LA Times: Atari in discussions over Missile Command movie

He meant:

Best Movie Ever!

or

I'm So Excited!

or

It's About Time!

or

...

Three words: mon ta ge

I disagree, i think PONG the movie is long overdue.

No so much Hollywood desperation, but more Atari desperation. Still, that Tetris trailer looked interesting. So perhaps with the right director and talent...

Of course I already know how the plot ends.

Shit, you beat me to it!

My feelings exactly. What is with these people? They realized they can't make good movies based on games with an actual plot so they're going for games with neither plot nor characters? WTF?! How the hell do you make that a movie? "This summer, one crosshair will be tested... a collection of indescriminate blobs we call cities will fall... and stuff WILL EXPLODE. Missle Command, opens everywhere on IMAX 3D June 23rd, 2012. Don't miss this..." (and then a flashing dot leading a red trail of pixels will fall onto the words on screen, causing them to explode).

Although, since "Asteroids" is also in the works, who knows what classic pre-8 bit games could be next? Defender? Space Invaders? Robotron? Dare I say it... PONG?! Ah, I remember the first time I played Pong, my emotional connection with the left paddle, my utter hatred of the right paddle... my sympathy pulled back and forth on the little 4 pixel dot that simulated the ball... Such gripping writing, such a truly necessary movie to make, just like Missle Command.