WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED??? - The Super Mario Bros. Movie (1993)

[@Thatonegirl989]

The ‘93 version is just 90s random nonsense and I can’t help but love it.

[@TemperedMedia]

Honestly, I want to see what would have happened if the studios hadn't interfered with production.

[@kidcharlemagne1002]

I loved that movie when I was younger, didn't realize how bad that movie was then. It's definitely a so bad it's good movie.

[@clownprince88]

All i know is , i watched it on cable back in the early 90s , lazy afternoon with nothing else to do , and i was mesmerized , didn't read any reviews , had no idea about the drama surrounding it , just watched it pure and without bias , and i had an immense amount of fun with it

[@Charles12]

@@TemperedMedia we probably would've gotten a more action and story based/character driven film with a higher focus on the directoral vision that had next to nothing to do with the games, but would've made for a unique sci-fi-punk film that would've probably flopped regardless, but would've been better remembered as a genuinely unique/odd take on the source material rather than being seen as a joke that's best enjoyment is watching it ironically. or smth like that idk.

[@jakewhit9000]

I love the first one and continue to watch it to this day hahaha

[@DiGiTyDarKMaN]

In regards to the Power Glove. In my game room, I have a lamp that was custom made for me of a Power Glove holding a copy of The Wizard. "Its so bad."

[@voss456]

And I mean… BAD.

[@contractzero1194]

​@@brianbabin6333too bad you can't post pictures on here.

[@pal5683]

That thousand yard stare when Mark says "I've seen things."

[@_JesusIsLord_]

that one got me good... because i know EXACTLY what he means lol

[@marlasinger3609]

Hahaha that was just perfect. Gotta love that haunting past thousand yard stare lol. Jc help us all!!!!

[@prg1982]

I felt that to my core

[@cybergothika6906]

I lost my breath was funny as hell

[@dcdou7967]

Yeah, Mark has been through a lot, he's watched the garbage of the garbage, even the same movie 3times plus the researching, just to entertain us and keep the channel, salute!

[@TheBlueB0mber]

Thank you for the tangent about voice actors. Billy West is an absolute legend & has made me laugh more than any other performer!

[@jennyanydots2389]

Have you seen any of his straight-to-video performances yet?

[@mauricedavis2160]

I agree with you, Billy West is top shelf!!!🙏👌👻❣️

[@mattbaker7305]

I really want to see Mark do a full rundown of the '93 Mario Bros. movie now...

[@Geospasmic]

Absolutely!

[@joeberger3441]

He did do one, 9 years ago. Look up "what's wrong with super Mario Bros". It's on this Channel

[@mattbaker7305]

@@joeberger3441 oh. Well, I'd still like to see a WMWM circa 2023 version. While still good, Mark then is not the new and improved Mark we have now. Unlike Neal Breen, Mark has learned from his past work, improved, and solidified his craft. Plus, that one probably didn't start with the patented (I assume) introduction with the emphatic "TO the show," and Super Mario really warrants such an introduction. (But also, thank you for letting me know. I will check it out! 👍🏻)

[@DavidLLambertmobile]

Actor John Leguizamo wrote he and 🇬🇧 Bob Hoskins were drunk most of the time on set. He almost got hurt because he wrecked a car on location.

[@joeberger3441]

@@mattbaker7305 yea I agree. It looks like he gives it a bit more of a fair shot these days.

[@sblinder1978]

Raul Julia's performance of M Bison is a gift from God and I will not hear it disparaged, Mark

[@AubreyTheKing]

I definitely agree on the whole voice acting rant! As a fan of Japanese anime, YOU HAVE TO PICK THE RIGHT AND PERFECT VOICE TO SUIT THE CHARCTER! Don't pick a celerity just because they're "famous." It's all about vocal delivery. Not the person themselves.

[@TVsMrNeil]

If you want to be sad, look up the actor who played Lucas in The Wizard and see what he's known for today. He really should have kept that Power Glove to himself.

[@peacefulmaroon]

Damn that’s dark. He really was a villain

[@jennyanydots2389]

Why would I want to be sad? WTF is wrong with you son?!?!?

[@v8matey]

Well Hollywood is ground zero for that type of activity because the US government doesn't do anything about it.

