to understand an entire page of that book
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Gloomy Rube wrote: ↑Thu May 07, 2020 5:22 amEye of Argon is its own genre, I defy you to try to understand an entire page of that book
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i see they did tekwar
i heard of that thanks to gdq running the tekwar video game
i heard of that thanks to gdq running the tekwar video game
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Tekwar sure is an adventure of some sort, somehow.
I was burning through old episodes of 372 Pages when the gym was still open, but The Mister was a real struggle, and Truckin' Through Time even moreso.
I was burning through old episodes of 372 Pages when the gym was still open, but The Mister was a real struggle, and Truckin' Through Time even moreso.
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i'd say trucking through time is at least kind of entertaining in its own way, but the willow one is just such a slog