I am 53 years old. I was 10 when Adventure came out for the Atari. My best friend at the time, Mark O'Neill, had a 2600 and the Adventure cartridge. Somehow he found out about the Easter Egg, and told me about it, and we spent about a week looking for it, until we finally found it. This movie made me so happy and so sad at the same time. My friend Mark passed away several years ago. I wish he were here to see the Easter Egg as a major plot point in a movie so many years later. RIP, Mark.
The demon head on the back of the van is actually artwork from a early D&D game module called Tomb of Horrors. In the book, Tomb of Horrors, not the car race, was the copper key challenge.
@@tastyneck as someone who has never seen the shining it didnt make as much of a difference to me, but seeing the reaction of the ppl who did see it i can see why it could be considered better.
@@tastyneck The Shining is cooler than just repeating War Games, but needing to navigate The Tomb of Horrors (the original challenge for the first key) is way cooler than pop culture Mario Kart.
nope it´s a medicore hommage..... the book is a winner.... sadly, the movie and the book, almost have nothing to do with each other apart from the names and the search for the egg plotline...
@@assassinunknown6664 aand a real big missed chance... i liked the movie so much, it made me read the book.... after that, i could not get myself to watch the movie again...
Even though I prefer the book over the movie adaptation, this movie is an extremely fun time. There’s so much pop culture references in it that you could watch it hundreds of times and always find something new and that’s one of the reasons I love it.
Yeah, the movie is fun, but they already had the perfect story. They just needed to make it true to the book and it would have been a crazy good movie. Even just the small decisions just don't seem well thought out, like the whole reason wade was able to complete the first challenge as a broke kid, was that halliday put the tomb of horrors on ludus because he wanted a poor schoolkid to win. Having it be a race that everyone already knows the location of just defeats the whole point and makes it less interesting.
@@dapperpotato4243i think there was too difficult in terms of copyright licenses needed to adapt 1 to 1 the book, *even tho it would have been amazing), also, the book takes place in a way longer timeline then the movie, which also would have been difficult to adapt.
I remember my high school English teacher put this movie on for us and gave us an assignment that I can straight up summarise to "make your own Oasis OC, complete with different items from movies and video games"
Fun fact: When Parzival uses Zemeckis Cube in the Dance Club at 19:21, the music in the background is the main theme/motive + sound effects from "Back to the Future" = 60 seconds back! 😃 until they land in the exit floor.
this movie is an absolute powerhouse of a movie that somehow went under the radar for most ppl yet its one of the best cg movies getting around. it's on par with Alita Battle Angel which is another amazing cg movie. on the plus side your reaction was freaking awesome dude and you got my sub just from this reaction. please keep the positive energy up and find more great films to react to. peace from Australia
Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha. The spell from the 80s movie 'Excalibur'. That was pretty cool. One of my favourite movies from the 80s, have watched it about 50 times.
Metaverse = IOI if they won There’s a community of VR devs and players trying to make a meta verse alternative that is supposed to be much closer to the concept of the OASIS
Easter eggs galore. The novel actually had more Spielberg references but since he directed the film, Spielberg omitted some. The same author wrote Ready Player Two which is still being considered for a film adaptation. Great reaction as always!
@@kantpredict i don't think they are going to have a problem at all. Look how different the book is from the movie. RP2 will be the same way. They can omit the whole Prince section and add something else. After all, their was no car race in the book for the 1st key.
They just changed some of the references for more modern people, since some overwatch characters show up, and maybe the race is meant to be like a mario kart or somthing like that, so everyone had a fair share of references to look for and enjoy@@Zoo-jc2kw
I liked that when they said that "The keys could be in a dark room at the center of a maze" you said that this was not useful information, but until almost at the end of the movie you realize that all you needed to know was given to your face.
I love this movie! I'm a huge gundam fan, and when I saw the gundam in trailer my exact words were "A friggin gundam?!?! I'm in!". I said it so loud, everyone in the theater started laughing lol.
This was also the selling point of the movie for me. I've watched it multiple times already and I still get goosebumps everytime the RX Gundam drops. Plus points to the Ultraman-esqe warning sound effect that the 2 minutes is up.
I wanted to recite that charm. I was afraid, but I tried it anyway. I failed, but I'd rather have tried it and failed, instead of living my life not having tried Anál.
I was born in 68 and actually did have Adventure and knew how to do the Easter egg thanks to a monthly video game magazine I used to get. It blew me away when I figured out it was the last key. This is such a fun movie!
"It's fcking Chuckie!" Is the best line ever 😂😂 loved seeing Tracer from overwatch and IronGiant. Kinda funny how this attractive girl has the lightest of scars and thinks she's hideous 😂 Anyway love this movie. I was surprised and sad it ddnt do tht well
The were so many movie-cars in the race: The BATMOBILE, the van from "THE A-TEAM", the Plymoth Fury from "JOHN CARPENTER'S CHRISTINE", the Trans Am from "SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT", the "MAD MAX" V8 Interceptor, a bike from "AKIRA" etc.
25:32 If I went into the Oasis, I’d visit all my favorite books and movies! It be scary AF because I almost exclusively consume Horror content but I’m pretty confident in my ability to survive based solely on the sheer amount of books and movies I’ve consumed on the topic.