[@JohnnyFiction]

I loved the ridiculous and bonkers OG Mario movie. No one would ever take a chance like that again and that makes it special in its own crazy way.

[@GringoXalapeno]

Exactly I look at it as a enjoyable goofy 90’s movie with the Mario name on it

[@MaxOakland]

That's kinda sad. I love it when creatives take chances

[@WockToPoland]

I love seeing different films through your perspective Mark. I appreciate your critiques and opinions. Let's get Mark to a million subs let's goooo

[@notavailable9919]

It's a crime he isn't already there.

[@julioguadalupe6935]

Agreed

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

@@notavailable9919I’m no expert, but I think there’s still a huge chunk of viewers who place more value on quantity than quality. And that’s a shame. Not only has Mark been doing this since 2011 (if not longer), he’s mentioned several times that KZbin is not his only job.

[@jennyanydots2389]

If you pay him enough canadian dollars and send him a picture of your bee whole he'll give you his perspective on that too. I can tell you're exactly the kind of fella that would pay any amount of money to see your own bee whole through mark's perspective.

[@waynetarbuskovich1016]

I love your delivery in your videos. The Overwerk tracks you play at the end are sick too.

[@Freakinger81]

I was one of those Sega Kids back in the days and even I was hyped for that Movie. Just because it was based of a Video Game. It felt like my favourite hobby would go to the next level.

[@thewanderingtomato7674]

Alex Kidd was my favorite at the time. Mentioning it only because of your avatar 😄

[@jennyanydots2389]

My step dad always told me the same thing!! Turned out to just be a bunch of sex crimes though. The "next level" for him turned out to be a prison. Now who knows what's happening to his bee whole in the showers on a regular basis... he's probably having the time of his life.

[@stevenbacon-cheddar9914]

I loved it…fun and corny😂 And I think Jack Black KILLED IT as Bowser😂

[@dreamchild1082]

This is one of the most underrated KZbin channels of all time.... This channel deserves to be a lot more popular than it is

[@Omenvreer]

There's probably someone out there who saw the old Mario Bros movie blind, without ever seeing the game somehow, and loved it. Then when they went to go play the game, they were pissed that it was nothing like the movie.

[@510baysharkantthizzle4]

That’s pretty funny though the irony of it

[@xinfr4z893]

Hey there Mark. Love your videos and all the effort you put into making them. Keep it up, man!

[@jennyanydots2389]

His mom rights his scripps and he lives in his stepdad's bassment. U just a silly fan if you think this joker puts any effort into this!! Dude's a dud... aint got no job and still... STILL can't keep that bee whole clean. Okay it's loose fine but aint no reeson that bee whole should be so philthy son!! NO reeson at all boy!!

[@nicks1451]

I was kinda worried about your take on this movie because i genuinely enjoyed it for the same “better than my low expectations” reason that you did. But you actually broke this review down and nailed so many things I didn’t notice, like Seth Rogan’s phoned in performance compared to far more talented voice actors. This is why I religiously watch this channel.

[@Blueeyesthewarrior]

At least Chris Pratt TRIED. Jack Black was absolutely excellent as Bowser. He’s got some voice work under his belt already and you could just tell he was having so much fun with the role. And you couldn’t tell it was him!

[@punchtalestudio]

Roland Joffe was one of the most acclaimed director with The killing field and The mission (Palme d’or at the Cannes festival). He must have been on drugs to proceed with such a doom project. His name was mud after that. It shows how fast you can go downhill-wood

[@kevinwebster7868]

It doesn’t matter who the voice actors were in 2023 and that movie wasn’t a commercial success, it was just a commercial.

[@gregorygregson3238]

Excellent video! Personally, I was an Atari 64 abuser, who never played Mario Bro's, never watched the original Mario's movie, and has no intention of seeing the latest, and I can only say thanks for the really interesting look into the intersection of movies and gaming back in the lost innocence of the '80's and 90's!

