The Super Mario Movie Was Good?

[@wstine79]

"HEY, PIZZANOS! IT'S THE SUPER PHELOUS AND ALLISON SUPER SHOW!"

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

"Dennis Hopper acting his heart out." Fun fact: just the opposite is true. At some point, by his own recollection, he just stopped trying because the mess behind the scenes was so bad he just decided that nothing he could do would make it worse than it already was and he was tired of caring. And I f*ckin' love it.

[@cameronstone4495]

Good thing they stopped the worlds from merging, I fear the result would have been the future depicted in Theodore Rex! Now that would have been evil.

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

COOKIES!

[@crazyjedi5994]

Cookies.

[@HelenMaxwellfan]

You have a point there.

[@Estarfigam]

Hopper's Kid: Why did you make that movie? Hopper: To buy you shoes. Hopper's Kid: I don't need shoes that bad.

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

True story, bro.

[@alicebarnousky573]

A theatre close to me showed this right after the Illumination movie released. It was fun to hear the younger adults react. One woman lost her shit when Yoshi was namedropped

[@gracestarkes2644]

Y’all look so great together as Mario and Peach! 😍

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

I agree I would say that they should hand out candy for Halloween dressed like that kids would love it and parents would laugh

[@lemuntpicard7482]

This beats my fan fiction for sure!

[@norbertovalle7928]

They’re adorable aren’t they lol

[@greenkoopa]

I, for one, am offended 🐢

[@michaelfields7088]

True story: For the longest time, i never thought the ending led to a sequel. I thought it was leading to the actual game because i thought there was no way anyone believed they were making a sequel.

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

In a way, the directors described that happening.

[@starlimitz2]

That's a better explanation than what it actually was.

[@SanFran51]

But of course the movie bombed at the box office. So it never happened.

[@Jury4318]

i believe it. i believe.

[@Faction.Paradox]

This film feels like a Mario themed flu fever dream. It's like a goofy mascot movie, mixed with 80's dark fantasy nightmare fuel & sprinkled with light cyberpunk.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

See, I like it just because they don't make movies like this anymore.

[@Redblaze27]

Part of what got the film greenlit was it being sold to Nintendo as a darker take on Super Mario Bros, which made them license the movie rights out for I third of their initial asking price.

[@KOTEBANAROT]

As a kid i didnt parse that it was a mario movie (caught half of it on tv), just that it had bizarre references to it for some reason, like a parody or something. But i loved it ever since

[@Jury4318]

i believe it. i believe.

[@jaygooese4242]

Don't you mean Cyberpunk 2077?

[@chasemaddigan9810]

There was an early draft for this film that took a more fantasy-inspired route with the story, and is a lot closer to the games as a result. Bowser spends most of the story as a dragon-like creature, Toad is a mushroom person, there's magic and enemies like Koopa Troopas and Hammer Bros, etc. You can find the script online if you know where to look, but it's worth a read whether you love this film or not.

[@nicholastosoni707]

I honestly think Super Mario would work best as a spoof of old-school Harryhausen adventure flicks, or 80s Roger Corman sword and sorcery. Magic Sword, Golden Voyage of Sinbad, that one with Miles O'Keeffe...The humor comes from everyone expecting a level-headed, muscular hero, and it's Abbott and Costello instead, but somehow A&C do the job nicely with good old Brooklyn bullheadedness.

[@devanhinskey9001]

Yup. It was written by Jim Jennewein and Tom S. Parker, the same duo who wrote the screenplay for “Stay Tuned” and the 1994 “Flintstones” movie.

[@SanFran51]

Unfortunately they could never agree on what the script should be..... also it's directed by the husband and wife duo who previously directed the UK Max Headroom TV movie. Max Headroom: 20 minutes into the future.

[@supermariof0521]

There was just one thing I couldn't stand about that fantasy draft? Mario was an irredeemable douchebag in that draft.

[@MrBlueSkyof1607]

​@@supermariof0521Not ENTIRELY true. Maybe if it was filmed, it would be a journey/arc.

