Ready Player One Inspired Movie Challenges

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I don't know. the makings of a movie title, they're

somewhere in there. And for the set, hello. Hi.

Oh, you went with high as well. All right. I

was trying to think of a way to be like, well,

for episode 420, are we going to all have to

be high? But like 169 isn't 69. I don't know

if it's got like a cuckoldry aspect to it or

just like a voyeurism quality to it. But like,

that's that's less of a thing. Alright, let's

see how the rest of this show goes. We're off

to a great start here We're gonna have a little

bit of a different theme here today we recently

did our March Madness tournament and obviously

we have our Kevin Smith series going on and more

video game films going on. We're going to divert

slightly off course thanks to one of the main

movies that's out in theaters right now which

is Ready Player One. Obviously a lot of people

in the geek circles are aware of what Ready Player

One is either due to the book or the film coming

out and obviously it is loaded with pop culture

and nostalgic goodness. So we're kind of going

to rip off of that and do our own take on something

based on that. Matt, do you want to explain a

little bit about what we're doing today to the

listeners? All right. So I guess at Ready Player

One, they have to do all these gamified events

to get keys, right? And so we're essentially

crafting additional events. using our own personal

pop culture references rather than, you know,

this one all being based off of some like, I

don't know, like hermit guy who just buys up

all the DVDs. We're doing this based on the cinema

geek's take. So we'll have various events essentially

crafted around like climactic final scenes from

a movie. But not just all action movies, right?

Because we got to keep it interesting. And so

we're going to craft a scene that, say, the Ready

Player One gang would have to go through in order

to finish out their movie if we wanted to make

it five hours long. Yeah, that's basically the

premise. So you don't necessarily have to have

any knowledge of Ready Player One to listen to

this podcast and kind of see where we're going

and enjoy it. If you've seen the movie, it will

make total sense. If you have not seen it, what

Matt said there basically sums it up. We're just

crafting additional challenges that our characters

could go on in order to get those keys. And along

those challenges, that's where you get a lot

of different pop culture references from decades

past. To set the stage a little bit, there are

two of us that have seen Ready. player one so

kind of right before we get into what we're doing

here Amanda why don't you give the listeners

your quick take or thoughts on if you enjoyed

or didn't enjoy the movie. I liked it but I did

not read the book I think that this is a movie

that definitely begs for multiple watches otherwise

you're just not gonna see all of these cameos.

Yeah, the references are definitely coming at

you fast and furiously. It's hard to catch them

all on one watch for sure, so this is definitely

one that people will be slowing down, pausing

their DVDs or Blu -rays to try to catch everything

that they missed the first time. Also, this is

not a kids movie. This is not a kids movie. Not

like a young kids movie. They say fuck. Yeah.

Kids these days. I said it. It's PG -13 because

they only drop the F -bomb once. We did see the

movie with someone that had read the book and

he informed us that there is very little in the

book that is also in the movie. Just some kind

of framework and structure there. So it does

differ from that. But I think it's, he said it

was enjoyable either way. So I look forward to

hearing your guys' thoughts when you're able

to catch up with it later on. But definitely

a fun movie and right up our lane because we

like... references, we like nostalgia, we like

things from our childhood, whether it be the

80s or 90s, etc. So, Matt, we have four different

scenarios that we're gonna kind of do the framework

for and insert different characters in. We're

gonna let the listeners vote on which one should

be included in the movie once we're done with

all of this. So why don't you set the stage for

that first scenario and all the rest of us will

cram in some more pop culture references that

we want to fit in there. Alright, cool. So for

the first one, we discussed a number of ideas

and we settled on what we thought would be the

most interesting for you, the loyal listener.

