May I have access?
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Ook also want access.
Ook can pay with banana.
Been thinking to start a Ready Player One Easter Egg thread, been through the book and the movie a second time. Love it and the references to other⊠stuff.
Woohoo! I haz access!
So much got left out of the movie version of Ready Player One. I still enjoyed it and I realize most of the stuff that got left out wouldnât translate well to film anyway but stillâŠ
I suspect there were also some copyright issues as well with the first quest in the book.
Overall I liked both. I actually preferred the ending of the movie over the ending of the book - I didnât feel there was any sense of danger in the book after Og plucked them to safety . I also liked Art3misâ expanded role in the movie vs. the book. I did prefer the first two quests in the book over the movie, though, but thatâs because Iâd played both Tomb of Horrors and Joust extensively in my younger days.
Agreed. With movies you can use all sorts of visual and audio cues (easter eggs) but with books not so much.
With movies you are constrained as to how long you can make it, and you need to be more to the point quicker than a book.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed both.
I did like that there was more Art3mis in the movie, but she seemed cooler in the book.
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Having never read the book (I hadnât even heard of it until it was mentioned here), I enjoyed the movie, and the 80s references were fun, but I had to google Art3mis to semi-remember which character it was. Like, it was a fun ride, but I didnât feel invested in the characters. I donât even remember the main kidâs name. I do remember that there was one, the real-life black girl who drove the van, whoâs name sounded like H. Was it Ache maybe? It would be worth watching again; Iâm sure there would be things Iâd see that I didnât catch the first time.
Helen/Aech 
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We enjoyed Detective Pikachu. The plot was targeted at the children, but the general feel and nostalgia factor were targeted at adults; there were a lot in the theater on a Tuesday night. Having cute fuzzy Pikachu voiced by Deadpool did not get old.
He tried to do a different voice.
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I finally have a kind-of review of Deadpool 2, but the review part is going to be smaller because I want to talk about its impact and significance.
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The first Deadpool movie introduced us to the version closer to the comic books than what was in X-Men Origins: Wolverine and it and DP2 rightly took potshots at the Origins version. It showed movie studios it was okay to be irreverent with a bloody, violent and profane superhero movie and you can have a non-traditional marketing campaign, as long as you donât treat the audience like theyâre stupid.
DP2 picks up two years later. Wade Wilson has been taking on organized crime, using at least one Dolly Parton song as accompanyment while taking them out. Heâs successful enough at it that Iâm guessing itâs what prompts one criminal to install a panic room. Wade doesnât finish the job because itâs his anniversary. When he gets home, Vanessa gives him a present that signals a major change in their relationship.
Other changes quickly follow. Vanessa becomes his advisor and Wade takes a shot at being an X-Man, but during a mission to diffuse a situation involving a very angry teenage mutant (no half-shelled diapsids here) that he learns has been abused, he realizes just canât play by Prof. Xavierâs rules and takes it out on the abusers. He and the teenager are carted off to a high-security mutant jail where their powers are neutralized by special collars. Remember why Wade volunteered for the special treatments that turned him into Deadpool? Yeah. The collars donât do nothinâ about that.
Enter Cable, a soldier from the future who wants to right what once went wrong. Heâs here to take out DP, and I donât mean Dolly Parton. Or is he? Nope. Those teenage anger issues were just the beginning, leading to a very war-torn future.
Team-up time! DP needs a team to stop Cable. Enter X-Force, a derrivative gender-neutral group that represents the best of those who applied from the LinkedIn ad, or at least the best for what DP and Weasel decide is needed. Though light in the number of female members, the one that made the cut can hold her own with a ânot very cinematicâ superpower.
Team-up time again! Cable puts aside his disgust regarding DP to work with him against an even bigger threat. Can they save the day? Will they get there in time? Will they learn whatever it is that snow does in summer? Sorry. Wrong movie.
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Okay, so thatâs not really a review as it is a recap. Just take the recap as an overall thumbs up for the movie. âBut what about the impact and significance? You promised us theyâd be covered,â I hear you cry. Cool your jets. Here they are.
The impact the movie had on me was two-fold. First was seeing amongst all the other previews for R-rated and horror movies was the one for Teen Titans Go to the Movies in front of DP2. It became funnier if you know the history of Wade Wilson compared to Slade Wilson. Second, towards the end of DP2 is a big dramatic moment where the bigger threat is revealed. Iâm watching and kind of listening to the background music. Hold it. Are they really singing what I think theyâre singing? Uh huh. Indeedy they are. Another case where the movie was made right, with an assist from DC.
Impact #2, âAshesâ. Main song for the movie and a satire of other movie songs. Who can they get for it? Ryan Reynolds: âLetâs ask Celine Dion.â Celine: âSure, why not? I get where youâre coming from with this.â Result: an emotional and funny music video.
Impact #3, Targetâs exclusive home video release of the movie, Deadpool 2: Super-Duper $@%!#& Cut that includes a storybook subtitled âA (Not Suitable For) Childrenâs Bookâ made to look like a Little Golden Book. Itâs still available if you havenât bought the movie yet. This is also the version that was extended and re-scored so it works well as a separate version of the movie.
âŠand that leads to impact #4: Once Upon a Deadpool, the re-cut, PG-13 version that exchanged some of the R-rated portions for new footage of Deadpool reading the story of the movie to Fred Savage in a recreation of his bedroom in The Princess Bride, complete with Fredâs reactions to some of the more shocking events in the movie. Thereâs other alterations that you have to be paying attention to catch. This version is what allowed DP2 to be shown in China, a market thatâs very restrictive in what the government allows.
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As to significance, it comes in two parts. If youâre a fan of the character Weasel or just T.J. Millerâs work in general, this is going to be one of the last times you see him in a movie for a while. The Super-Duper version includes âaltsâ (more jokes that werenât in the theatrical release). Miller has behaved poorly over the last two years. Itâs already confirmed he wonât be in any future X-Force or Deadpool movies, and he was replaced in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. It may be a while before heâs in a movie again.
Part #2 is a major portion of Wade Wilsonâs character isnât exactly a heart of gold. Itâs what he says in the movie. Doing whatâs right is sometimes messy. Heâll stand up for those who have been mistreated when he knows itâs right.
This part is going to take some time because it involves Disney. Right after the announcement of Disney buying Fox, the question was immediately raised about how that would affect future Deadpool movies. How would the squeaky-clean House of Mouse handle a character that checks all the boxes of what they usually try to avoid, especially when theyâre inheriting what has so far been a cash cow? How does a character that will do whatâs right even when itâs messy impact the Disney company?
This is what youâll have to wait to find out. There will be more on this later this year.
That movie made me tear up less than five minutes into it.
And then the opening credits had me yelling in the movie theater and laughing seconds later, but still in shock.
Wasnât T.J. Miller looking at potential jail time for a stunt he pulled? Calling in a bomb threat for mass transit or similar to get at a girlfriend?
I think Disney will handle the situation fine. Iâm guessing theyâll keep the Fox name around for stuff that doesnât quite fit their brand. They also owned Miramax during the era in which Pulp Fiction was released, for example.
It was something like that. As to the âwait and seeâ, it does involve Deadpool, but itâs not about any upcoming Deadpool movies.
It looks like thereâs a new Top Gun movie coming out with Tom Cru ⊠oh, nevermind.
Are you sure it isnât Cat: The Movie?
No, Iâm not sure.