It's called criticism. Please get over it.Christ, for a place that despises RPO as much as Era does, it lives rent free in the head of a ton of people here.
It borders on obsession.
It's called criticism. Please get over it.Christ, for a place that despises RPO as much as Era does, it lives rent free in the head of a ton of people here.
It borders on obsession.
well i'd pull up the quote from the book where this content is touched upon and give it a charitable read but i literally cannot do that since ernest cline took it down (and according to some posters, deserved to be.... i disagree cuz it was very much used for it's intended purpose of review and was literally transformative and makes this conversation a bit messier without direct quotes)So like is Ernest Cline an actual transphobe shithead or is he just an utterly shit writer that his work becomes transphobic? Ever since learning more about Reki Kawahara (SAO's author) I try to find out if an author is actually a shithead or if they're just such a bad writer that any topic they touch turns to shit.
Also very scummy DMCA strike.
well i'd pull up the quote from the book where this content is touched upon and give it a charitable read but i literally cannot do that since ernest cline took it down (and according to some posters, deserved to be.... i disagree cuz it was very much used for it's intended purpose of review and was literally transformative and makes this conversation a bit messier without direct quotes)
it wasn't like, openly transphobic or anything, if anything it was attempting to be the opposite as far as i can tell. key word attempt.
don't remember what the passage said but it was very much a guy who doesn't understand anything about trans/gay/non-binary people very much attempting to wrap his world around these lgbt politics he doesn't understand but still wanted people to know existed in his world too since i guess he thought it would be weird if it wasn't touched upon but watching and experiencing your own birth was
I think in it´s core RP1 could be an interesting idea of how he use midia and nostalgia as a form and escapism specially in a doomed world and I think the movie play with it in one scene (with the oasis creator and generic protagonist having a talk in the creator bedroom) but a copetent writer would need to start it from the scratchThat Ready Player One theme song is fantastic. I died laughing when he started playing "Mary Had a Little Lamb."
As for the Twilight and RP1 comparisons... Twilight could have been a compelling story in the hands of a more capable writer. Meyer isn't abjectly horrible, but I think the book could have been much more than it was. I remain convinced, however, that most of the vitriol directed toward Twilight is because it was a thing for young girls. RP1 is just "Remember This Thing: The Book." Drivel.
Seriously. Reading this thread has been wild.I'm more annoyed at people defend DMCA abuse than the book now lol
Good point. I think you're right though, pretty much the entire work would have to be completely discarded. As a concept, it could be interesting.I think in it´s core RP1 could be an interesting idea of how he use midia and nostalgia as a form and escapism specially in a doomed world and I think the movie play with it in one scene (with the oasis creator and generic protagonist having a talk in the creator bedroom) but a copetent writer would need to start it from the scratch
I remember being kind excited by the movie because I think if anyone could save the book this person was Spielberg, but nope, he doubled down on the nostalgia wankGood point. I think you're right though, pretty much the entire work would have to be completely discarded. As a concept, it could be interesting.
Nerd culture is still a big "boys club".
Everyone finds their own group of like minded friends of course, but in this day in age of social media youtube and streaming, it's pretty common for nerds to go after women for being into nerd shit.
are game reviews all you read when it comes to reviews?There is a tacit agreement between professional reviewers and creatives to be friendly with each other.
I'm not surprised when a gaming forum's members are more inclined to corporate apologism, which can involve defense of DMCA abuse by more powerful agencies to the target.I'm more annoyed at people defend DMCA abuse than the book now lol
That is some shit.Did anyone end up reading this?
The whole thing is basically the first book, except now they're looking for what are repeatedly likened to the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic (could not stop laughing at that). I just got to the part where the protagonist admits his crush on the cute trans YouTuber and then immediately hacks her webcam to stalk her and now I'm doing the opposite of laughing. What the hell, Cline.
Jesus fucking christ lol.Did anyone end up reading this?
The whole thing is basically the first book, except now they're looking for what are repeatedly likened to the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic (could not stop laughing at that). I just got to the part where the protagonist admits his crush on the cute trans YouTuber and then immediately hacks her webcam to stalk her and now I'm doing the opposite of laughing. What the hell, Cline.
Did anyone end up reading this?
