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In the movie "Ready Player One" I had a pleasant memory triggered by the appearance of Matt Frewer, who played Max Headroom in the TV series later. He's one of
by emmelaich 9y ago
In the movie "Ready Player One" I had a pleasant memory triggered by the appearance of Matt Frewer, who played Max Headroom in the TV series later.
He's one of many tech / 80s cameos in the movie. I wonder if someone has counted them all.
- emmelaich 9y agoDown voters please respond -- off topic? Something else? Genuinely interested.
- ganzuul 9y agoRPO might be the newest victim of choice for the cool-to-hate crowd.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoWell, it is bland and blatant 80s pop culture pandering with nothing real to contribute on its own. I'm amazed that Spielberg was involved, because it's way below him.
- rrcaptain 9y ago$$$
- ctdonath 9y agoHe's practically the only one who could do it, having enough influence to get the plethora of intellectual property required to make the movie work. You just can't make an 80s nostalgia trip work without a director everyone can trust their franchise characters/content to - and I do mean everyone.
- ganzuul 9y agoThis feat is hailed as the major accomplishment of the movie. It's leagues above the average Hollywood action movie in regard to breaking 'new' (old) ground.
- cortesoft 9y agoMaybe people are upset about the spoiler?
- ebbv 9y agoOff topic pointless comment. Literally listing one tangentially related reference in a movie with hundreds of them (because it is nothing but.)
- cabaalis 9y agoFunny how people know actors for different things. I googled "Matt Frewer" and my first thought was "Oh, that guy from that one episode of The Next Generation."
- KozmoNau7 9y agoIs that movie anything other than 80s callbacks and cameos?
- rrcaptain 9y agoNo I'm pretty sure that's literally the plot of the book.
- ctdonath 9y agoThat's the point. It's an 80s nostalgia fest for the narrow audience who grew up & wallowed in the media of the time, presenting the grand fantasy pulled together by the then-promise of VR (tragically lacking the hardware needed). This is a story needing a Spielberg to present in cinema, someone with enough pull to include the vast array of intellectual property & cameos required.
- macarthy12 9y agohe is in altered carbon too
- pizza 9y agooh wow, he was Carnage!
- opless 9y agoHe played Max Headroom in the Chrysalis/Channel 4 film as well as the UK and US TV shows. The UK show format was more news/political satire, where the US TV was retconning the film and moving on with character development. The TV show wasn't horrid as I had expected.