Ready Player One

[rcarlberg]

Going back to music, one of Rush's most iconic and enduring songs, "Tom Sawyer", also came out in the 80s.

QED

[aith01]

I'm kinda glad I missed the 80's. whenever I hear music from that decade I generally cringe.


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Writing off a whole decade because of what some of the music sounded like?

Speaking of music, Pat Metheny was very active in the 80s. The albums American Garage, First Circle and Letter From Home were all released in the 80s, and don't have any of the commonly associated auditory earmarks of that decade. Out of honest curiosity, have you heard those records?

[rdclark]

I am reminded recently of how much of the 80s I missed, between being in two bands, starting a studio business, and having a child... and then changing careers. The reminder came from listening to the new re-release of Marillon's Misplaced Childhood, a band I did not connect to until the much later Anaraknophobia, and whose Fish era I never appreciated because of being off-put by their superficial resemblance to Genesis. MP turns out to have been an amazing piece of work.

I'm not here to try to list all the 80s culture I believe has merit. Only to point out that we only notice the culture that we have space in our lives for. Above all, expanding one's cultural horizons requires an availability of time and attention.

[rcarlberg]

Pat Metheny was very active in the 80s. The albums American Garage, First Circle and Letter From Home were all released in the 80s, and don't have any of the commonly associated auditory earmarks of that decade.

There WAS good music in the eighties, to be sure.

Just not very much of it. And what there was wasn't new or different.

[mozo-pg]

Mr. Grumpypants is sceptical.

This is sig worthy.

[aith01]

There WAS good music in the eighties, to be sure.

Just not very much of it. And what there was wasn't new or different.

Can't say that I agree. But it's all a matter of personal taste anyway. We can agree to disagree.

[rcarlberg]

I guess it's all new if you haven't heard it before.

[Vic2012]

I was kind of an anti-80s snob about 12-15 years ago, then I got into Iron Maiden, Metallica, and AC/DC. To me all those band's best music was produced in the 80s. Yes, I like 80s AC/DC better than 70s. Sue me.....

[Jerjo]

80s had far better porn

[Jerjo]

Plenty of great music in the 80s if you knew where to look. The Police, Bowie, Dire Straits, the Cars, REM, the Windham Hill label and ECM had a lot of great releases, the advent of neo-prog with Marillion (and others), and a host of acts I don't even dare mention on PE because some of you twist your panties at their very mention.

[zombywoof]

Hey, didn't Futurama do this already?

[Nearfest2]

Nice hijack.

Say what you want about an decade in which you did not grow up, I'm stoked for the movie.

[rcarlberg]

Say what you want about an decade in which you did not grow up

You're right -- at the end of the '80s I was just as immature as 1979!

[Nearfest2]

Ok, that's funny.

[aith01]

You're right -- at the end of the '80s I was just as immature as 1979!

Ok, that's funny.

Gotta admit, I was amused as well.

[Scott Bails]

Ready Player One's logo itself is an Easter egg.

[zombywoof]

Nice hijack.

Say what you want about an decade in which you did not grow up, I'm stoked for the movie.

I've actually never heard of this book or this movie; I also have no aversion to an entire decade of popular culture.

I just enjoyed the parallel between the use of "Tom Sawyer" in this trailer and the use of "Tom Sawyer" in that episode of Futurama.

by the way, I'm an enormous Rush fan of all eras!!

[rcarlberg]

by the way, I'm an enormous Rush fan of all eras!!

[Scott Bails]

....except that era.

[Progbear]

I can’t help but notice that most of the people nostalgic for the 1980s are too young to have lived through it.

In any case, just reading the blurb on the jacket of Ready Player One was enough to turn my stomach. “Oh great, more hipster-pandering gamer-wank BS.” Like that Scott Pilgrim monstrosity. I couldn’t make it through ten minutes of that crap without feeling the urge to vomit profusely.

[moecurlythanu]

^ You've got to get past this tendency to waffle.

[aith01]

In any case, just reading the blurb on the jacket of Ready Player One was enough to turn my stomach. “Oh great, more hipster-pandering gamer-wank BS.” Like that Scott Pilgrim monstrosity. I couldn’t make it through ten minutes of that crap without feeling the urge to vomit profusely.

Sounds like you have something against videogames and gamers. I thought Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was a brilliant movie, completely unlike anything I have seen before or since.

[Nearfest2]

I was born in 1970, grew up in the '80s, so it's true nostalgia for me. I played all those coin-up video games, saw all those movies in the theater, and listened to all those songs. The book and movie are very much in my wheelhouse.

The author of the book was born in 1972. He surely had a very similar experience to mine.

[rcarlberg]

I thought Scott Pilgrim vs. The World was a brilliant movie, completely unlike anything I have seen before or since.

Just watched the trailer, it didn't look so bad. Has Michael Cera (from "Juno") and Anna Kendrick (from "Up In The Air") in it, and it looks to be a smart mix of real life with intrusions from videogame characters. Curious, Progbear, what made it a monstrosity for you?

[NogbadTheBad]

I loved Scott Pilgrim, for me it got the comedy - camp - action balance right.