[@manjiimortal]

What I find the most interesting about this film is that one year late, they released a Double Dragon film, which also had a dystopian future setting, and involved a guy being mutated into a creature. Oh, the bad guy also had bleached blond hair.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

This is how every video game movie should be!

[@Ataru320]

The other movie had Abobo. That alone makes it at least equal.

[@jonothanthrace1530]

@@BagOfMagicFood I dunno, I don't think we need Raul Julia with blonde hair.

[@UglyKenHart]

And the year after Double Dragon we got Mortal Kombat and completely forgot about our disappointment with Double Dragon!

[@LaNoLaCola]

Imagine if they referred to themselves as Phelous Phelous and Allison Phelous

[@gracekim25]

😂I understood that reference

[@KingdomHeartsBrawler]

This whole movie is basically Mario fed through the filter of Ghostbusters and then given a second round through Tim Burton's Batman.

[@davidhouston6475]

Got to love Dennis Hopper chewing up all the scenery.

[@albertgein3082]

Always

[@TommyDeonauthsArchives]

But can he sing a love ballad about Peaches?

[@shioq.]

Dennis Hopper is a treasure. He's like Nick Cage. He will always improve your movie regardless of the movie's quality.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Go get 'em, Goomba!

[@Tareltonlives]

Even on autopilot he stole the show

[@SigEpBlue]

While this movie didn't ruin my life, it really put a damper on my 13th birthday. My friends and I bailed less than halfway through, went home, and watched Temple of Doom.

[@legoking6165]

Fun fact: The music for this movie was composed by Allen Silvestri, the same guy who composed the music for Back to the future, Predator and the Avengers!

[@MediumRareOpinions]

-Don't forget the Mummy Films- I stand corrected, The Mummy was infact scored by Goldsmith.

[@JoeChillton]

It does feel like leftover work from Predator but still like it

[@BagOfMagicFood]

And that other movie where Bob Hoskins played an American dealing with a world full of nonsense creatures...

[@JoeChillton]

did yo know as a kid he was British? No idea before hearing him in Unleashed.@@BagOfMagicFood

[@kungfufilm6367]

​​​@@MediumRareOpinionsThat was Jerry Goldsmith.

[@Commanderziff]

Seeing as how the portal is in the sewers, it's entirely possible that other plumbers have visited Koopa's realm before this. They show up and start causing trouble, always trying to unionize the goombahs, and eating all the phillly cheeseasaur sandwiches. He doesn't seem particularly afraid when he says 'plumber alert' it sounds rather routine. They're always causing problems.

[@nicholastosoni707]

I had an idea that Mario's grandfather went to the Kingdom just as Koopa launched his plan and came close enough to saving the day that Koopa forevermore remembered the day that a plumber almost stopped him.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

So by this movie's logic, if we bring enough moon rocks back to the moon, we'll get entangled with an alternate timeline where the moon was never formed!

[@accursedsidor8987]

I mean, the science checks out on my end😂

[@caitm4138]

I remember this being on the Disney channel, or some other oft-visited kid channel, exactly ONCE when I was a child. All I saw was the princess introducing the Mario Brother's to her drippy gross de-evolved father...and a brief look at those goombas with tiny heads. It terrified me so much and was so unrelated to Mario that I was convinced the whole thing was a bad dream I had until the Internet started talking about this movie again.

[@shoestringVA]

I watched this on Rifftrax recently, which is probably the best way to get max enjoyment from this, and I still admired the set design in a weird way. I liked using Bullet Bills as jump charges, or the random BoB-ombs. It feels like the set and prop designers actually gave a shit.

[@Popcultureguy3000]

Yes, how the mechanical enemies were referenced in their *weapons* was an inspired bit of prop design, but Phelous and Alison are on point when they described all the references and names on billboards and shops as lazy. Naming things after other things is literally the least any film production could do.

[@endlessnoise9173]

This week a movie on Allison’s channel about a hedgehog, and Phelous does a film about Italian plumbers.🤔

[@mrmusickhimself]

I like this movie a lot more than I did as a kid. Back then, the entire theater was silent and confused. The new movie is what I wanted as a kid, but as an adult, this weird ass movie is absolutely awesome.