[@akaimizu1]

The new Mario Movie wasn’t a cinematic masterpiece by general movie standards. But one thing I believe every critic of the Mario Movie completely misses is, “Did the movie understand the assignment?” The Mario Movie was a full on celebration of Mario and some of Nintendo’s earliest IPs, as well as having just the plot needed to make a movie out of. It also helped that they kind of gamified the Easter eggs in the movie as well. So a videogame movie breaking out the mold of trying to just be some blockbuster movie to compare to Citizen Cain or something, they made a videogame movie that was completely not only afraid to BE the videogame, but also was a game in itself. Taking the wide genre, it’s inspired from, into the Theatre. The audience for Mario wanted to see Platforming. They wanted to see familiar block behavior when the characters interact with them. Laugh at the self-inflection about “why am I so familiar with what is going on there, and yeah, those floating bricks would seem weird?” It understood the assignment. It used the familiarity of the audience, for the Wild wacky and weird they’ve grown comfortable with, and shined a mirror on it to make the audience smile. Not only at the movie, but at themselves. I think it took advantage of timing, and that the majority of the audience now plays videogames, compared to the past. And the adults who waited like 30+ years for the movie they wanted, as a kid, to finally come out. Yeah. A movie can be great in itself and be successful, it can also be one that truly understands the assignment and be successful. I think we all need to answer the question, one which I would love people to try to discuss and come up with an answer. What do you think the people at large want from a videogame movie? Particularly from videogames that don’t try to be movie-like in the first place? Ones that, in their source material, simply go wacky for the pure sense of wonder and fun, building their world or universe off it?

[@joshuablack8221]

Thank you, Brotha 💯 I was waiting anxiously 😂 I’m glad you’re well 😎

[@jennyanydots2389]

So you're cool with the dawg beeting rumors? Whatever dude.

[@scottkraniak4941]

We missssssss you mark. Do more movies !!!! Please

[@nozoto]

I exactly have the same opinion of this movie as Mark: not groundbreaking, but delivered on expectations, no matter as a NES era fan or modern one. The biggest repproach I'd have is how Illumination mostly used Magikoopa as comic relief and then kind of forgot about him along the way and how they got Luigi jailed in Bowser's fortress early on, not really giving him time to develop his character from pushover to badass. But it was an engaging watch in the action department, for sure.

[@regib1992]

When you showed that horrific flashback of movie’s past I felt that!!😂😂😂😂

[@Simonds007]

Peter Weller is an actor that worked incredibly well when he voiced Batman in The Dark Knight Returns movie. That movie is also extremely bad ass.

[@MaximusWolfe]

Peter Weller is a great actor in general. He was brilliant in Naked Lunch.

[@rachelskit]

Surprised Mark didn’t mention anything about the Power Glove kid’s arrest record.

[@gregsvlogshow]

haven't seen you in a long time. welcome back!

[@SpookyNero]

I'm actually relieved that The Wizard flopped the way it did. If the movie had done well, we might never had Jenny Lewis' storied music career.

[@creeton]

I remember when sponge bob was new and I saw it and immediately said "Oh wow, that's Tom Kenny. I love that guy, Mr. Show and so much more. I love it." Yeah sorry man, maybe I'm old, maybe it's Maybelline

[@marielalara1202]

Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo were basically drunk on set all the the time just to get through it 😂😂😂

[@drewgeraci8434]

I really miss the voice actor era. But parents go for star power, even if it has zero effect when they watch it with their kids

[@classicstorm]

I love the 93 version...people hate it but it had so much potential...

[@kevinsherman6162]

Proud Patreon. Love the new vid Mark. Keep up the great work!

[@Weazel1]

It’s insane to think that Nintendo, a company thats known to jealously guard its most important IP, would be so hands off and lackadaisical about its first film. Just mind blowing.

[@fumomofumosarum5893]

how exactly is that mind blowing? do the math, use logic, especially after watching THIS.

[@Swordslinger-hb1ns]

Funny enough, they were in talks for magnum don himself Danny DeVito to play Mario and Arnold Schwarzenegger to play Bowser aka King Koopa in the film originally. That would’ve knocked my socks and I would’ve died laughing if that became reality. I would’ve given 4 stars hands down just for that casting.

[@andrewgeraci8798]

I grew up with cartoons with Arnold Stang as Top Cat, etc. And, while many actors do good voice acting, I miss the special touches only voice actors I feel have extra nuance

[@Geospasmic]

It's a totally different kind of performance, it takes a different skill set. Lots of good film actors just can't do it.

