# How do you think the Tetris movie will stack up? \[edited title\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013 "2014-09-30T21:30:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/1 "2014-09-30T21:30:45Z")
[Even if the producers can get all the pieces to come together, I don’t think it’ll be a blockbuster.](http://www.newsarama.com/22267-tetris-being-adapted-into-film-no-really.html) ---
**Author:** ![Trancephalic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trancephalic/32/380_2.png) [@Trancephalic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trancephalic)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/2 "2014-09-30T22:58:39Z")
Fun fact: the famous Type A song is actually a [Russian folk song about a peddler and a girl.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korobeiniki) That’s about as close as Tetris has to a plot, I guess? By proxy? ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/3 "2014-09-30T23:03:41Z")
I ended up liking the Lego movie, so I’m going to reserve judgement here. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/4 "2014-10-01T13:57:32Z")
Archaeologists are always finding old settlements covered by newer settlements, like in Rome. Maybe the movie will be a time lapse of city planners trying to erect new buildings on top of old structures before surges in city population. ---
**Author:** ![Eddie\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@Eddie\_F](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eddie_F)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/5 "2014-10-01T14:08:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Even if the producers can get all the pieces to come together, I don’t think it’ll be a blockbuster.](http://www.newsarama.com/22267-tetris-being-adapted-into-film-no-really.html) Tee-, I say, tee-hee. ---
**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/6 "2014-10-01T14:10:48Z")
Can it be any worse than _Battleship_? Honestly? I didn’t read the article any mention of Uwe Boll? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/7 "2014-10-01T14:19:08Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Can it be any worse than _Battleship_? Honestly? > > I didn’t read the article any mention of Uwe Boll? It’s being made by Threshhold Entertainment, the people who brought us _Mortal Kombat_ in 1995. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/8 "2014-10-01T14:31:55Z")
_Clue_ was pretty great, too. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/9 "2014-10-01T16:21:10Z")
> [@Trancephalic](#): > > Fun fact: the famous Type A song is actually a [Russian folk song about a peddler and a girl.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korobeiniki) That’s about as close as Tetris has to a plot, I guess? By proxy? I actually downloaded that song for my MP3 player. I can’t find a version that’s as horribly tinny as it was on my old Game Boy, however 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/10 "2014-10-01T16:29:31Z")
Could we please get the movie name inserted into the thread title? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/11 "2014-10-01T17:28:05Z")
> [@unwashed\_brain](#): > > Could we please get the movie name inserted into the thread title? I have requested the mods to put “The Movie Name” into the title of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/12 "2014-10-01T17:30:21Z")
> [@G0sp3l](#): > > Can it be any worse than _Battleship_? Honestly? To be honest, Battleship was not awful. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/13 "2014-10-01T17:35:11Z")
I’d totally watch [Minesweeper: The Movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs) if it existed. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/14 "2014-10-01T18:09:20Z")
I dunno; the only straight guy in the story has a bit part. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/15 "2014-10-02T00:35:24Z")
Didn’t they do one six years ago? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/VE_1KlWFJyA/hqdefault.jpg "Tetris - The Movie") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE_1KlWFJyA) ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/16 "2014-10-02T01:04:57Z")
I just hope they stay true to the original work. I hate it when Hollywood makes a mockery of my favorite books and games by butchering the plot for no good reason. ---
**Author:** ![Baine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Baine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baine)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/17 "2014-10-02T01:32:28Z")
THE PRESIDENT: We’re doomed. Even our most powerful bombs won’t make a dent in these unstoppable blocks of death. YOUNG SCIENTIST: We’re going about this all wrong! If we just stack the blocks together with no gaps, they’ll disappear on their own! THE PRESIDENT: You want to fight the blocks with more blocks? That’s just crazy enough to work! Say kid, where did you ever get an idea like that? YOUNG SCIENTIST: Well, when I was a kid it seemed like I was always having trouble … you know … _fitting in._ ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/18 "2014-10-02T03:27:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It’s being made by Threshhold Entertainment, the people who brought us _Mortal Kombat_ in 1995. Mortal Kombat was one of the better video game adaptations. It’s not Shakespeare or anything but it was entertaining at least. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mr.Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Me)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/19 "2014-10-02T12:47:08Z")
I wonder how long it would take me to get kicked out of the theater for chanting ‘[LINE PIECE!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Alw5hs0chj0)’? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013/20 "2014-10-02T17:24:24Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > To be honest, Battleship was not awful. Agree to disagree. I think [The Onion nailed it](http://www.theonion.com/articles/tetris-movie-in-the-works,37071/) on the Tetris Movie: “There’s no telling what Hollywood will remember existed next.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-think-the-tetris-movie-will-stack-up-edited-title/700013.md?page=2)