I said this before Warner Bros did what they do, I'll say it here too. That "spell" is the "Charm of Making" from the movie Excalibur (1978, I think). It's one of those little details people miss. Also, Samantha's birthmark... To me, it looks like Kratos' facial tattoo, only on the other side. "Holy shit, that guy's riding a large bird" That could be one of two things. Cloud riding a Chocobo, or a throwback to an old video game called "Joust". You rode a large bird, carried a lance, and tried to knock other people (no internet, bots) off their birds.
Yes! LOL, I recognized the "Charm of Making" right off the bat. I haven't seen EXCALIBUR in many decades, but that spell has a very unique sound to it; even though I don't know the words, the *sound* of it stuck with me all this time.
Fun fact: The bang chick (from around 27:25) was played by Hannah John-Kamen. Who played Ghost/Ava is Any-Man and the Wasp (the chick who could phase through stuff. She was one of the villains of that movie)
Love the react! So glad you enjoyed it so much! When I saw this in the theater, it had everyone rapt, and laughing and cheering together! Great experience
A cult classic already. Also give love to the book by Ernest Cline. Amazing read. The book (as usual) is better than the movie but the movie is incredible in it's own right. Can't wait for the sequel. Rumor has it Spielberg pushed Cline to finish the second book so they could start production on the sequel. No idea how true that is.
@@Ephoros They ran into a lot of copyright issues but imo they performed admirably in getting around all of that. One of the biggest issues was the first test in the book. Joust was an early Atari game and was created back when Atari still wasn't giving programmers proper credits for their achievements. This was covered in the film, and the book. Both mention Warren Robinett as the creator of the first easter egg in video games when he hid his name in Adventure. This was after Joust released. They replaced it with a race because the rights to Joust were so muddy they couldn't get the rights to show it.
@@galerios1 that explains it. I was actually surprised when the movie came out, of how many characters and references actually cleared. But i guess 3 keys AND 3 gates, with all those flicsyncs would have been a bit too much for a single movie, not to mention the whole lone hermit and IOI chapters.
What I love about the Holy Hand Grenade is that its another reminder that this is an Arthurian Grail Quest story! if the name Parzival didnt tip you off already
I really hope you have rewatched this many times to catch all of the many little Easter eggs like there's an AT-ST walker from Return Of The Jedi; the "grenade" thrown into the MechaGodzilla's eye is a MadBall; the Zemeckis cube is a nod to Robert Zemeckis,who directed Back To The Future; and lots more that even I probably missed, which is why I have it DVR'ed!! Thanks for your reaction ‼️ Sorry late commenting, been a busy two months!! Much love from Seattle!!(BTW, hope you're not anywhere near the 🔥 area and prayers 🙏 for the people of Hawaii!!) Aloha Mahalo!!
11:14 The trials in the book were a *lot* more complicated. They had to simplify the story a bit to make it short enough to be a movie. Don't get me wrong, this is a *GREAT* movie, but the best way to truly experience this story is with the enhanced audiobook. The book's story is a lot longer and more complicated in general. It has all the sounds and references that are mentioned its amazing. Oh and the narrator is s celebrity mentioned in the book. That had to be a trip when he was reading it out, to mention his own name.
As much as this movie is an absolute gem. The book has so much more to it. Plus a sequel that I don’t think lives up to the original book. But the book includes so many more trials and character building between the clan.
Who would have thought that hiring Spielberg to do the movie inspired by Spielberg would be such a mistake. The second he said he didn't want to do half the references, it should have been a pull the ripcord moment.
Problem is the book would make a terrible movie. In the book timeline I'm 13 months older than Halladay so I had the same experience with pop culture so I know all the references, but most would not. It does go really deep.
Watched this with my dad recently, he was very excited to tell me that he found that easter egg in Adventure all on his own as a kid. He also caught so many references that flew over my head as he was born in the 70's, so that was cool
The cool thing about this reaction is we now have definitive evidence of what references Alex doesn’t understand and, thus, which movies/shows/music he should check out next. Just saying
when i watched this, it was before all the advanced type of vr tech started to come out; especially with the meta-verse stuff and when I found out there was avatar based AI that was becoming available for public use I was most definitely flash backing to this movie as a kind of "didn't you fools learn anything?" moment
I love how everything ties into each other; the quarter extra life , all the clues for the challenges and my favourite is the gundam he gets from the gauntlet to fight mecha godzilla is from the raid at the beginning of the film the step uncle lost "because of the faulty gloves"
I just LOVE your energy! Love watching you all on Insta with your new move and the new adventures! You're energy here is so infectious! Thank you for being a positive point of love and energy!
I have ADVENTURE and had it since I was a kid -- and I did find the easter egg in it when I was a kid (someone told me about it). That was one of my favorite Atari games because it actually had an ending instead of playing only for top score until you die.
44:13 - he is the REAL James, he made machine that uploaded his concious INTO the Oasis, that's why he died near the start of the film - he uploaded himself to the world
That Devil on the back of the Van is from the "Tomb of Horrors" from dungeons and dragons. There was alot of stuff cut from the books and changed due to copyright and permissions. All the the Dungeons and dragons stuff was cut from the movie to to not having the rights.
