Ready Player One could be the most hated movie of 2018. Considering the fact that it’s a Spielberg film with relatively respectable reviews, that’s quite an achievement. But like Fifty Shades of Grey, it’s based on a bestselling book that lends itself well to embarrassing viral quotes. Ready Player One has come to represent a certain kind of toxic fanboy mentality, and no amount of positive reviews can change that now.
At this point, the film’s quality is almost irrelevant to the backlash. Opponents are going after Ready Player One’s basic concept, because it’s such a perfect illustration of Big Bang Theory-stylegeek culture and its obsession with masturbatory trivia.
It simultaneously caters to the idea that white male nerds are underdog heroes, while proving that they’re actually a dominant force in Hollywood.
There’s a thirst for new material based on old sources, which occasionally results in something genuinely fresh (Black Panther) but mostly toes the line of “new, but not too new.” Ready Player One is the peak example, with Spielberg helming an “original” story that relies wholly on pop-culture retreads. A very specific type of pop-culture retread, because while the novel is heartily obsessed with the 1980s, it never mentions rap. Like Stranger Things, Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Adam Sandler movie Pixels, its archetypal audience is a white guy member of the original Ghostbusters generation.
applies to most of the current 80′s nostalgia wave, but nobody brings this up
Which is so weird because the 80′s were when rap was huge. Ignoring its impact discolors the decade.
yall know why the moonligth boys dont have a fan base, or fanpages dedicated to them like cmbyn or love simon? because their black. And yall exclude moonlight from absolutely everything because yall find it unrealistic to have a gay ship that consists of dark skinned black guys. Ashton sanders should of gotten the same hype timothee chalamet got. He should have the same amount of instagram followers and even more. The amount of emotion he put into that performance is insane. He cried just like yall precious elio did, he kissed another boy just like elio did as well. But nope, timothee chalamet cried in front of a fire place so he is THIS GENERATIONS ACTOR. And Jarell jerome was payed DUST! He was absolutely incredible for a first time film actor. the lgbtq wants rep only if its white boys making out. As long as straight girls can swoon over at least one of the actors, the film will prosper. I know i’ve posted something similar to this, but yall are actually terrible. especially tumblr. Moonligth won a whole oscar for crying out loud. and Ashton is only in talks for one film, while timothee chalamet literally got casted for THREE more upcoming films. THREE! you see how POC have to do double the work white actors have to do?? Am i mad? Yes. Also i hope the cmbyn sequel flops. good bye. aristotle and dante is coming for everyones wig
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