Ludlow further deduces that aliens have intercepted a capsule that was sent into deep space bearing copies of video games and have interpreted them as a declaration of war by the planet Earth.Īs have modern monsters from Godzilla to Transformers to Team America, these space invaders harbor a particular attraction to architectural landmarks, so the Taj Mahal gets chomped on before their attention turns to London, where the Allies resolve to take a stand. While the military is clueless as to the source of the pulsating, glowing cubes raining down on Guam and eating away at soldiers, Sam knows the perfect Sherlock for this case: fellow childhood nerd and full-time conspiracy theorist Ludlow Lamonsoff ( Josh Gad), who recognizes the source at once: Galaga, the beloved ’80s intergalactic shooting game. ![]() Read more ‘Pixels’: 1980s Arcade Nostalgia Permeates Premiere of Adam Sandler’s New Movie The president remembers Sam’s one brush with greatness back in 1982, when the kid’s brilliance at recognizing patterns in video games made him legendary in Pac-Man circles and earned him second place (behind Eddie “The Fire Blaster” Plant) in the Donkey Kong championships. As a kid, James’ Will Cooper was the best friend of Sandler’s Sam Brenner, which explains why the latter, a sad sack, life’s-passed-him-by home video system installer, gets called to the White House in an emergency.
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