Vin Diesel did before all of that fame the Iron Giant voice acting in same sort of manner as he did Groot years later. Still, the Iron Giant doing Terminator's thumb up is one of the greatest movie easter eggs of all time.
The devil face on the back of the van is the Screaming Devil from Tomb of Horrors/Tomb of Annihilation, adventures from D&D. Aech is a D&D nerd and I’m so happy for it 😊
I saw this in the theater was so blown away by all the different IPs are in it man great movie... I wonder if all those different companies just let WB put them in the movie. Oh wow Olivia Cooke was in this i thought i only knew her from House of Dragons ...
People's biggest gripe with this film when it came out, was that it was essentially every pop culture reference from the last 50 years thrown in a blender, and this movie was the result. And the over abundance of CGI.
This is one of my favorite movies to watch. I recently listened to the audio book of Ready Player One that was read by Will Wheaton. You asked if there was a sequel to this? There is, it's called Ready Player Two, but they haven't made a movie of it yet. I most certainly hope so that they do. Because the book was amazing!
Born in 1970, I could relate to EVERYTHING in this movie. But I read the book afterwards, and have to say that it was even better. Or, let's say, different. Because the movie had little to do with the book storyline nor with the puzzles and easter eggs presented. The characters were the same, the premise was the same, but that's pretty much it. This was MUCH more video gamer framed, whereas the book was much more cerebral and laced with a lot more pen & paper roleplay tropes. I could relate to anything, outing myself as a 1980's geek AND nerd, both from the book and the movie. Both were great entertainment, if you could accept that neither was related anywhere closely to the other.
i started watching your channel cuz of your reactions to horror movies, but your humor and pure joy for these movies is awesome and it brings me joy. so thank you
They're invisible hidden in a dark room that's at the centre of a maze. I like that his nonsense at the beginning was literally telling us about the solution for the final challenge.
I was born in 75. One of the best movies ever. Definitely one you have to watch multiple times to see everything. I wish Alex knew all of the references and Easter Eggs. Too bad a majority of the people that can truly enjoy it for what it is had to be born in the 70’s or a fan of pop culture.
Not really, there is a lot of 90's references too, like you can catch up lot's of them whatever your genration. Still i would rather have references with sense not just making them to make them. It is what it is tho and it's just my thaught.
I was born in '77, and this film ticks all the boxes of what we, the electric generation, ever wanted out of the virtual universe. I hope one day we can achieve this level of reality, but with no corporate poison in it.
Ballroom, baby! Smooth, rhythm, swing, salsa, zydeco, milonga... Gotta dance, man, just go, put it out there, be free. It only takes doing to get good.
It was actually a book first!! 😅 The book is also super good in fact if I kinda wish I’d seen the movie before reading the book because I was a tad disappointed when I saw the movie, it obviously didn’t live up to my minds eye view, but your joyous reaction to this just makes me appreciate the movie so much more! 😂 It’s good to be a nerd, right? And to know that we will ultimately prevail once AI tries to take over the world!! 🤣
I know what you mean, I read both books after watching the movie and like many other books adapted for the big screen the plot suffers from the need to shorten the story and insert more big action scenes.
I totally get you. I can accept some changes like how the keys are found, since it's cool for book readers to have something new. You can't also reproduce all the references and cool scenes, and even on this point he movie did great. I still would have liked the first riddle to be kept like in the book, one made to be available for everyone, even people who couldn't leave the school planet. What left a bad taste in my mouth was the ending. I mean, you're going to ban the use of the game two days a week? Have you forgotten why you even started playing it? The world didn't stop being a shitty place just because you found a girlfriend. What about the other people living in slums and being beaten by their relatives? The book felt more grounded, I even got shaken when I read the part where Wade's new financial status affected his health.
ikr! in my mind the final battle was full of spaceships that not only filled the sky of that planet, but of the whole solar system, there were even queues at the star portals. I was a bit dissappointed of the "small" gunter army on the horizon in the movie
Based off of the title alone I gave this video a like, and also it’s you Alex reacting to this, always delightful! Only 0:10 in ❤❤ this movie is also based off of a book, I highly recommend!!
Instantly loved this movie. Had a good feeling that how they played there games with the suits and directional pads would rapidly push gaming in that direction for us.
This movie was a blast. Just a regular ol' adventure. Kinda reminded me of "Arthur et les minimoys", a lot of parallels between live-action and CGI, mostly generic plot, but so much heart. It didn't have to go deep on psychology or anything, just tons of references and impressive visuals.
Watching this film in the cinema was one off the best experiances iv ever had its rare for everyone in cinema to be laughing none stop but the atmosphere the vibe everyone was just laughing there asses off for a film to do that and this isnt a comedy it is kinda serious in its own way but the refrences and humour this film will always be in my top 5
If not mentioned previously, the 'spell' Artemis/Samantha has to memorize "Anáil nathrach orth bhais betha, do cheol déanta." is the Charm of Making from John Boorman film 'Excalibur' 1981.
I have always liked how the movie accurately depicts one of the paragraphs of chapter 1. "Dozens of books, cartoons, movies and miniseries have attempted to tell the story of everything that happened next, but every single one of them got it wrong."