[@ForrestFox626]

I think it is a good movie, just not a Super Mario movie

[@gracekim25]

Oh my god🤩 I ADORE the cosplay you guys 😭

[@deevee666]

I thought the mushroom kingdom was so vast as a kid. When i rewatched this movie as an adult I realized how it was just one set.

[@spaghethenoodle]

🎶 Swing your arms to side to side come on let's do the phelos 🎶

[@kawaiiconcept7479]

I love watching you two together. The way Allison looks at Phelan when he's rambling or when Phelan looks at Allison when she's being cute about the "meh" warms my heart.

[@wakeangel2001]

Speculation, although most of Koopa's world is desert the people there were adapted to it and could survive comfortably, but Koopa forced them to waste their limited resources to build the giant dinohatten city which is why it's so dystopian

[@nicholastosoni707]

Addendum: The dinosaurs have evolved, but not _enough._ They never gained a concept of moderation.

[@Avigorus]

I'm pretty sure Koopa was saying that there were more resources on Earth than in Dinoworld, making a clear motive of basically invasion and colonization, with the merging instead of just sending troops through the portal being intended to just overwhelm the humans with sheer numbers.

[@banshee46]

The biggest crime of the movie was taking the absolute perfect castihn for a Live Action Mario and throwing it away. RIP Bob Hoskins. You were better than this movie deserved.

[@bradpeterson7957]

I liked it in 93 and I still like it today. It's silly but fun. Bob Hoskins is great. I wish he was still with us. He was a damn good actor. I wish shout factory was able to get their hands on it and make a 4K! With as many special features as they can find!

[@crickett3536]

My parents loved telling me a story of watching this movie and cried because "That's not Yoshi."

[@SofaKingWeTodEd666]

i love when Phelan and Allison work together!

[@Giran_0]

Daisy and Yoshi are my favorite characters in the mario universe so i like that they had a connection with each other in the movie also i read that Daisy's dad was named King Bowser which is hilarious cuz i always wanted to see Bowser become a good guy and take down his brother King Koopa (who's first name might be mortan cuz who else would be mortan jr's father)

[@KairuHakubi]

The koopa kids are not koopa's kids, they are just his underlings. important distinction! so there must be a morton koopa Sr. somewhere.

[@Giran_0]

@@KairuHakubi are you on something I just said that

[@KairuHakubi]

@@Giran_0 oh I got confused. You were suggesting 'bowser' and 'king koopa' were two separate people, I followed you that far, but I got confused on which one was real. Disregard.

[@Giran_0]

@@KairuHakubi it's cool

[@sprinkletragedy]

Seeing both of you talk about this movie is a real treat! It's such a goofy thing with such an interesting story behind it. I personally find it very fun in its own way. I forgot how hammy Koopa was, he's definitely a highlight. Love that you referenced the ad where Yoshi said "meh!" also. I always found that the funniest thing!

[@171QA]

It's always magic when you two are together.

[@davidhouston6475]

Mario Brothers in The Land After Time.

[@LittleMissLounge]

I absolutely read this as The Land Before Time and pictured the two leads trying to ride Little Foot and his friends like Yoshi.

[@andreasnickmann370]

​@@LittleMissLoungenow we need a crossover with Dinosaur adventure. Yee

[@samtownend6744]

I love that you guys are dressed like that and then you're just calmly talking about the film in your normal way

[@wstine79]

I assumed Koopa went on to built a new luxury fortress when zombies took over the mushroom kingdom and Luigi went into a new type of cleaning service.

[@Raheel_Ishaq]

You had me at: "Phelan, what if..."

[@ShinGallon]

I have a similar relationship with this movie as I do with Street Fighter (1994): As an adaptation it's awful and as a kid I hated it, but now I can appreciate it on it's own merits and get entertainment out of it from just how utterly surreal and weird it is. This, Street Fighter and Double Dragon are just such odd little bits of 90s nostalgia for me now. Unlike Mortal Kombat, which *was* a fairly good adaptation of the game and stuck pretty close to the actual story (and still holds up as a good movie IMO), those three are just such odd, odd experiences that I've come to enjoy, possibly because they ARE so different from their respective source materials.

