History Awesome / ReadyPlayerOne2018

* Meta but the fact that Steven Spielberg was able to take the dumpster fire that the book was and was able to create an average movie for him out of it. One that seems he had a lot of fun doing, given by the level of detail put into things that no one needed to give that much effort to. From the placement of the cockput of the White Gundam to keeping the ding in the Iron Giants head to putting in more modern references from the players and letting the 80's/early 90's come from Holiday to the sheer fluidity of the visuals, there was work done that just didn't need to be done. The only thing holding the movie book is the source material at this point.

*** Also of note in this bit: Art3mis' avatar is shown to now have the same birthmark she was so ashamed of, indicating that she's getting over that lifelong insecurity.

** Wade's epic speech to [[spoiler: Everyone in the OASIS, rallying them to battle the Sixers.]]

** We briefly cut to the real world to show Aech throwing Wade a weapon. We then cut back to the game to see what was handed over: [[spoiler: [[Film/ChildsPlay THE CHUCKY DOLL!]] Chucky tries to knife Parzival before throwing him out the Deloreon where he proceeds to absolutely shred his way through a bunch of Sixers]]

*** And he jumps into the fray from the cargo hold of the [[Series/{{Firefly}} Serenity]]

** Parzival wiping out an entire legion of sixers. [[spoiler: With the Holy Hand Grenade, no less.]]
** Credit where credit's due: That sixer at the end [[spoiler: still beat ''Adventure'' in the midst of a massive battle. He was wrong too, but it's still impressive.]]

** Wade surviving the [[spoiler: Cataclyst wiping everything out, because the quarter the Curator tossed him was an extra life. Doubly so with TheReveal the Curator was Og, helping them uncover Halliday's egg all along.]]

** Wade causing his boombox to play "We're Not Gonna Take It". [[spoiler: As his BadassArmy charges behind him.]]

** All of the High Five save for Aech taking on corporate assassin F'Nale in the real world inside of Aech's van, that ends with [[spoiler:Wade using his suspension rig to deliver a roundhouse kick that throws F'Nale out of the moving van and into the street.]]

* Daito - real world Daito, at that - actually manages to put up [[spoiler: an impressive martial arts fight against F'Nale when she boards the van at the climax. He doesn't win, but he certainly earned some badass points.]]

*** Better than that, Wade initially gets his ass handed to him by Sorrento when he fights with BoringButPractical martial arts that would be effective in reality. It's when he starts using video game logic, bringing out the jumping spin-kicks, the Hadokens, and the flashy stuff that he starts to dominate.

* Daito - real world Daito, at that - actually manages to put up [[an impressive martial arts fight against F'Nale when she boards the van at the climax. He doesn't win, but he certainly earned some badass points.]]

** We briefly cut to the real world to show Aech throwing Wade a weapon. We then cut back to the game to see what was handed over: [[spoiler: [[TheReveal THE CHUCKY DOLL!]] Chucky tries to knife Parzival before throwing him out the Deloreon where he proceeds to absolutely shred his way through a bunch of Sixers]]]

** Credit where credit's due: That sixer at the end [[spoiler: still beat ''Adventure'' in the midst of a massive battle. He was wrong to, but it's still impressive.]]

* All of the High Five save for Aech taking on F'Nale in the real world inside of Aech's van.

** And when the screen shifts back to the other world, who are they represented by? ''[[Franchise/{{Halo}} SPARTANS]]''.

* The third trailer makes great use of "Pure Imagination" and shows people literally ''running through the streets'' in OASIS gear to fight the Sixers and re-take Castle Anorak.

* The second trailer goes for CrowningMusicOfAwesome using [[VanHalen Van Halen's]] "Jump" to set the action.

** Another thing noticed is something added to the [=DeLorean's=] front end... Namely, a [[Series/KnightRider moving red light]]. The Ecto-88 will have most of it's distinctive features INTACT.

** Another thing noticed is something added to the [=DeLorean's=] front end... Namely, a [[Series/KnightRider moving red light]]. The Ecto-88 will have most of it's distinctive features INTACT.

** Just one part of the licensing to make this film would be potentially expensive. About half the franchises listed in that one paragraph aren't even major parts of the narrative, BUT THEY GOT THEM.

** Another thing noticed is something added to the [=DeLorean's=] front end... Namely, a [[Series/KnightRider moving red light]].

* When you see the [=DeLorean=] in the trailer, it's seen with the hover coversion active, spinning round... only to land and keep driving, something that was outright impossible with the original car.