The Problem With ‘Ready Player One,' Plus ‘Trust’, ‘Atlanta,’ and ‘Terror’ | The Watch (Ep. 240)

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Ringer’s Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald review Steven Spielberg's ‘Ready Player One’ and question its message and whether kids today care about its nostalgia. (4:00) Later, they discuss the standout second episode of ‘Trust’ (24:00), check in on ‘Atlanta’ (35:00), and clear out for Chris’s pitch to watch AMC’s chilling new series ‘The Terror’ (39:00). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.2	We talked about Ready Player One and he had some mixed emotions, which I did not do a good job of hosing him down.
0:58.3	But I feel like it's all the more entertaining because he was so fired up.
1:01.7	We do do spoilers for Ready Player One.
1:04.4	We also, I suppose we did spoilers for Trust Episode Two, but how can you really spoil history?
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