Spielberg 's new work "Ready Player One" , which was released on March 30 , has undoubtedly become the most eye-catching movie in March, and it is also a feast for all ACG culture lovers. Are you ready to open your mind and meet an unprecedented sci-fi world?
Spielberg at 70 is still the best dreamer
Although the story background of "Ready Player One" is set in 2045, it is full of elements from the 1980s. It was an era when the dawn of the Internet, a new wave of culture and a unique spirit, so the 1980s became people's dreams. utopia, which is in stark contrast to the decay of 2045. According to the original author Ernst Klein, this is also the reason why he incorporates a lot of 80s pop culture into the book.
In the movie, Spielberg made this tribute to the extreme - the ubiquitous 80s game, movie elements, 80s-style costume design: for example, the heroine's costume design in the game is deeply rooted in the 80s Influenced by punk rock and street pop culture.
In addition, the film's soundtrack is also very 80's style, the trailer used the old rock band Van Halen's "Jump" as the background music. Of course, this tribute is not a complete copy, but a new interpretation with the director's own understanding - a kind of "Spielber-style" fantasies.
I can't think of anyone else who could make this movie besides Spielberg
As the most successful commercial director in Hollywood, when we appreciate his films one by one, we will know that the spiritual connotation in his works is the main reason for the global audience.
He understands the innocence of children. "Captain Hook" , "ET Alien" and "The Adventures of Tintin" have turned movie watching into a childhood memory activity again and again.
He understands the romance of men. "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Jurassic Park" brought men into the movies to fight against the mundane and achieve the romance of men.
He loves science fiction, and it is not difficult to find that " Contact of the Third Kind" and "Artificial Intelligence" include interstellar warfare, future sociology, contact with extraterrestrial civilizations, artificial intelligence and other aspects. He also has unique insights and deep attainments on almost all types of science fiction themes.
And "Ready Player One" is not only an audio-visual feast that combines VR technology, cyberpunk, and geek spirit. There are also characteristics of childlike innocence, boyish romance, and sci-fi spirit. This is the charm of Spielberg, and these characteristics will be brought into full play in "Ready Player One". Only he has enough face to get so many IP authorizations.
Tribute to classic movies with the most easter eggs in history
This game called "Oasis" almost brought people all over the world into a virtual world. There are thousands of planets and countless cities in the game. There are also hundreds of classic characters. The movie viewing tour is simply a complete Easter egg movie for ACG fans.
Those IPs that we once chased and loved have also formed a mighty army as easter eggs, and they have all joined this oasis battle.
There is a graffiti of Madball in the building where Wade lives . Madball was a very popular toy rubber ball in the 1980s in the United States. Later, it was adapted into a series of cartoons. This blue one is called Rep vile.
In the racing scene, clockwise from the lower left corner: the Mach -5 racing car from the Japanese animation "マッハGoGoGo" Speed Racer ; the van in The A-Team of the American TV series " Dragon Commando" ; the Japanese fighting game " Street " Ryu from Overlord ; "The Roadwarrior , " Max Rockatansky's iconic sidekick from Mad Max; and Batman's Batmobile.
A QR code appeared on the hood of IOI's car... After watching the movie, I immediately found the picture and scanned it. First, I went to the IOI's website, and then to the official Facebook of the movie .
This isn't the only QR code in the film, there's also a PDF of his profile on the wall in Wade's room in the lower left corner of the cover of Halliday magazine.
The super villain Deathstroke in DC Comics is said to be inspired by Marvel's "Deadpool".
Left to right: Commander Shepard from Bioware's Mass Effect series; Blanka from Street Fighter ; Devo's iconic dome "The Energy Dome Hat"; and Lara from Tomb Raider .
The motorcycle of the heroine Art3mis comes from the 1988 Japanese animation film Akira "Akira"
The stickers on the motorcycle are the TV series "Wonder Woman" , and the following is the second hero of the superhero comedy The Greatest American Hero in the early 1980s (this name... The Hong Kong and Taiwan translation is "Flying Red Hero" ); and Japanese TAITO Games, which developed Bubble Bobble ; and Pac-Man Games.
Joker and Harley
Gundam
King Kong , it was not mentioned in the original novel, probably because it was an image from 90 years ago.
There is also a character from "Street Fighter" , the boxer Sagat
From left to right Lara (third time); Cassie Cage from the fighting game Mortal Kombat series ; Tracer Tracer from Blizzard's shooter Overwatch ; Chun -Li from Street Fighter the first playable female character in a fighting game); and "the titular baddies" in the American horror movie " Army of Darkness"
DC Comics character Deadshot; holding up the radio is Lloyd Dob from the '80s comedy Say Anything .
Finally, the most eye-catching "Iron Giant", The Iron Giant, is actually Ultraman in the original book. Maybe the Iron Giant is better known in the West.
Game Halo battle scene
Although it is full of Easter eggs, this movie is not just made for the nostalgic party. Even if you don't understand any of the stalks in it, you can get the logic and idea of the movie, because it is made for everyone in the current life. People see it.
Returning to the experience itself, Easter eggs are just a bonus, what we need to enjoy is the movie
Compared with finding hundreds of familiar characters in the movie, this wonderful film is more worth immersing in and enjoying the process than those free symbols.
The setting of the entire story of "Ready Player One" is even more alarming in today's age of technological explosion. The film seems to be looking for a priceless Easter egg, but it is actually exploring the true meaning of life choices. People are addicted to the virtual game "Oasis" in order to escape from reality. This seemingly "Utopia" game world is in stark contrast to the "dystopian" real world. The villain organization IOI hopes to control the world by controlling the "Oasis".
The whole movie gives people a feeling of being full of otaku culture, but it is not lost at all! Through step-by-step deciphering, the male protagonist gradually understands that "embracing reality, because that is the only real thing." And decides to stop IOI's conspiracy.
The male protagonist is a dead house, but he is full of artistic sense and sense of mission, so what does it have to do with housekeeping? Whether it is a gamer or an anime or movie lover, they all have the heart of chasing dreams, and they all love the world people. The house in the movie is not divorced from reality, but serves reality. The male protagonist fights against the villain in the oasis and saves the real world in the world of the oasis.
At the end of the film, the male protagonist realizes that only reality is real, except for the male protagonist who lives in the game except for eating, drinking, drinking, sleeping, and sleeping.
As the movie says: When the virtual and the real are intertwined, we should not ignore the virtual, but we must not forget the reality.
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