He smiled to himself, fondly recalling the 1984 film A Draining Experience (directed by Sidney Pollack and starring a young Howie Mandel) and thinking himself quite clever for paying homage to the film's title with his turgid prose. He also remembered that 1984 was the name of a book or something that someone made sometime before the '80s so it's not actually important to note.
loool
― huge rant (sic), Tuesday, 24 November 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
We had thoughts at our podcast feed
Friends and listeners, we here at BtB are a peaceful bunch, truly. Then we see this excerpt from the new Ernest Cline novel. To which we can only say, begone foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace! pic.twitter.com/XQVHhum3sb— By-the-Bywater (@BytheBywater) November 25, 2020
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 02:02 (three years ago) link
Ernest pauses, the tip of a well-chewed pencil between his lips, as he hovers over the list and casts his mind back once more into the well of youthful memory. Fast, he whispers to himself. What goes fast? After some time has passed, his eyes suddenly light up and he scrawls 'luck dragon' just below 'that spaceship with Pee-wee Herman's voice' and then wipes away the blood trickling freely from his left nostril.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 04:43 (three years ago) link
Are you fucking kidding me
I've just been staring at this for five minutes pic.twitter.com/FDF740HMAl— Jacob Mercy (@jacobmercy) November 25, 2020
― umarell of the year (jmm), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
if we hit that bullseye, their house of cards will fall like a row of dominoes... checkmate
― Neil S, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 14:35 (three years ago) link
Jesus, you can't even properly dunk on this shit because Cline will just one-up you on the self-dunkage every single time.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:09 (three years ago) link
Bobo furrowed his brow. 'Bert and Ernie,' he began, trembling. 'Gremlins. Inspector Gadget. Um...Rainbow Brite.' He continued, sweat running from his temple. 'Big Wheels. Red Dawn. Fisher Price Little People.'Jimjam smiled and nodded at Bobo's effort. 'View-Master,' he retorted. 'I hanker for a hunk of cheese.'Bobo affected a strained grin in return. 'I also hanker for a hunk of cheese. And Fun-Dip.'
Jimjam smiled and nodded at Bobo's effort. 'View-Master,' he retorted. 'I hanker for a hunk of cheese.'
Bobo affected a strained grin in return. 'I also hanker for a hunk of cheese. And Fun-Dip.'
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:14 (three years ago) link
look you can dunk on Seth MacFarlane all you want but he never wrote a scene where a character said "it was like the snozzberries scene in Super Troopers, but funnier!!"
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:19 (three years ago) link
Chapter 4
Everybody sat down and watched "The Never-ending Story".
Chapter 5
"The Never-ending Story" ended.
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:24 (three years ago) link
by Ready Player 3, nobody will have watched the source films, just will absorb the media through Cline's stilted recollection of each flick
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:27 (three years ago) link
I mean yeah when you make On Cinema look prescient it's a good sign that you fucked something up
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:39 (three years ago) link
Cline is the "We Didn't Start the Fire" of books
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
I was gonna say Presto Magix
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:51 (three years ago) link
The artists in Cline's dystopia only work in the media of Presto Magix and Colorforms and Etch-a-Sketch. Maybe Play-doh but only if they use like the Fun Factory. No off-book molding allowed.
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 15:56 (three years ago) link
Looks like the copyright action is happening to the tweets above.
― Two Meter Peter (Ste), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
(by action I just mean the book images have been removed)
crying copyright seems kinda rich given the nature of the document in question
― Larry Elleison (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 25 November 2020 23:23 (three years ago) link
To put it mildly!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 26 November 2020 01:06 (three years ago) link
(prints out complete transcripts of all Toys/Movies We Grew Up With episodes, shuffles pages, signs name at bottom)
― You will notice a small sink where your sofa once was. (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 November 2020 01:54 (three years ago) link
the villain is going to be Captain Power, somehow
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Thursday, 26 November 2020 02:01 (three years ago) link
Ready Player 3: 30 Years Ago a Child Would Kick a Ball on the Street
― assert (MatthewK), Thursday, 26 November 2020 02:19 (three years ago) link
so i hear that this book mentions Sword Art Online a bunch of times because its plot is ripped off of that series.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Monday, 30 November 2020 07:55 (three years ago) link
every time this gets bumped I have to watch this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMBylNJQEbg
― frogbs, Saturday, 12 December 2020 03:06 (three years ago) link
As stated upthread I watched this with the kids and didn't hate it. I also saw the new Space Jam with the kids and yeah, it wasn't great but they really liked it, so no regrets.not planning on watching Free Guy, with or without kids.