[@dreamsicle3113]

"I don't do voices. If you want me to be in this movie than it's going to sound like me and that's it." Why would anyone fight so hard to have Seth Rogan in their movie? Why can't everyone be like Robin Williams and genuinely care about doing a good job for the characters instead of relying on star power?

[@kievmiddeton2656]

“Like being directed by Chip n’ Dale” 🤣🤣🤣

[@Dreadjaws]

I'm still absolutely puzzled by Seth Rogen's casting as Donkey Kong. He doesn't fit the role, he's not that big of a star and he literally said in his audition that he was going to put no effort in it. Is he like, I don't know, the director's weed dealer or something?

[@bigkmoviesandgames]

I legitimately like the 1993 film. As an adaptation of the game its poor but as a wacky post apocalyptic family it's pretty entertaining.

[@Kinos141]

I think the movie was excellent as a "kids with parents who grew up on Mario" movie. In that aspect, it nailed it.

[@joelwarren6005]

I love the original SMB movie, just how notorious it has become over the years. The stories behind it's production are absolutely legendary in the annals of modern media. Honestly, if i could make any movie, I'd make a mockumentary about the making of the original Super Mario Bros movie. Cast stand-ins for all the players involved, and interlace interviews with actual stars and staff, esp. John Leguizamo, since both Hopkins and Hopper are no longer with us.

[@umbrellacorp.]

Voice actors like Tara Strong, Tabitha St. Germain and others should never be replaced, they are Legends.

[@sockmonkey22]

Can’t they just insert big stars to do cameos and use voice actors to star? I could see Tom Hanks appearing on late night talk shows with the gimmick, “I had a brief time to play an incredible character. Dolly Parton, too.” Etc. I know, they made their billions so their formula works.(Not necessarily artistically)

[@XiahouJoe]

spot on and so much agreement on the voice casting being off.

[@lordmortos979]

I still love that old Mario movie. That's a peace of my childhood right there.

[@scionixx9568]

Hey Mark, love your channel, and all the work you do to make your vids great! Especially the bits where are you? Green screen yourself into the movies 😂 keep up the great work, and know you are appreciated by many!

[@bloodeagle6458]

Remember when Hollywood used to hire voice actors that could sing and do multiple characters 😢

[@chris_is_here_oh_no]

Excellent video, perfect contrast!

[@Simonds007]

As a child of the 90s, I can attest your Nam flashback of those video game movies is legit.

[@Lush85]

Billy west didn't voice Invader Zim. That was Richard Horvitz whom also voiced Daggett in The Angry Beavers.

[@oliversomething]

Billy West _did_ do the voice of Invader Zim, but only for the pilot episode. There used to be a copy of it on youtube (now there's just "Invader ZIM Official Pilot with Audio Commentary" where they mention him). As much as I love Billy, they made the right choice giving the role to Horvitz.

[@GoADHDGo]

14:05 If you don't got Mojo Nixon then your movie could use some fixin’.

[@jasonmay2023]

You win the internet today! 😂

[@SpecialAgentBillMaxwell]

Not a movie I would watch, but I like that it treated the source material with respect.

[@benjaminA.stantonpun]

If I was only aloud to give one problem with the 1993 film, even as difficult as that may sound, I could do it. The one biggest problem with it is that it does not know or show where it goes. It looks like an adult film but does not go there. It is expected to be a kids’ film but does not go there. It is advertised as a video game film but goes way far away from that. It is introduced as a dinosaur story but is humanoid. Many think that Nintendo endorsed it. Well, they kinda just said, “Whatever. We won’t help or even care.” There you have it. The 1993 film was unique because it was built to be entertaining with no destination whatsoever. 😉

[@Lightforeverandever]

Companies dont understand that with game characters like Mario and Sonic we want *animation not live action* and usually a *direct transfer from one of the game stories not new one*. It works wonders and will work perfectly and dominate the box office. *Yes i wanna basically re-watch an entire video game ive played as an hd animated movie*

[@weslittlereptilefamily3418]

So glad youre back. Missed you the last few weeks

[@Tyler45nilbog]

Missed you Mark. Great as always

[@zenhaelcero8481]

I saw the old mario movie once back in the day (as a young kid), and had no idea what was going on. Never bothered to sit and watch it again, but I recall being so lost and confused and wondering why mario wasn't in it.

