# So word is they're making a film based on the game Tetris. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041 "2016-05-17T22:38:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/1 "2016-05-17T22:38:20Z")
Anyone else think it will have too many lines? A ha! A haha! :o ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/2 "2016-05-17T22:42:37Z")
HAR. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/3 "2016-05-17T23:32:58Z")
But not the right lines at the right times. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/4 "2016-05-18T00:11:04Z")
> [@snfaulkner](#): > > But not the right lines at the right times. I’m sure it will all come together in the end. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/5 "2016-05-18T00:24:25Z")
And then disappear. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/6 "2016-05-18T00:26:12Z")
Tetris and Hollywood? Seems like a bad fit. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/7 "2016-05-18T00:27:16Z")
But I guess I’m not surprised some blockhead thought it was a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/8 "2016-05-18T00:49:34Z")
In Soviet Russia Tetris Movie watch you. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/9 "2016-05-18T00:50:34Z")
This is truly a disturbing reality. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/10 "2016-05-18T01:00:54Z")
I think it fits perfectly. ---
**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:** [May 18, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/11 "2016-05-18T01:23:19Z")
Not as good as [my idea](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/38786500/PacManPoster2.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/12 "2016-05-18T01:25:17Z")
It was hung up in development for a long time, but the pieces are all falling into place now. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/13 "2016-05-18T01:31:02Z")
It’s going to be scenes of people washing dishes and stacking them. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/14 "2016-05-18T01:41:57Z")
nah, it’s going to be 2hrs of people packing a truck with packages coming off a conveyor belt at ever increasing speeds. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/15 "2016-05-18T01:46:34Z")
Apparently the word is now it’ll be a trilogy, because it’s a movie that has to have many pieces to it. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/16 "2016-05-18T02:06:57Z")
I’m just waiting for the _Variety_ headline after it bombs: _HISS, DIS at 'TRIS MISS_ ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/17 "2016-05-18T02:10:17Z")
I imagine the plot will have many twists and turns. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/18 "2016-05-18T03:48:46Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Anyone else think it will have too many lines? > A ha! A haha! > :o You’re wrong. They’re planning on a _ **trilogy** _. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/19 "2016-05-18T03:54:21Z")
I heard you can see Burt Reynolds’s wang. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2016, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041/20 "2016-05-18T04:00:27Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Apparently the word is now it’ll be a trilogy, because it’s a movie that has to have many pieces to it. I believe the second one is going to be called “Ow My Balls!” Sponsored by Brawndo. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-word-is-theyre-making-a-film-based-on-the-game-tetris/755041.md?page=2)