![]() ![]() ![]() It's why one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, Steven Spielberg, made the 80s nostalgia gobbledygook Ready Player One it's why Jason Reitman can describe Ghostbusters: Afterlife as " the biggest easter egg hunt of all time" as the pitch it's why Warner Bros. ![]() I wonder if Quentin Tarantino is even aware he accidentally created the perfect shorthand for the most annoying form of pop culture discussion, that shot of Leonardo DiCaprio from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood enthusiastically pointing at a screen, which has become the dominant way to say "I recognize the thing." The pursuit of "recognizing the thing you know from before" has seeped its way into the fabric of blockbuster filmmaking, replacing things like character and story and individual scenes with a collage of shout-outs to stuff that made the audience happy 1-4 decades prior.
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