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In the May/June issue of\xa0Film Comment, Nick Pinkerton wrote: \u201cLike few feature films before it, Spielberg\u2019s [Ready Player One]\xa0exemplifies an aesthetic of pop-culture decoupage that has developed, in recognizably kindred forms, across a wide range of media, one that has been increasingly prevalent through the early years of the 21st century. It is that of the junk-pile jumble of accumulated mass-manufactured character properties at the end of pop history\u2014the aesthetic of glut.\u201d Pinkerton, regular FC contributor, is joined by FC Digital Producer Violet Lucca and Light Industry\xa0co-founder\xa0and\xa04Columns\xa0contributor\xa0Ed Halter to discuss our new pop culture reality, where everything\u2014good or bad\u2014is here to stay.