[Coco] Retro computing fiction

[Rob Rosenbrock]

I think you're right.

While there are 80's references in the book, I don't believe that would
attract an audience to the theaters. I've seen a few articles that say
that 'the Iron Giant' will play largely in the movie, so I'd bet that any
80's references would be limited to childhood references with a larger
emphasis on the 90's in order to appeal to a younger audience that would
have the same remembrances. Highly doubtful that any TRS-80 would be seen
-- especially since Radio Shack won't be financing any of the film.

I didn't read much of the book, but I've not seen a movie in recent years
where the writing was any good. The plots tend to be thin with a focus on
telling parts of the story that don't need to be told.

The more it's hyped, the less I'll be interested in watching.

> I'm one of those people in the camp of thinking that Ready Player One is
> horribly written (so the movie can't help but be better), but it certainly
> did hit home for a lot of people. I'm skeptical that there will anything
> related to Dungeons of Daggorath or the CoCo in the film. It will probably
> use high profile games in partnership with various existing companies.
>
> -Bill
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> On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 9:52 PM, D. Bruce Moore <bruce at gracenote.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> There is more retro computing fiction in the works, featuring the Tandy
>> Color Computer!
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 21, 2018, at 8:33 PM, Bruce W. Calkins
>> <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Some time ago the book Ready Player One was mentioned on this list.
>> > Apparently it has spawned a movie.
>> > Hopefully the movie is as good as the book.
>> > Bruce W.
>> >
>> >
>> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)>