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- The location. The year is still 2044, but in the book, Wade Watts lives in Oklahoma City—not Columbus, Ohio, the headquarters of both OASIS and IOI. The Stacks appear in the film much like they’re described in the movie (though there were 15 people living in his aunt’s trailer in the book, not three), but Wade begins his journey far from any of his in-game friends or anything else that matters to him in the real world.
- The future. The book is much more dystopian than the movie. As Wade narrates about the death of James Halliday: “The people of Earth had other concerns.
- The rich man’s game. In the movie, Wade has free reign of the OASIS. It’s a virtual paradise. In the books, he’s too poor to travel anywhere beyond the boring starter planet Incipio and his public school on Ludus.
- The weight. In the book, Wade struggled mightily with his weight. It made going to school in the physical world through sixth grade miserable for him. When he moves to Columbus, he actually enables a voluntary OASIS fitness lockout, so that he wouldn’t be able to visit OASIS unless he followed a mandatory daily exercise regimen.
- Getting to Know Wade
- The Missions
- The Other Characters
1. Time Spent in the Real World Cline’s book spends its earliest chapters diving into the state of the real world (not great) and how Wade functions inside of it (also not great). Much of the book’s first hundred pages actually take place in and around Wade’s school, which not only functions as a way to introduce the way the world works now (every ...
4. Getting the Copper Key For fans of Cline’s novel, there are two major changes to the narrative that will likely stand out in a big way, both involving the first two challenges that Wade and his friends must complete to earn Halliday’s Keys and ultimately win the vaunted Easter Egg. In the book, the first challenge (the one for the Copper Key) ta...
6. Meeting Art3mis By removing the exposition that leads off Cline’s book, Spielberg’s movie also allows Wade to meet Art3mis much, much faster. Wade’s crush gets plenty of hype in the book, so by the time we meet her at the first challenge (when, quite notably, it’s just the two of them interacting), there’s been tremendous build-up as to both her...
How does Steven Spielberg's film compare to Ernest Cline's novel? Find out the differences and similarities in plot, characters, themes and visuals of the sci-fi adventure.
Apr 3, 2018 · ‘Ready Player One’ Proves the Movie Can Be Better Than the Book. Steven Spielberg's departures from Ernest Cline's book attempt to fix some of its biggest issues, but also introduce one of the ...
Apr 2, 2018 · Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is, at its core, a classic teenage hero quest flick. With a budget of $175 million and some great geek culture material to work with, it’s also one of the ...
Mar 29, 2018 · Wade lives in Columbus, Ohio. The city of Columbus, Ohio is the home of most of the live-action portions of Ready Player One in both the book and the film. However, in the novel, Wade actually ...
Apr 2, 2018 · "Ready Player One" is currently in theaters and it's a lot different from the book you may remember. Steven Spielberg's adaptation takes many liberties from the 2011 best-selling novel.
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