The whole thing is basically the first book, except now they're looking for what are repeatedly likened to the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic (could not stop laughing at that). I just got to the part where the protagonist admits his crush on the cute trans YouTuber and then immediately hacks her webcam to stalk her and now I'm doing the opposite of laughing. What the hell, Cline.
wow, ernest cline got some shit on his chest huh???Did anyone end up reading this?
The whole thing is basically the first book, except now they're looking for what are repeatedly likened to the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic (could not stop laughing at that). I just got to the part where the protagonist admits his crush on the cute trans YouTuber and then immediately hacks her webcam to stalk her and now I'm doing the opposite of laughing. What the hell, Cline.
So he goes from transphobia in first book to fetishization in second book?Did anyone end up reading this?
The whole thing is basically the first book, except now they're looking for what are repeatedly likened to the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic (could not stop laughing at that). I just got to the part where the protagonist admits his crush on the cute trans YouTuber and then immediately hacks her webcam to stalk her and now I'm doing the opposite of laughing. What the hell, Cline.
It really kind of feels like a 14 year old's embarrassing self-insert mega-crossover wish fulfillment fan/fapfic, only instead of leaving it half finished on their AO3 account they instead somehow got it published and turned it into a massive hit.Anyone ever get the feeling of, like, "man, this is really private material, should I be reading this?"
cuz I do lol
Anyone ever get the feeling of, like, "man, this is really private material, should I be reading this?"
cuz I do lol
It's a thinly veiled version of himself going through fiction he likes to get a girl who clearly is a thinly veiled version of girls he had a crush on.Anyone ever get the feeling of, like, "man, this is really private material, should I be reading this?"
cuz I do lol
I tried to tell you all several years ago that Ready Player One is literally among the worst books ever written, and you wouldn't believe me.
Eh I think it's less interesting than that. It's a thinly veiled girl version of himself. He literally only knows how to write ONE type of character, and that's Ernest Cline. It was a huge problem in Armada, where the love interest was Earnest Cline but girl, the mother was Earnest Cline but mother, the cool guy is Earnest Cline with a little charisma, etcIt's a thinly veiled version of himself going through fiction he likes to get a girl who clearly is a thinly veiled version of girls he had a crush on.
You misspelled Armada. And yes, RPO2 is a worse train wreck than 1 and that's saying something.
So I know the plot of the first book was a trashy, exploitative rip-off of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but is the sequel just a rip-off of SOMA? Because the whole human minds uploaded into AIs in VR on a spaceship exploring the cosmos is the plot of SOMA.
Ah. Given RPO is a book I genuinely couldn't finish because of how bad it was, I'll give the second a miss.No. It's literally the same plot as RPO. The singularity stuff is in there, but it's not the main plot point.
Ah. Given RPO is a book I genuinely couldn't finish because of how bad it was, I'll give the second a miss.
Literally threw the book aside in disgust at page 60. I finished Twilight and would happily reread it before RPO.
The film adaptation is going to be interestingDid anyone end up reading this?
The whole thing is basically the first book, except now they're looking for what are repeatedly likened to the Chaos Emeralds from Sonic (could not stop laughing at that). I just got to the part where the protagonist admits his crush on the cute trans YouTuber and then immediately hacks her webcam to stalk her and now I'm doing the opposite of laughing. What the hell, Cline.
I read Where's Waldo by interpreting the drawn characters in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and it's a superior book to RPO.
I tried to tell you all several years ago that Ready Player One is literally among the worst books ever written, and you wouldn't believe me.
I read a blank notebook and it's a superior book to RPO.I read Where's Waldo by interpreting the drawn characters in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and it's a superior book to RPO.
I tried my best to read it but I couldn't finish it. Everyone was saying it was great but I just didn't get it.I tried to tell you all several years ago that Ready Player One is literally among the worst books ever written, and you wouldn't believe me.
Dude. That sounds cool.I read Where's Waldo by interpreting the drawn characters in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and it's a superior book to RPO.
So far that stuff was a one sentence aside while the narrator just info dumps at the start, it's not the focus of the plot at all.So I know the plot of the first book was a trashy, exploitative rip-off of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but is the sequel just a rip-off of SOMA? Because the whole human minds uploaded into AIs in VR on a spaceship exploring the cosmos is the plot of SOMA.