[@myrv_the_ocelot]

Rocky Morton directed one of my favourite music videos, Donald Fagen's "New Frontier" The RiffTrax of Super Mario Bros is one of their best

[@KevinEDF]

I enjoyed the 93 movie, it was fun and unique

[@Overanalyse_This]

Bob Hoskins will always be the definitive Mario!

[@benjaminA.stantonpun]

It is sad that star power did not save the 1993 film from failure. Dennis Hopper, Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Samantha Mathis and Fisher Stevens were all excellent and well known actors at the time. 🙃

[@michaelbowermaster7098]

In the first movie 9/11 happened before it happened here.

[@supersaiyanbino]

To be fair Raoul Julia grew on me as Bison (RIP)... But that character that played T-Hawk...just made me angry.

[@Borgforce]

I watched the Mario Bros (1993) in the cinema when I was 12… I vividly remember thinking “What the hell was that?”

[@DrTomoculus]

And that's why I never want to hear Seth Rogan's voice again.

[@raphaelturtle4146]

I didn't even realize Martinet was Mario's dad until after I saw the movie. He's a genuinely good voice actor and can do more than over the top stereotypical one liners. I'm sure he could have given a version of Mario's voice that's slightly toned down from the games and would have been MUCH better than what we got.

[@openohm]

Great job, Mark Love your work!

[@Metalalbumreviewers]

Of course Seth Rogen says he's not going to put any effort into a project he's lucky enough to be approached about. He hasn't put any effort into anything but arguing with smarter people on Twitter since slightly after Pineapple Express.

[@Mario87456]

With Kamek oddly enough they actually did have professional voice actor Kevin Michael Richardson voice him. So I don’t know why he was the exception here.

[@leahryan5560]

They also had Khary Payton as the Penguin King, Scott Menville as the Koopa general, John DiMaggio and Rino Romano as the bros’ uncles, and Eric Bauza as the blue Toad advisor. Phil LaMarr was listed under additional voices but I’m not sure who he voiced. But yeah, there were some talented voice actors here.

[@owenfitzgerald3219]

Very sad how the actor who played Lucas in The Wizard Jacky Vinson turned out. In 2004, Vinson was sentenced to 10 years probation for child molestation and had to register as a sex offender. Now it should be easier to make a TV Show or Movie from a game as you could almost copy and paste from the game.

[@Sean-eo8ns]

Mark, this was an unprecedented surprise. Thank you for your thoughts on this, and look forward to your videos in the future. Also, I’d totally watch a movie with Mark, Kung Pow style lol

[@c.moriarty1178]

Over the past few years Mark's been mixing in more traditional reviews of long-running franchises when a new installment comes out (Halloween, Matrix, Star Wars, Jurassic World, etc.). He also did a Super Mario Bros review a long time ago; I think it's one of his first videos

[@Sean-eo8ns]

@@c.moriarty1178 I’m very happy he goes back , and forth. I save so many of his videos, because I’m scared they’ll get taken down with newer movies

[@_Tokenwhtguy]

Great video, as always! My favorite part is when they get arrested. "Name." "Mario" "Last name!" "Mario!" "OK, what's your name?" "Luigi." "Luigi, Luigi?" "No, Luigi Mario."

[@Nosliw837]

Ah, The Wizard. One of the cinema greats. Jenny Lewis screaming "He touched my breasts!" was just defining hilarity. Thanks, 80s/90s, and your weird outlook on everything always.

[@classicstorm]

Why in the world did they pick him for Mario of all people...

[@manjuomjugtawat7908]

'Heeey guys welcome back TO the show' gives me a strange happy feeling that I can't explain 😌

[@pacoromes]

Thank you for recognizing voice actors! Also I want to know who was playing Street Fighter and saw Bison and thought, "This guy reminds me of Gomez Addams."

[@zeeegeee]

When they said a kids movie (the new one) they meant 4 year old kids.. Holy crap it's barely a film. Just a collection of beautifully animated vignettes of recognizable things. I hate it but that's just imo and clearly not the popular one.

[@xavierdraco33]

As a real 80s kid super Mario was part of my soul and I loved the games. When I saw this film it baffled me that it was connected to the games. But I still loved it. It’s great. The new film was good, but I might as well played a Mario game instead.

