Honest Trailers Commentary - Ready Player One

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The writers of Honest Trailers talk about Ready Player One before showing deleted jokes and behind the scenes moments from their latest trailer!
It's The Honest Trailers Commentary for Ready Player One!
Hosted by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, and Dan Murrell
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[@fandomentertainment]

How much longer can we keep the ALAN joke going? One: Speak up and join the conversation- we encourage respectful debate. Two: Respect your community- racism, misogyny, homophobia and hate speech aren’t tolerated. Three: “Be nice.” - Dalton from Roadhouse

[@yasminvanruyskensveld5250]

Forever!!!

[@MichaelJohnson82]

Only as long as it needs to

[@chojikiba]

Forever Alan!!!

[@jonathanortega753]

ScreenJunkies News #Alan4ever

[@nova2512]

*You better keep Alan in every trailer, if not I will just die*

[@Drambles77]

ALAN!

[@DutchessOfSassland]

Joe reacting to finding out the war games part of the book was amazing

[@Evvuful]

Absolutely had me screaming at "Alan!" Good job guys!

[@MommyOfMutants]

Evelin Ay Same! I cheered and then my kids were like “What?! What?!” So then I had to explain the whole Alan joke to them 😂

[@Colinmchapman]

Seriously - this conversation was refreshing. Can we have more level headed conversations between someone who hated, someone who loved, and someone just enjoyed a movie.

[@emmikins7986]

spencer repeatedly calling swing dancers swingers was a highlight of my day lmao. great trailer as always, guys!

[@williestyle35]

Because of that stupid movie!

[@davidranderson1]

"Sneak it into me."

[@NachiketNaik]

Bev from Stranger Things? You mean Barb right? This is so much more injustice for Barb

[@Colinmchapman]

That was inception level of injustice for Barb.

[@MusicTvMoviesBooks]

why was spencer so enthusiastic in the opening 😂😂

[@job3rg]

MW he was trying something new

[@olliepwnsall]

Cocaine

[@mk6rfc1]

he just watched wreck it ralph

[@wiltzm]

I really thought Spencer was gonna say, “Hellooooo I’m the nostalgia critic”

[@billix0]

was looking if anyone had the same thought

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Well after what we've found out, it's probably a better idea that he didn't.

[@emilhansen3828]

Dan was savage this episode 😂 good for you Dan, get it out of your system, never seen him like this, outside Dan rants. Loved the "Allen" joke. Keep up the GREAT work, I've been here since movie fights episode 1, and watched all you guys have made since, even PLUS, I miss "what's in the box", could that somehow come back? Love from a loyal fan.

[@bryanc1984]

Do an Honest Trailer for "Deep Blue Sea" when "The Meg" comes out.

[@williestyle35]

Sounds like a good idea!! We can all use a little LL Cool K and Samuel L Jackson :)

[@deensaid7762]

Or maybe The Transporter trilogy, considering the upcoming Meg had Jason Statham in it.

[@benabramowitz18]

Or one of the Jaws sequels. Especially considering that Jaws 4 is why Michael Caine wasn’t around to accept his Oscar.

[@UniquelyPenny]

I hope you see this comment guys. THANK YOU, thank you for bringing up the “lip service” to the character with the facial difference (birthmark). I’m saddened to hear that they still tried to hide her scar and it will be interesting to see how others respond. Because you’re right there’s a floor of beauty you must be on in order to be cast and the fact that it’s 2018 and that STILL happening is stupid.

[@nonchampion]

I would be perfectly okay with every honest trailer having an Alan! Gets me every time lol

[@JazzyNym]

The movie lost me from the very beginning with the title card, because they bypassed the opportunity to have the title be part of the movie. I mean in the book it literally says once you put on the headset the first thing the game asks is "Ready Player One?". I mean they even went through the trouble of animating going into the headset with him, then you just... cut to black with white titles? I'm with Joe on this one, I got no magic or wonder from the film.

[@Phaota]

Dan threw out a Squirrel Nut Zippers reference! Wow, glad to know he's a fan. :) You guys forgot "Dr. Strangelove" for the Kubrick park idea.