And so for the first one, we chose a poker table

scene. Imagine I don't know like those movies

that I haven't seen like good fellows like do

they do a poker table scene on that one like

a real tense or Like any Western I'm sure has

one or that one really good episode of Batman

like the best episode of the Batman animated

series Where the whole thing is set around a

poker poker table, and it's got like a weird

level of tension. Yeah, it's definitely something

that's popped up in multiple different movies

and genres, whether it be westerns or more action

films, dramas, etc. So it's definitely something

that's kind of standard movie formula or structure

to throw in there at times. So, like, this scene,

in order to work, is going to need a wide range

of characters, right? You're going to need at

least one real serious person. You're going to

need at least one comedy relief person. Kevin,

which person are you going to add to our poker

table? Yeah, the other thing that I was trying

to think about when I was coming up with this

was, uh, do we want, you know, we don't want

it necessarily too easy for our main character,

you know, who's trying to gain this key. We don't

want it to just be a softball that they just

easily got, you know, they easily get. So I was

trying to think of someone that might be hard

to read or something of that nature. I don't

know why this character stuck with me, but I

just figured it would be somebody that went through

a bunch of different types of feats in his own

movie, it's a movie reference, and was able to

best different people of differing skills, whether

it be physical, mental, etc. And I'm thinking

specifically of a scene that he had where he

was sitting down across from someone and someone

having to put a poker face on in order to not

pick the poison that was going to kill him. So

I actually went with Wesley from The Princess

Bride. I thought that would be a good character

to be sitting in on this poker table. where he's

good at fooling people. So, good poker face.

I thought he'd be good. I like that. I think

he could add a lot of interesting banter, which

is something you need. Like, he's not the tough

guy. He's not the hardcore guy. He's also not

the comic relief, but he is someone that would

be a great addition to that table. Dan, where

would you go from there? Well, I think you need

someone who will provide a level of intimidation.

One that you're not sure that will... take a

lot of risks, one that you think may break the

rules per se, maybe add a little element of maybe

you can't really trust them fully. And I was

thinking of a character that has tried to play

games within the movies that he was in and shown

that he's not one that will. be fully trusted

but in a good way and that's snake plissken from

escape from new york you know he had the infamous

scene where it's like i'm gonna throw the can

up in the air i think that was from escape from

la and and and then we'll shoot but then he ends

up just shooting people to begin with and uh

he's just that got that look in that you know,

that chiseled jaw of Kurt Russell where you're

just like, you know, he can intimidate you. You're

like, is he bluffing? Is he not? Like, what is

he doing? So I think he would add in kind of

a scary element to the table. I haven't seen

those movies. Is he like more of a quieter character?

Like, would he just be seething? Have you played

Metal Gear Solid? No, but I know about the connections

between the two franchises. He's like, you know,

he's like your typical 80s action hero, but and

He's like Clint Eastwood, but in the role of

a vigilante Yeah, okay. Okay, so he's not gonna

be silent, but he's also not the one bringing

up the conversation necessary He's very point

poignant Comes to what he's saying. It's he's

a man of he'll say things. He'll have some clips

here and there, but he's not like he's not a

Tony Stark He's not on Arnold Schwarzenegger

with the the classic, you know the the one -off

lines His sense of humor is more so because he's

so serious Awesome. All right, Amanda who's gonna

be sitting next to snake? I'm gonna go space

ghost Well, there's your levity. I think that

he can be funny, but also his face doesn't change

much. And he's got those eyes that you can't

really read. I love that. No, I'm 100 % down.

This choice is right after my heart. I was worried

that we weren't going to have anyone too humorous,

but Space Ghost is perfect, and he's already

been animated holding cards so we could easily

just Photoshop him into the movie if we had to.

At least one character man who you gonna round

up the table with? So I made a list of people

like I was I was considering like Rorschach or

the question from DC because they've got the

greatest poker face that is no face But I think

to round this table out. I want to add in the

Mark Hamill Joker Because I think I think he'll

play well off of everyone while still being Intimidating

and we know he can shuffle because he was in

that one Batman episode that I reference Dan

is this a formidable table that the characters

will have to try to win a game at I Think so.

I mean when you snake pluskin and Joker on the

same table and space goes just to make it fun

and then of course what Wallace Shawn it's yeah,

I think that is quite the challenge and array

of characters. Alright, so that would be the

first challenge that they would have to get a

key from or would you prefer something different?

Matt, what's the second scenario? Alright, so

that first one, that one's intense, so we gotta

lighten it up a little bit with a little bit

of like definite nostalgia in the high school

classic of the Breakfast Club where a bunch of

teens all from different social groups have to

come together to get to know each other, to get

to know themselves. And so this one, we're going

to need a different bunch of people, because

we have a bunch of angry street toughs. It's

not going to work out. It's not going to play

well, and it's not going to be endearing or have

the character learn anything about themselves.

