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One of the funniest
Easter moments was when I was six and painted an egg to look like the
title character of the movie, Phantom of the Paradise (the
‘70s rock version of Phantom of the Opera). When my family
had the Easter egg hunt for us, a cousin of mine, who seemed to
always find the most eggs out of all us kids, found the egg I
painted. I got mad at her because I wanted to find it first, so I
yanked at her basket and shouted, “Give me that! That’s mine!
That’s my ‘Phantom’ egg!” My parents stopped me from snagging
it, though, thank God! That egg must’ve been my first geeky Easter
egg before I even new what a nerd or geek. Unfortunately, no one
took a picture of it so I can’t show it to you. But one of the sci
fi “Easter Egg” articles in the list I’ve provided below has a
photo gallery of some very groovy and geeky eggs!
The egg in both
Christian and Pagan cultures has traditionally represented new life.
But, in a way, it’s beginning to represent new movies, at least in
the term “Easter egg”. The two newest sci fi flicks, Pacific
Rim: Uprising and Ready Player One,
contain plenty of
hidden references and cameos, both known as “Easter eggs”, which
are the subjects of the other two articles listed.
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A List of Geekster Egg Articles
“Ready PlayerOne: The Complete Easter Egg Guide” by Andrew Dyce,
Screenrant.com: I haven’t seen the movie yet nor read the book by Earnest Cline.
I’ll be sure to see the former, but I’m not sure about reading
the latter since it’s over 500 pages and I normally don’t have
the attention span for a novel that runs that many pages or more. But
if the movie really impresses me (which, based on the trailers I’ve
seen and what I’ve read about it, it’s already doing that) I may
just tough out the long read. The fascinating thing about this movie
is not just the other-worldliness of the VR world called the Oasis,
but the big number of Easter eggs it contains. According to this
article at Screen Rant, that number is more than 100! Screen Rant
even mentions the possibility that the number “could rise into the
thousands” since they admit they may not have counted all the eggs.
With a possible 100+ number, it makes a person think this movie is
perhaps the first blockbuster mashup. So this guide was a clever
idea.
“9 Easter EggsIn Pacific Rim Uprising” by Blair Marnell, Nerdist.com: When I started writing this post earlier this afternoon, I didn’t
dare read this article because it’s full of spoilers and I hadn’t
seen the movie yet. Now that I just got back from seeing the movie I
was able to read the article without a problem. And the flick was a
way better than most critics have been saying it is. But I have to
admit that I didn’t find any Easter eggs in it but that was
probably due to me and not the Nerdist’s article. First of all,
it’s been several years since I’ve seen the first movie. Second
of all, I’m not as robotics nerdy as I thought I was, as much as I
love robots. If you haven’t seen the sequel yet, then you may want
to wait and then compare what you’ve seen to what the article
lists, and not just to make the egg hunt more fun.
“12 Sets ofSci-Fi-Themed Eggs That’ll Make Your Easter A Geeky One” by Carol
Penchefsky, SyFy.com: The above two articles talk about figurative Easter eggs in movies.
This article talks about literal Easter eggs that depict characters
from movies! And from TV shows and comic books! This is the article
that features a photo gallery of these eggs. Many of these are so
beautifully painted and creative that you wouldn’t want to eat
them, especially the Alien egg (which you probably wouldn’t
want to eat to begin with if you’ve seen any of the movies).
New Life, New Story
If Easter eggs
represent new life and even new movies in certain cases, maybe they
can represent new fiction? I’ve been working on a new short story
this past week that I’ve been struggling to find an ending to. And
so my goal is to find that ending tonight which I think I already
have, I just have to write it out. I won’t go into the details of
the story yet but I’ll tell you this much: It’s a retelling of an
Edgar Allen Poe story.
So, what’s the
strangest or nerdiest Easter egg, literal or reference in a movie,
you’ve seen?
Happy Geekster and
until next time . . . !
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