Is it mean that you don't know the Saying for the Orb of Vesserak whatever the orbs name is.. It's the Dragons charm that Merlin tricks morgarna into chanting in the movie Excalibur.. It's a really nice addon
I am 53 years old. I was 10 when Adventure came out for the Atari. My best friend at the time, Mark O'Neill, had a 2600 and the Adventure cartridge. Somehow he found out about the Easter Egg, and told me about it, and we spent about a week looking for it, until we finally found it. This movie made me so happy and so sad at the same time. My friend Mark passed away several years ago. I wish he were here to see the Easter Egg as a major plot point in a movie so many years later. RIP, Mark.
I'm sorry for your loss man, i hope you're good🙏
Enjoy those memories... no one else has that memory but you
😢😢😢😢😢
Rest well Mark, you made a fantastic friend.
my deepest condolences , love live mark 🩵
You get one f-word in a PG film. "It's f***ing Chucky!" - there is no way they could have used it better than that.
@Nathdood I mis-quoted the Cinema Wins video. I'm British, we don't have a PG-13, we just have PG, I got mixed up
@@Nathdood you're such a bitch lmao, its not made up just because he mixed up pg and pg-13
Absolutely Perfect moment too use it
@@NathdoodAre you jealous that his comment got likes or something? Chill
The demon head on the back of the van is actually artwork from a early D&D game module called Tomb of Horrors. In the book, Tomb of Horrors, not the car race, was the copper key challenge.
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i was so disapointed by that anoying race.... well and all the other changes.....
I like to think of the movie as a separate movie with the same premise@@Metzwerg74
It was also used as wall art in the original Doom.
I really liked this movie, and was surprised it wasn’t a bigger hit.
the book is much better, re-reading it for the 4th or 5th time rn
@@Roi55 Agreed. Although I did like The Shining challenge better than the WarGames one in the book.
@@tastyneck as someone who has never seen the shining it didnt make as much of a difference to me, but seeing the reaction of the ppl who did see it i can see why it could be considered better.
@@tastyneck The Shining is cooler than just repeating War Games, but needing to navigate The Tomb of Horrors (the original challenge for the first key) is way cooler than pop culture Mario Kart.
@@chiffon788 YUP
Hey guys! Warner Bros blocked the original upload worldwide! Here’s the re-upload!! Love you all and have an awesome day!!
Really gotta watch out for those copywrite claims, unfortunately. Appreciate the uploads, man. Always a pleasure watching your content
2 of these now, i do a double take every time i see an upload 20 mins ago for something i saw a few days ago.
Thank god you said this Alex. I was tripping balls man. I knew Ive already seen this. Lol.
Hey alex where do u live can u name ur city
Warner Bros couldn’t possibly have someone make a few bucks enjoying and sharing their creation
This movie is a winner in everyone who lived through the 80s! The music,games and movie references are insane! Takes me back
nope it´s a medicore hommage..... the book is a winner.... sadly, the movie and the book, almost have nothing to do with each other apart from the names and the search for the egg plotline...
@@Metzwerg74 Dammit man!! Now I have to try to find the book and read it >=/
@@shawnboundy3716 easy to find, not expensive, and more than worth it...
@@Metzwerg74 it’s a fine movie on its own
@@assassinunknown6664 aand a real big missed chance... i liked the movie so much, it made me read the book....
after that, i could not get myself to watch the movie again...
Even though I prefer the book over the movie adaptation, this movie is an extremely fun time. There’s so much pop culture references in it that you could watch it hundreds of times and always find something new and that’s one of the reasons I love it.
it's crazy how much cooler all of the characters are in the book. way more badassery
Yeah, the movie is fun, but they already had the perfect story. They just needed to make it true to the book and it would have been a crazy good movie. Even just the small decisions just don't seem well thought out, like the whole reason wade was able to complete the first challenge as a broke kid, was that halliday put the tomb of horrors on ludus because he wanted a poor schoolkid to win. Having it be a race that everyone already knows the location of just defeats the whole point and makes it less interesting.
@@dapperpotato4243i think there was too difficult in terms of copyright licenses needed to adapt 1 to 1 the book, *even tho it would have been amazing), also, the book takes place in a way longer timeline then the movie, which also would have been difficult to adapt.
This is the only book I have read, purely for enjoyment, in my entire life lol
I remember my high school English teacher put this movie on for us and gave us an assignment that I can straight up summarise to "make your own Oasis OC, complete with different items from movies and video games"
that's awesome! I cna only imagine how good some of the assignments were when kids were allowed to let their imaginations just go nuts
Fun fact: When Parzival uses Zemeckis Cube in the Dance Club at 19:21, the music in the background is the main theme/motive + sound effects from "Back to the Future" = 60 seconds back! 😃 until they land in the exit floor.
this movie is an absolute powerhouse of a movie that somehow went under the radar for most ppl yet its one of the best cg movies getting around. it's on par with Alita Battle Angel which is another amazing cg movie. on the plus side your reaction was freaking awesome dude and you got my sub just from this reaction. please keep the positive energy up and find more great films to react to. peace from Australia
Alita was amazing
this and battle angel are my favs
This and Alita are some of my favorites as well
Alita battle angle was an adaptation of an Anime...
Born in 71. This movie has sooo many hidden gems in it. My kiddo loved it as much as I did.