[@LKMEW]

Seeing you two dressed like that, made me smile. My father, little sister and I went as Luigi (my father is bigger and much slender than I am) Princess Peach (my lil sis even had a Toad plush) and Mario. We watched a parade and saw another trio like us, three guys dressed like we were. They gave us some drinks, lots of candy for my sis and just went with the theme, joking, until they had to wander off. It was a wonderful day.

[@jwnj9716]

I enjoy it for its weirdness. Plus, it's entertaining. They are references to the games like the monkey scene. It's a monkey and a construction site, which reminds you of something.

[@chavesa5]

This movie has aged shockingly well now that it's so thoroughly divorced from its context. Like you guys said-- absent the Mario connection, it's actually a passable leftover of that late 80s/early 90s kids movies. I watched it with much younger friends recently and they were all surprisingly on-board with it.

[@juicebox7372]

Yeah "kids" movie

[@shadowleon659]

This film is one of my biggest guilty pleasures.

[@titangirl161]

I wonder to this day, if back then, when John Leguizamo picked up a bomb and ran with it, he ever could've dreamed he'd voice the most amazing animated character that no one talks about

[@MadameSomnambule]

Looked it up. You referring to Sid from Ice Age? Loved that movie as a kid. 😊

[@EarthboundX]

32:03 I always saw those lines as Spike and Iggy being really wormy and suck ups, and were lying as they saw that Koopa was going down. So they figure they'd join the winning side. Not that they actually always supported Daisy and her father.

[@MadameSomnambule]

This movie feels like such a time capsule of kids movies from the 80s and early 90s just like how the live action Cat in the Hat is a reflection of late 90s/early 2000s kids movie trends, aesthetic and all.

[@andreasnickmann370]

Nobody's talking about the Goombas in the elevator? That's my favorite scene

[@BagOfMagicFood]

That was my sister's favorite scene, the dancing the Goombas!

[@EpicJasonX9000]

I think my very 1st exposure to this guilty pleasure of a movie was seeing the Yoshi animatronics inside a 1993 Fangoria magazine that was also covering the dinosaur animatronics from both Jurassic Park & Carnosaur. Honestly, I enjoy this movie. Way better than the new film if you ask me, but no where near as good as the Super Mario Bros 3 cartoon show.

[@TothanCrawk]

I still want Daisy's Necklace! I always check Etsy and stuff to see if someone's made replica or something.

[@fusionspace175]

It should be obvious that King Koopa considers intelligence a dangerous resource, especially in his henchmen. The goombas all work for him because they're too dumb to question orders, it ensures their loyalty. That's why he hasn't evolved his bumbling cousins yet, and in fact once he does, they do end up betraying him. So you can see what a mistake that ended up being. I think the reason he doesn't fix himself after going through the machine is twofold. One, he's too proud to admit he's lost any intelligence to begin with, and two, if he has, I think he likes that little bit of extra animal aggression, he figures it might help him trough this latest plumber debacle. I think his slick businessman Koopa might be feeling a bit complacent, feeling that he's lost his edge, and a little bit of the old Dino Mater might be just what he needs to stay fresh. Personally I always loved this movie as a weird sci fi adventure, I never wanted a straight adaptation of the games because we already had exactly that in the cartoon show. I expected something weird and different, and it was right up my alley at release.

[@SwiftNimblefoot]

I actually liked Yoshi, wish he actually did something useful in the movie. Him having proper digitigrade legs instead of a Godzilla style guy in suit look was great.

[@aquelescaraaaaaaaaaa]

my interpretation of the "Plumber alert" line is less that they hate plumbers and more that they're treating the urgency of the situation the same way they have a pipe leak, thus they call for a plumber alert in that same manner, but because koopa's police acts on direct orders no questions asked, it probably is just normal for them to drag every single plumber in town to jail just like any other kind of person or thing.