So we need a different stage. So Amanda, set

us off on this one. Oh, man, I'm going to go

with Doug Funny. Doug Funny. Feel like he's that

age group anyways, and he's easy to get along

with and he's quail man also so if you know any

Like wrongdoing happens. He's already you know

there with his belt on his head ready to solve

any inner detention skirmishes Oh, man, what

what what got him into detention do you think

I think he was probably set up or maybe he was

blamed for something that Roger Klotz did Yeah,

Roger would get him in trouble. Or he'd be like,

passing notes to Skeeter, right? Like, just one

too many notes. Yes. Okay, Dan, who are you gonna

put in this thing with the soft, soft, Doug funny?

So, part of me wants to put Emilie Essovez in

from The Mighty Ducks, his character there, just

because it would be kind of funny. He'd be like,

he's just still there. He's been there the entire

time. Good old Gordon Bombay, but I'm gonna,

you know, but inspired by his character because

I wanted to try to stay in the realm of, you

know, kid characters, but like he was a jock.

Well, let's flip the jock concept on its head

and go with a different type of jock and going

with one of the most infamous linebackers in

Giants history and that being the Little Giants

and Icebox from Little Giants. Has anyone else

watched that movie from the 90s? I don't know,

but it was a long time ago. Yeah, back in the

90s. That's inspired me to rewatch it, though.