‘72 here. It’s like a love letter to Gen X.
Same 71 and I knew about the "dot" just by others who played the 2600 way back in the day. Little kid in me smiled like crazy.
74. Way more Gems in the book then the movie.
Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha. The spell from the 80s movie 'Excalibur'. That was pretty cool. One of my favourite movies from the 80s, have watched it about 50 times.
@@Scottyo74also 74 here, totally agree about the book👍🏻
Ah yes the Oasis. That’s what Zuckerberg thought the Metaverse would be
Metaverse = IOI if they won
There’s a community of VR devs and players trying to make a meta verse alternative that is supposed to be much closer to the concept of the OASIS
@@CommonDaezeGot the names of any of these alts?
@@Moonshine449 Hell VR Chat is probably the biggest. You can do damn near anything in it.
Easter eggs galore. The novel actually had more Spielberg references but since he directed the film, Spielberg omitted some. The same author wrote Ready Player Two which is still being considered for a film adaptation. Great reaction as always!
They're going to have a real problem with the whole Prince subplot, with Prince not wanting his likeness used after his death...
@@kantpredict That's part is Great in the Book Took my down a whole Prince Rabbit hole after reading it.
@@kantpredict i don't think they are going to have a problem at all. Look how different the book is from the movie. RP2 will be the same way. They can omit the whole Prince section and add something else. After all, their was no car race in the book for the 1st key.
They just changed some of the references for more modern people, since some overwatch characters show up, and maybe the race is meant to be like a mario kart or somthing like that, so everyone had a fair share of references to look for and enjoy@@Zoo-jc2kw
If I remember rightly Speilberg deliberatly left out most references to himself as he didn't want to be seen blowing his own trumpet.
I liked that when they said that "The keys could be in a dark room at the center of a maze" you said that this was not useful information, but until almost at the end of the movie you realize that all you needed to know was given to your face.
I love this movie! I'm a huge gundam fan, and when I saw the gundam in trailer my exact words were "A friggin gundam?!?! I'm in!". I said it so loud, everyone in the theater started laughing lol.
This was also the selling point of the movie for me. I've watched it multiple times already and I still get goosebumps everytime the RX Gundam drops. Plus points to the Ultraman-esqe warning sound effect that the 2 minutes is up.
The movie is just choc full of amazing little easter eggs in its own right! And the original book is arguably even better 😊
and fair bit darker with some of the fates of certain characters
It's a lot better
FYI - The password for the Orb - "Anál nathrach, orth’ bháis’s bethad, do chél dénmha" - is the "Charm of Making" from the movie "Excalibur"
oooh thank you for the beautiful spelling!!!!!!!!
Anal. LOL.
I wanted to recite that charm. I was afraid, but I tried it anyway.
I failed, but I'd rather have tried it and failed, instead of living my life not having tried Anál.
That phrase is about the only thing I remember from that movie. I was 14 when I saw the movie back in 81 or 82.
I was born in 68 and actually did have Adventure and knew how to do the Easter egg thanks to a monthly video game magazine I used to get. It blew me away when I figured out it was the last key. This is such a fun movie!
Same age. Found the dot. It was by word of mouth back then. Didnt knowing was an easter egg just something cool. Still have my Atari.
The days we could get those magazines with tips & tricks before the advent of the internet was a great tool to have.
"It's fcking Chuckie!" Is the best line ever 😂😂 loved seeing Tracer from overwatch and IronGiant.
Kinda funny how this attractive girl has the lightest of scars and thinks she's hideous 😂
Anyway love this movie. I was surprised and sad it ddnt do tht well
The were so many movie-cars in the race: The BATMOBILE, the van from "THE A-TEAM", the Plymoth Fury from "JOHN CARPENTER'S CHRISTINE", the Trans Am from "SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT", the "MAD MAX" V8 Interceptor, a bike from "AKIRA" etc.
Almost forgot the Mach 6 from speed racer
The spell of making from the movie Excalibur.
Can’t beat a movie with references as far back as the 70’s. Epic as always, Alex
Enjoy your reactions to music and movies. Great Personally. Very funny and energetic person. Thanks for being very real about your reactions.
I'm honestly super impressed with your ad read at the beginning. Like, the interaction with yourself is done super well from an editing standpoint.
Don't care if this is a re-up. Still watched the whole thing and greately enjoyed it Thanks for the content bruhh🔥👌
25:32 If I went into the Oasis, I’d visit all my favorite books and movies! It be scary AF because I almost exclusively consume Horror content but I’m pretty confident in my ability to survive based solely on the sheer amount of books and movies I’ve consumed on the topic.
14:30 no that’s not Men In Black, that’s a reference to Alien with Segourni Weaver
Which he literally saw just a few months before this. Oh well, can't remember every reference. 🤷♂️
I said this before Warner Bros did what they do, I'll say it here too.
That "spell" is the "Charm of Making" from the movie Excalibur (1978, I think). It's one of those little details people miss.
Also, Samantha's birthmark... To me, it looks like Kratos' facial tattoo, only on the other side.
"Holy shit, that guy's riding a large bird" That could be one of two things. Cloud riding a Chocobo, or a throwback to an old video game called "Joust". You rode a large bird, carried a lance, and tried to knock other people (no internet, bots) off their birds.
