First Trailer For Tetris Movie Released (polygon.com) 37
Apple has released the first trailer for its movie Tetris, which tells the extraordinary true story of the struggle between Western publishers, Nintendo, and the Soviet Union itself for the rights to Alexey Pajitnov's classic puzzle game. Polygon reports: Taron Egerton plays Henk Rogers, the gaming entrepreneur who was instrumental in discovering Tetris and securing the console gaming rights, thus enabling its release on Nintendo's then-revolutionary Game Boy handheld. To do so, he had to negotiate directly with the Soviet regime, since Communist law dictated that the game belonged to the people of the Soviet Union (read: the government) rather than Pajitnov himself. All sorts of Cold War skullduggery ensued.
It's an incredible tale that forms the centerpiece of David Sheff's classic book Game Over, which chronicles Nintendo's early rise. The film, directed by Jon S. Baird, seems to take a pretty broad approach to the material, drenching it in '80s pop needle drops, car chases (for some reason), retro game effects reminiscent of the dreadful Adam Sandler vehicle Pixels, and Egerton tearing up as he describes "the perfect game." [...] Tetris will stream on Apple TV Plus from March 31.
It's an incredible tale that forms the centerpiece of David Sheff's classic book Game Over, which chronicles Nintendo's early rise. The film, directed by Jon S. Baird, seems to take a pretty broad approach to the material, drenching it in '80s pop needle drops, car chases (for some reason), retro game effects reminiscent of the dreadful Adam Sandler vehicle Pixels, and Egerton tearing up as he describes "the perfect game." [...] Tetris will stream on Apple TV Plus from March 31.
movie to banned in russa? (Score:2)
movie to banned in russa?
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Everything is banned in Russia. Even Russia is banned in Russia.
OK (Score:5, Funny)
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Why not some 80s synth new age? [youtube.com]
Re:OK (Score:5, Informative)
I hope the soundtrack is the same Russian folk song repeated forever.
If you're not playing it on Tesla coils [youtube.com], you're not doing it right.
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Funny Summary (Score:5, Funny)
I thought I was reading a funny summary at first. Here's what I saw: "Apple has released the first trailer for its movie Tetris, which tells the extraordinary true story of the struggle between regular and irregular shaped objects."
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It would be like Pixel where they don't even try.
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Or Battleship.
Not what I was expecting (Score:1, Troll)
When they said "Tetris Movie" I was thinking something like this [youtube.com] or this [youtube.com], not Saving Mr. Banks [imdb.com], but with Tetris. Admittedly, action movies based on video games seem to be a bit cursed at the box office, unless they involve boobage [imdb.com] (oh you silly, silly straight guys).
Tetris will stream on Apple TV Plus from March 31.
Ah, so that explains it. Streaming services and documentaries as original content go together like Netflix & chill.
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I liked Pixel too. Just like I liked Sharknado.
I'm not sure what some people are expecting when they watch these kinds of movies.
Scraping the bottom (Score:3)
Maybe so but... (Score:2)
Seems like executives are scraping the bottom of the barrel these days looking for game/movie tie-ins.
If I hadn't watched the trailer I'd say the same thing...
But after watching it I REALLY want to see this, sometimes the best stuff is the reduction when you are about done - like with maple syrup.
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Same here, before I saw the trailer I thought it would be something like Emoji the movie. The real story is great and I definitely want to see this, so much so that I'm willing to forgive the beating and the car chase scenes that I'm sure didn't happen. (But could have!)
Remake of Gaming Historian's movie? (Score:3)
This movie appears to be a remake of a 1-hour movie on YouTube: "The Story of Tetris", uploaded in February 2018 by Gaming Historian [youtube.com]
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It's going to be a... (Score:5, Funny)
blockbuster.
Re:It's going to be a... (Score:5, Funny)
I hope there aren't too many one-liners.
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Really got the drop on us there Ensil
No way⦠(Score:2)
⦠that this will beat the Minesweeper Movie. Google it.
looks over cooked (Score:2)
I mean the story of how tetris got out and about is interesting, but is it an action thriller spy movie like they are trying so hard to do? Why does everyone look like they are about to burst into tears whenever required to be "dramatic"? What's with the shitty pixel filter when something is "impacting" on the screen
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All I got was Bridge to Terabithia [imdb.com] vibes from the trailer. In much the same way as that movie's trailer portrayed a drama as a fantasy/action flick, they're trying to appeal to people who wouldn't normally watch a documentary.
Honestly, if I wanted to know the details of how Tetris's IP was negotiated, I'd just read the Wikipedia article about it. Presenting the same information in a slow-paced dramatic medium just makes it take longer. I'm sorry if that ruffles the feathers of folks who really enjoy this
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The real story of tetris is actually quite fascinating. You have to remember that in general, nothing escapes the Iron Curtain. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union was basically cut off from t
What the heck? (Score:2)
Over-acted, overly dramatic, and... rated R?
I'm at a total loss for words, other than "pass".
Don't fill up that last seat (Score:5, Funny)
Want ! (Score:2)
It's true: The game stays with you. It was my first ever PC game (had a C64 before that) and dang, just watching the trailer makes me want to play it again.
Can't wait to see this movie. Forget about the MCU and all the other Hollywood cookie-cutter bullshit coming out this year, not interested. But I want to see this movie. Good job, Apple.