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The epilogue for RPO says that the High Five closed down the OASIS on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, "Tuesday" and "Thursday" don't mean anything within a simulation in which virtual planets orbit virtual stars and spin at arbitrary rates. And since the OASIS is a world-wide phenomenon, "Tuesday" and "Thursday" don't mean anything outside it either because when it's Tuesday in one country it's already Wednesday in another country, and often when it's Tuesday in one country it's still Monday in another country. To implement Watts's idea would involve a rolling window of progressive access denial for subscribers around the globe, but the OASIS itself would remain up and running 24×7 hours to service everyone else for whom it is currently neither subjective Tuesday nor subjective Thursday. This non-sense comes to mind immediately when Watts announces this moderation measure. Since the book and film are clearly targetted at a market audience of spods and boffins and tantalises such intelligentsia with an easter egg to win a sci-fi trophy, the author is alert and competent, signifying that this is not an accidental oversight. I have not read the book. Does the book mention that the obsolete legacy timezones we struggle with today have all been abolished by the time the film is set and everyone observes only UTC? If so, then a globally objective "Tuesday" and "Thursday" exist and the OASIS can be closed down for two specific 24-hour periods each week. Could someone who has read the book please clarify this in the article? Thankyou! 49.180.42.193 ( talk) 12:00, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
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Get a life people!,
you and your meat-puppets, and
non-sensical pseudo-warnings that are basically vandalism by editors with an agendaare not constructive. InfiniteNexus ( talk) 04:45, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
For everyone else tuning it, the lead of any article should be concise and only mention that which is notable. This film was essentially a box office disappointment for Spielberg and it is laughable to suggest that a sequel is in the works when not even the filmmakers themselves are interested in doing this. The book sequel was poorly received by critics and audiences alike, all but killing any hope for a film sequel. And since 2020 there has been no mention of a film sequel other than speculation by only the book author himself of which even he confesses was "early development" at best. Taking all this into account, hardly notable enough to include in the lead of article. Any news about "a sequel" is basically a footnote on this forgettable film and it's enough that it is mentioned as the footnote it is in the body. Nuff said. 2601:280:CB00:265D:40BF:5553:1BC1:5095 ( talk) 05:05, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
Do we really need this many navboxes? It seems completely unnecessary (and a bit overwhelming) to have so many unrelated navboxes. On a laptop's admittedly small display, this is absurdly large and takes up the entire screen. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 02:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Given that the whole movie lays out gamer culture, even from back in the day referencing the Atari console, this might be intentional on the part of the movie makers. During the movie, they make such a fuss over which Atari games that are being played, even showing an Atari console in the IOI HQ, but at the end of the movie, when Wade meets Halliday, his younger self is playing on a ColecoVision console ( /info/en/?search=ColecoVision), not an Atari. It even appears to be an Atari game, not a Coleco one. 32.212.102.239 ( talk) 21:37, 8 January 2023 (UTC)
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The epilogue for RPO says that the High Five closed down the OASIS on Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, "Tuesday" and "Thursday" don't mean anything within a simulation in which virtual planets orbit virtual stars and spin at arbitrary rates. And since the OASIS is a world-wide phenomenon, "Tuesday" and "Thursday" don't mean anything outside it either because when it's Tuesday in one country it's already Wednesday in another country, and often when it's Tuesday in one country it's still Monday in another country. To implement Watts's idea would involve a rolling window of progressive access denial for subscribers around the globe, but the OASIS itself would remain up and running 24×7 hours to service everyone else for whom it is currently neither subjective Tuesday nor subjective Thursday. This non-sense comes to mind immediately when Watts announces this moderation measure. Since the book and film are clearly targetted at a market audience of spods and boffins and tantalises such intelligentsia with an easter egg to win a sci-fi trophy, the author is alert and competent, signifying that this is not an accidental oversight. I have not read the book. Does the book mention that the obsolete legacy timezones we struggle with today have all been abolished by the time the film is set and everyone observes only UTC? If so, then a globally objective "Tuesday" and "Thursday" exist and the OASIS can be closed down for two specific 24-hour periods each week. Could someone who has read the book please clarify this in the article? Thankyou! 49.180.42.193 ( talk) 12:00, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
WP:UNDUE refers to minority viewpoints. Cline's statement is not undue because it was widely reported and accepted by reliable sources. Until there is a new source which contradicts Cline's statement, this statement is true and should remain in the lede. Remember,
WP:VNT. Your assertion that this information is out of date
is pure
WP:OR and
WP:SPECULATION.
InfiniteNexus (
talk) 04:04, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
Get a life people!,
you and your meat-puppets, and
non-sensical pseudo-warnings that are basically vandalism by editors with an agendaare not constructive. InfiniteNexus ( talk) 04:45, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
For everyone else tuning it, the lead of any article should be concise and only mention that which is notable. This film was essentially a box office disappointment for Spielberg and it is laughable to suggest that a sequel is in the works when not even the filmmakers themselves are interested in doing this. The book sequel was poorly received by critics and audiences alike, all but killing any hope for a film sequel. And since 2020 there has been no mention of a film sequel other than speculation by only the book author himself of which even he confesses was "early development" at best. Taking all this into account, hardly notable enough to include in the lead of article. Any news about "a sequel" is basically a footnote on this forgettable film and it's enough that it is mentioned as the footnote it is in the body. Nuff said. 2601:280:CB00:265D:40BF:5553:1BC1:5095 ( talk) 05:05, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
Do we really need this many navboxes? It seems completely unnecessary (and a bit overwhelming) to have so many unrelated navboxes. On a laptop's admittedly small display, this is absurdly large and takes up the entire screen. NinjaRobotPirate ( talk) 02:55, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
Given that the whole movie lays out gamer culture, even from back in the day referencing the Atari console, this might be intentional on the part of the movie makers. During the movie, they make such a fuss over which Atari games that are being played, even showing an Atari console in the IOI HQ, but at the end of the movie, when Wade meets Halliday, his younger self is playing on a ColecoVision console ( /info/en/?search=ColecoVision), not an Atari. It even appears to be an Atari game, not a Coleco one. 32.212.102.239 ( talk) 21:37, 8 January 2023 (UTC)