Yes! LOL, I recognized the "Charm of Making" right off the bat. I haven't seen EXCALIBUR in many decades, but that spell has a very unique sound to it; even though I don't know the words, the *sound* of it stuck with me all this time.
That was Joust. There was another part where Halliday was shown to have liked the game.
@@JediBeavis1971 THIS... beat me by 3 mins :)
@@JediBeavis1971 Joust was also a major part of the first challenge in the book.
I was obsessed all my childhood with that phrase
Fun fact: The bang chick (from around 27:25) was played by Hannah John-Kamen. Who played Ghost/Ava is Any-Man and the Wasp (the chick who could phase through stuff. She was one of the villains of that movie)
The orb spell is “the charm of making” from the movie Excalibur.
Love the react! So glad you enjoyed it so much! When I saw this in the theater, it had everyone rapt, and laughing and cheering together! Great experience
Now you gotta watch the iron giant. It’s an amazing animated movie that I know you’ll love.
A cult classic already. Also give love to the book by Ernest Cline. Amazing read. The book (as usual) is better than the movie but the movie is incredible in it's own right. Can't wait for the sequel. Rumor has it Spielberg pushed Cline to finish the second book so they could start production on the sequel. No idea how true that is.
This movie is not even half of what's in the book.
Second book thought could have used more work, so i hope they do a movie and fix it.
@@Ephoros They ran into a lot of copyright issues but imo they performed admirably in getting around all of that. One of the biggest issues was the first test in the book. Joust was an early Atari game and was created back when Atari still wasn't giving programmers proper credits for their achievements. This was covered in the film, and the book. Both mention Warren Robinett as the creator of the first easter egg in video games when he hid his name in Adventure. This was after Joust released. They replaced it with a race because the rights to Joust were so muddy they couldn't get the rights to show it.
@@galerios1 that explains it. I was actually surprised when the movie came out, of how many characters and references actually cleared.
But i guess 3 keys AND 3 gates, with all those flicsyncs would have been a bit too much for a single movie, not to mention the whole lone hermit and IOI chapters.
@@Ephoros The Movie is a Good Companion piece to the Book.
I didn’t like the book
Ready Player One is one of my favorite movies of all time! They changed so much from the book, but honestly I love them both equally
The holy hand grenade 12:31 is such a niche reference to monty python and the holy grail 😂 the references are so good
What I love about the Holy Hand Grenade is that its another reminder that this is an Arthurian Grail Quest story! if the name Parzival didnt tip you off already
I really hope you have rewatched this many times to catch all of the many little Easter eggs like there's an AT-ST walker from Return Of The Jedi; the "grenade" thrown into the MechaGodzilla's eye is a MadBall; the Zemeckis cube is a nod to Robert Zemeckis,who directed Back To The Future; and lots more that even I probably missed, which is why I have it DVR'ed!! Thanks for your reaction ‼️ Sorry late commenting, been a busy two months!! Much love from Seattle!!(BTW, hope you're not anywhere near the 🔥 area and prayers 🙏 for the people of Hawaii!!) Aloha Mahalo!!
11:14 The trials in the book were a *lot* more complicated. They had to simplify the story a bit to make it short enough to be a movie. Don't get me wrong, this is a *GREAT* movie, but the best way to truly experience this story is with the enhanced audiobook. The book's story is a lot longer and more complicated in general. It has all the sounds and references that are mentioned its amazing. Oh and the narrator is s celebrity mentioned in the book. That had to be a trip when he was reading it out, to mention his own name.
I love the audio book too, having listened to it only a few days ago.
And yes, the movie first test solve was WAY too simple, unforgivably so.
That go backwards reference is from a Matthew Broderick movie called Ferris Buellers Day Off
0:44 editing Alex aka “Squarespace Pete” 😂 kills me. So good
As much as this movie is an absolute gem. The book has so much more to it. Plus a sequel that I don’t think lives up to the original book. But the book includes so many more trials and character building between the clan.
I've thought the same thing. I've read and listened to the book several times.
Yeah, I love the book, but I don't think it would have made a good movie as written. Some of the challenges just don't lend themselves to the screen.
Who would have thought that hiring Spielberg to do the movie inspired by Spielberg would be such a mistake. The second he said he didn't want to do half the references, it should have been a pull the ripcord moment.
Problem is the book would make a terrible movie. In the book timeline I'm 13 months older than Halladay so I had the same experience with pop culture so I know all the references, but most would not. It does go really deep.
Watched this with my dad recently, he was very excited to tell me that he found that easter egg in Adventure all on his own as a kid. He also caught so many references that flew over my head as he was born in the 70's, so that was cool
The cool thing about this reaction is we now have definitive evidence of what references Alex doesn’t understand and, thus, which movies/shows/music he should check out next. Just saying
Alien, for instance
@@dawnheller3649 I thought that too
“stomp this dragon beast out”
I think I'll name my first album this...@@_e9647
when i watched this, it was before all the advanced type of vr tech started to come out; especially with the meta-verse stuff and when I found out there was avatar based AI that was becoming available for public use I was most definitely flash backing to this movie as a kind of "didn't you fools learn anything?" moment
last week Disney announced the omnidirectional floor tiles precisely for VR just like in the movie... eerie
@@Ph4n_t0m oh joy
27:42 Don't Move! ... "Freeze!" worked one time ... in "The Mask" (1994) with Jim Carrey!! 😉😄🤣
exactly what I thought as well lmao
Ok, the skit with the two Alexs at the beginning was very well done. Congrats, that seems hard to do.