[@eandsproduction]

And Lolita

[@chriswrld9991]

Keep a hidden Alan forever😂

[@TownianScout]

I was also a theater techie. They let me play with flash powder...it was a lot of fun.

[@jdd0815]

I agree with Dan. Seeing this on the big screen was crucial. I went opening night and was just in awe. I saw it 5 times in theatres because of that feeling.

[@dbalmer]

I chuckled at Dan's "Parks of Glory" in the Kubrick park pitch. (Stop Worrying and Love) The Bomb Ride.

[@dbalmer]

Also, Tunnel of Strangelove. Duh.

[@Adrian-zd4cs]

I absolutely love watching these 3 together.

[@Jayk129]

I remember when the Zoot Suit Riots broke out. Long hat feathers clogging out city streets and all those disfiguring pocket watch chain injuries. It was horrific.

[@jgintaras]

Alan!

[@nova2512]

*I never saw this movie. But when Simon Pegg came up in the honest trailer I thought “Oh Simon Pegg is in this.”*

[@leonardocucchiara4782]

I saw the movie and when Simon Pegg came up on screen I thought "oh hell no! That moron is in this."

[@maryhind9716]

Joe’s laughter at the WarGames part of the book is just magical. 😂

[@michaelwarner8316]

The incantation IS from Excalibur, dudes. Krull! Give me a break. But seriously, a lot of fun as usual.

[@chrisfrancis1346]

Joe is spot on about not caring about the characters. This movie ripped the heart out of the book the moment they let P and A meet IRL before the end.

[@postmodernavare4198]

ALAN!!! And like 30th

[@Natalie-ek2sz]

This is actually top 5 movie this year for me. I dont know, leaving the theater i was so happy and it was such a blast

[@CineMasterDamian]

It's cause you were drunk on Member Berries

[@grahamcann1761]

Pardon me, but Charles "Charlie" Matthew Hunnam was born in Newcastle England. (He's not Australian.) (Too bad.)

[@louisegraf491]

I already knew that Jon had an (obviously) epic voice and is amazing at the voice overs, but this trailer really highlighted his talent for me, he is incredible and so funny! - the bit where he sings pure imagination is magic!!

[@sanderflop]

Tessa Thompson has the best fake British accent

[@GdotHost]

Last week Spencer's outro was outstanding. This week was all about that intro. Also, all that talk about British actors adopting American accents and no mention of how strange it was to hear Martin Freeman do an American accent in Black Panther.

[@Benergi]

G. Host a lot of British actors (even non-actors) can nail an American accent whereas when Americans try a British accent they are atrocious. According to Americans England has 2 accent and it’s either queens English or cockney.

[@mendellee]

you all looked exhausted. Hope you are getting/got some well-deserved rest.

[@fedwyn]

The Alan! bit will always put a smile on my face

[@EGOS42]

6:22 Joe's laugh here sums up my feelings about the book. It's all quite ridiculous.

[@ricardobentes]

I honestly couldn't see Simon peg either. Not even now.

[@joshwilkins9138]

I didn't HATE this movie, but I really didn't care for it, which is a shame because Spielberg is my favorite director and the story has a lot of promise I didn't care about the characters or the conflict. There weren't any real stakes. There's the whole "ugly" thing that made me mad TBH. Maybe worst of all though, the message is crammed and feels insincere. And it felt like it didn't understand nerd culture. It felt like an imitation of nerd culture. It advocates the "real fans" bs and acts like being a fan is just memorising trivia. It never talks about WHY anyone loves nerd stuff. Also I didn't believe for a MOMENT that the real world was an awful place where the only thing worth time or effort is the oasis. No one looks malnurashed. Everyone is clean and has nice clothes and a place to live. Like, the worst it gets is the idea of living in a trailer. Oh no

[@joshwilkins9138]

Plus the CEO's plan is to tell people they shouldn't be engrossed in the oasis and pop culture...by going through the oasis and combing through and obsessing over pop culture

[@janstankiewicz9816]

