Brain teasers! What is "Ready! Player One!" A blockbuster movie to be released? Well, well, if you are after 00, full marks! But the real answer is that it is actually a spell that allows you to summon a magical elf from a bunch of greasy middle-aged men and fascinated girls in an instant. In sync with the spell, you suddenly straighten your eyes and lean forward. , Raise your hands to the height of the pubic area, and your thumbs are three inches apart-don't be fooled by the thermos cup and the southern red Buddha beads in their hands. This is not the three-dimensional correspondence of "body, mouth, and mind", but an instinct learned since childhood- The game has started! "Ready Player One" has this kind of magic to turn back time, just like the crazy grandfather in "Rick and Modi", he jumps out from nowhere and scares you, regardless of what you are doing. In one sentence: "The adventure has begun, are you coming?" So there is only one question left: Are you still the kid who just left? If the lunatic Rick is quite similar to the genius scientist Halliday in Ready Player One, it is probably no coincidence. Their common prototype is Dr. Brown in "Back to the Future". This Frankenstein, who is dressed in a big cloak and hair like a bird's nest, always has endless inventions, and there are always endless stories behind his shocking behavior. . In the age when our innocence has not been stolen by handsome men and beautiful women, this kind of role is like a god.
Interesting viewers may have noticed the "Zemikis Rubik's Cube", an artifact in the film, which is the name of the director of the "Back to the Future" series. Coupled with the former producer Spielberg and the cool DeLorean racing car, and the familiar "Jump", people can't help but sigh, it's just a renewal of the past. And this is just one of the more conspicuous of the countless easter eggs buried by "Ready Player One".
King Kong, Godzilla, The Shining, Ghost Baby...This is a maze; Gundam, Yakira, Iron Giant, Turtle Wave Qigong...This is an anime; Street Fighter, Halo, Tomb Raider, Duke of Destruction... …This is a video game, and there are others, others, and others that I can’t count. "Ready Player One" is like "a mysterious cave full of money". Every precious memory of pop culture that you earned by skipping breakfast, skipping classes, lying, doing dying, and doing odd jobs are brought back to life in it. It even gives people the illusion that you saved up your pocket money for half your life. You thought it would have depreciated to zero a long time ago. You just waited for the antiques to pave the way. Guess what? The candy store is open today! Invincible, clear, and sparkling gold coins fly into your pocket endlessly. You don't know if this is a movie or a game. That's right. The boundaries between movies, animations and video games are becoming increasingly blurred. Before, we only knew that Spielberg was a fan of Akira Kurosawa. Now we know that he not only pays attention to Gundam and the ninja, but also private tutoring. "Avalon" and "Scott the Crooked Boy" are really big kids with a childlike innocence.
Generally speaking, films that are too enthusiastic in terms of "tribute" are inevitably copied at the production level. The reason is simple-copyright protection. I have always dreamed of King Kong, Caesar, and Tarzan, the three interracial jungle brothers, joining forces to make trouble in New York City. I also dreamed that when the real tomb faction would appear in "Tomb Raider"-"Laura vs. Dragon Girl", dare you? Dare to find out? But dreams can only be dreams, and copyright can't be dealt with! Even Quentin, the ruffian, who is famous for his "collage", only dared to use lower-cost targets such as black exploits and old Shaw films. "Ready Player One" dares to play so big, all because of Spielberg and Warner's backing behind it. In addition to Warner's own copyright, Spielberg also sought authorization from five companies, namely Flowserve, Disney, Universal, Paramount, and Sony. It can be seen that the grand occasion of flying "Easter Eggs" on the screen is hard-won.
From this perspective, a "Number One Player" is a chronicle of popular culture of the century. I have been thinking that if the best carrier for political situation is official history books, the best carrier for cultural changes is poetry and unofficial history, and the best carrier for family inheritance is clan genealogy, then if we want to record the ebb and flow of popularity Culture, what should I do? Write a dry history monograph? Make a documentary that nobody cares about? Or build a monument that is not embarrassing or embarrassing? Come on, the best way is like "Ready Player One", let the experts who have been in the field for decades to shoot an "Easter egg blockbuster" comparable to the integration of literature, so that everyone will be happy in the theater. Explosion, this is truly a way of commemorating popular culture! It is worth mentioning that Spielberg deliberately deleted all references to his own work from the script. You must know that the original author Ernest Cline is a big fan of his, and he pays tribute to his classics in many places in the novel. These years, even scholars writing papers have rarely seen such a rigorous attitude and graceful demeanor. Apart from the excitement, I don't want the title of "Easter Egg Blockbuster" to bury the excitement of "Top Player" as a movie. Feelings are of course sultry, but a true filmmaker never just relies on tricks like burying eggs to attract audiences. The whole film of "Ready Player One" was filmed with a panavsion camera. The scenes unfolding in the virtual world accounted for almost half of the film. The level of animation special effects is almost unreal, surpassing the industry's top-level "Final Fantasy 15" released the year before. The Sword of the King. According to Spielberg himself, in terms of filming difficulty, "Top Player" is second only to "Jaws" and "Saving Private Ryan" in his director career. In fact, one clue that runs through the beginning and the end of the film is the biggest "Easter Egg", and that is "Citizen Kane". In addition to being a scientific genius, Halliday is also a tycoon. Jobs is just one of the prototypes of this character, and the more important prototype comes from the immortal classic "Citizen Kane" filmed by the great director Orson Wells in 1941. It is also a guessing game inspired by the tycoon’s will. At the end of the first round of the car, the sliding camera at the entrance of New York’s Central Park looks like a shot of the iron gate of Kane’s former residence "Shangdu". At the end of the film, the curator of archives played by Simon Peggy directly pointed out Halliday’s real last wish: "Kira (his love) is not a rosebud, but a good friend." And the rosebud is the "Citizen Kane" "The key clues in ".
In short, whether you are a fan, a game player or an anime fan, you can find your own fun in "Top Player". I want to thank Spielberg for bringing us older kids back to the magical era of "Back to the Future" and "Indiana Jones", which is also our "rosebud".
ps: The most touching line of the second brush is: "Some people read "War and Peace" the taste of soap operas, and some people understand the mystery of the universe by looking at the explanation on the gum", it is really the best defense of popular culture. word.
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