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- Mon Apr 09, 2012 2:37 am
- Forum: Bugs/Suggestions
- Topic: Site Overhaul Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5679
Re: Site Overhaul Discussion
While I'm aware that the people running this site have a real life, as well as little time to devote to a fan-project, however trying to send a message requires a complete website. My suggestion would be asking on the forums to see if there is anyone here willing and able to take on some of the work...
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:27 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Sonic the Hedgehog
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4685
Re: Sonic the Hedgehog
I may be a Mario addict but I can't say I'm not a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog because I am...well at least a fan of the older games. I honestly can see why someone would be a fan of these games. The graphics are nice, the controls are great, the gameplay is unique and great, and the music is great to...
- Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:07 am
- Forum: Bugs/Suggestions
- Topic: Site Overhaul Discussion
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5679
Re: Site Overhaul Discussion
Any chance of making all the pages work? :p Trying to find information and learn more about the movie (Of which this is generally the best resource) becomes tiresome and irritating when almost every other page doesn't load, giving me 404 Errors. These areas need uploading/updating; - Pre-Production ...
- Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:01 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Njutafilms Swedish DVD
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5635
Re: Njutafilms Swedish DVD
Then I'll do it, sounds like a great opportunity to do something with you guys :) Just out of curiosity, you stated that the Swedish version is anamorphic and therefore higher in image resolution, and considering the crappy quality of the mainstream DVD, what makes you think the US version is probab...
- Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:32 am
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Blu-Ray Re-Release Information/Petition
- Replies: 155
- Views: 49801
Re: BLU-RAY RE-RELEASE INFORMATION/PETITION
Rather than go through Disney, who clearly aren't bothered, why don't we try other distributors with a history of the movie. As much of a pain as it is to get hold of, Njutafilms do Blu-Rays and they've made the higher quality DVD. If there's a way to get them to merge those distribution arms... The...
- Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:16 am
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Njutafilms Swedish DVD
- Replies: 24
- Views: 5635
Njutafilms Swedish DVD
I have returned. Through the frozen wastes of the internet, fighting off the violent creatures of regional-only stockists and having only my hat, Donald, and my right hand for company... After two months solid searching I found a stockist of Njutafilms' Super Mario Bros DVD that WILL deliver to the ...
- Mon Feb 20, 2012 6:30 am
- Forum: Fan Media
- Topic: SMB: Mushroom Madness (a Fan Film)
- Replies: 69
- Views: 22925
Re: SMB: Mushroom Madness (a Fan Film)
Just a quick question on equipment. What types of set lighting are you using? Are you using Rotoscope lighting, or LED set lighting with a halogen filter? Or is it more like a traditional lighting gun?
Just curious, the project looks good so far
Just curious, the project looks good so far
- Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: F-Zero X Movie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1705
Re: F-Zero X Movie
Well I don't work with him in the design process, he builds the models himself. However I gave him a specific brief. The designs had to be F-Zero X style, not GX. GX's character designs are anime inspired, whereas X gave them more gritty everyday clothing/racing designs which suited the more realist...
- Tue Feb 14, 2012 9:25 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: F-Zero X Movie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1705
Re: F-Zero X Movie
Hmm, that Mushroom Madness looks good so far, I'm definately going to keep my eye on it :) Just done a colour test for Silver Neelson, the old wise racer of the Night Thunder. Based on his F-Zero X design, not his GX one (Because the X designs are more realistic and down-to-Earth). http://media.gian...
- Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: F-Zero X Movie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1705
Re: F-Zero X Movie
Glad it takes your interest :) Movie writing, acting and directing is my career focus, so I haven't the money or time to develop this as a fan movie. I'm already producing my first independent feature film called Imperial Nova in September for release later this year. Full HD, 5.1 Surround Sound and...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Star Trek Franchise
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2098
Re: Star Trek Franchise
Say I was to go to America as a writer, would I need to be in the WGA? If I was director if my own projects, then technically as Director there is nothing to stop me rewriting/writing in that capacity? What if I was 'caught' writing during a strike, what would being out of the WGA mean? America has ...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MANOS: The Restoration (Blu-Ray Release)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2618
Re: MANOS: The Restoration (Blu-Ray Release)
I must say, that is a cool idea. You will get attention for it, trust me. When we first did Summer of Sonic 5 years ago it was a small little thing with a couple of helpful strands coming from SEGA. This year we're working ever closer with them, getting a bigger venue and working out the details but...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Star Trek Franchise
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2098
Re: Star Trek Franchise
That's cool Redstar. The actors were all good (Except Scotty), and the special effects were masterful. I still believe it will be badly directed, I have a very low opinion on J.J.Abrams (I doubt he'll lose any sleep over it lol) but have faith that at least the writing can be improved upon this time...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: F-Zero X Movie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1705
Re: F-Zero X Movie
Hey RedStar ^_^ Thanks for replying. Well the F-Zero game series is a Nintendo series of racing games, that began on the SNES and was released on the same engine as Super Mario Kart. I personally loved F-Zero's driving mechanics and hated Super Mario Kart's though, which I know is extremely odd but ...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 9:13 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Star Trek Franchise
- Replies: 24
- Views: 2098
Re: Star Trek Franchise
Big fan of Star Trek in almost all of it's iterations. Each series has it's share of bad episodes, and as a fan of any show you come to expect that. The films have declined, moreso than the series. I actually liked Enterprise as I preferred the character element of it, and how Johnathon Archer evolv...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: MANOS: The Restoration (Blu-Ray Release)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2618
Re: MANOS: The Restoration (Blu-Ray Release)
I suggest we start this. Moneyz pot. If this odd crap can get $31,000 then SMB:Movie with full restoration and additional/re-editted sequences to improve the movie for a modern audience will easily get that. The difference is that the licence holder for Manos is defunct and dead, whereas Disney are ...
- Wed Feb 08, 2012 7:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: F-Zero X Movie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1705
Re: F-Zero X Movie
Are there certain characters you think would be better as CGI instead of actors? I think Pico would do well as a CGI render instead of an actor because of the difficulty of creating a believable mask that doesn't look like a plastic 'Gorn' person. Just had a render made of him, and it's clear that t...
- Mon Feb 06, 2012 5:48 am
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: Video Games that would have been great as movies
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4401
Re: Video Games that would have been great as movies
I have extremely low expectations of that Phoenix Wright movie, I figure it will be pretty bad. Reason being: It's by Takashi Miike, the same guy who did the below average Yakuza: Like A Dragon movie. Unless he actually bothers to put some effort into this one (As he does do a good film now and then...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Official TROMA Films Thread!
- Replies: 111
- Views: 18749
Re: Official TROMA Films Thread!
Ah cool. Fair enough. Sounds like you got a cool edition of Cannibal! The Musical in the US. The UK version was pants-arific. Hopefully it will come out on American Blu-Ray so I can import it (I has no US DVD player - sad times).
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:17 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: GameCube (GCN) Discussion/Recommendations
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7649
Re: GameCube (GCN) Discussion/Recommendations
Bit hard to explain how controls are bad. They were sluggish, inaccurate, unresponsive at times. It can't be my controller, as these issues never occurred in any other game I played using the same one. In fact I'm a bit of a legend in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, so the controller must work slick to kee...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: GameCube (GCN) Discussion/Recommendations
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7649
Re: GameCube (GCN) Discussion/Recommendations
lol. I'm just as guilty. I bought Sonic the Hedgehog 06 despite it being an epic crapbag of a game. Superb music (Maybe some of the best in video gaming) wrapped around one of the most glitchy and horrendous gameplay experiences you'll ever have the misfortune of being exposed to. I'm a Sonic fan, I...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:32 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Official TROMA Films Thread!
- Replies: 111
- Views: 18749
Re: Troma reviews...
