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you cant make this shit up (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 23 points 2 weeks ago

I am being completely honest when I say I would want Jack Black in a Pitfall movie based on the game. Jack Black was in the games commercials, so it would be a nice way to round that off.

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

"I........... am ~~Hairy~~ Harry!"

[-] Mr_Wobble@thelemmy.club 17 points 2 weeks ago

The common word "PITFALL" is hundreds of years old. Originates from about the 14th century. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH A VIDEO GAME FROM 80S.

[-] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

Almost looks like the Myst guy falling.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

A Myst movie would have potential.

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

A movie of the first game and then a streaming series that dives into the novels and the sequels.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

This exactly.

[-] rozodru@piefed.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I'm gonna play it again. Thanks for reminding me. It's been decades since I last beat it so I don't remember any of the answers to the puzzles. I can go into fresh.

[-] SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago

Theres a remaster of it now, too :)

[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Can't wait for the Tetris Movie.

[-] red_tomato@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago
[-] hopesdead@startrek.website 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

But that was about the making of Tetris.

EDIT: Okay, more accurately it was about the distribution of the game and how it became popular.

[-] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

Wasn't Pitfall set in a jungle? Why does this look like some boreal forest?

[-] terabyterex@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

......

because pitfall is a normal word and this movie wasnt about the game.

neither was the 2017 , 1962, or 1948 movie

[-] november@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Sorry for assuming people knew what they were talking about when they said this was an adaptation, then 🤷

[-] crazycraw@crazypeople.online 5 points 2 weeks ago

man was it satisfying to get the treasures in that game. hopping on gators swinging on vines to get a diamond ring.
it was glorious for early 80s.

[-] Krudler@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

About a week ago I found out why child me could never navigate the game... The underground levels move you three screens at a time where the above ground ones move you one screen.

[-] ZeroGravitas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Nobody saying it, so I will: this poster is fucking lit 🔥

[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 3 points 2 weeks ago

First : the game you're thinking about is called "Pitfall!" (exclamation mark). There's actually another game called just Pitfall. Because it's a common word and there's a bunch of completely unrelated works (games, movies and music) using it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitfall

Bonus round : look at all the shit Jonathan Blow adapted when he made "The Witness" in 2016:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witness_(disambiguation)

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