without question one of the worst things ive ever seen a theater crowd cheer for in my life pic.twitter.com/NYPsaHpKO1— josh lewis (@thejoshl) September 25, 2021
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
lol I saw that but I guess I’d already walked out by that scene, Jesus Christ
― siffleur’s mom (wins), Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
it has 80% on rotten tomatoes
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
love content and properties
― ✖, Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
The thing I remember most about that film is that Taika Waititi is fucking terrible in it
― siffleur’s mom (wins), Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:39 (three years ago) link
Ryan Reynolds is such an unlikable and shite actor and he reminds me of Michael Owen
― calzino, Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:42 (three years ago) link
after about a million cue drops w/ "whoa do you remember star wars? EPIC" things in the past decade i think even the theme music is rotten for me, the second the notes hit i was like "oh BROTHER, do you gotta"
― "liking" (Clay), Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
xp Yeah he’s always awful should note that I did not deliberately see this, I bought a ticket to a “surprise film” and it turned out to be this non-movie, definitely got that losing scratchcard feeling when it sunk in
― siffleur’s mom (wins), Saturday, 25 September 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
i honestly think there's a case that the worst movies of the modern era are the stupidest most banal empty insults of any period of anything
― look on my guacs, ye mighty, and dis pear (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
the laziest most ineptly shot custard pie fight is funnier than this void
― look on my guacs, ye mighty, and dis pear (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
For sure sign me up for a plague-era theater-of-literally-throwing-shit over this
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link
I descended into the replies and saw this.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FAJ5K69WEAUN_Jp.jpg
"genuine assets"
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:17 (three years ago) link
loud neurotypical extroverts that cheer and whoop in cinemas is bad enough in any context and that people do it at Tarantino/Marvel Shitverse/Joker/Stuff Like This screenings is even bloody more criminal!
― calzino, Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:21 (three years ago) link
some comments saying that this is a kids film, but they clearly say "shit" twice, just in this clip.
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:26 (three years ago) link
"it has 80% on rotten tomatoes"
at least it was a 5% better movie than The Many Saints of Newark on RT shall be its epitaph
― calzino, Saturday, 25 September 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
Free Guy was MUCH more entertaining than RP1
― Nhex, Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
oh man, I'd forgotten about this little portion of lockdown entertainment (re the sequel book)
― Sorry, but that is how I feel (Ste), Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:21 (three years ago) link
that "he was on a nearby production so they just winged it" thing is just hollywood kayfabe bullshit right? they say that about literally every surprise cameo in every shitty movie
― ✖, Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
that "he was on a nearby production so they just winged it" thing is just hollywood kayfabe bullshit right?
Of course. That two seconds of footage likely took six months of lawyers going back and forth.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Saturday, 25 September 2021 22:59 (three years ago) link
so the guy from parks and recreation is captain America now?
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:05 (three years ago) link
sorry, must sound like either an idiot or a prick saying that, I honestly didn't know though
yeah, paul schneider is captain america
― ✖, Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:09 (three years ago) link
he's starlord fwiw
― When Young Sheldon began to rap (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:10 (three years ago) link
huh never heard of starlord before
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:21 (three years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EVJwYzHU4As-HXX?format=jpg&name=medium
I remember reading Doomlord when I was recovering from measles but this starlord sounds like a bit of a wanker
― calzino, Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:28 (three years ago) link
This board is full of annoying ppl
― Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link
yeah but at least there are plenty of consistently hilarious people as well
― calzino, Saturday, 25 September 2021 23:49 (three years ago) link