Hadn't read the book, so I'm going by what I remembered from the movie. They didn't show malnourished, but they implied harsh poverty with female lead's family story - plus, "loyalty centers" were just yet another form of slavery. To me, that part of her story - losing her parents due to corporate greed - would be a reason enough to be very careful who does she let into her IRL world, much deeper and compelling than any flaw in her looks. I will also point out that calling it pay to win doesn't cut it for me - I was under the impression that the oasis wasn't designed with that in mind, but it did enable exchange of virtual goods, but due to popularity of it it became more viable than any real world currency. IOI was the main supplier of 'haptics' and in-game powerups, which they farmed and auctioned. I've seen better movies and I didn't particularly enjoy "Ready Player One", however, I think it's the last "Spielberg movie" I'll ever need to see. I don't think he can go beyond that and make something that would make the world go "oh yes, Spielberg is back!". He might've depleted his deposits of "whimsy" :) What was your favorite part, tho? Mine was the short audio cue when the Zemeckis Cube was used.

[@bjbresulla]

I’m kinda surprised that when the movie came out nobody compared it or mentioned Lemon Demon’s Ultimate Showdown (of ultimate destiny)

[@princeapoopoo5787]

Spencer appreciates a good Rush reference? My man!

[@bennetkruithof8425]

Great Show as always

[@gilbertoignacioaguirrevarg4550]

From the director of Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan...

[@thecourier6067]

Gilberto Ignacio Aguirre Vargas And ET and Raiders of the Lost Ark

[@gilbertoignacioaguirrevarg4550]

The Courier this movie isn't as great as those right?

[@thecourier6067]

Gilberto Ignacio Aguirre Vargas By no means, but the tone of the movie is infinitely closer to the alien movie then the holocaust movie

[@gilbertoignacioaguirrevarg4550]

The Courier more like a less edgy and pretensiously philosophical version of the matrix

[@deensaid7762]

Jurassic Park, Catch Me If You Can, Minority Report, Bridge of Spies, AI and many others, you name it, Steven Spielberg had lots of movies he directed in his portfolio.

[@TOXCzombiclaw]

Dan, I believe it was the Worms version of the holy hand grenade. No rabbits, no bit, just a really big boom.

[@chriswrld9991]

"Sneak it into me" PHRASING 😂

[@tjloefflerjaetem]

Simon Pegg pulling the wool over the eyes of Joe and Spencer by doing an accent kills, forever, the argument that Superman wearing glasses wouldn't fool Lois Lane.

[@dbalmer]

Spencer, La Villa Strangiato is also my favorite Rush song. Had to watch a live performance after you mentioned it. Clearly I am not a big Rush fan, as I did not know about their era of long, beautiful haaair!

[@leighdaire871]

Just listening to them talk about being nerds for stuff 50 years ago.... Aaaand I'm super in to music from the 20s to the 50s 😂😂 Called out!

[@DCstroller]

Do the Goonies because why not

[@lostlegend2197]

Do an Honest Trailer for Gravity Falls please.

[@stupled]

I like how you think

[@PanAndScanBuddy]

Well, they have to finish the Doctor Who Honest Trailer they've been working on for months.

[@vickypapadopoulou3770]

Joe's laugh brightens my day!:)

[@SilverAlaunt]

Canary’s were used to signal the ‘safety’ within mines and if the miners noticed that the canary was getting weaker and/or died, then that told them that the air was toxic and they would retreat to the entrance.

[@hackman6486]

HONESTLY, ready player one can become a pretty great franchise : Its got thousands of cool and unique unexplored planets like Ludus and some other physics defying planets. Directors can let their imagination run wild with a concept like the OASIS. its got some complexity cuz of a parallel storyline set in the real world(Things happening in the real world and virtual world simultaneously). Due to this you can add some lit scenes in the movie too( like the scene where the bad guy is trapped in the OASIS, but doesn't realise it). The real world reaction/effect of what happened in the OASIS and vice-versa is a great source of humour. A lot of physics defying shit can happen in the OASIS(telekinesis, time travel, shape shifting, flying, measuring heartbeat from far away etc.). I say again, Directors can let their imagination run wild with a concept like the OASIS. The characters in the virtual world most of the times have never really met each other in the real world, this can be used to add a lot of intellectual stuff in the movie and adds a lot of suspense and the character interactions and the character reveals are actually very funny. I liked the movie, but anyone that has read the book will agree that speilberg barely managed to capture 5% of the vastness of the OASIS. There are thousands of cool planets in the Oasis which weren't shown in the movie.