I mean, that is true nostalgia. So tell us a

little bit about this character, Dan. So Icebox

is a female. I shouldn't indicate that. Becky,

her dad is Rod... Rick Moranis. Her father's

Rick Romanis. Her uncle is Ed O 'Neill. And she

wants to play football, but she can't because

she's a girl. So she ends up tricking her dad

to starting his own football team. And then it's

this like misfit group of kids that, you know,

are... not very talented and they're going against

the the cowboy team which is evil because they're

the cowboys and and whatnot so um but they're

you know it's kind of like bad news bears but

more good -hearted i guess but she's she kind

of is the the protector of these kids she tends

to uh you know when they're being bullied she

comes in and kind of saves the day notoriously

has a it's a great driver of a go -kart that

she utilizes and overall is just a pretty tough

chick in general but she also like you know is

conflicted at times because she does have feelings

for people and in the case the quarterback and

doesn't want to uh so wants to kind of be a girl

at the same time um so i think she kind of covers

a couple bases with classic breakfast club characters

so she can kind of Cover different ground, but

I just thought it'd be a way of taking that the

common trope that we saw with You know with Breakfast

Club and kind of altering it with a 90s reference

because that's what I know I like it. I like

it. That's that's interesting Matt. You got to

go next on this one Oh, man, so I wasn't thinking

about the Breakfast Club's all being you know

high schoolers So my list like I made it, you

know I grabbed like a half dozen guys like these

might be fun in that and it might even be fun

to just you know them be the guys but uh the

only one that i only got two that really even

teenage age um and so i'm gonna go with uh i

want to go with hermione granger but i think

that doug funny's got that nerd cred so i'm gonna

go with grido from star wars as kind of more

of the like quiet guy like the uh who what the

the guy uh judd nelson yeah i can see that Like

he's he's kind of the misfit not misunderstood

one like in Star Wars canon like Han Solo stole

his girlfriend and so and so he gets tricked

into trying to chase down Han Solo Like he comes

from a bad family. I think one or both of his

parents are gone And so he's kind of got that

Judd Nelson like grumpy like wants to fit in

but just will never will Wants to be a bully

but isn't the jock All right, we have a we have

an interesting group of three people and obviously

in the breakfast club you had a couple characters

that are somewhat Represented by just one leggy

like Dan's obviously could fit a couple different

characters here So I had one down, but I think

I'm gonna leave him off because of your pick

Matt I wanted you to go first because I had like

I was either gonna have the the outcast guy or

like the the prom queen type I wanted to see

where you went first because I was gonna I had

ready in queue the Casey Jones from the live

-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to play

that Judd Nelson role but I'll shift gears because

we need another I think we need another girl

in there I don't think she completely would fit

the Molly Ringwald character so to speak but

I think this will add another dimension because

it's a maybe coming from a much different end

of the spectrum from the other female that we

have currently so I am gonna go with the childlike

Empress from the never -ending story Because

that adds another female to the group and it's

another one that we don't know a ton about So

if the if the job is to get to know all these

Characters and find something that they have

in common or whatever it is that the tasks that

they're given I think that makes it a little

more challenging because we have a couple characters

here that we don't know as much about So and

I think it would be someone that would give you

know Doug funny someone that he might be interested

in from a romantic angle Or whatever you have

there. I like it. I like it That's a that's an

interesting group of kids because they're out

there from all over the place And and with the

exception of I guess mine, they're very 90s.

Although the special editions came out in the

90s so I can take that It's like we did the breakfast

club again, but just like ten years later So

that's another interesting challenge for the

main character to kind of go in there and work

things out with this group of characters in a

Little bit less tense of a way than they had

to with the poker game, I guess Yeah, but I mean

like it's emotionally tense because they've got

to find themselves and and figure out where they're

going in life That is true All right. What's

the third scenario Matt? Alright for the next

one we're gonna pick a little bit more a little

bit more characters Each one is kind of growing

a little bit and for this next one. We're doing

the classic Magnificent seven trope. I came up.

Is that the name of the original one like the

original seven samurai seven samurai That's what

it is so the idea is that there's a town going

to be attacked and seven heroes have to train

the village to defend itself against whatever

the attacker is. In the movie, Ready Player One,

a lot of the characters take on different avatars.

Okay. And so we're going to allow the main character

to join the Magnificent Seven, so there will

be eight total people. I know that kind of throws

off the number a little bit, but there will be

eight. That gives us all two picks, to be fair.

So yeah, I mean, here's the thing. Whether it's

five dudes, 10 dudes, or 20 dudes, The real thing

about the Magnificent Seven trope is that it's

the people rising up. It's not about the seven

warriors being enough. And so for this one, we're

looking for people that are warriors, but also

they need to be able to train. They've got to

have some level of being able to help the town,

whether they're bringing explosives knowledge

or artillery knowledge or the knowledge of how

to train someone to use a weapon. So for this

one, I want to start with Dan, who are you bringing

to this table? Well, there's also other knowledges

that are important to bring to the table. And

that's the knowledge of how to rock, which is

vital, I think. And that's why I'm going to go

with the Wild Stallions themselves from Keanu

Reeves and his partner in crime from Bill and

Ted's Excellent Adventure or Bogus Adventure.

The reason being They may not seem like the most

obvious choice, but they do have the ability

of time travel. That's on their side. So, and

they have a lot of knowledge based and they can

use the power of rock to help, you know, they

did use the power of rock to basically help heal

the country in a way. So I thought that, yeah,

that they could, they could bring some, something

interesting. I mean, we have the power Rufus

will. come along to, and any time we can add

George Carlin into the mix, I think it's a good

bonus. I think you get two things though that

they can also do to help out. They can, number

one, help keep up the morale of the town as they

await this battle at night or at different things.

They can provide the entertainment, and if needed,

they can also provide a distraction during the

battle. So, yeah, multiple things they can do

for us. I absolutely see this like having that

act to all hope is lost moment and then being

the one to bring everyone back together like

All of our guys are like we're never gonna be

able to do this is a suicide mission and then

those two are like No, man, we were gonna fail

out of high school, but we traveled time in order

to get this. This is nothing This is a Tuesday

to Bill and Ted I Like it good start To hell

I mean come on. He literally to hell uh... i'd

i'd i love the synergy of having to from the

same property i didn't really think about that

uh... and it is you go with uh... pair like that

i thought about it but now it's not making so

much sense because i was thinking askew gary

it's a masterpiece yeah that is sub -zero and

scorpion for a little bit holy crap yes we are

now deadly and rocking like they might actually

freeze and kill other people and not care But,

they do have that. They can defend the fuck out

of a town. I like it. I like it. Like, Sub -Zero

can, like, he can change the battlefield to being

all ice if he needs to, and we got some slippage.