[@MarcelisKhaldern]

This is a movie I never saw in theatres or on home video, but after I saw some reviews online, I managed to watch a fair chunk in pieces here on KZbin when you could get away with that kind of thing. Sadly my limited connection kept me from watching all of it before it was gone. Having a much more limited experience with Mario than others, I didn't have a huge problem with it, I actually really appreciated the creativity and I still kinda do now. Say what you like, there's nothing quite like this particular train wreck!

[@kagehikari4281]

I was so excited for this movie, then got to see it and was instantly soooo confused and also kinda mad and felt swindled, however, I just accepted "so..., were doing this... oookaaayy...." As odd as this was for a mario live action, i did find it entertaining as some weird alternate reality story and now I appreciate it even more for not only the nostalgia and something weird and cooky, but the bizarre behind the seines shenanigans involved in its development and drunken outbursts and rage at the directors by the poor actors. I wish I could comfort Bob and Dennis and tell them they did great and thank them for what they went thru.

[@matthewpaul6904]

I remember seeing the poster on the back of a comic book and I was excited. I knew right away this isn't the game but I still enjoyed it for what it was. I wasn't a judgey kid, I guess I understood adaptation before I knew what the word was. I mean I grew up with Burtons Batman, the animates series and the Adam West show side by side.

[@JohnDoe-uf3lj]

He did it… He did the Mario!! This is clearly superior to the illumination film. Oscar winning actors and performances, stunning world and effects. Incredible story and lines that are cemented in cinema history. “GOOMBA!!” “Bob omb…” “Monkey! :D”

[@brianlevine871]

Your Mario and Peach cosplays are great! As for this movie, I've only seen a few clips so I can't give my full thoughts on it. I am aware of the movie's production history and how it changed from a more faithful adaptation to this weird dystopian story, and I'll admit some of these concepts look interesting (like the other world and dinosaur designs, including their take on Yoshi). But after hearing how the whole film turned out, this feels like it should've been its own thing rather than having any connection to Mario. I'll probably watch the full movie someday for curiosity's sake, though.

[@mesousagaby740]

Actually, the meteor didn't strike the Earth, it struck the "EART".

[@gracekim25]

Eh it be the Urf indeed😜

[@BagOfMagicFood]

Who will rule the new Urth?

[@nicholastosoni707]

No, it struck the OYTH.

[@TheBlackMew]

5:08 is exactly my thoughts too and why I actually love this movie. I went in expecting something nothing like Mario because of all the hate and came out pleasantly surprised by the world it did end up creating. I also just think the casting for Mario and Luigi is A+ unlike the newer Mario movie lmao

[@Morgil27]

To this day, any time I see a plumbing truck on the street, I can't help but blurt out "Plumber Alert!"

[@NextToToddliness]

As someone who is a notorious pedant, I didn't mind this movie as a kid. I thought it was an interesting take on the game, and even back then, I knew that any other interpretation would just be a kid's movie (and as someone who grew up with the OG cartoon, I already had plenty of that). Yeah, it's weird, and it's not at all faithful, but I'd be curious to see what kind of film would've been made had the studio not interfered. That being said, this is the Directors' first film, and the only thing they were known for was Max Headroom, which is a far cry from a feature length film. I have no idea how this got greenlit, because film productions are hardly a secret to the producers, which means they agreed to the dystopian setting. I also just love hearing Leguizamo and Hoskins (RIP) talk about their time making it.

[@BM-wh5qk]

Koopa thinks the very sight of his Devo guns will make Earth surrender to him or something.

[@SalusFuturistics]

It's like when my Dad went to a Thrift Store with me and I saw this GameBoy Cardridge of Mario with Adventurers Hat on it, but it turned out to be something like Minesweeper. This Movie at least was entertaining. Not the worst Thing with Marios Name on it.

[@MadameChouette800]

I loved the movie as a kid but i was loving pretty much anything. I wish i could enjoy things like i did.

[@SilverFireworks]

I actually squealed when I saw Alison!

[@JamieSwitzer]

I grew up with this movie, it was something I loved, was it like the game? Hell no! But I appreciated it all the same. When the internet talked about how much it sucked I fell into that mindset for a few years in a reactionary way. Thankfully I got out of that, because my love for it has grown more and more. I love movies like this, the much maligned ones, the outcast ones, ie: Wild Wild West, Alien Resurrections, Surf Ninjas, TMNT 3, both unironically and ironically. Both sides have merit.

