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I cannot - in any way - think of a way where they can make a movie that's 'loyal' to the book. It would be too nerdy. I agree that the soundtrack will kick ass. So will the action scenes. And probably the ending too.
I hope they can build up the interaction of Parzival and Art3mis with the same undercurrent of fictional characters vs. real life personalities as in the book, which was pretty well handled (remember that Wade is a (socially inept) teen). This can make it a talking point of our current situation where more and more people meet each other in virtual worlds.
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I loved it: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."
Yea... I came to realize it wasn't so bad... as long as Wade was dealing with the plot of the book and not going off on 80s fanboy monologues or trivia contests with friends/enemies... I'm nearing the halfway point...
Paul Bettany was my James Halliday and my Ogden Morrow was Seth Rogan. Who did you guys cast for characters?
Lundos wrote: "(Any expectations for the movie?)"I expect visual delights. The virtual worlds are just made for movies, Imo. I think the level of details will be different, perhaps not as nerdy and intense as the book. I don’t expect the plot to be much different, though.
Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "I'll be starting later today... can't be worse than Stone of Tears... right?"Hold that thought..."
I dunno if it's Wil Wheaton's characterizations taking ..."
I actually thought he did a good job reading it. It's the book itself I had an issue with.
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Hold that thought..."
I dunno if it's Wil Wheaton's characteriza..."
Yea... I got used to it... some of Wheaton's intonations were over-the-top, but so was the dialogue...
The ending hit a lot of the beats I expected... kind of reminded me of Hackers...
I think my favorite reference was (view spoiler)
I'm rating this 3 stars... I'm trying to make that my star rating for books I like, but complain about...
Wade must be some kind of gaming prodigy, because (view spoiler)
Also, (view spoiler)
The ending (view spoiler)
Yes, just everything about it felt 80s!
Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Iain wrote: "I'll be starting later today... can't be worse than Stone of Tears... right?"Hold that thought..."
I dunno if it's..."
Agree with the gaming prodigy. I rolled my eyes on some of that.
Cool book. I read this last Fall but it's great to see it in this BR's topic!
I've started this one as a re-read. The first read I haven't finished it and now I'm a bit further than where I've left. I was born in '83, so I don't know many things, but there are a few things that I do know. I'm not far in the story, but there's a lot of info given and that's a bit annoying.
I'm enjoying this more now that I have just accepted that the references are all going to go over my head and I'm just reading to appreciate a fun plotline that keeps me turning the pages.
I only have a few hours of tge audio left. I actually like Wil Wheaton narrating. Some of the dialogue is irritating, but I think that is the writing more than how it's read. And I'm glad that I get most of the references. I'm not sure that I would like it as much if I didn't.
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I'm not into games, but I know most of the names. Not all of them, but a lot.
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C.P. wrote: "And I'm glad that I get most of the references. I'm not sure that I would like it as much if I didn't."yeah I can see how that would really increase the enjoyment of the book. I think going into this I overestimated my knowledge of 80's tv and computer games and so started reading expecting to get the references and I think that then not getting them affected my enjoyment more than if I had gone into it knowing I wouldn't get the references... if that makes sense.
Hailee wrote: "C.P. wrote: "And I'm glad that I get most of the references. I'm not sure that I would like it as much if I didn't."yeah I can see how that would really increase the enjoyment of the book. I thin..."
Totally overestimated my knowledge of 80s culture. This book made me realize how much better the 90s were than the 80s ;-)
I have now finished the book.I enjoyed it overall but there were a few things that annoyed me:
I felt like the ending was (view spoiler)
Also (view spoiler)
I just think everything come a little to easy to Wade, like Iain said (view spoiler). Kind of lazy on the authors part in my opinion.
Diana Stormblessed wrote: "This book made me realize how much better the 90s were than the 80s ;-) "Amen!!!!
You know, I'm a child of the 90's and have always loved the decade, but I might know more random 80's stuff. And while I recognize the names of video games, I'm more familiar with the rest of the pop culture.
I know for this moment more of the 80's then I thought. I only don't know much about the games.
@Hailee lets not forget he didn't have a social life. He played similar games all his lif to achieve his goal. If some random guy did that, this would be absurd but him learning a game strategy in a few attempts is not so woww to me.
But what interest me the most so far I'm in it, is that it's reproducing the reality of the world we're living in so good: about people with autism that are good in programming, maths, etc., but also in how we can get addicted to gaming or how people who don't have a social life are completely different in the games that they play. They aren't alone there in the virtual world.
Just finished this one and overall I really enjoyed it. Probably a three star read because I did have some issues. But still quite enjoyable.
I'm still struggling through it. I imagine it'll take me the rest of the month to read if I limit other book distractions. There seems to be so much exposition, and I do wonder who the audience of it is. I do get many of the 80s references, so I suppose I'm both old enough and nerd enough, but it can be a bit much at times.
Just finished my second read! Still love it
Are you still reading, Sha? Glad you enjoyed it in a second read, Torie.
Almost finished and still having mixed feelings about it...
It's the second time that I've read the book. The first time I didn't finished it, because I had poor connection with the 80's. I'm an 80's kid, but maybe I was to young at the moment or I was born in the wrong country and it annoyed me the first time reading that I didn't connect with most of the references.But then, the second re - read, I did my research about the references and there was a lot that I knew, so it made the book easier to read.
I had the feeling that the story went with up's and down's. The up's were the battles, the dialogues, the action and the down's most of all, was all the information that was given about the games, the consoles, the life of Halliday. I've found that the information was given in too big chuncks instead of splitten it up.
I've identified myself with the characters at some point, but with moments it was a bit moralizing.
I was a gamer and some of the games I recognized, but I had more connection with the movie - , serie - and music - references.
It's not a book that I immediately would pick up, but I'm glad I've read it. Through the book you can feel the passion of the author for what he has written and it's clear that Ernest Cline is a fellow gamer and geek.
To conclude: I would re - read the book again.
Glad you made it through this time, Saar! I definitely think that the country you were born/lived in would play a role in how you saw things. This is definitely very US culture that is presented. I thought so at least. And yes, there are several large info dumps throughout that kind of made it drag at times. It was till an enjoyable read though.
Yes, the country is an important note, but Google is your friend ;)The last part with (view spoiler) I really liked that. I imagined it how it would be and it was like a film who was playing in my head. I hope the movie will be good.
I hope the movie is good too. The posters don't look that great...
I enjoyed this book when it first came out - I'm of a similar age to the author (slightly younger), but all the references worked for me. But in the end it fell a lot like a constant barrage of "cheap applause" lines..."hello New York City!!!!' over and over again. The story itself was decent.I liked Armada less b/c it was the same constant barrage of cheap applause with a lesser story. I think i like them both enough for 3 stars. That said, I do want to see the movie :)
Saw the movie.They made it for Millenials.
So sad.
I need to see Atomic Blonde again to make up for it.
That and the pacing was a mess while I admit the book hasn’t got the best pacing especially the romance somehow the film made it worse and I felt the changes wasn’t really necessary honestly I had a bad feeling after the first 15 minutes
Judging by what I have read so far I'm quite hopeful about the movie. This seems like the kind of sci-fi that a film maker can do really well. As to how accurate it will end up being to the book... well the jury is out on that one.