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

February 16, 2023

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

24 comments:

robother said...: "behind" turned out to be the only wrong word in that sentence.; 2/16/23, 4:14 PM
Sheridan said...: 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.; 2/16/23, 4:51 PM
effinayright said...: Myself, I never recovered emotionally from the first time I played Pong.; 2/16/23, 5:00 PM
Narr said...: "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.; 2/16/23, 5:20 PM
Yancey Ward said...: The band was Europe. I hear the song on the radio about 3-4 times a month.; 2/16/23, 5:30 PM
Yancey Ward said...: 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.; 2/16/23, 5:31 PM
Lilly, a dog said...: "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.; 2/16/23, 5:49 PM
gilbar said...: ok, i'll bite.. What is Tetris ?; 2/16/23, 6:26 PM
gilbar said...: Missile Command... Now, THERE was A GAME!; 2/16/23, 6:27 PM
Floris said...: Any economic system other than capitalism is built on false assumptions and will eventually be left behind.; 2/16/23, 6:30 PM
Gahrie said...: Yep...Final Countdown by Europe.; 2/16/23, 6:50 PM
Daniel12 said...: 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.; 2/16/23, 7:03 PM
n.n said...: 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.; 2/16/23, 7:35 PM
William said...: 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.; 2/16/23, 7:39 PM
Aught Severn said...: 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; 2/16/23, 8:08 PM
Dave Begley said...: Not exactly, “Frankenstein, Part II.”; 2/16/23, 8:09 PM
wildswan said...: Tetris is online. You use the arrow keys. I myself never recovered from Myst.; 2/16/23, 8:11 PM
MacBlank said...: 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; 2/16/23, 10:55 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Tetris starts with a T like TikTok… what else starts with a T?

Omg. I’m literally shaking.; 2/17/23, 12:22 AM
TickTock said...: Pong, Tetris, Myst. The classics ...; 2/17/23, 1:20 AM
Old and slow said...: Missile Command was the best game ever.; 2/17/23, 6:31 AM
gilbar said...: compare this movie, with The Queen's Gambit
At least this movie doesn't have a redheaded girl playing the role of Bobbie Fisher; 2/17/23, 8:45 AM
Yancey Ward said...: Great classic video games:

(1) Ms. Pacman
(2) Centipede
(3) Galaga
(4) Time Pilot 1984
(5) Tetris; 2/17/23, 9:36 AM
Anthony said...: 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.; 2/17/23, 10:26 AM