So, like, he could be beneficial to, like, someone

who's, like, in a bind, being like, now no one

can get to you. Yeah. I mean, gotcha, bitches.

Oh, man. I love it. Kevin I want you to go cuz

I didn't pick a pair and I'm gonna look at my

guys and see if I've got a pairing for this So

I'm gonna let you take the next I did not have

a pair down, but I think I can make a pair I

almost did a cheat and said the Powerpuff Girls

I'm gonna make a pair out of the one that I have

written down because For all for my purposes

when I think back to this character I think of

him as the same character in both movies one

thing that we're gonna need in this Magnificent

seven setting that's gonna help out is not just

pure ass kickery like we're gonna get from sub

-zero and which one scorpion is that sub -zero

I know there's like a Billion of them now that

have that same type of look but so we have that

ass kickery We have the rocking going on but

another thing that we're gonna need is we're

gonna need to set some booby traps because we're

outnumbered so we need the help of some some

different distractions traps, etc, etc and who

better from That time period to help out than

the combination of short round From the Indiana

Jones films or data from Goonies So... You're

picking two Asians? It's the same person. It's

the same actor, slightly both. I needed a parent,

that's the only way I could come up with it.

No, I love it. I think I'm a cally Culkin from

home alone there definitely set up a cally Culkin

with all your trap talk But you know the Goonies

guy especially data had a lot of little booby

traps on his jacket and Devices and gadgets that

we're gonna need so we need that that not necessarily

big intimidating physical presence But the one

that can can kind of throw something unexpected

into the mix Oh man, I had Warf down as a possible

choice, and you said data, and I was like, that

pairs with one of mine, but I don't see how it

pairs with one of yours. So I think we've got

a lot of aspects covered, right? We've got a

lot of crowd control between traps and ice throwing,

and we've got a lot of like morality, well not

morality, morale, with those bodacious dudes.

but we don't have anyone that's like a classic

leader type. So I'm gonna have to go with Man

-at -Arms from He -Man. I think he would be a

great choice to lead. There's definitely a Man

-at -Arms type in everyone, whenever you see

this trope done in a TV show or movie. And so

if I have to pair him up with someone, it's probably

gonna be, what, Tila, his daughter? And I think

those two would be great battlefield commanders.

They would be the ones getting the men whipped

into shape, as it were. While still being fun

and having a great 80s mustache Yeah, and he

was definitely one that was doing a lot of training

of the you know the underlings or the different

the palace Army etc So I think that's a good

one to try to he I can see him doing the scenes

where you have the townsfolk trying to Shoot

a gun or to throw a knife or shoot an arrow or

whatever it might be And yeah, he's the one correcting

them, but he's also going to definitely be the

one who dies before the end So I'm just curious

since we all did with pairs here Who else did

people have on their list that they were thinking

about throwing in the mix Amanda Wolverine get

that up close and personal combat going. Never

stopping. I went away from one of mine because

I felt like Amanda had it covered with Sub -Zero

and Scorpion because I had, and I could have

gone with a pair here too, I had either one Snake

Eyes or Storm Shadow from G .I. Joe. I thought,

you know, they have the vast kickery that could

be handled. And then I also had kind of to do

the same thing that Data or Short Round did with

the booby traps, thinking of throwing MacGyver

in there to bring some things up and kind of

helping that man. Do you have anybody else that

was on your list? Yeah, I had Chewbacca and Worf

because why are we not including aliens? I also

had considered Char Aznable from the Gundam fame.

He's also a noted general battlefield commander

guy, and I think would be an interesting one

for this. What about you, Dan? I had Animal from

The Muppets because he's a big wild card. I love

Dan's list. Also had Aslan. from narnia because

it's a lion i wanted to put him in so bad i couldn't

think of where the animal character i mean i

think we got that in vincent dinofrio's character

in the last most recent remix so i think that's

perfect yeah it's perfect it was so good i couldn't

speak i lost my ability to talk we're very impressed

Alright, that is an interesting scenario that

they that the Avatar or the main character will

have to join forces with those guys and beat

whatever Villains that would also probably be

pop culture as good say make sure the town survives

against what it like the invading Smurfs or whatever

So what's the last scenario that we have So we've

gotten bigger right we went from four to eight

so we decided to go one more and in the trial

of the century we're going to pick the 12 angry

men and since everything has to be a pop culture

reference we decided this is going to be the

trial of who shot first between Han and Greedo.

