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minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoThe massive popularity of Ready Player One, which was a mostly bland and bad story besides having a Metaverse in it, might imply otherwise.
minus-square@Couldbealeotard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 day agoI don’t think people are yearning for a dystopian future.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 days agoThe popularity in the fictional setting, based on speculation? The popularity of the book/move, which is a short period of escapism not at all comparable to virtual reality?
minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkEnglish-2•2 days agoThe popularity of the book/movie incorporating a classic concept of cyberpunk, yes. We’ve been dreaming of a Metaverse just about since we’ve had internet. Only, nobody’s made one that’s worth a damn in the real world yet.
minus-square@fine_sandy_bottomlinkEnglish8•2 days agoDude it’s a book. “Gladiators would be popular because there’s this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators.”
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)linkfedilinkEnglish0•14 hours agoEveryone loved How To Train Your Dragon, yet drag has hardly met any dragon riders! It’s not fair!
minus-squareskulblakalinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 day agoGladiator was a movie because historically we’ve had heaps of gladiators and they were popular public entertainment.
The massive popularity of Ready Player One, which was a mostly bland and bad story besides having a Metaverse in it, might imply otherwise.
I don’t think people are yearning for a dystopian future.
The popularity in the fictional setting, based on speculation?
The popularity of the book/move, which is a short period of escapism not at all comparable to virtual reality?
The popularity of the book/movie incorporating a classic concept of cyberpunk, yes.
We’ve been dreaming of a Metaverse just about since we’ve had internet. Only, nobody’s made one that’s worth a damn in the real world yet.
Dude it’s a book.
“Gladiators would be popular because there’s this movie called Gladiator that everyone loves and that has heaps of Gladiators.”
Everyone loved How To Train Your Dragon, yet drag has hardly met any dragon riders! It’s not fair!
Gladiator was a movie because historically we’ve had heaps of gladiators and they were popular public entertainment.