Agreed. RP1 is to Snow Crash what Warren Ellis’ Planetary is to Grant Morrison’s The Invisibles.

Does feel like a very one-sided relationship at this point, I gotta day.

SAME HERE!

You deserve a thousand stars for this post, please take the only one I can grant you.

Here’s a throwback to when io9 didn’t have hatred bordering on the irrational for all-things Ready Player One:

What happened to *this* version of io9?

Yeah, that’s pretty atrocious writing, but IMHO we all overlook some of the flaws in stories we otherwise love. When it comes to Ready Player One, I overlook some of the prose and all the most egregious male gaze-y moments (especially the ending), but I can’t deny that I otherwise love the main thrust of the book’s…

Yes, 100%! The Iron Giant is poetry, Ready Player One is popcorn.

...or makes it a lot better! Hey, I loved the book and can’t wait for the movie to come out, but the “girl as prize” trope clearly present in the novel’s ending was hoary as hell. 

When it comes to RP1, what’s the difference between “pandering” and “celebrating” in your eyes?

Yes, this x 1000

Yeah, ^this.

Dude, I was talking about comic books. Unless you’re like 100 years old, that’d still apply.

You say that like it’s a bad thing? Groweing up, I was desperate for people to be into the same things as me. Now I love the fact that discuss it is a common pastime.

Huh, I really enjoyed the new Ghostbusters movie when I saw it at the cinema. Laughed lots and had a few frights too. YMMV, I suppose.

I regret that I have but one star to give this post.

I also don’t understand the prejudice and sheer contempt for this movie, it’s baffling.

This is also a question to which I would like to know the answer.

How come people are so keen to shit on this book/movie and all the people who “personally can identify with the material being discussed”, but other personally affecting fiction gets a free pass?

It’s io9's in-house editorial stance, going from past articles.