Ready Player One overloads its nostalgia circuits with new posters
At this point, we’re starting to wonder if Ready Player One is Steven Spielberg’s attempt to blow up the ‘80s nostalgia machine by completely overloading its circuits. You know, a “I made this monster, now I must destroy it” sort of thing. Case in point: Witness a new set of posters for the film that takes characters from the film (or, rather, their avatars from the immersive online game OASIS) and inserts them into posters for nostalgia-friendly titles from the ‘60s through the ‘90s like Back To The Future, Blade Runner, The Breakfast Club, The Lost Boys, and The Matrix. And…that’s it. Much like Ernest Cline’s book, it’s a series of references for the sake of references.