Why are there so many 80s references in Ready Player One?

Well you see there is this thing called a book. It has words and pages and it was written by a guy who grew up in the 80s and they based the movie on it.

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Well you see there is this thing called a book. It has words and pages and it was written by a guy who grew up in the 80s and they based the movie on it.

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well that’s just dumb. He must be a shitty writer

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don’t get it. It’s set in a dystopian future, but the whole movie is littered with 80s nostalgia. Games and shite that would be 60 years old. Hell GTA would be a classic game by then. And main characters car is a deloreon. Do they feel that they have to appeal to everyone?

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Ignoring the book for a minute...

Did you actually watch the movie? It clearly talks about how the creator of the Oasis grew up in the 80s.

The CEO of IOI just told the kid that he unwinds after work by “drinking a tab, putting on some Duran Duran and playing Gallega.” I doubt any kid living in 2045 would know about any of those 3 things or give a shite.

ETA: it just seems like a shitty attempt to appeal to a bigger audience.

Because that’s all the book is...80’s porn

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The CEO of IOI just told the kid that he unwinds after work by “drinking a tab, putting on some Duran Duran and playing Gallega.” I doubt any kid living in 2045 would know about any of those 3 things or give a shite.

ETA: it just seems like a shitty attempt to appeal to a bigger audience.

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The book explains why the kids in the present have such an intense knowledge of the stuff from the 80s, and since you are strictly talking about the movie, I am going to bow out of this thread.

Your last statement is 100% incorrect though.

I haven't seen the movie, but if my calculations are correct, someone born in 1980 would be approximately 60 and five years old in 2045.

Do you not know any old Baby Boomers today who obsess on 60's pop culture or whatever decade they grew up in? Movies, TV shows, and music from the mid-20th Century are still played constantly over a variety of mediums in 2018. It's not all that far fetched.

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I haven't seen the movie, but if my calculations are correct, someone born in 1980 would be approximately 60 and five years old in 2045.

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Let's see, carry the 2, multiply by 4, subtract the denominator and add the square root of 78. Ugh nevermind, that sounds right.

Is your comprehension so horrific in other mediums, or just film?

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It’s part of the story. He was a kid during that timeframe. The mix tapes on the Walkman are what he listened to to cope with his mom dying from cancer.

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It’s a minor part of the story, it’s similar yes but they could use any music, I think part of the point of RPO, the book, is a criticism of our obsession with pop culture, endless movie, TV show, music video game references etc the 70s 80s is really the peak of that. Both are creative choices of the author/director.

I guess if the OP asking why all the 80s stuff, why is The Godfather about the mafia?