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Sep 30, 2024 2 hr 27 min

107: Ready Player One (2018)

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It's Ready Player One week on the Watchcast, and that's all Vinny Caravella's fault, so send any relevant complaints his way. Join us as we take our shift in the nostalgia mines of the Oasis, and wonder just how many empty licensed calories we can take in before overdosing. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 107: Ready Player One (2018) (00:00:52) - Intro. (00:01:40) - It's Ready Player One week, and that's Vinny's fault. (00:09:57) - Vinny has read the book, and he knows the differences (I could not find clips of his Bombcast rant, sorry). (00:16:34) - Who is responsible for this? (00:26:39) - The licenses that got away. (00:30:31) - Cast talk. (00:42:09) - Some initial houghts about why this movie doesn't work for us. (00:46:56) - Break! (00:47:14) - We're back, and it's time to launch into whatever the hell is going on here. (00:58:08) - Kicking off the first challenge with King Kong Kart. (01:09:38) - What the hell is IOI's deal. (01:17:09) - Onto challenge two and the Halliday archive. (01:22:43) - The Shining level. (01:29:15) - The IOI pitch. (01:38:48) - Real world meet-up.} (01:40:53) - Challenge three on Planet Doom (but not that DOOM, just a generic sort of Doom). (01:48:02) - This is not a great final battle. (01:56:28) - We found the damn egg. (02:09:57) - We won the game! Life is OK for everybody now! (02:13:09) - Final thoughts. (02:24:28) - Talking about our final movie for the month: eXistenZ! (02:26:30) - Outro.

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