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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340. On Becoming A God in Central Florida (2019)/Annette (2021)
339. Ed's Birthday 2021
338. Appreciating Bob Odenkirk/Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney
337. Feel Good Series 2 (2021)/A Glitch in the Matrix (2021)
336.Rare Beasts (2019)/I Think You Should Leave Season 2 (2021)
335. The Dead Don't Die (2019)/The Sparks Brothers (2021)
334. Shrill (2019-2021)/Muriel's Wedding (1994)
333.Bo Burnham's Inside (2021)/Streets of Fire (1984)
332. Comfort Thrillers/Rumble in the Bronx (1995)
331.Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)/Krisha (2015)
330. Clifford (1994)/Black Bear (2020)
329. Oscars Post-Mortem
328. News Round Up
327. News Round Up
326. Personal Documentaries
325. Oops All News
324.Six Feet Under at 20
323. Nepotism
322. Free Passes
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