Fan-made Tetris: The Movie trailer surprises us with quality
by Ross Miller 
{ Apr 19th 2008 at 8:00PM }
Web video gurus Black 20 (remember the PG version of 300?) have released a surprisingly well-made fake trailer for Tetris: The Movie. It sports a heavy, 300-level dose of blue screen CG, some cheap acting and an over-the-top soundtrack. The sad part of all this is that we're infinitely more excited about a fake video game adaptation than we ever have been about a real one. Our fingers are crossed on a movie trailer for the sure-to-be-torture film Dr. Mario.
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Mr.ESC @ Apr 19th 2008 8:10PM
I still like more Minesweeper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs
Why are you really here?!
I wanna make this land safe.
WHY ARE YOU HERE SOLDIER?!
I'm here because I'M BORED.
Don't you ever forget that.
Todd @ Apr 19th 2008 9:50PM
I totally thought I was about to get Rick Rolled with that YouTube link.
fracaso089 @ Apr 19th 2008 9:57PM
That clock is gonna keep ticking until it reaches 9-9-9
What happens then???
Nothing, you just SUCK.
Juice @ Apr 20th 2008 1:29PM
Just something about the Pro Pro big budget lens quality. You could just tell this was "homemade" with the lens. Lens is everything. Not that it wasn't "entertaining" I'm just a lens guy. Also the plot and acting look very basic/simple. I'm just comparing it to something like 300 or Pulp Fiction. LOL!
Johnny @ Apr 24th 2008 7:30PM
This actually looks quite surreal and could actually work.
Mr.ESC @ Apr 19th 2008 8:19PM
That's what I was thinking.
Is so unreal and it barely has anything to do with Tetris.I can see this turning into a real movie.
Neebs @ Apr 19th 2008 8:32PM
nope.
Phillip @ Apr 19th 2008 11:09PM
Quick! Where's Uwe Boll?
Noshino @ Apr 19th 2008 8:11PM
Talk about thinking outside the box...
Cesaria (SSBB: 3136-6466-5083) @ Apr 19th 2008 8:24PM
I feel ashamed to say that I would actually watch this.
Hace @ Apr 19th 2008 8:42PM
must......not.....admit to liking.......
Maverick Saturn @ Apr 19th 2008 8:46PM
Anything is better then a Uwe Boll flick ey? This looks far better then DOA, thats for sure, lol
Mr.ESC @ Apr 20th 2008 12:48AM
DOA wasn't that bad.
No,really.
Maverick Saturn @ Apr 20th 2008 6:27AM
¬_¬
Mr.ESC @ Apr 20th 2008 6:03PM
:D
:(
Travis @ Apr 19th 2008 8:47PM
that was the dumbest thing i've ever seen
TrojanGuy @ Apr 20th 2008 2:12PM
orly?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0093051/
severian00 @ Apr 19th 2008 8:51PM
Am I the only one that noticed that in the end he doesn't score a tetris? He goes for a 2 liner
jackbauer(ssbb:0087-2222-7531) @ Apr 19th 2008 8:59PM
BRUSH YOUR TEETH!!
markhill66 @ Apr 19th 2008 9:41PM
That was rad.
paragraph @ Apr 19th 2008 10:20PM
Uwe Boll is allready making the sequel: "Tetris II: From Russia with Fun"
It's expected to bomb...
Tim The Enchanter @ Apr 21st 2008 12:21PM
If Uwe Bull were to make this, it would have even less to do with Tetris. It would be a story, probably about a girl, who goes on some journey and gets into the cheapest looking fights ever seen for little to no reason.
And somewhere in there, someone is playing a gameboy, on which you assume tetris is being played.
Vegnagun bwf @ Apr 19th 2008 10:41PM
That made my spine shiver with greatness.
