I thought the trailers actually perpetuated the replicant thing.
Quotes from trailer: (spoilers for people who didn't watch)
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The "lock and key" quote. I think this could be Leto talking about Deckard and how he needs him because he's the key to advanced replicants or something. And the "I've found him" and "that's not possible" quote. I assumed this is because they figure Deckard should be dead because he's past his expiry date.
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Given how the two central issues with Blade Runner -replicants are
1) Short life spans (explored primarily through the escaped replicants)
2) an identity crisis because they don't have a unique personal history, which is a defining issue of personality (explored primarily through Deckard and Rachel)
...the possibility that they've made Deckard a unique all-important snowflake with a human-like lifespan doesn't do anything to raise my expectations for the film.
As a roleplayer I find that cool, even though I expect the movie to be pretty bad. I just hope it's not bad enough to kill this style of urban fantasy immediately.
I read ready player one and I only recognized one part in that whole trailer, might have to re read it again.
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
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I've never heard of ready player one but I thought that trailer was awful. Like it looks really bad. But I'll give Spielberg the benefit of the doubt for now despite how terrible it looks.
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Yeah.. I prefer my movies not be elongated video game cut scenes.
Warcraft, bad.
Dunkirk, good.
Considering the whole story more or less takes place within a video game you might want to sit this one out.
My only gripes are the main character isn't fat and Rush sucks. I realize their music is a part of the story, but that's a point I'd love to see Steve take some artistic liberties.
I liked the trailer, but I'm probably biased because our whole household is looking forward to the movie after we all read the book.
I recognize the stacks and the disco scene. I think the trailer sets up the world nicely, and putting in recognizable characters like Iron Giant and Freddy was a good idea (though Iron Giant is definitely not an 80s robot - boo). I agree that the main character should have been fatter and look more like a nerdy outcast, though he loses weight later on. The next trailer will likely fill in details of the story premise.
Hmmm. Watching the Ready Player One trailer again...
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it looks like the scorpion is battling ostriches - maybe that is how they are portraying the first battle's Joust challenge? Looks like the ostrich turns into an egg when defeated too.
Sorry, third post on this. It's worth watching the Ready Player One trailer at 0.25x speed to try and spot cool things like 80's cultural references, or hints to the movie. The motorbike (Tron light cycle?) has Atari and Sega logos on it. Several shots of the BTTF Delorean with Parzival on the license plate, and the Bigfoot monster truck.
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There is a sign that says "Win the Copper Key" off to the right when all of the car drivers enter their vehicles - so not a car race, per se, but a race to the key.
The coolest one I've found so far is a QR code on the hood of one of the IOI cars here:
It leads to the site http://opn.to/a/V6ty5 which redirects to an IOI page to recruit egg hunters. Very cool!
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Pretty sure I saw Freddie in there as well, if you were alive in the 80s this movie will be great based on nostalgia alone. I'll give Spielberg the benefit of the doubt.
__________________ "In brightest day, in blackest night / No evil shall escape my sight / Let those who worship evil's might / Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!"
Yeah, this book and watching The Goldbergs has totally rekindled my 80s upbringing.
It would also be very cool/meta if there were a hidden game within the movie. I feel like Russel Crowe in A Beautiful Mind - I'm seeing patterns in the trailer where maybe there aren't any. Is that lens flare, or morse code?
