Tetris: From Russia with Love (TV Documentary)

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10 жыл бұрын

Really need to start uploading some of the classic video game documentaries that have been on TV over the years.
But this is Tetris: From Russia with Love, a BBC documentary from 2004 about the West's rush to obtain the rights to the most popular puzzle game of all time. And the Soviet's rather sneaky way of playing Nintendo, Mirrorsoft and Atari/Tengen off against each other.
A really good view!

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@bizbobizbo82 Жыл бұрын

Watching this after the movie Tetris, I'am amazed with their story!

@Goochbag8 2 жыл бұрын

"Play Tetris, my friends." We will Alexey. We. Will.

@finejustgivemeaname Жыл бұрын

Came here after watching the film on Apple TV+

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

Truth seeking, because Apple didn't provide much.

@CharmedReally7 Жыл бұрын

@@TheRadioAteMyTV it was mostly accurate, even if overdramatized a bit like every movie. Doesn't make it less entertaining though

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

@@CharmedReally7 The movie was 99 percent bunk.

@siloton 7 ай бұрын

@@TheRadioAteMyTV You have to accept movie != documentary

@deviandrianto Жыл бұрын

Alexei should be Milionare in the past, poor Alexei

@JimmyZeng Жыл бұрын

It's really funny, Soviet in this story is not sneaky at all, they're simply trying to sell the game, while maximizing profit, like a proper businessman, the Hungary guy tried to play everyone, like an average sneaky businessman, and Britain used government connection to try to force a deal, like Britain. The world needs honest businessmen like Henk Rogers. And BTW Robert Maxwell was Ghislaine Maxwell's father.

@unvergebeneid Жыл бұрын

Ooooh, wow. What a family.

@fredlebhart1393 4 ай бұрын

No way!!!!

@TVdaSala-ws4ep 3 ай бұрын

And the doc is kind of lying about no copyright law, the state has the of distribution, but in the law 98/100 it is s "SECTION 98. Author's rights The author receives the right: to publication, reproduction and distribution of his works by any lawful means under his own name, under a pseudonym, or anonymously; to the integrity of his work; to receive compensation for the use of his work by other persons except in the cases provided by law. The rates of copyright royalty are laid down by the legislation of the USSR and the Union Republics." So the state have the monopoly os distribution but the creator herself own the copyright

@soichirohonda69 Жыл бұрын

this deserves more views

@gianpaj 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing documentary. Strong determination and grit from the developer, the sales men and the authorities. Great battles for a "little" game called Tetris

@targetpro6871 9 жыл бұрын

One of the best documentaries on early gaming. Thanks for the up. $2 +changetip

@imdeaded Жыл бұрын

I'm here cause I just watched Tetris 2023

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

When knowing a movie is full of crap so seeking out what really happened.

@CharmedReally7 Жыл бұрын

@@TheRadioAteMyTV the movies good though

@googleboughtmee 6 жыл бұрын

Boom Tetris for Jeff

@davidkennedy1077 5 жыл бұрын

Poor Pajitnov got royally screwed over by his government in Russia. I'm sure he's a wealth man today but the absolute peak of its popularity was surely in the late 80s when it hit the Gameboy. No doubt the Russian government made millions and the poor creator didnt see any of that until he left the country. One of the original (and by far the greatest) puzzle games, and definitely the first I ever had any interest in playing. Nowadays there are untold crappy Tetris knockoffs!!!

@paulsd9255 3 жыл бұрын

Less Poor Pajitnov and more idiots didn't know what they had in their hands, unlike Nintendo with the guy that made Mario

@weiyuchen5601 6 жыл бұрын

This is perfect for high school students to know about the Cold War.

@eisikater1584 8 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Does anyone here remember 4DOS, the first multitasking system that was for Intel MS-DOS machines?

@jantabs12 Жыл бұрын

13:49 “stein would have a Heavyweight player behind the game” they played maxwell dirty in this scene 😂

@MrsMusicAddict Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the AppleTV+ movie, and love to see it was fairly accurate where it mattered! I know Henk and Alexey were part of making the film but I still think it's an odd choice to have whitewashed Henk.

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

"where it mattered" Like the beatings, the chase scenes, the destruction of the guys home and constant threats? Those parts? Barely any of the Tetris movie was true.

@MrsMusicAddict Жыл бұрын

@@TheRadioAteMyTV I’m aware, thanks 😅

@CharmedReally7 Жыл бұрын

he was dutch with indonesian descent, i bet if had any objections then they wouldve corrected that

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

@@CharmedReally7 In the statement put out by the two lead real people, they did not fix any of it.

@zjzr08 7 ай бұрын

I agree it was odd they hired a white Brit to play a Dutch-born Austronesian descent American hehe...also Patjinov's actor has reddish hair over brunette although at least the actor was Russian (although I'm not sure what ethnicity Patjinov is).

@b9l_onion758 7 жыл бұрын

sad thing not much people watched this

@Keithustus 4 жыл бұрын

Well, on YT anyway. No telling how many saw on BBC.

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

Situation corrected now that the Apple movie is out.

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

Just watched Tetris the movie, yeah, the people in this movie said the story in that movie was a lot of bunk. No kidding.

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

Would it have been so hard for BBC to added voice over English translations instead of constant text inserts? Geesh.

@TriangleV 5 жыл бұрын

This is really nice but like Moskáu? Are we German?

@eyeofthestorm. Жыл бұрын

just watched the movie and it was surprisingly awesome!! 🕹️🟩🟨🟥🟦

@TheRadioAteMyTV Жыл бұрын

If you don't mind awful costumes and hair and make up, along with enormous amounts of (made up) exposition. However, the acting was top notch. Funny thing is for Tetris, the actors, who were all very good looking weren't as attractive as the real life people. That's rare.