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Ready Player One (2018) Full Length Reaction (Patreon)

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2025-11-17 02:35:25
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2026-06
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Wow! This one was like a punch in the face of movie/game references! I was very excited for all ones I did recognize but I am absolutely positive I missed a LARGE number of references too so please feel free to enlighten me!👍

Movie Runtime: 2:19:58

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Comments

Dylan

Have seen this movie multiple times, and the Chucky scene still makes me laugh out loud!

Bradley Shafer

The audiobook is pretty good. Narrated by Will Wheaton. The sequel is not good.

Ian

For sure a movie one has to watch multiple times , so many things to recognise it's awesome, really been looking forward to watching this ow with you Jen I know it going to my a ton of fun 🔥

Dylan (edited)

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2026-10-07 05:00 Producers: How many pop culture references do you want? Spielberg: Yes.
2025-11-17 03:52

Carlos Stevens

The movie is good... the book is 1000 times better. Unfortunately, they couldn't reproduce the book faithfully because they would have run into a whole lot of issues with trademark and copyright infringement. Given the restrictions they were under, I think they did an adequate job of capturing the essence of the book. (Read the book, or listen to the audio book).

spacious_recroom

"The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" (1984) is a classic cult film and definitely worth watching, unfortunately it's currently ranked 197 on your list. 🙁

Carlos Stevens

... and yes... they had to get the rights to use most of the cultural references... You might notice that there are a lot of Steven Spielberg things...You might also notice the movie was produce by Spielberg. (How did you not recognize the Delorian from Back To The Future???)

Carlos Stevens

Read The Book!!! What do you think of this idea Jen... Maybe do a Reaction Video to the Audio Book? I'm not kidding the book is 1000 times better. Maybe you can start a whole new thing with the Audio Book reaction.

Carlos Stevens

Heh... you want The Enterprise... I'll take The Defiant.

BreakinZero

Ready player one was great as a book. Well audiobook for me. Wesley Crusher is a great narrator. It is a lot different and better IMO but I get why they changed a lot for a movie adaptation. Ready player 2 I could not get through. Very boring. Scary that we may be living like this sooner than most want to admit.

BreakinZero

I meant Will Wheaton. 🤣. He played Wesley Crusher. 🤣.

BreakinZero

Ready player one was awesome. I loved the audiobook but Ready played 2 was awful. I could not even finish it. Im going to but in small doses. Usually I binge an audiobook just like a new netflix series.

Mr. Writhms

Steven Spielberg said it was at nightmare to get all the permission for the copyrighted characters in this movie. Disney wouldn’t allow any of their characters in the movie, which is we don’t see any Muppet, Marvel or Star Wars characters.

Jen Murray

I did, I said the car looks like the Delorean in the reaction 👍

Carlos Stevens

Wellll... Spielberg DID produce the movie soooo... For the record, the movie was delayed for 5 years or so because they had to change the screenplay so many times because they couldn't afford the royalties they would have had to pay if they stuck to the book. Personally, I think those companies (Sony, Williams, TSR (or was it Hasbro by then)... grrrrrr) were foolish. The movie would have been free advertisement.

Carlos Stevens

"Pretty good!!!" You must be a millennial. For a Gen-X'er Uber Nerd like me, the book was like Memberberry Crack.

Carlos Stevens

Don't you mean, "h-Wil h-Wheaton"? Did you tell him to "shut up"? He probably would have punched you in the snot-locker if you did.

Carlos Stevens

Funny... that movie was full of "member berries" for Boomers. I saw it in the theater back in the day, and didn't catch a lot of the references.

Carlos Stevens

heh, I wrote the post before you said it.

Carlos Stevens

There was an R2D2 in Halliday's room at the end. I think they snuck it in. It wasn't just Disney. Williams said no, Bandai said no so we didn't get the Joust or Pac-Man references. Wizards Of The Coast said they could use the iconic image from Tomb Of Horrors (which if you recognize it from the back of the van you know), but not the actual dungeon. Oh and OF COURSE Harmony Gold said Pay Us Or Hell No... so alas, no Veritechs. (they sue everyone just for saying the name "Veritech").

Michael Jung

While I don't think there is a "game" quite like Ready Player One yet, I used to visit an amazing VR attraction in Vegas and Anaheim called "The Void." They had this advanced VR tech that fully immersed you in virtual worlds that you could physically walk through. On top of that, the mazes you walked through were equipped with heat lamps, wind machines, and physical props, so you never knew if something you saw could be touched. Even better? The Void had partnerships with Disney, Marvel, LucasFilm, Sony, and more -- so there were game/VR experiences where you became a Rebel spy (disguised as a Stormtrooper) infiltrating Darth Vader's home base on Mustafar -- and faced off against Vader himself who would deflect all your laser blasts back at you with his lightsaber (and you could feel every hit!). Other games let you walk through scenes from Ghostbusters (where you saw -- and smelled -- the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man), don a Wakandan-style Iron Man suit and team up with Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, and the Avengers, or travel the virtual world of Wreck it Ralph. My favorite, though, was Jumanji: The Next Level, where you got to randomly become characters from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. I got turned into Jack Black's character, and I got his special map and hieroglyphic reading skills -- my VR headset let me see words and guide signs where other members of my party only saw gibberish. That was another thing -- when you looked through the headset, everyone around you looked like a character in the game (so your friends would all look like Stormtroopers, Iron Man, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson etc. Unfortunately...

Carlos Stevens

I entirely disagree, but I do understand. While I would agree it was not as good as the first, it was an adequate sequel. It didn't have all the cultural callbacks that the first book had, but story wise, but story-wise... it was OK. Just out of curiosity, how far did you get?

