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Cardcaptor Takato
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Ernest Cline and Speilberg are getting desperate to get people to watch this movie.
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Beatdigga
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It’s in the book and the description of it, like most of said book, was offensively dry.
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Utsuro no Hako
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Here, let me paraphrase the book: "I'm a geek, and I know many obscure, geeky things about pop culture. Like Star Wars and Indiana Jones. I even know about anime. Cowboy Bebop. Robotech. Miyazaki. Tremble before my massive knowledge of geekery!" |
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Beatdigga
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Pretty much.
Someone made a parody song about the book that’s a riff on “We didn’t start the fire.” https://soundcloud.com/user-5989496/1980s-reference “Simple recognition is my only mission” indeed. |
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Cardcaptor Takato
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I feel like I've heard more about the pop culture references in the film more than I have any actual plot.
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LucianGreyfold
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I am disappointed by how they are just shoving all the pop culture references without talking about the heart of the book that the movie is based on. I finished reading the book a 2nd time just a few months back and I really enjoyed it, but these trailers don't do justice to the plot within the book or the characters. I will still check it out, but I just don't get a positive feeling from the trailer and even my wife who loves anime, gaming, and scifi said it looked boring to her.
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Stuart Smith
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None of those are obscure in the slightest bit. Nobody is a geek for liking billion dollar movie franchises, despite what modern pop culture branding says. -Stuart Smith |
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Gurren Rodan
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"Ultraman will not appear due to licensing reasons."
It's Chaiyo's fault, isn't it. Confound you, Chaiyo. This is probably the biggest opportunity Tsuburaya could have to reintroduce the character to American audiences. |
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Kougeru
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This movie just sounds super cringy
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Beatdigga
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Then it will be just like the book which was honestly painful. Making fun of the references stopped being fun when they only got more wooden. |
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Sahmbahdeh
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Glad I'm not the only who isn't thrilled by the trailers and finds them annoyingly cringey. ProZD's video about it is basically my reaction.
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Lemonchest
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That is the plot. |
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ThatMoonGuy
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Yeah, the book was pretty much a big serving of memberries. It's honestly annoying how much modern pop and nerd culture has descended into an spiral of autoreferences and 80s idolatry. That or being douches about other people not being true fans because they play Numenera or FATE instead of GURPS. It's telling that the book's author has been said to go everywhere with a DeLorean. OG Spielberg could've done something with the book but nowadays even he isn't what he used to be.
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Primus
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steelmirror
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Wow, I wasn't expecting so much hate in the comments section! I admit that the book wasn't amazing, but I'm looking forward to the movie in a sheer spectacle sense. And yeah, for the nerd references. People talk about how the references are all pretty mainstream (I don't think the main character choosing a Supaidaman mecha or playing through a virtual planet made from the game Zork is totally mainstream and played out, but ymmv), but I do think it can be fun to watch a kid blasting around in the DeLorean and picking fights with the Army of Darkness dudes. It's totally what I would do.
I'll give the movie a chance (I mean I have a MoviePass, it's not like it costs me anything  ). I think the book had enough beyond just the references and the formulaic plot that the movie adaptation has a chance to be good, if they keep the fun stuff and improve on the weak bits. Crossing my fingers!
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