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Podcast: Pop Break Today
Episode: Step Into the Oasis - The Ready Player One Review
Description: Pop Break's film editor Dan Cohen, and senior writer Tommy Tracy step into the Oasis to review Steven Spielberg's new epic Ready Player One.
The two discuss:
--Expectations going in
--The pros and cons of Spielberg directing
--Could another director have offered a more unique perspective?
--Changes from book to screen: What worked. What didn’t
--Was Screenwriting an issue
--Dan and Tommy praise the performances, in particular Mark Rylance and Tye Sheridan
--Tommy makes a Mad Max comparison that causes Dan to groan
--Tommy praises what popular movie was incorporated into the film
--Dan laments what movie was NOT br...