Michael Jung

... during the 2020 pandemic, The Void couldn't pay back its loans thanks to lockdown. It closed its doors permanently, and while the technology is still out there, I haven't seen another place like it that provides the same type of experiences.

MattN

I'm so glad you decided to call an audible and push this up! It's so good. You definitely should read the book, it was made before the movie and very, very good imo. I keep forgetting how much I like the music in this. If you ask me my fav composers and I'll never remember to say Alan Silvestri UNTIL I am watching a movie with him and just love it. Hearing the wind chimes from BTtF brings me back every time. Finally, I just love Ben Mendelsohn's bad guy. He always plays the best bad guys. He's my favorite villain as Director Krennic in Rouge One & Andor. Jen if you ever get the chance watch Andor. You'd definitely love it a lot a lot. Great react!! Loved this a lot!!

Logan Bruin

As a Canadian musician you might like the book because of all the Rush references.

DarthChef

Add me to the long list of people who loved the book better than the movie. But the movie did keep the spirit while adding the Spielberg touch

BJ Stephens

"Should I watch that?" Buckaroo Banzai? YES, yes you should! ;)

Lemurian Jones

It won't let me give you more than one heart.

Kristin

Loved the book. The movie was ok.

Darryl Low

This movie is so epic, and your reaction was so fun to watch Jen. There is so much going on. I saw it in 3D on the big screen when it came out, and the race sequence was just phenomenal. As you said, there are are so many references to pick up on. You just find yourself trying to spot things in the background. I loved seeing the Martian spaceship from the original War of the Worlds 😄 This is one of the few Spielberg movies that John Williams didn't score. He was busy working on Spielberg's other movie at the time, The Paper. Alan Silvestri was definitely the right man to replace him though, with all Back to the Future references. He even puts in the musical nods to King Kong and Godzilla. There is a sequel book Ready Player Two, which was supposedly in movie development as well, but I've not heard much about it lately. Really had a great time watching this one with you today. Thanks Jen 😊

Jen Murray

Thanks Matt! Do I need to watch anything before Andor? I'm interested but I still haven't watched the newer 3 Star Wars movies even so not sure I can just jump into Andor?

MattN

Andor follows Cassian Andor from Rogue One. So, tbh as long as you've seen that you're fine. In fact, this is the show I recommend to all my friends that don't know any Star Wars. It is pretty unique within the Star Wars universe

Harvey Lee

This is going to be a first time watch for me as well (I know how have I not seen this yet ? ) And I've heard great things about it So I 'll be checking this out soon I promise Jen 🖤♥️

Alexander Ocean

Well Jen, now we HAVE to see you with your hair down and no glasses on lol

Well-Sewn (edited)

Comment edits

2026-09-06 01:00 The magic spell for the orb is the Charm of Making from the movie Excalibur
2025-11-18 03:39

Brian Moore

I also loved the first book, but I don’t blame you for not finishing the second. I did, but I was disappointed with how it ended. I wish they had turned the first book into a trilogy of movies, basically one for each key. Then they could have had room to be more faithful to the novel.

John

Nice! I'm gonna need that.

Noremac

Had to skip this one. Watching this once was a painful experience.

Alexis

"CGI" is the umbrella term for anything to do with imagery that's been manipulated in some way by a computer (purists might disagree). Motion capture is a technique that's used within CGI to animate 3D models in a realistic & natural manner. Simplified: You dress an actor up in a special suit and record them with special cameras doing whatever motions you need. Based on the data from the camera, and with a lot of math, you can apply those motions to the internal skeleton of a 3D model and animate it in a very precise and lifelike manner. Without using motion capture the 3D animator has to apply all the skeleton movements manually, kinda like stop-motion, with the computer "filling in" the animations between two distinct frames so it all looks smooth. That automated interpolating sometimes leads to weird effects, especially if you're trying to replicate exact human motions hence why studios will spend millions on motion capture.

Carlos Stevens

Was it because you read the book first?

Thadman

Gen-Xer here and I caught SO many references at the time. Saw it in IMAX 3D also which was AWESOME. I just had a big smile on my face throughout the whole thing. I probably was the only person in the theater that cheered when Sho pulled out the Glaive from "Krull" and threw it to cut off i-R0k's arm. I was fascinated with "Krull" as a kid, not so much for the movie, but for the video game. I loved it and was a LITTLE disappointed by the movie when I saw it, but still loved the Glaive and thought it was so cool. (NOT USED ENOUGH😋) I was just surprised that it was considered loved enough to drop into the love letter to 80's pop culture this movie is, at a pivotal moment, no less.😁 I felt it was so much made for me because of all of it, but also, I remember "Adventure" being my favorite of the early Atari 2600 games. I played it so much, I knew were everything was.

Thadman

Anything you said, Jen, that was like, "That kinda looks like the..." I was like, "It is. Nothing was 'kinda like' anything. Everything was an actual homage to the pop culture reference that you though it might be." Even when you said, "That's kinda like Terminator 2," that's what they were goin' for. It is all a tip of the hat to those now classic things.

Thadman

...and I was reciting it along side them. Cracked me up when he started saying it.

SJ Lute

This comment is a late arrival - so maybe it won't be seen. I do think you'd enjoy the book since you liked the movie. The book was awesome. The movie followed the main gist and definitely the spirit of the book, but was significantly changed to take advantage of the fact that it is a visual medium. What I'm saying is, it won't just be a repeat experience. It will be largely a different experience.