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Tetris, the Movie?!

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:08 am

Are you sitting down? Please, tell me you’re sitting down. Because, the Wall Street Journal reports, Tetris will be coming to a theater near you.

No, not for a World Cup competition — the company is determined to turn the classic blockbusting game into a spectator sport — but for a movie. That’s right, there is going to be a Tetris movie. And according to Threshold Entertainment CEO Larry Kasanoff, “It’s a very big, epic sic-fi movie.”
http://time.com/3449402/tetris-movie/
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#2 Post by earendel » Tue Sep 30, 2014 11:26 am

If they can make Battleship into a movie, why not Tetris?
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#3 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:28 pm

earendel wrote:If they can make Battleship into a movie, why not Tetris?
It will probably be as successful.
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#4 Post by MarleysGh0st » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:28 pm

earendel wrote:If they can make Battleship into a movie, why not Tetris?
I'm still trying to figure out why the USS Missouri--preserved as a floating museum--still had live ordinance aboard. :roll:
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#5 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:31 pm

earendel wrote:If they can make Battleship into a movie, why not Tetris?
Alien spaceships bombard earth with thousands of giant bizarrely shaped blocks and scientists have to figure out a way to fit them into thousands of giant puzzle grids that are manufactured to help stop the attack.
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#6 Post by BackInTex » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:45 pm

Mousetrap was made into a movie, correct?

My suggetions for other games to be made into movies:

Stratego
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Risk
Jenga
Uno
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#7 Post by silverscreenselect » Tue Sep 30, 2014 1:31 pm

BackInTex wrote:Mousetrap was made into a movie, correct?
Let's not forget the most famous game movie of all time:

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#8 Post by SpacemanSpiff » Tue Sep 30, 2014 2:42 pm

BackInTex wrote:Mousetrap was made into a movie, correct?

My suggetions for other games to be made into movies:

Stratego
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Risk
Jenga
Uno
What? No "Mystery Date"?
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#9 Post by Estonut » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:13 pm

I remember when they did "Twister." It was nothing like the game...
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#10 Post by BackInTex » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:03 pm

SpacemanSpiff wrote:
BackInTex wrote:Mousetrap was made into a movie, correct?

My suggetions for other games to be made into movies:

Stratego
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What? No "Mystery Date"?

They couldn't 'sell' George Clooney as the lead since he got married. It wouldn't work. That and Carrot Top was busy.
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#11 Post by BackInTex » Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:04 pm

Estonut wrote:I remember when they did "Twister." It was nothing like the game...

But oh how I'd like to play it with Helen Hunt.
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#12 Post by Vandal » Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:36 am

Angry Birds are coming to the big screen in July, 2016

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#13 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:03 am

Great commentary on this and others:

http://thinkprogress.org/culture/2014/1 ... ris-movie/
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