[@JamieSwitzer]

Also, there's a 4k release coming up soon!!

[@MissAshley42]

I never did see this movie back in the day, but I did bring a Nintendo Power with a feature on it to school for show and tell. I thought the section about the Yoshi animatronics would impress my classmates. Sadly, I don't recall anyone really caring.

[@imakuni67]

I actually loved this movie as a kid/teen, so watching the remastered extent cut blew my mind. I always had a wild theory about "Plumber Alert" being a reference to Harry Tuttle from "Brazil". Like any dystopian society will have renegade plumbers fixing pipes without permits.

[@ser6Ijvolk]

They had Harold Ramis on at some point? That totally explains the mold, spores and fungus.

[@GarthTheDestroyer]

That's a nice Peach cosplay, Allison, but our princess is in another movie.

[@andreasnickmann370]

Dingo's "Anastasia" or "The Secret of Anastasia?"

[@HaitaniMasayuki]

28:50 That whole "Mario Mario" scene... The joke is so "good"/baffling, it completely distracts from that lady pushing her high-heel into the guy's shoulder for the whole scene lol

[@gayfrenchsheep]

I fucking loved that movie. I still it's an underappreciated gem.

[@ivane5110]

I was just out of college when this came out and had a bigbnastalgia rush at hearing about it, picturing a Land of the Lost (70s TV version) crossed with maybe a live-action Saturday Supercade. Then I saw the commercials. But I still had hopes of at least it doing well enough for live adaptions of other arcade games from my teens. But its nice to know some enjoy this, once taken for what it is and not what was hoped for. I can now enjoy the live He-Man movie with that frame of mind and as a kid thats what let me enjoy sooooo many superhero TV shows.

[@gracestarkes2644]

But does this movie have Bowser singing a love ballad about Peaches? I think not!

[@gracekim25]

Yeah😂

[@gatchywatchyentertainmentb2090]

And no 8 hour sex scene between Luigi and Bowser

[@mogensschmidt2498]

but does it have its own webside like this movie i think not

[@nicholastosoni707]

It would be Daisy here 😂

[@Lilpopochan]

Jack Black as Bowser is Amazing

[@diemwing]

I unironically love this movie

[@Jury4318]

i believe it. i believe.

[@mattr75]

It's fun to watch this movie with Rifftrax

[@abonnybunny6647]

A meteor supposedly sent the dinosaurs to another dimension but too bad it was Sunday, the planet would have been filled up tomorrow.

[@andreasnickmann370]

I can see their parachutes. They are o.k. and didn't go the way of the dinosaurs, because Oro was an average meme, but a brilliant scientist. But some of them breath very loud and heavily.

[@Pipkiablo]

I remember catching this one back to back with Mortal Kombat on TV at around 1am in the middle of summer when I had nothing to do when I was maybe about 14 or 15 years old, and it was the first time I'd ever seen this one and only the second time I'd seen Mortal Kombat since it came out when I was five. It was a trippy night.

[@megachristianx6592]

I would love to live in an alternate universe where we got a sequel to this movie.

[@ZetaEntity101]

You keep doing the good job with these review videos in this channel

[@murphcoenterprises5598]

1993: Dont Question it just roll with it.

[@johnnyd3158]

This film is up there with other film adaptations based on animated media like Popeye (1980), Masters of the Universe (1987), The Flintstones (1994), and Mortal Kombat (1995) consisting of unique film adaptations that, while not spot on adaptations, are still enjoyable films that stays true to the spirit of their source material.

[@ThePageofRage]

What, no Street Fighter?

[@HypeVoiceActing]

I'm sorry, but Flintstones and maybe Mortal Kombat are the only ones here legitimately enjoyable lol

[@johnnyd3158]

@@ThePageofRage Well, Street Fighter (1994) could at least be considered as being a 'so bad it's good' type of film in my opinion, as the film’s main saving grace was Raul Julia’s performance as M. Bison.