Is this a case of self -defense or is this a

cold -blooded murder in the middle of the Mos

Eisley Cantina? So the challenge here would be

for the main character here in order to get a

key he's got to convince all 12 people to come

to an agreement. because you have to have agreement

when you're dealing with a jury. So we are going

to be selecting the jury, though, that might

be a little bit harder than you would think to

get them to agree. Matt, you haven't started

one yet. Why don't you go first on this one?

All right. So the first ones that came to mind

when I was when I was thinking about this one

was we had we had another podcast recording that

I had viewed once they had discussed who would

be a better person for like a logic puzzle. And

so this is like the ultimate logic puzzle, right?

Where if you make the wrong choice, someone could

ruin their lives for something they didn't do.

And so the person that we all agreed upon then

and that I think is the first person to add to

this is Spock from the original Star Trek. Yeah,

I figured you were going with Spock or Data that

we already talked about. But Spock is a great

one because he's also going to be stubborn to

agree with the group if it's not logical. Yeah,

there was a nice wrench in the mix Yeah, you

have to have like one person either side that's

like really gung -ho and I think he's like Like

because I feel like in the original 12 well in

the 12 hanging man that I've seen I don't know

if it's the original or not There's a lot of

like there's a lot of people that are like willing

to switch sides back and forth But there's two

that are real strong on both sides And so you

need to have someone who's gonna be a strong

arguer whether regardless of what side they're

on, right? So who are you gonna add, Kevin? Oh

man, I have such a weird variety I think on my

list, but I don't know why, but I thought having

someone in there that's not as concerned, like

the guy in there that really just doesn't want

to be there and wants to go home, maybe to eat

lasagna or something. So I'm gonna go with Garfield.

I'm gonna throw Garfield in there, because he

doesn't give a shit what's going on in this case.

That is totally it's fitting because there was

a bunch of characters that just wanted to leave

and like let's just vote and get and lasagna

Garfield cat is perfect All right, where are

we going next Matt? I need Amanda because because

she's either gonna go sillier or or serious Oh,

man, I'm gonna go with this. I don't know. This

person is really nostalgia Because he's still

the shit and that's Bill Nye the science guy

Facts. Fucking facts. He's great. We got another

logic person. And I can almost see the two being

on opposite sides, Bill Nye and Spock, where

Spock's like, it just doesn't make sense. And

Bill Nye's like, no, it does. You just need to

know these weird science things. So you could

have those two running up the key leader on each

side of the argument, maybe. All right. Dan,

who are you going to add to this party? Well,

you need like a hothead like someone who will

there you know, there's a one character that

like Could set set off and just get angry or

possibly one that may try to influence the the

judge and some Evil ways or some shady ways and

I'm gonna go Tommy DeVito from Goodfellas I think

he just will add a difference a spark into the

room that could ignite very quickly including

a lot of f -bombs, so Like I guess That could

almost make its own interesting movie where he

gets the jury summons and he's like, oh I can't

be in court. Oh Man so that's that's a third

of the people that you have to convince Matt

where we going from there Oh man, I think we

need some humor, some levity, otherwise this

is gonna be a real serious courtroom. I mean,

Garfield's funny, but I don't think he's ironic,

lazy funny. I want someone more slapstick. And

so I'm gonna add Austin Powers, the super spy.

I like it. Man, this would be a hard... not just

a hard jury to get to agree with anything but

a hard jury to get an award in edgewise and to

get everybody to like listen so it's a crazy

court or crazy juror room whatever they want

to call it that we're setting up here i have

for my second one i feel like there would be

somebody kind of similar to what dan went with

there with tommy debito but a little bit different

um not someone who's going to try to intimidate

with words or or that type of personality but

someone who's just going to try to intimidate

from sheer strength and physical presence so

i'm going to go with the macho man randy savage

i think he's going to be off the wall and crazy

and just want to get out of there because he's

going to be on cocaine and on drugs so he'll

be there cocaine and drugs Oh, our characters

stand no chance. That's why this is the final

challenge, possibly. Amanda? My go? Your go.

