• RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    5 days 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.

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    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.

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

      neither was the 2017 , 1962, or 1948 movie

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    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.

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      4 days 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.

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    5 days ago

    yay…more genXploitation

    fucking pitfall? the atari game?

    and we’ll lap it up like hogs at the trough

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      5 days ago

      no, not the atari game. a random movie that came out last year with the same name. a movie kn 2017, 2962 and 1948 also used this title… because its a word.

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      this has to be hollywoods longest trend, no? We’ve been having 80s/90s stuff since like the early 00s. I mean hell they just released Mortal Kombat II last weekend. and they’ve been consistently making Transformers movies since 2006.

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        5 days ago

        MK, transformers, even the remakes of the remakes, i get–guaranteed asses in seats…but pitfall LOL the game wasn’t even that good. and yes i played the original on the original atari