When it was published in 2011, Ernest Cline's Ready Player One got a fairly warm reception as a diverting mashup of pop culture, gaming, and accessible quest narrative, wrapped up in a warm, comforting blanket of nostalgia for the ephemera of the 1970s and 80s. Over the past seven years, its reputation has proven much more divisive, in part because of Cline's subsequent work, but mostly because the kind of geek culture he celebrated has become much darker and more complicated. Matt and Ed talk about all that in regards to the film adaptation, directed by Steven Spielberg, as well as Amazon's big-budget TV gambles and the dystopian potential of Birmingham.
00:00:00 - 00:25:48 - Intro & News
00:25:49 - 01:09:15 - Matt & Ed discuss Ready Player One
01:09:16 - 01:17:06 - SRS Recommends & Outro
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94. Ang Lee
93. Avengers: Age of Ultron
92. Unmade Films
91. Marketing and Hype
90. Susan Sarandon
89. Creative Partnerships
88. Shakespeare
87. Matt and Ed Have Nothing
86. What Does It Take For A Film To Flop?
85. Parks and Recreation
84. Clint Eastwood
83. Why Do We Care About the Oscars?
82. Historical Accuracy
81. Why Are There So Few Perfect Trilogies?
80. Richard Linklater
79. The Hobbit Trilogy
78. 2015 Preview
77. 2014 Round-up
76. The Alternate 100: Part 10
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