Yeah. All right, so we need somebody who is truth,

justice, the American way, Tommy Pickles. The

Rugrats. Baby. No one can even understand him.

Thought you're going to somewhere else Oh my

Dan, how can we make this any harder for the

character? Well, what if you had a character

that didn't speak as well and I thought we should

tie in maybe to the other retrospective We're

currently doing so why not silent Bob, you know,

just to just add in some fun add in some you

know What do you do when the person won't say

anything? Yeah, so Yeah, exactly exactly You

will speak all the crazy languages and get them

on the same page hopefully That's two -thirds.

We still have four more crazy personalities to

put into this Matt. What do you do? So I think

we need someone Who's who's definitely smart,

but it's going to keep triggering Tommy DeVito

like he's going to be intelligent But he's also

going to be annoying and that's gonna be Yoda

I think his weird way of talking is going to

anger a lot of people. They're going to be like,

this is not how we talk. Come on, we just need

to get it. I want to get this done. I've got

lasagna in the oven. Quit talking slow and weird.

We need to get this kid in jail so we can go

home. Oh, man. I like it. I had Yoda on my list

as well. Actually, I was thinking about putting

him in there. I'm going to have to go obscure

here because I didn't have this character on

my list. And this is going to be more of a stretch

of a reference, maybe. But we don't have any

females on the jury yet. And I think that would...

What the fuck? I thought we said 12 increment,

bro. Yeah, but it's modernized. So it needs a

female in there. They wouldn't pick a jury with

all 12 men. So I want to throw a woman in there.

And I'm going to go with somewhat of an obscure

one. But I think we need that one that's just

like... That character that's kind of by the

book. That's like... These are the rules we have

to go by or this is what the judge said or you

know always quoting back the Literature to the

group like we need to go back to this point right

here type thing and I can't think of somebody

better to do that Then I'm gonna get her name

wrong the lady that played the airline ticket

person in planes trains and automobiles I think

her name is it might be eating a clerk, but it's

a you know, she's got the red hair and she's

not giving John Candy or Steve Martin any wiggle

room whatsoever in their predicament and going

by the book and going by the rules. So I'm going

to go with her. I know that's kind of obscure.

Wow. I mean, that's a classic John Candy, Steve

Martin thing. Like I think we could expect most

people to know about that travel comedy. Perfect.

Well, I think we need that presence in there.

There we go. So then we pass it off to Amanda.

How are you going to top that? Oh, if you thought

that was obscure. This man is living obscurity.

Pee -wee motherfucking Herman. I think he would

be like, can't we just get along and have fun?

I think he would be laughing at the absurdity

that we've put in this room constantly. That's

ridiculous. I think Macho Man would kill Pee

Wee by the end of it. I'm just gonna say that.

Then we got a whole other trial to go. Y 'all

don't like my Pee Wee pic? I do! So I love it.

It's great. I would enjoy it very much. Oh my

lord, Dan. How are we capping this thing off?

Man, a lot of places to go and I had a few ideas

of who to throw in there, but I think I'm gonna

go with, you know, possibly the most evil character

to ever be on TV or in a film, and that's Eric

Cartman. Him and Tommy Devito in the same room

is something I would love to see. Him and Tommy

Pickles in the same room. Exactly. I just think

he, you know, again, a kid on the jury, that's

some fun, but I'm gonna go with Eric Cartman.

Oh my lord. If there is a listener out there

that can somehow put this together in an image,

I would be... amazed and I would love you forever

because that would be like you know like the

the Last Supper pictures that you get with all

those different people like I want the jury room

with these 12 people in it somehow somehow we

got a toddler a fourth grader and a cat I thought

about going with Fossa but we already we already

had Garfield so I thought that might be too many

cats too many cats The other ones I was thinking

of, some of you guys had similar ones. So obviously,

Matt, you had Yoda. I was also thinking about

Splinter from the Turtles. I went with Garfield

instead of Fred Flintstone. He was the other

one that I was kind of thinking like a Fred Flintstone

or Homer Simpson, someone of that nature. And

then if I didn't go with Savage, I wanted a wrestler

in there. So I was thinking about Ric Flair or

Kermit the Frog. Amanda, anybody else that you

were considering for the jury? The Angry Biavers.