Editor Alex handled it. Regular Alex would've struggled, but that's why he has Editor Alex!
I love how everything ties into each other; the quarter extra life , all the clues for the challenges and my favourite is the gundam he gets from the gauntlet to fight mecha godzilla is from the raid at the beginning of the film the step uncle lost "because of the faulty gloves"
I just LOVE your energy! Love watching you all on Insta with your new move and the new adventures! You're energy here is so infectious! Thank you for being a positive point of love and energy!
I have watched this movie over and over 50 times easily and near 100
Relax guys its a reupload, you are not time traveling 😂
I kinda thought I was going crazy like I had a premonition or something 😂
we are
This has to be one of my favorite reactions from you! This was a thrill to watch!
"always feels better when someone else does it" haha i almost spit my drink out when you said that
I have ADVENTURE and had it since I was a kid -- and I did find the easter egg in it when I was a kid (someone told me about it). That was one of my favorite Atari games because it actually had an ending instead of playing only for top score until you die.
44:13 - he is the REAL James, he made machine that uploaded his concious INTO the Oasis, that's why he died near the start of the film - he uploaded himself to the world
That Devil on the back of the Van is from the "Tomb of Horrors" from dungeons and dragons. There was alot of stuff cut from the books and changed due to copyright and permissions. All the the Dungeons and dragons stuff was cut from the movie to to not having the rights.
Vin Diesel did before all of that fame the Iron Giant voice acting in same sort of manner as he did Groot years later.
Still, the Iron Giant doing Terminator's thumb up is one of the greatest movie easter eggs of all time.
That's not an Easter egg. That's a reference.
"Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha" is from the movie Excalibur.
🧙♂️⚔️🛡
It's 11 months later our world is not like that yet
The devil face on the back of the van is the Screaming Devil from Tomb of Horrors/Tomb of Annihilation, adventures from D&D. Aech is a D&D nerd and I’m so happy for it 😊
I saw this in the theater was so blown away by all the different IPs are in it man great movie... I wonder if all those different companies just let WB put them in the movie. Oh wow Olivia Cooke was in this i thought i only knew her from House of Dragons ...
People's biggest gripe with this film when it came out, was that it was essentially every pop culture reference from the last 50 years thrown in a blender, and this movie was the result. And the over abundance of CGI.
This is one of my favorite movies to watch. I recently listened to the audio book of Ready Player One that was read by Will Wheaton. You asked if there was a sequel to this? There is, it's called Ready Player Two, but they haven't made a movie of it yet. I most certainly hope so that they do. Because the book was amazing!
I used to watch this movie all the time with my father, alita battle Angel too. I’m happy someone is finally speaking highly of it
Time to go watch Alien. A Quarter/25 Cents was the price of extra lives and to play when Arcades first became a thing.
Got excited when I saw a new Hefner vid then realised uts a re'upload.. fine ill watch again.
This was based off a book there is no sequel movie but there is a 2nd book called "ready player 2" so there might be a chance of a 2nd movie
The large bird bring ridden is from the game joust
Born in 1970, I could relate to EVERYTHING in this movie. But I read the book afterwards, and have to say that it was even better.
Or, let's say, different.
Because the movie had little to do with the book storyline nor with the puzzles and easter eggs presented. The characters were the same, the premise was the same, but that's pretty much it. This was MUCH more video gamer framed, whereas the book was much more cerebral and laced with a lot more pen & paper roleplay tropes. I could relate to anything, outing myself as a 1980's geek AND nerd, both from the book and the movie.
Both were great entertainment, if you could accept that neither was related anywhere closely to the other.
better was the correct term for the book..... i hate how they barbyfied art3mis
i started watching your channel cuz of your reactions to horror movies, but your humor and pure joy for these movies is awesome and it brings me joy. so thank you
I went into this movie with low expectations and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was❤
They're invisible hidden in a dark room that's at the centre of a maze. I like that his nonsense at the beginning was literally telling us about the solution for the final challenge.
Holy crap! I was having deja vu, until I saw this was a re-upload.
I was born in 75. One of the best movies ever. Definitely one you have to watch multiple times to see everything. I wish Alex knew all of the references and Easter Eggs. Too bad a majority of the people that can truly enjoy it for what it is had to be born in the 70’s or a fan of pop culture.
74 here and I agree. 👍🏻
Woo fellow Wizard! We're not Late Seventies or Early Seventies, We like wizards arrived precisely when we meant to. LOL.
Not really, there is a lot of 90's references too, like you can catch up lot's of them whatever your genration. Still i would rather have references with sense not just making them to make them. It is what it is tho and it's just my thaught.
@@thibaud1521what?? All references don't make sense in movies, they just do it to make them.
I was born in '77, and this film ticks all the boxes of what we, the electric generation, ever wanted out of the virtual universe. I hope one day we can achieve this level of reality, but with no corporate poison in it.
I love the End Fight!
"Players, Assemble!"