[@johnnyd3158]

@@HypeVoiceActing I’m guessing that you don’t like Popeye (1980) and Masters of the Universe (1987)?

[@TiroDvD]

@@johnnyd3158 Street Fighter the Movie (1994) is an unlicensed G.I. Joe movie.

[@Dreadjaws]

Phelous didn't like the movie as a kid because they adapted the dino world yet they refused to put his favorite character, Oogtar, in it.

[@BlueDog241]

Towards the ending of the new Mario movie after the Bomber Bill blows up the pipe portal and everyone gets pulled into New York, was that referencing the 93 movie? I didn't think about that until just now..

[@mathieuleader8601]

great costumes guys

[@NY4Life]

I will freely admit I loved this movie. It is a partial inspiration for my own project.

[@xgray2012]

As long as your project makes a lot of sense, that should be fine. But absolutely no pandering to the woke culture. Understand?!

[@lotus-prince]

Regarding Mario being partly inspired by Ghostbusters, could the Scapelli brothers be a name-drop nod to the Scoleri brothers?

[@Jury4318]

i believe it. i believe.

[@Speedball57]

I unironically like this movie.

[@artofmore7197]

Despite how ridiculous this film is, I feel like Nintendo adapted some elements from this movie. Like the relationship between Luigi and Daisy that started during the N64 era, or Neo Bowser City in Mario Kart 7 and 8 Deluxe. Not to mention jumping into paintings and walls in Mario 64.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

And riding down a long slide in 64!

[@Bladebrent]

My favorite part is when Mario and Luigi are in the cop car driving away and the Display in the car with their mug shots says "Use of Unnecessary Force is authorized" So that means the cops are authorized to use what they know is an unnecessary amount of force to catch them? The thought of letting the cops use a knowingly-overboard amount of weapons to catch criminals is funny to me.

[@fluffyman85]

A movie I recall watching at the drive-in at the time, not really knowing what to think at first since I was only 7 but then over time, just all it's faults just are so much noticeable. I always got the impression that Dinohattan was already kind of like the way it was in the movie before Daisy's birth but Koopa's take-over just made everyone assholes. Oddly the art director on this was also a set designer on T2, art direction on Demolition Man and production designer for the all-time classic Theodore Rex as well. I too think Bob Hoskins was good, probably one of the only actors at the time who felt like the right build for the character, though as you both make clear it was everything else that was wrong.

[@TarossBlackburn]

To be honest. This movie is still kindof a guilty pleasure to occasionally view. And then be happy how far videogame movies came since. :D

[@bigslim7777]

Saw the new mario movie at the exact same theater i saw the 1993 movie. I wish they played them back to back for insane whiplash.

[@Bonelesssousage]

Allison looks absolutely gorgeous!

[@doctorhirst9302]

I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid, so I didn't even remember that Toad was in it.

[@devonrichardson6150]

I actually like this movie i want to see the original cut

[@neogotham2k395]

Phelous and Allison look awesome as Mario and Peach!

[@GundamDragonLord]

- There were a lot of issues with the movie. Supposedly John Leguizamo as Luigi, and Bob Hoskins as Mario were drunk while on set. - Dennis Hopper as bowser would bail while shooting. Would make a stink and practically refuse to continue filming whenever his role was needed. - The city "Dinohattan" was filmed in an abandoned cement factory. Ironically the same place where Live Action TMNT film was being filmed. As well as where "The Crow" was filmed. - Dinohattan was going to be expansive and somewhat different than what we initially got. Likely to reduce the budget. - The two people who directed the movie was either an engaged couple, or a married couple. They have no almost little to no filming background. - A lot of issues with the film was that it was originally going to have a similar vibe to Willy Wonka meets Wizard of Oz, in terms of world building and props as well as background. Personally it's a cult classic. Regardless if people say it's good or not. Though I do think some of the issues with the film has to do with what's mentioned above.

[@sussybaka119]

Yes!! I missed my favorite reviewer couple!! (Hope Alisson doesn't make you watch showgirls again tho)

[@greathoundii6142]

I still love the actors despite the flaws this movie had. Rip Bob Hopkins