Althouse: "The world is changing, and Soviet Union will not be left behind."

१६ फेब्रुवारी, २०२३

"The world is changing, and Soviet Union will not be left behind."

२४ टिप्पण्या:

robother म्हणाले...: "behind" turned out to be the only wrong word in that sentence.; १६/२/२३, ४:१४ PM
Sheridan म्हणाले...: I watched the trailer and got caught-up in the excitement of the shifting scenes (multiple people, locations) especially the race to somewhere in the little Russian car. But the thing about the trailer that really caught my attention was the music. It made the various trailer scenes dramatic and exciting. The premise of the movie, how Tetris the game achieved a world-wide audience seemed ridiculous. But I became engaged with the movie trailer because of the emotional manipulation provided by the music. Perhaps I'll watch some of my favorite movies with the sound muted (I can get movies on the "premium" channels with subtitles so I can understand what the actors are saying) and compare my feelings against the same movies with the music. How important to a movie is the music? It may be quite important.; १६/२/२३, ४:५१ PM
effinayright म्हणाले...: Myself, I never recovered emotionally from the first time I played Pong.; १६/२/२३, ५:०० PM
Narr म्हणाले...: "Final Countdown," right? By . . . some band whose name I don't recall.

Never played Tetris or owned a Gameboy or the other one.

Not their audience, I think.; १६/२/२३, ५:२० PM
Yancey Ward म्हणाले...: The band was Europe. I hear the song on the radio about 3-4 times a month.; १६/२/२३, ५:३० PM
Yancey Ward म्हणाले...: Tetris was a fun game that require a lot of mental discipline and planning on the fly. I haven't played it in 30 years, but might look it up online tonight.; १६/२/२३, ५:३१ PM
Lilly, a dog म्हणाले...: "The Final Countdown" is performed by the terrible 80s band Europe. Don't confuse it with "Eye of the Tiger" by the terrible 80s band Survivor.

No doubt this movie laundered a lot of money for AppleTV+, but they should have made some of the Russians black, for diversity points.; १६/२/२३, ५:४९ PM
gilbar म्हणाले...: ok, i'll bite.. What is Tetris ?; १६/२/२३, ६:२६ PM
gilbar म्हणाले...: Missile Command... Now, THERE was A GAME!; १६/२/२३, ६:२७ PM
Floris म्हणाले...: Any economic system other than capitalism is built on false assumptions and will eventually be left behind.; १६/२/२३, ६:३० PM
Gahrie म्हणाले...: Yep...Final Countdown by Europe.; १६/२/२३, ६:५० PM
Daniel12 म्हणाले...: In. Remains the all time greatest game ever and something seared into my brain, nervous system and fingers. Still watch the World Tetris Championships, which are still played on Nintendo.; १६/२/२३, ७:०३ PM
n.n म्हणाले...: Capitalism is a system based on retain earnings ordered by personal productivity. This is in contrast to other schemes that deprecate individuals in favor of color blocs (i.e. "diversity") dictated by a minority (e.g. "community leaders") that emit credit, debit, bennies at their pleasure.

Transitioning... to a single/central/monopolistic solution under a nominally "secular" ethical religion with a class-disordered ideology.; १६/२/२३, ७:३५ PM
William म्हणाले...: Tetris is a pretty good video game. There are very few things designed in the USSR that caught on worldwide: The AK-47 and Tetris. The New Soviet Man didn't work out as promised....I get the sense that they might be overplaying the drama that went into its development. Maybe they should do a limited series about the development of Monopoly. Jason Stratham and Vin Diesel can star as the Parker Bros.; १६/२/२३, ७:३९ PM
Aught Severn म्हणाले...: but they should have made some of the Russians black, for diversity points.

I could have sworn i saw some Japanese in there, how many diversity points do they count for? One was even a cispresenting woman female human yellow body! /sarc; १६/२/२३, ८:०८ PM
Dave Begley म्हणाले...: Not exactly, “Frankenstein, Part II.”; १६/२/२३, ८:०९ PM
wildswan म्हणाले...: Tetris is online. You use the arrow keys. I myself never recovered from Myst.; १६/२/२३, ८:११ PM
MacBlank म्हणाले...: Kudos for them not trying to invent a story around Tetris and instead making a movie based on the actual story about trying to get Tetris through the Iron Curtain. There's a really good documentary on it here if you want to learn more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fQtxKmgJC8; १६/२/२३, १०:५५ PM
Lem Vibe Bandit म्हणाले...: Tetris starts with a T like TikTok… what else starts with a T?

Omg. I’m literally shaking.; १७/२/२३, १२:२२ AM
TickTock म्हणाले...: Pong, Tetris, Myst. The classics ...; १७/२/२३, १:२० AM
Old and slow म्हणाले...: Missile Command was the best game ever.; १७/२/२३, ६:३१ AM
gilbar म्हणाले...: compare this movie, with The Queen's Gambit
At least this movie doesn't have a redheaded girl playing the role of Bobbie Fisher; १७/२/२३, ८:४५ AM
Yancey Ward म्हणाले...: Great classic video games:

(1) Ms. Pacman
(2) Centipede
(3) Galaga
(4) Time Pilot 1984
(5) Tetris; १७/२/२३, ९:३६ AM
Anthony म्हणाले...: I always thought love of Tetris had an X-chromosome linkage thing going on because the majority of the people I knew who loved it were women.

I was a Battlezone guy myself. Stupidly simple graphics, but very challenging.

Also Spy Hunter. Dig-Dug. Frogger. And some not-very-popular sword fighting game that I was addicted to for about 45 minutes once.; १७/२/२३, १०:२६ AM