Ready Player One - w/ Geek Freaks on Nostalgia Overwhelming

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Frank from the Geek Freaks Podcast Network joins Melvin to discuss a nostalgic hit from 2018, Ready Player One! From it's barrage of "Do-You-Remember-That?" to it's mix of live-action and CG storytelling, Spielberg takes us on a futuristic, rebellious journey through the Oasis!

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 1-hour discussing all 34 MCU films ranked least-to-greatest as per the Rotten Tomatoes score rankings, sharing momentary thoughts and reflections on each entry since the beginning! (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
• Frank shares about his passion for podcasting, whether his own show or supporting others with theirs, and two “bucketlist” shows he’d love to make if time and money allowed.
• Regarding the book… both Frank & Melvin couldn’t finish it. In fact, they had barely started it before putting it down.
• The start of the film is an utterly bombastic, visually cluttered, overwhelming action set-piece that did not start Melvin off on the right foot. After about 20 minutes, things got better.
• Frank on the film’s heavy-handed commentary, “It’s like if Michael Bay were to make a Black Mirror.”
• Melvin wonders how a film predicated on nostalgia becomes its own marketable brand.
• Talking favorite Easter Egg challenges.
• Frank & Melvin agree: the Halliday B-Plot is the best.
• Frank & Melvin also agree: The Curator is super cool.
• Frank on the ending, "I would have appreciated if they just, like, had a stance and went for it.".

Recommendations:

• Revisit Steven Spielberg's filmography (Jaws, Jurassic Park, Saving Private Ryan, any Amblin film).
• The Crippled Masters (1979) (Movie)

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