Damn I love Troma movies, this marks my 10 year anniversary of loving Troma, it all started with CANNIBAL! THE MUSICAL. It might be cos I'm British but, what the heck is TROMA? And what have they got to do with Cannibal! The Musical? Cannibal! The Musical was an independent movie by Trey Parker and...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:27 pm
- Forum: General Gaming
- Topic: GameCube (GCN) Discussion/Recommendations
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7649
Re: GameCube (GCN) Discussion/Recommendations
What can you guys tell me about Double Dash!! ? My brother highly recommends it and it seems like a good party title that my inexperienced girlfriend could get into, but I'd like to hear what makes it fun. Please keep in mind that I love Mario Kart 64 to death since it's just so perfect in its simp...
- Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: F-Zero X Movie
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1705
F-Zero X Movie
If you were to make/cast a movie of F-Zero X, who would you cast in the 31 character roles (30 racers and Mr Zero) and why? Captain Falcon; Scott Adkins - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012078/ - Is a great martial artist, just LOOK at his face - that is Falcon's chin - and I believe he could pull off ...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 4:59 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Why I understand some points Mario fans are TRYING to make
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1592
Re: Why I understand some points Mario fans are TRYING to ma
Lame fan bullcrap. Any fan will say "It should be Peach!", any loyal fan will know Peach wasn't called that until SMB 64. Well, I don't actually mind this, I'm just stating the facts from a hater's point of view, in fact I do say Peach wasn't around until Super Mario 64. Sorry, I didn't m...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 3:52 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Why I understand some points Mario fans are TRYING to make
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1592
Re: Why I understand some points Mario fans are TRYING to ma
First of all, let's start with how the Bros. look. I hate to admitt it but I agree to degree on this. First of all, Mario and Luigi are icons, and they have an iconic look. Mario is short, has a moustache, and wears red and blue. Luigi is tall, wears a moustahce, and wears green and blue. By not gi...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:21 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)
- Topic: Super Mario Bros. (Rated A for Awesome)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1922
Re: Super Mario Bros. (Rated A for Awesome)
Do not like the news story poster's opinion of SMB movie. The style of SMB The Movie is one of the chief reasons it appeals so much to me, it's so different from it's source material. How comes that is seen as some sort of "perverse screw up", or Hollywood trying to destroy the series, yet...
- Sun Jan 22, 2012 2:13 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Video Game Adaptations 'Worse' Than SMB
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5070
Re: Video Game Adaptations 'Worse' Than SMB
In The Name of the King - A Dragon's Seige Tale - Uwe Boll does, at least, improve on his previous efforts with a film that is often entertaining to watch just to see how crap it is. I mean for Christ's sake, the main character is a farmer called Farmer. How much more moronic does the script need t...
- Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:21 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Video Game Adaptations 'Worse' Than SMB
- Replies: 35
- Views: 5070
Re: Video Game Adaptations 'Worse' Than SMB
There are bloody shed-loads. I'm building a Blu-Ray collection of video game adaptions (Such is why I cry when there is no SMB Blu-Ray). BloodRayne II: Deliverance - By far the worst Video Game to film adaption I've seen. It's so bad, it's not even amusing or entertaining. The image is full of black...
- Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:08 am
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Cracked: If Stupid Movies Were Remade as Oscar Bait
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1038
Re: Cracked: If Stupid Movies Were Remade as Oscar Bait
Tim Burton though, innit. Anything he creates is considered a golden turd ripe for sale. And if I'm honest, most of his stuff is meh at best. Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow, Big Fish and Demon Barber of Fleet Street excepted of course. But Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Alice in Wonde...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:23 pm
- Forum: Early Script Discussion
- Topic: 7/17/91 (Fantasy--Jennewein/Parker) Script Discussion
- Replies: 92
- Views: 28048
Re: 7/17/91 (Fantasy--Jennewein/Parker) Script Discussion
I have to be honest though, the brooding cyberpunk feel of the film (Whether fully realised/successful or not) is the very thing that makes this film stand out so completely from all other video game to film adaptions. It is unique. If this script had been made instead, it would automatically lose i...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:23 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)
- Topic: Waluigi Discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9422
Re: Waluigi Discussion
You're insinuating that Waluigi is a character we should "love to hate," and that's what's "right" about him. No, I hate Waluigi because he represents bad writing, sloppy character design and corporate greed-- he has nothing to do with any of the Mario games, nor should he, but...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:19 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)
- Topic: Waluigi Discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9422
Re: Waluigi Discussion
There shouldn't be a character in a Mario game that raises my blood pressure to the point that I actually physically want to destroy a pixelated image on my television screen. But yes there should be, cos people like me and use that to our advantage in a gaming match ;) Use the force, Luke. Waluigi...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:07 pm
- Forum: Early Script Discussion
- Topic: 7/17/91 (Fantasy--Jennewein/Parker) Script Discussion
- Replies: 92
- Views: 28048
Re: 7/17/91 (Fantasy--Jennewein/Parker) Script Discussion
I don't think it woulld have failed. If given the right direction, it would have been very fun and re-watchable. I honestly would have payed to see this and I'm betting many others on this forum would have too. It's just too fun to miss. Then again I'm now at a point to where I just have to say, &q...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:43 am
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: Amazon/IMDb Scores -- Ratings for a Re-Release
- Replies: 53
- Views: 39745
Re: Amazon/IMDb Scores -- Ratings for a Re-Release
I gave it 4 out of 5 stars, and posted on both Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. I also rated it 8 out of 10 on IMDB and posted the review there too (With some light trimmings to fit in with their guidelines). Hopefully this is another small step in the right direction. The influx of members here, the ra...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:22 am
- Forum: Early Script Discussion
- Topic: 7/17/91 (Fantasy--Jennewein/Parker) Script Discussion
- Replies: 92
- Views: 28048
Re: 7/17/91 (Fantasy--Jennewein/Parker) Script Discussion
Not to mention it's more like a darker version of the Mario Cartoons. The 7/17/91 script is in no sense of the word 'dark.' I'm sorry, but that's where I draw the line. It's a conservatively written children's film, no darkness added. :| I think it can be agreed that the fantasy script isn't necess...
- Mon Jan 02, 2012 4:50 am
- Forum: Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)
- Topic: Waluigi Discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9422
Re: Waluigi Discussion
Serum is actually proving my point. If me and him had a game against each other of Mario Kart, Mario Party or any of the sports games, I could probably beat him. Not because I'm better, not at all. But because he'll be so frustrated and focused on hating the living daylights out of Waluigi that his ...
- Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:28 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros.
- Topic: SMB 35mm Print
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4172
Re: SMB 35mm Print
This process costs 400-500$$$$$ something that I don't have, I'm out on this deal. $400 to $500 isn't actually that much, if you set up for everyone to chip in. See if the site and forumers would pay money to the restoration of this reel. $500 is a lot to one person, but split between 5 people is $...
- Sat Dec 31, 2011 9:16 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)
- Topic: Waluigi Discussion
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9422
Re: Mario Party Series
There is nothing in this world greater than hyperbole. No, a hyperbole would be saying something like "Waluigi is Hitler, he's worse than the Spanish Inquisition!" Interesting fact, the Spanish Inquisition always gave you a month's notice that they were going to come and 'visit' you. Mont...
- Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:13 pm
- Forum: Super Mario Bros. (Franchise)
- Topic: Mario vs. Sonic, or: Nintendo vs. Sega
- Replies: 41
- Views: 7981
Re: Mario vs. Sonic, or: Nintendo vs. Sega
[Except that is totally false. Nintendo decided NOT to assist SEGA with getting out of financial difficulty. Sonic is in Nintendo games, now. Sega is Nintendo. There will not be a new system from what used to be Sega. This conversation can serve no further purpose. Nor did it serve any purpose to b...