# Idiots. New Movie--Viewmasters. Link **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 5, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969 "2009-07-05T12:02:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/1 "2009-07-05T12:02:55Z")
That’s right. The little stereopoticon (sp?) toys nobody cared about in decades, are being made into a full-length, non-documentary, motion picture. [http://io9.com/5306672/already-a-toy+based-movie-even-weirder-than-asteroids](http://io9.com/5306672/already-a-toy+based-movie-even-weirder-than-asteroids) > [@](#): > > Brad Caleb Kane, a writer and producer on Fringe, announced the project on Twitter earlier this week: > > Almost official — after the alien movie I’ll be writing a movie for [Dreamworks] based on a famous toy we all played w/ as kids. Any guesses? > > Within an hour, Kane said that someone had guessed correctly, and that the toy was Viewmaster, the “stereoscopic sightseeing” from 1939 that achieved mainstream popularity in the 1960s. He continued, > > Writin it for the Kurtzman/Orci boys! It’ll be like the old 80’s Amblin movies: Goonies, Young Sherlock… In that vein. Org. :rolleyes::eek::smack::smack: ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/2 "2009-07-05T14:43:34Z")
Well, it could be worse…they could be making a cartoon series based on Rubik’s Cubes, or something… Oh sweet lord _no_… ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/3 "2009-07-05T19:00:50Z")
Absolutely nothing surprises me when it comes to Hollywood. There’s a move based on Monopoly in development with none other than Ridley Scott at the helm. The mind doth veritably boggle. Watch soon for Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, Checkers. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/4 "2009-07-06T01:51:35Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Absolutely nothing surprises me when it comes to Hollywood. There’s a move based on Monopoly in development with none other than Ridley Scott at the helm. A movie about domination and manipulation of the Property market is not hard to imagine. But one that’s about a 3D display device? Aside from shooting the film in 3D, I can’t see where it might be going. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/5 "2009-07-06T01:57:55Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > A movie about domination and manipulation of the Property market is not hard to imagine. > > But one that’s about a 3D display device? Aside from shooting the film in 3D, I can’t see where it might be going. Maybe a military prototype/alien artifact/plot device that is a gateway to whatever land you see through it. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/6 "2009-07-06T02:02:57Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Well, it could be worse…they could be making a cartoon series based on Rubik’s Cubes, or something… > > Oh sweet lord _no_… Pffft- I always like to think that Cube and Cube II: HyperCube and Cube 0 were based on the Rubik (even if they really weren’t). Rubik’s Cube totally makes for a great horror film! ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/7 "2009-07-06T02:12:55Z")
I used to enjoy telling people that a Tetris movie was in the works, and seeing if they’d believe me. If they did, I’d elaborate on it, explaining how the story involved an alien race that’s attacking Earth by dropping various types of blocks on it, and it’s up to a special unit of construction and military engineers to save the planet by fitting the blocks together. Some people actually fell for this. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/8 "2009-07-06T02:24:49Z")
Obligatory link to [Minesweeper: The Movie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/9 "2009-07-06T02:48:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe a military prototype/alien artifact/plot device that is a gateway to whatever land you see through it. That’s what I was thinking, too. But I suspect that that’s just the pretext, and that these folks haven’t yet gotten the memo that 3D is not, by itself, enough justification for a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/10 "2009-07-06T09:23:10Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Well, it could be worse…they could be making a cartoon series based on Rubik’s Cubes, or something… > > Oh sweet lord _no_… Oh sweet Lord [yes](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYs_GCy9PRk). ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/11 "2009-07-06T12:42:22Z")
I’m trying to remember where I read it, but I recall somewhere seeing that Hasbro has signed a deal with one of the major motion picture houses to do a series of movies based around ‘nostalgia’ toys. This could be the next shot across the bow for that. I cringe at the idea, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/12 "2009-07-06T12:52:53Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > I used to enjoy telling people that a Tetris movie was in the works, and seeing if they’d believe me. If they did, I’d elaborate on it, explaining how the story involved an alien race that’s attacking Earth by dropping various types of blocks on it, and it’s up to a special unit of construction and military engineers to save the planet by fitting the blocks together. Some people actually fell for this. You joke, but that is very close to the “story” the Tetris makers have tacked onto some of the recent games in the series. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/13 "2009-07-06T18:51:09Z")
I’m probably one of about three people in the world who’s annoyed by this, but the Rubic’s cube in that cartoon intro has obviously had its stickers peeled off and replaced. The configuration it’s in when first shown (before the kid solves it) is impossible from just rotating the faces the normal way, or even from disassembling and re-assembling it. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/14 "2009-07-06T18:57:06Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > Absolutely nothing surprises me when it comes to Hollywood. There’s a move based on Monopoly in development with none other than Ridley Scott at the helm. > > The mind doth veritably boggle. > > Watch soon for Ludo, Snakes and Ladders, Checkers. 🙂 Or Boggle! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idiots-new-movie-viewmasters-link/501969/15 "2009-07-07T03:28:33Z")
A Viewmaster movie? I wonder if it will be in 3D.