Morgo @ Apr 19th 2008 10:47PM
I could swear thats Elliot from scrubs in that video
xtremuuuu @ Apr 20th 2008 3:03PM
Not close. :(
ogvor @ Apr 20th 2008 12:13AM
Me and my friends had an idea to make a Tetris movie trailer a while ago, only we thought it should be more of a "destruction movie" ala Armageddon or The Core (think giant tetris blocks smashing cites). Of course, that would have been nigh impossible for us to make without some CGI knowledge, but we had some pretty funny ideas for typical stuff you see in trailers ("In a worlds", Army guy/President saying "dear God", screaming angry scientist, and the guy who figuers out the only way to stop them is to stack them). And we were gonna put the majority of the trailer to the awesome Tetris theme song remix by Ozma.
Shmil @ Apr 20th 2008 3:59AM
You mean along the lines of this?
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2003/01/24/
ogvor @ Apr 20th 2008 1:27PM
Wow, I am a huge fan of PA and I honestly have never seen that. Yeah, that is exactly what I was think along the lines of.
Kuro @ Apr 20th 2008 12:24AM
Is this game on 360 or PS3?
Kwipper @ Apr 20th 2008 2:27AM
Why yes it is... and it's for the Wii, the PS2, XBOX, Dreamcast, Gamecube, Sega Saturn, 3DO, SNES, NES, Genesis and every console imaginable.
ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Apr 20th 2008 12:40AM
I'm not afraid to admit that I adored this trailer thing.
Wien @ Apr 20th 2008 12:47AM
I hope you guys like that ish out of sarcasm.. because it looks like it would make a truly miserable film if it were real. Seriously, Mario Bros woulda been better.
But as a sarcastic parody, its pretty hilarious.
Kujel @ Apr 20th 2008 3:11AM
I liked the text changing from Russian to English, that was a nice touch.
sixbynine @ Apr 20th 2008 3:19AM
"Dear God! We're doomed! IT'S A 4 BY 1!!!!"
TheHuntIsOn @ Apr 20th 2008 3:14AM
I thought this was ace until I realised it's just that Tokyo Drift film but with Tetris blocks!
Zulu @ Apr 20th 2008 5:47AM
Geez, both English and Russian are sooo lame... Who made this? I suspect that's neither Russian nor English speaking person.
fred @ Apr 20th 2008 2:27PM
Dear god that was ironic.
Arcainne @ Apr 20th 2008 3:04PM
I'd watch it
ZaxCG2 @ Apr 20th 2008 5:15AM
I freakin' love Black 20. Hilarious stuff they got there. If you remember the "This is CAKETOWN" 300 trailer- that was them to. I highly suggest you jump on their site for other cheesy comedy goodness!
black20.com
TheOverlord#2 SPEAKS: YOU READ IT NOW(Brawl: 1461-5875-9923) @ Apr 20th 2008 8:46AM
Awesome...but in a very lame way.
I want one of those screens the news had though!
t_m @ Apr 20th 2008 9:02AM
I'd pay to watch it.
It has a lot more connection to the game than most video game movies do...
Kamizar @ Apr 20th 2008 9:56AM
I'd watch it...
Hedgeworth @ Apr 20th 2008 10:17AM
Um... this has been about for a while.
Jay @ Apr 20th 2008 11:46AM
I'm disappointed by the lack of hardcore version of the Tetris theme.
Aside from that....well done
Snatcher (MDF - Halo Ring) @ Apr 20th 2008 2:27PM
I't would have been funnier if his brother had lost control while rapidly turning the tetra and smashed into another jutting piece. If you cast Jessica Alba or Scarlet Johanson as the female lead though I'll watch it. I'll watch it real good.
ronald.raygun @ Apr 20th 2008 3:05PM
i bet the game tied to this movie sucks.
The Doctor @ Apr 20th 2008 4:15PM
Yeah, I've seen screenshots, and the graphics are terrible. Which we all know means a horrible game.
Austin @ Apr 20th 2008 6:45PM
What is the song at the end called
Dan @ Apr 21st 2008 8:03PM
This seemed so much like it could be a real movie when I first watched it. Later, while watching real television, a real commercial came up advertising a real movie - Speed Racer. I think this trailer sets the movie up for being on par with or better than Speed Racer.