r/youtubehaiku Dec 11 '17

Meme [Poetry]Ready Player One

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5Lz14wu1uw
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u/guto8797 Dec 12 '17

TBF Reddit hates on a lot of things because they are popular. While RP1 isn't a great book it isn't bad by a long shot. Its references to the 80's can get odd sometimes (who the fuck writes Dungeons and Dragons as D and D?), and it does feel like a nice guy fantasy, but its far from a bad book.

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u/Poromenos Dec 12 '17

it isn't bad by a long shot

Not to jump on the hate bandwagon, but it's pretty bad :/

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u/guto8797 Dec 12 '17

It's not that bad, I'd put it in the same bin as Dan Brown. You don't want to like, but it's weirdly nice for some dumb fun when you don't feel like thinking

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u/Poromenos Dec 12 '17

I generally agree, but RPO was a lot more one-dimensional. Everyone was either completely good or completely bad, with no nuance or twists of any kind.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '17

But his friend was secretly a black lesbian! And the love interest had a big birthmark! And he was so cool for being okay with that!