![]() ![]() When he’s asked to join up with the Earth Defense Alliance (EDA) in real life, it sets him on a course for the kind of wild action a teen could previously only dream about. ![]() The most obvious adaptation to capitalize on the success of “Ready Player One” is the same project that followed Cline’s book on to the bestseller shelves - his follow-up, “Armada.” Similarly littered with references to ’80s and ’90s pop culture, the story itself sounds very close to a genuine ’80s-era classic: Nick Castle’s “The Last Starfighter.” Like that 1984 feature (which, yes, of course, is repeatedly mentioned by name in the novel), “Aramada” follows a teenager who realizes that the video game he plays for fun is actually a recruitment tool used by a galactic army to find talented fighters. ‘A Quiet Place’ Makes Noise as the Biggest Box Office Opening Since ‘Black Panther’ “Armada” by Ernest Cline ![]()
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