[@MommyOfMutants]

When Spencer was talking about taking the middle course, I really wanted a reference like “As Jimmy Eat World taught us...The Middle is always the best course of action.”

[@judyvillaflor7685]

Joe should read the book even just the 1st challenge because I understood your frustration with "1st" to drive backwards.

[@DarkMetalJazzPunk]

"La villa strangiato"...great pick Spencer!!

[@nusratmojumder4802]

Barb Joey boy its justice for Barb

[@californiumblog]

A microscopic cloud of Steve Buscemi's... Is that a reference to the end of Fargo? Lol

[@MommyOfMutants]

I haven’t even seen the movie and I knew it was Simon Pegg just from the quick flash of him with the Arthur Slugworth credit. Crazy how Spencer and Joe didn’t know 😂

[@raphaelrobles8104]

😤😤😤 cmon Tom Sawyer as an answer TWICE?! Fly By Night? Spirit of the Radio?! Freewill?! YYZ?! Closer to the Heart?! Limelight?! LITERALLY ANY OTHER SONG YOU COULDVE SAID BUT YOU GUYS DECIDED TO JUST SAY Tom Sawyer TWICE!!!! I love you guys. I honestly sometimes love these more than the honest trailers themselves. Keep it up!!

[@stewarthowell6781]

I love the Nostalgia Critic opening. Lol

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Hey for that Kubrick land you gotta have the Slim Pickens on a nuke roller coaster!

[@richarddufault]

Don't tell Joe about how another challenge was to know Ferris Bueller's Day Off by heart.

[@jbcatz5]

The two screen play challenges were War Games (the Copper Gate) and Monty Python and the Holy Grail (the Crystal Gate).

[@DaveintheMidWest]

Agree with Joe -- about 5 minutes in I went "oh no" - because the voice over exposition was still going on.

[@metrostephen53]

Bev from IT.. or Barb from Stranger Things?

[@reedkaliher7820]

As a former theatre actor and part time set guy and techie enforcer (my main job was to yell at people for touching their damn mics). I’m not surprised in the slightest that dan was a Techie he always reminded me a ton of the lead tech guy for out plays in his demeanor. Also yes it was stage right

[@markeastwood74]

Woah Spencer! I said exactly the same thing about reverse Matrix sequel.

[@RyanFilmMaker]

Great trailer guys

[@adoredpariah]

Oh you poor noobs, Oddjob was slightly shorter than the rest of the choices in Goldeneye 64, giving you the advantage of smaller size and different head positioning for putting off headshot pros. You are welcome for that advice that would have been helpful some 20 years ago.

[@kennethwright5664]

Alan! Oh, and Limelight for my favorite Rush song.

[@TheLowBrassDude]

Please do The Thing from Another World, The Thing, and The Thing!

[@baconeater235]

The Holy Hand Grenade bit was actually more of a reference to the Worms video games franchise I think

[@millie-vs1ku]

Me during that whole discussion at around 18:30: *sits in the corner mumbling* thirty year cycle.... thirty year cycle...... thirty year cycle.....

[@ChristopherJohn95]

My favourite Rush song is Xanadu. Proud that I can play the opening licks, chords and riffs. Not much else though! :D

[@geoffreymaher7169]

Parks of Glory! Good one, Dan.

[@lonespartan31289]

the Holy hand grenade pissed me off so much! THEY HAD ONE JOB TO DO!

[@indranemty]

Definitely my fave Alan so far! Also, it's Barb...

