ITT We Unironically Loved Ernest Cline's "Ready Player One"

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smug n stuff: Jul 21, 2016; A Hobbit's Adventure

Man I love Ready Player One. I think my favorite part is how the guy who's supposed to be the main character's role model wrote a large section of a book about how great it is to masturbate, it's just so true, ya know?

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smug n stuff: Jul 21, 2016; A Hobbit's Adventure

I'm so excited that Ready Player One is being made into a movie by my favorite director, Steven Spielberg, the creative genius behind "Indiana Jones," "E.T." and everything great about the 80s!

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:25

smug n stuff: Jul 21, 2016; A Hobbit's Adventure

I wasn't even alive in any part of the 80s but if I were I sure would have loved it!

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:26

Nanomashoes: Aug 18, 2012

James Joyce also wrote a section on how great it is to masturbate, so what I'm saying is Ernest Cline is the new James Joyce.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:26

jazzyhattrick: Jul 1, 2010; by Jeffrey of YOSPOS

I unironically loved Ernest Cline's "ready player one"

FAAAAART.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:27

Nut to Butt: Apr 13, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

I'm really looking forward to the totally immersive haptic feedback of a virtual fist plunging my rear end in a top hat. Forever.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:39

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Nut to Butt posted:

I'm really looking forward to the totally immersive haptic feedback of a virtual fist plunging my rear end in a top hat. Forever.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:41

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

it was basically Goon fantasy wishfullfillment: the book

therefore i liked it

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:42

Filthy Hans: Jun 27, 2008; by Fluffdaddy
(and can't post for 10 years!)

As someone who has painstakingly crafted his entire persona around nerd culture references, I

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:54

Rasta_Al: Jul 14, 2001; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.; Fun Shoe

I read Ernest and was super stoked for an Ernest P. Whorl thread, but when I saw Cline I threw up in my mouth.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:57

Squashing Machine: Jul 5, 2005; I mean boning, the wild mambo, the hunka chunka

Really love this book. Could never get into books because they don't make enough references to 80s TV and Zelda. Glad there's something I can read now, nice

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:59

Rasta_Al: Jul 14, 2001; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.; Fun Shoe

Really dug the part where the dude who created "The World!!" danced across the ages 80's style for a whole song before talking about his hidden treasures. So........ fuckin....... radical

# ? Apr 15, 2017 02:03

Return Of JimmyJars: Jun 24, 2006; by FactsAreUseless

I like the nod to sjws where it turns out the side kick is not a cis white male but is an irl fat black Dyke.

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# ? Apr 15, 2017 03:39

Lawrence Gilchrist: Mar 31, 2010

smug n stuff posted:

I wasn't even alive in any part of the 80s but if I were I sure would have loved it!

my friend teaches high schoolers and one of the more credulous ones said this. we're all kind of living in a throwback era so it makes sense that they would recognize a pattern. remember the evil land developer from your 80s/90s coming of age movie?

Lawrence Gilchrist fucked around with this message at 04:23 on Apr 15, 2017

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Applewhite: Aug 16, 2014; by vyelkin; Nap Ghost

Why no, I haven't read Ender's Game!

# ? Apr 15, 2017 15:05

Oscar Wild: Apr 11, 2006; It's good to be a G

I like how he lost a poo poo ton of weight by hooking up his gaming rig to a treadmill. #lifegoals

# ? Apr 15, 2017 15:08

Comfy Fleece Sweater: Apr 2, 2013; You see, but you do not observe.

this book was pure poo poo

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fbsw: Mar 3, 2016

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kecske: Feb 28, 2011; it's round, like always

Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:

its me, I'm Shaptic Uberbetty

# ? Apr 15, 2017 15:56

Rasta_Al: Jul 14, 2001; she had tiny Italian boobs.
Well that's my story.; Fun Shoe

Thanks for reminding me just how poo poo that book is. I felt embarrassed reading those just now, and Im alone atm.

Ps I'm always alone

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:01

Dandywalken: Feb 11, 2014

Heh... Talk about balls

*cough*

Heh talk about... balls?

Heh talk about... balls!