Holy shit I died at “Steve Cold Stone Austin” hahaha
You’re the man Alex 🧡
if doesn't get more off brand than that lol
Ballroom, baby! Smooth, rhythm, swing, salsa, zydeco, milonga... Gotta dance, man, just go, put it out there, be free. It only takes doing to get good.
It was actually a book first!! 😅 The book is also super good in fact if I kinda wish I’d seen the movie before reading the book because I was a tad disappointed when I saw the movie, it obviously didn’t live up to my minds eye view, but your joyous reaction to this just makes me appreciate the movie so much more! 😂 It’s good to be a nerd, right? And to know that we will ultimately prevail once AI tries to take over the world!! 🤣
I know what you mean, I read both books after watching the movie and like many other books adapted for the big screen the plot suffers from the need to shorten the story and insert more big action scenes.
I totally get you. I can accept some changes like how the keys are found, since it's cool for book readers to have something new. You can't also reproduce all the references and cool scenes, and even on this point he movie did great. I still would have liked the first riddle to be kept like in the book, one made to be available for everyone, even people who couldn't leave the school planet.
What left a bad taste in my mouth was the ending. I mean, you're going to ban the use of the game two days a week? Have you forgotten why you even started playing it? The world didn't stop being a shitty place just because you found a girlfriend. What about the other people living in slums and being beaten by their relatives? The book felt more grounded, I even got shaken when I read the part where Wade's new financial status affected his health.
ikr! in my mind the final battle was full of spaceships that not only filled the sky of that planet, but of the whole solar system, there were even queues at the star portals. I was a bit dissappointed of the "small" gunter army on the horizon in the movie
A little lesson in numbers:
1 million seconds equals 11 days
1 billion seconds equals 31 years
You’re welcome. 😊
Loved this movie! Kinda in the same category as Nerve, which I love also!
The phrase used for the orb it from the movie Excalibur.
It is the Charm of the Making.
I’ve been able to say that since the 80’s
No, you haven't. Stop lying.
@@eatsmylifeYT ya I have. But way to display your ignorance and internet anonymity strength.
Go back to your basement kid.
@@eatsmylifeYT I believe him. Its just mouth noises bruh.
Based off of the title alone I gave this video a like, and also it’s you Alex reacting to this, always delightful! Only 0:10 in ❤❤ this movie is also based off of a book, I highly recommend!!
Instantly loved this movie. Had a good feeling that how they played there games with the suits and directional pads would rapidly push gaming in that direction for us.
14:40 " is that some men in black shit? " YOU NEED TO SEE ALIEN!!!!!!!!
"This'll be like, the first Spielberg I've seen" ...You're gonna miss ALOT of references then. XD
i also can recommend the book or the audio book version of it.
they changed alot - the book is even more nerdy 🤓
I just realized the actor for wade watson is the same dude that does the main character in kickass
Alex, you should read the book too. It’s a little different but just as amazing if not better.
14:40 The reference is for Alien by Ridley Scott, released in 1979 and not Men in black.
As a translator, I would love to make all of Latin America watch your content. Thumbs up so Alex sees my email ❤
This movie was a blast. Just a regular ol' adventure. Kinda reminded me of "Arthur et les minimoys", a lot of parallels between live-action and CGI, mostly generic plot, but so much heart. It didn't have to go deep on psychology or anything, just tons of references and impressive visuals.
I'm sure I've seen this as I remember saying best film ever in your comments. And it is. Top of my all time favourite films where it deserves to be.
36:55 I like how after she met Wade she changed her avatar to look more like her. Shows she’s more comfortable with her body.
The chant from the orb is a chant from the movie Excaliber :)
Spielberg never, ever disappoints. Opinions may vary on that, but what he does best, is the best there is.
I watched this movie in the movie theater when I was around 5 or 6 years old, and I HID IN MY CHAIR during the shining scene
I thought you already watched this
Reupload.
He may have re-uploaded in error but the movie is fire so I don't mine rewatching 😊
Same lol I’ll watch it again
Original got taken down, so he had to reupload...
I thought so too but I watched so many I can't keep track.
Watching this film in the cinema was one off the best experiances iv ever had its rare for everyone in cinema to be laughing none stop but the atmosphere the vibe everyone was just laughing there asses off for a film to do that and this isnt a comedy it is kinda serious in its own way but the refrences and humour this film will always be in my top 5
Is this a re-upload? Or am I having hard core dejavu
Thanks man! I was wondering that to!
If not mentioned previously, the 'spell' Artemis/Samantha has to memorize "Anáil nathrach orth bhais betha, do cheol déanta." is the Charm of Making from John Boorman film 'Excalibur' 1981.
Makes sense, this is an Arthurian Grail Quest movie!
I really wish that the movie reflected the book more accurately, however this was a great movie
I have always liked how the movie accurately depicts one of the paragraphs of chapter 1. "Dozens of books, cartoons, movies and miniseries have attempted to tell the story of everything that happened next, but every single one of them got it wrong."
Is it mean that you don't know the Saying for the Orb of Vesserak whatever the orbs name is.. It's the Dragons charm that Merlin tricks morgarna into chanting in the movie Excalibur.. It's a really nice addon
Deja Vu 🤨
i swear he did this one already