The Angry Biavers? I never saw that show. Angry

Beaver? Oh, man. What? I didn't. Matt, what else

did you have on your list? Stinky Toe and Ucky

Guy? I don't... I think one of them was called

Norbert. Yeah, yep. Daggett? Yeah, something.

Daggett? Yeah, Daggett. Maybe. I don't know.

This is nostalgic, guys. I put a bunch of wizards

because I figured they would be good, but I figured

Spock had enough logic, so I left out Dumbledore,

Gandalf, and Orko. You know wizards How about

you Dan who'd you that I? Also thought about

Forrest Gump and just cuz why not a lot of life

experience Exactly. He just kind of ends up places

Xerxes from 300 Jessica rabbit just cuz you know

why why not and Indiana Jones because he's awesome

and Yeah, and um the guy who makes all the funny

noises from police academy. Oh That would be

perfect He would start some stuff he would like,

you know, he'd be instigating the Pee Wee Herman

Savage beatdown So Matt, which of our four scenarios

do you think sets up the best movie scene for

ready player one? Oh man, without having seen

Ready Player One, the one that interests me just

of these four to actually view is probably the

Breakfast Club one. I like that slow summary,

plus it probably matches the age of the Ready

Player One character more than any of these other

ones do. Dan, what about you? What do you think

would be the most interesting thing of these

to see play out on the movie screen? Magnificent

seven scenario just because you know, I think

it a little bit more you kind of a combination

of action and This is something that would be

a lot of fun. I Think for me, I honestly would

probably go with the poker one just because I

feel like it would be It wouldn't have to take

up a lot of screen time, but it would be something

that would slow the movie down for a second,

give you some tense moments, and open up the

possibility for some cool dialogue. And I think

we put a bunch of cool characters in that poker

game, so that's one I'm kind of interested in.

Amanda, what do you think? Well, now I have to

go with a jury. You can double up with one of

them. I just feel like so much shenanigans. So

much shenanigans in that jury room? I think that

would be the hardest one for the character to

solve. I think the key we pointed out there is

getting Silent Bob to somehow use some magic

and get everybody on the same page. Get angry

enough to yell all the answers to everyone. Alright,

so we're gonna put these up on the website for

you guys to choose which one you would like to

see play out the most. Also, you can give us

your take on Ready Player One and let us know

what you thought about the movie, if you've seen

it. I will say, Matt, I am very interested to

see your reaction to it because one of the nostalgic

references that is in the film, I think you're

gonna appreciate quite a bit. So I can't wait

to see your reaction from the movie, but it's

definitely a lot of fun and a lot of fun. of

references like Amanda said you're definitely

one that you're gonna have to have a guide to

the references that you're gonna have to watch

like in slow motion in order to catch them all

but so definitely let us know which scenario

you like the best what you thought of the movie

and give us your own feedback if you liked any

of our individual picks you can tweet directly

at us and let us know what you thought of those

Amanda how do people tweet to you at hard candy

Mandy eyes no wise you could also tweet to the

Twitter famous mr. Matt Fridley Matt, how do

people tweet to you and what made you Twitter

famous? Oh man, I'm at Fritley Sunt and I made

a joke about Seinfeld judging you while you watch

anime. That went crazy. So definitely, if you

want to see exactly what we're talking about

go to Matt's Twitter account and find the Seinfeld

picture and you'll see what happened with that

one. Dan, how do people tweet to you? Uh, they

just yell really loudly, and it usually works.

I'm at moverable. Alright, and I am at Optima

Solo, or you can tweet to all of us in unison

at at CinemaGeekCast. So that does it for this

week, a little fun trip down memory lane, but

we'll be back at it next time with some more...

fun? as we try to get closer to the end of the

video game spotlight. And we'll also be giving

you guys some episodes in our Kevin Smith retrospective

as we travel through that journey. So that does

it for today's episode. Tune in next week for

another chance to listen to The Cinema Geeks.