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:03

nigga crab pollock: Mar 26, 2010; by Lowtax

Applewhite posted:

Why no, I haven't read Ender's Game!

i know orson scott card is a loving hack and crazy person but i cant help but consider ender's game to be pretty formative to my youth as a work of fiction

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:05

Relevant Tangent: Nov 18, 2016; Tangentially Relevant

I read it while walking around an apartment complex making sure spooky ghosts didn't show up. As far as books to read while being a security guard go, top-notch. If only because it didn't have a part where a security guard gets loving murdered by ghosts.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:17

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

Hiring Wil Wheaton to narrate the audiobook was cool and good.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:37

Panfilo: Aug 27, 2011; EXISTENCE IS PAIN😬

If film adaptations of good books make lovely movies, will we get the reverse effect with good film?

Read the synopsis for Armada and its literally The Last Starfighter.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:42

Dr. Yinz Ljubljana: Nov 25, 2013

well, I think references to geeky things with explicit narrative explainations of the geeky things and what they mean ARE enough to string together a vaguely OK sci-fi novel!

(this is just for this thread, please don't emptyquote the first part and use it against me)

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:48

Oscar Wild: Apr 11, 2006; It's good to be a G

Panfilo posted:

If film adaptations of good books make lovely movies, will we get the reverse effect with good film?

Read the synopsis for Armada and its literally The Last Starfighter.

Fanfic is the new bestseller.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:48

Shinjobi: Jul 10, 2008; Gravy Boat 2k

Is it like Animorphs, OP?

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:57

Jesse Ventura: Jan 14, 2007; This drink is like somebody's memory of a grapefruit, and the memory is fading.

I refer to my computer as "my rig" and masturbating as "fapping." In fact, I have a separate rig just for fapping!

I also say stuff like "when I grow up" despite being in my late 20s.

Oh, yeah, I like ready player one also

# ? Apr 15, 2017 16:58

T.S. Smelliot: Apr 23, 2010; by FactsAreUseless

Applewhite posted:

Why no, I haven't read Ender's Game!

You fuxk

You shitter

I'm gonna gently caress you buddy it's on

# ? Apr 15, 2017 17:10

Jesse Ventura: Jan 14, 2007; This drink is like somebody's memory of a grapefruit, and the memory is fading.

Other things I like: Batman/power ranger crossover comics, those taco bell tacos w dorito shells, rap songs that make Zelda references. Basically anything that can be repackaged and sold again is something I would stand in line for. Mac n cheese pizza, etc

Also I vape bc why not, that is also annoying

# ? Apr 15, 2017 17:11

Comfy Fleece Sweater: Apr 2, 2013; You see, but you do not observe.

Hyrax Attack! posted:

Hiring Wil Wheaton to narrate the audiobook was cool and good.

Wil Wheaton is great. He is really the ambassador to our nerd culture.

Jesse Ventura posted:

Other things I like: Batman/power ranger crossover comics, those taco bell tacos w dorito shells, rap songs that make Zelda references. Basically anything that can be repackaged and sold again is something I would stand in line for. Mac n cheese pizza, etc

Also I vape bc why not, that is also annoying

I also like Pentatonix and Lindsay Stirling, a lot

# ? Apr 15, 2017 17:15

Dang It Bhabhi!: May 27, 2004; ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

we are not here to relitigate ender's game that is done.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 17:20

green chicken feet: Nov 5, 2015; spray-paint the vegetables
dog food stalls
with the beefcake pantyhose; Grimey Drawer

The novelization of "I Love the 80s" is a real winner in my book.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 17:21

Dang It Bhabhi!: May 27, 2004; ASK ME ABOUT
BEING
ESCULA GRIND'S
#1 SIMP

i hate this book

# ? Apr 15, 2017 17:22

Hyrax Attack!: Jan 13, 2009; We demand to be taken seriously

green chicken feet posted:

The novelization of "I Love the 80s" is a real winner in my book.

Having an unlimited virtual world where anything can happen, and using it to emulate Joust and rewatch Wargames and Holy Grail is within my comfort zone.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 17:34