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Pham Nuwen posted:There is RP1 fanfic, listen to the 372 Pages podcast to hear excerpts "My butthole nearly puckered," said the golem.
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Finally finished all the episodes of 372pages and it was great. Such a good listen and so cathartic to hear those dudes rip the book apart i couldn't even get past chapter 2 before bowing out of that terrible, terrible mess... but here's the thing. Now, i have to choose what I'm going to say next very carefully... The RP1 film might NOT be a completely unwatchable shitshow. Hear me out. The book is unfilmable. As 372 pages say again and again, Cline undercuts all tension from his scenes and neuters any kind of threat and that poo poo will NOT fly on the silver screen and I think Spielberg knows this. The whole drat mess would have to be extensively re-written so that there's SOME semblance of tension or drama and the character might actually get an arc and show some growth. Of course it'll still be packed to the gills with tepid and unbearable nostalgia grabbing but remember I said the film wouldn't be unwatchable, not that it'd be good. They even mentioned it in the show, but in the hands of someone competent like Edgar Wright you could see some scenes coming off as (arguably)funny gags. Like when he has to play Joust against the Litch. Film is like a horror/action scene, this giant, eldritch nightmare creature goading the main dude about how he'll never prevail and how he'll be put to the ultimate test and *bang* hard cut to them both at an arcade cabinet with this Mouth of Sauron wight thing hunched over mashing buttons.
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Jan 22, 2018 13:00
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The movie will be bad. It will appeal to the broadest lowest common denominator and people will loving love it.
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Jan 22, 2018 15:39
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Slotducks posted:The movie will be bad. It will appeal to the broadest lowest common denominator and people will loving love it. If it was broadest lowest common denominator it wouldn't be arbitrarily limiting itself to a specific pop culture niche. Being a terrible nerd doesn't mean your taste is better than everyone else, it just means your niche is smaller.
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Jan 22, 2018 16:57
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Drunken Baker posted:Finally finished all the episodes of 372pages and it was great. Such a good listen and so cathartic to hear those dudes rip the book apart i couldn't even get past chapter 2 before bowing out of that terrible, terrible mess... but here's the thing. How dare you not comply with the hivemind.
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Jan 23, 2018 07:12
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CAPT. Rainbowbeard posted:How dare you not comply with the hivemind. Spielberg may be many things, but he has rarely made unwatchable movies. I can't imagine anyone doubts that. The problem is and always has been that this book is the apotheosis of a toxic cultural movement thirty-five years in the making which we've all contributed to.
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Jan 23, 2018 07:19
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mind the walrus posted:How dare you post this level of beige noise on here instead of reddit. It sounds like you're apologizing for that guy. We all know this is a bad book.
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Jan 23, 2018 07:51
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Take, for example, the end scene of the book where Wally West enters the wizard's childhood bedroom. In the book there's an entire page just listing all the old consoles and computers he has strewn about the room. In the film it'll just be a panning shot establishing this nerd's room not drawing attention to the piles of garbage strewn around... maybe. For all we know it might be 10 solid minutes of Wally saying each console's name in order as the camera snaps to each one in sequence. edit: The film is still going to be garbage. Just not as bad as the book.
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Jan 23, 2018 10:45
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Spielberg directing this is actually genius because a film adaptation was inevitable and this way he gets to make sure that none of his own creations are devalued by appearing in it. One of the first things he did when he took on the movie was announce that none of the references to his films from the book would be in the movie.
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Jan 24, 2018 19:51
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Guy Mann posted:Spielberg directing this is actually genius because a film adaptation was inevitable and this way he gets to make sure that none of his own creations are devalued by appearing in it. One of the first things he did when he took on the movie was announce that none of the references to his films from the book would be in the movie. "... except for the Delorean and a couple of other things"
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Jan 24, 2018 20:46
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Rastor posted:"... except for the Delorean and a couple of other things" Spielberg didn't write or direct Back to the Future.
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Jan 24, 2018 22:12
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Guy Mann posted:Spielberg directing this is actually genius because a film adaptation was inevitable and this way he gets to make sure that none of his own creations are devalued by appearing in it. One of the first things he did when he took on the movie was announce that none of the references to his films from the book would be in the movie. What has Spielberg really created? Is he just not going to show sharks and dinosaurs and men with cowboy hats? Will Ralph Fiennes not be reprising his role as Amon Goeth?
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Jan 24, 2018 22:41
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So I heard you like 80s pop culture references https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/25/16926366/sundance-2018-summer-of-84-movie-review-stranger-things-the-burbs-rkss
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Jan 25, 2018 23:57
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Mike Nelson's doing Armada now. 
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Guy Mann posted:Spielberg directing this is actually genius because a film adaptation was inevitable and this way he gets to make sure that none of his own creations are devalued by appearing in it. One of the first things he did when he took on the movie was announce that none of the references to his films from the book would be in the movie. Oh man this film is really gonna suffer without the appearance of Time-Devouring-Meatballs or demented alien clowns.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Ernest Clien is like the Neil Breen of nerds. Please don't say that. I have no desire to see Ernest Cline's ballsack.
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