Comments on: Leonardo DiCaprio Set to Bring Us Biopic On Life Of Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell The Official Home of Correct Movie Opinions Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:38:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: doug nagy http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141601 doug nagy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:11:59 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141601 Thank you for the correction/clarification amigo! Thank you for the correction/clarification amigo!

]]> By: Mr Stay Puft http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141594 Mr Stay Puft Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:46:31 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141594 Nolan Bushnell created the system used in arcades, not in the home. The creator of the home video game - that which uses a standard television - is Ralph Baer, not Bushnell. Baer created the "brown box" and licensed it to Magnavox in 1967. He later exhibited it as the Odyssey system in 1972. Bushnell was the first to license that patent after attending the exhibition. Nolan Bushnell created the system used in arcades, not in the home. The creator of the home video game – that which uses a standard television – is Ralph Baer, not Bushnell. Baer created the “brown box” and licensed it to Magnavox in 1967. He later exhibited it as the Odyssey system in 1972. Bushnell was the first to license that patent after attending the exhibition.

]]> By: doug nagy http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141571 doug nagy Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:43:24 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141571 The man may be unknown, but Atari is a household name. The man may be unknown, but Atari is a household name.

]]> By: sfsilver http://themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141567 sfsilver Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:29:15 +0000 http://www.themovieblog.com/2008/06/leonardo-dicaprio-set-to-bring-us-biopic-on-life-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnell#comment-141567 Are people really clamoring for a biopic of a man who is largely anonymous? You may love his product and the industry it spawned, but there's a huge difference between the larger than life eccentric exploits of someone like Howard Hughes and a person almost none of us have heard of until this news hit. Having said that I think the right writer and director can make almost anything riveting and DiCaprio has had a pretty good instinct lately for quality projects. Maybe there's something there. Are people really clamoring for a biopic of a man who is largely anonymous? You may love his product and the industry it spawned, but there’s a huge difference between the larger than life eccentric exploits of someone like Howard Hughes and a person almost none of us have heard of until this news hit.

Having said that I think the right writer and director can make almost anything riveting and DiCaprio has had a pretty good instinct lately for quality projects. Maybe there’s something there.

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