[@colehigley4769]

I just discovered the commentaries after years of watching the main honest trailers and love the commentary and I’m confused why the commentaries were on a different channel for so long. That being said I tried so hard to pass it by but couldn’t help myself and didn’t see it mentioned in the comments (didn’t scroll to the end though) but canaries die of asphyxiation and not gas in mines. That way if the canary dies, then the miners know they shouldn’t go deeper because the air will be too thin for humans.

[@gman4061]

I'm so glad I wasn't the only who took issue with the lack of correct Monty Python counting.

[@LordMooshroom]

I think part of the reason nobody had driven backwards before was that character death actually meant something. They wouldn't risk losing everything they owned just to try and play around.

[@zuldiras]

Thank you Joe. It's 1,2,3.

[@tomferris1752]

Charlie Hunnam is from Newcastle, England by the way

[@hororka666]

What made me want to watch this movie is the best pitch of all time: Joe hates it, Spencer is meh about it and Dan loves it. That makes me quite fascinated by it and I will definitely have to watch it. Thank you for the pitch guys. I do have to say that every since I heard about the movie and saw the trailer I am most excited about the fact it references Shining :D :D :D

[@amiciprocul8501]

"Hall Aech." 😂

[@Dalenthas]

Picking my favorite Rush song is so difficult. Xanadu? Freewill? Jacob's Ladder? Can I say 2112 or would I have to pick a specific movement?

[@HeavyC31190]

5:07 Dan's quiet correction!

[@eric201]

Actually when they freeze framed the old man Simon Pegg, he looked like Emperor Palpatine in the prequels.

[@trevormccarron4451]

i noticed Pegg right away i don't know what joe and spencer are talking about 😂

[@lexres19]

To go off Dan I completely agree with having to see this on a big screen. I saw it the first time on IMAX and LOVED it. Then showed it to my nephew on standard in theaters and the awesome visuals weren't there and hindered the movie a lot. This is a movie like Avatar where it doesn't hold up without IMAX

[@Phelie315]

Ok but honestly, about the whole Simon Pegg conversation :D I watched doctor strange and something kept bugging me during it, like something was off and I didn't know what, and it took me literally the whole movie to figure out that it was Cumberbatch doing the American accent and I'm so used to his British one that it somehow registered but I couldn't figure out what it was for ages 😂 (but also I'm not a native English speaker so I don't really usually even notice when someone changes their accent, that's why it was so weird that this one specifically confused me so much XD )

[@susan2299]

Sneak it into me.... brilliant

[@rahvled]

¡Manos: Hands of Fate!.. that made my day

[@catalandustin51]

Let's be honest after he completed the first challenge other players would he killed him at took all his stuff in the game

[@tomleonard830]

The nostalgic analogy they were searching for would be like people today being obsessed with 1960s and 1970s pop culture.

[@denijane89]

1) The Alan joke was sooo funny 2) Dan's comment about the box office right now actually deserved more attention. It is very sad that the only movies we're seeing are comics from the 70s and 80s. There are so many excellent books in all genres, studios just don't want to invest into anything new. And when the audience gets tired, it's gonna be a massive blow, 3) Spenser comment about us being obsessed with the 60s was actually brilliant and relates to 2) and the other comment, that Oasis is basically locked in the past by the self-obsession of its creater 4) Spenser, I've played Second Life, there were no flying dicks. Everyone was super tall and super sexy. I never figured why everybody had to be that tall. But sex was everywhere. Something which was missing in "Ready player one". Which was weird. Second Life was all about sex. And before it got paid and full of kids and pedophiles, it was quite funny.

[@acnbk]

You guys really should’ve gone with the last title lmaooooooooo

[@clintonb8384]

Honest Trailers commentaries is Dan and Joe screaming at each other with opposite opinions and Spencer in the middle undecided

[@stevenjones5964]

Bev? From stranger things?

[@SilverAlaunt]

My favorite Rush song is Hand Over Fist

[@hilowize]

I did theatre tech in high school too. What did you do in the booth Dan?

[@goukigp01]

I didnt watch any of his british movies, but knew immediately that was Simon Pegg.