[@flomojo2u]

I saw the original SMB movie when it hit theaters and holy cow did that movie spoil any chances for enjoyment, it was constant annoyance about how almost any of it could possibly relate to the game characters. There were little bits here and there, but it really showed how confused everything was, just baffling. It's also one of the reasons I haven't seen the 2023 version, the 1993 version was really that bad that it spoiled any future movies, regardless of whether they're any good.

[@MaxHarden]

They’re opposites, so you’d probably like it. You can’t even find 1993 version legally online. It’s be purged from history.

[@PixieMermaid-fz9rt]

I've heard a lot of people mention that they didn't like Rogan's Donkey Kong but I thought he was great. The only voice that didn't work for me was Anya Taylor Joy as Peach. I agree that the movie was mostly just checking the boxes for game references but it was done in a way that made it very entertaining.

[@dustyfox6511]

The new Mario voice honestly sounds like Chris Pratt is doing a Danny Devito impression... sometimes... It's very inconsistent.

[@shoebox3965]

Love your stuff, man. I originally found your Halloween Ends video and I was like "Yeah, this guy definitely knows his stuff". Great content, keep up the great work.

[@ekahnoman7331]

The original 1993 poster is SO much better than the new one. The 2023 one is just generic Marvel photoshop.

[@johnnyw4life]

Great video man! I love this comparison style video

[@rickybobby8224]

New movie = Horrific casting. Seth Rogan has no star power. Movie would have made money no matter who they put in it. Seth Rogan represents everything wrong with society. May God have mercy on us all.

[@AWF1000]

Still waiting for the Wizard review, Mark.. it still counts as weird. Lol

[@Aupsic-hh5sy]

The whole deal with the 90's movie is funny and sad. The 90's movie had potential, it had a theme that could actually work for a "serious" movie, with some dark humor here and there to lighten the mood (a full-on edgy movie would be cringe tbh). The themes about genetic experimentation and futuristic technology to explain the crazy things that happen in the game is a cool take on the iP, imo. The whole concept of reptiles dominating the world (explaining on why Bowser is the leader) makes me think on Chrono Trigger, like alternate dimensions/realities/timelines explaining why the Mario Brothers end up there. Damn, i hate having all these stupid ideas at 4 am...

[@Top10WizardReviews]

It's a-him, Mark-io!

[@guyvizard549]

Maurice LaMarche is my all-time fav voice over actor. I think, these days, many voice actors are starting to break out in the public eye more. I'm a fan of Critical Role too, and that turned me on to a whole new generation of people I didn't know I was listening to for years.

[@Ezekial2517]

My brother and I were 9 and 7 when the first movie came out and even we knew it was going to be ass

[@victoryusmc]

My parents would take the controllers, that way I could turn it on and feel horrible since I couldn't play it

[@cybergothika6906]

Nice catch up Mark, you got oldies on your audience too. I turned 40 last 5th September, and I remember very clearly how the live action series did it 1000 times better than the Mario Bros. movies. I liked how the new movie made it clear about the warp to mushroom kingdom, I was honestly afraid Nintendo would just do some boring stuff, but they respected the 80s (everything from the 80s was about landing somewhere else and finding a way home)

[@evagarcia865]

I remember watching the ‘93 movie as a kid and thinking that it was just a coincidence that the main characters were brothers named Mario and Luigi, it was so weird I didn’t even realize it was supposed to be based on the game

[@sammybrown4680]

Im a 80s kid and yes there are scares. Grate video. So many good memories.😊

[@ripvanwinkle2002]

when i saw the first one, i knew it was broken but, it was like a car wreck i couldnt look away.. all in all the first movie gave me good memories

[@guyvizard549]

For years, I had thought that Rocky Morton was a sort of in-joke version of Alan Smithee, and some director used an amalgamation of names of Mario enemies and Koopa Kids to cover his tracks before handing it off to another to try to clean it up.

[@aylmer666]

Ah David Snyder! I got to work with him on a music video for Halestorm 10 years ago. I asked him about THE SOLDIER and if he was aware that the trucks he designed were the largest moving props ever made at the time. He was not aware of that but very happy at the “nice surprise” that he’d actually set a record for anything.

[@TheOldMan-75]

Do we really need movie stars to market a Mario movie though? Are there really people out there who went to see this movie because of Chris Pratt despite not being interested in Mario?