Tetris: From Russia with Love (TV Documentary)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
  • 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!

Комментарии • 48

  • @bizbobizbo82
    @bizbobizbo82 Год назад +19

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

  • @Goochbag8
    @Goochbag8 2 года назад +27

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

  • @JimmyZeng
    @JimmyZeng Год назад +21

    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
      @unvergebeneid Год назад +2

      Ooooh, wow. What a family.

    • @fredlebhart1393
      @fredlebhart1393 5 месяцев назад +1

      No way!!!!

    • @TVdaSala-ws4ep
      @TVdaSala-ws4ep 4 месяца назад +1

      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

  • @finejustgivemeaname
    @finejustgivemeaname Год назад +23

    Came here after watching the film on Apple TV+

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад +2

      Truth seeking, because Apple didn't provide much.

    • @CharmedReally7
      @CharmedReally7 Год назад +4

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

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад +1

      @@CharmedReally7 The movie was 99 percent bunk.

    • @siloton
      @siloton 8 месяцев назад

      @@TheRadioAteMyTV You have to accept movie != documentary

    • @danicahahn-anderson-dd4mf
      @danicahahn-anderson-dd4mf 5 дней назад

      Came here because I don't have Apple TV+ lol

  • @gianpaj
    @gianpaj 2 года назад +6

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

  • @targetpro6871
    @targetpro6871 9 лет назад +11

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

  • @deviandrianto
    @deviandrianto Год назад +6

    Alexei should be Milionare in the past, poor Alexei

  • @imdeaded
    @imdeaded Год назад +10

    I'm here cause I just watched Tetris 2023

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад +2

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

    • @CharmedReally7
      @CharmedReally7 Год назад +1

      @@TheRadioAteMyTV the movies good though

  • @soichirohonda69
    @soichirohonda69 Год назад +5

    this deserves more views

  • @davidkennedy1077
    @davidkennedy1077 5 лет назад +8

    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
      @paulsd9255 3 года назад

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

  • @disabledisney
    @disabledisney Год назад +6

    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
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад +2

      "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.

    • @disabledisney
      @disabledisney Год назад

      @@TheRadioAteMyTV I’m aware, thanks 😅

    • @CharmedReally7
      @CharmedReally7 Год назад +1

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

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад

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

    • @zjzr08
      @zjzr08 9 месяцев назад

      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).

  • @googleboughtmee
    @googleboughtmee 6 лет назад +6

    Boom Tetris for Jeff

  • @b9l_onion758
    @b9l_onion758 7 лет назад +8

    sad thing not much people watched this

    • @Keithustus
      @Keithustus 4 года назад +3

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

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад

      Situation corrected now that the Apple movie is out.

  • @weiyuchen5601
    @weiyuchen5601 6 лет назад +5

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

  • @eisikater1584
    @eisikater1584 8 лет назад +2

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

  • @jantabs12
    @jantabs12 Год назад

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

  • @TheRadioAteMyTV
    @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад

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

  • @TriangleV
    @TriangleV 5 лет назад

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

  • @TheRadioAteMyTV
    @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад

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

    • @aylinasghary2959
      @aylinasghary2959 4 дня назад

      subtitles are much better than dubbing, as you get to hear the person's real voice and the way they authentically delivered what they said.

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV 4 дня назад +1

      @@aylinasghary2959 Agreed, but it also means, unless you watch it twice, you have to split your attention between reading and hearing, and when we are talking about judging inflection, reading makes it way harder. Shogun (2024) was a nightmare to read 80 percent of the movie. I could have read the book if I wanted to read the whole thing.

    • @aylinasghary2959
      @aylinasghary2959 4 дня назад

      @TheRadioAteMyTV Personally I feel like just looking at the person from your peripheral vision while you read the subtitles is just fine, but then again like you said if you can't do that easily/are occupied with another simultaneous task which causes you not to have full visual attention I see why it can be bothersome. The best option would obviously be being able to make a choice on whether you want either or any, but this is a youtube upload so... 🤷‍♂

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV 4 дня назад +1

      @@aylinasghary2959 Exactly, and for Shogun, because the cast was so good, it meant I did have to watch almost all of it twice to be allowed to appreciate the fine work the actors were doing, while just skimming the words the 2nd time through. Sure extends the time in front of the screen though.

  • @eyeofthestorm.
    @eyeofthestorm. Год назад +7

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

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад +1

      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.

  • @critter3673
    @critter3673 Год назад

    Played in the late eighties/early nineties maybe 2 hours total at different times....found it boring. I liked Asteroids

    • @TheRadioAteMyTV
      @TheRadioAteMyTV Год назад

      Never played it at all, no desire, but asteroids was pretty fun, now Defender and Battle Zone. Oh yeah!