A place for those who "Trust the Fungus"

UPDATE 11/15/10: Mark's interview has been updated with a lot of additional photographs focusing on the film's production--more fungus! Vehicles! Thwomp Stompers! Koopa Square! The Devo Chamber! Okay everyone, here's the deal: Mark McCoy, who worked on some of the special effects in our favorite Su...

Yeah, you're absolutely correct. In the original script (and kinda somewhere in those storyboards), someone (be it bloober, wart, simon, lemmy, it changed a million times, which is probably why they cut it out) does in fact get de-evolved into slime BEFORE Toad gets turned into a Goomba. That's why ...

Whoa, no idea who Egan and James would be. And I've no idea why the forums were down. In fact, all of my websites were down for a while. Maybe my webhost was having problems or something.

Very good observations, guys. It's really interesting if you think of Iggy and Spike as Mario and Luigi's other-dimensional counterparts. One thing though--I don't think Iggy and Spike were ever named Bloober and Wart; I think they were just some lab technicians in the Devo Chamber scene.

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Sorry it took you a while to find the elusive VIP code. It's the most effective way I've discovered to stop those awful spam bots. Anyway, you've already made some awesome contributions to our growing community, nice to have you here

WOW! Awesome stuff, man! Could I post these in the Fan Art section? And could you make a 1920x1200 version of the first image that I can use for wallpaper? And could you make more awesome pictures?

Yes yes, hello people. I'm finally out of school for the semester! That means I can actually start working on this stuff. The script will be one of the first things I start working on, for sure!

Well, first of all, the DVD is in widescreen. But it's not enhanced for widescreen DVD players or televisions, so make sure it's on the 4:3 mode of the player/TV so it doesn't stretch it out.

As far as I know, the DVD is in the original theatrical aspect ratio, so you'll see the whole picture.

Maybe you could talk them into doing it before/after hours

WOW man, just wow! That is awesome! Man, I wish I would've seen that on eBay or I would've gotten that myself. This has the potential to actually solve some interesting questions raised by the film's theatrical release. I've heard on a number of occasions that there is an extended scene of the first...

Hey, that's pretty clever. Did you just have to do all of your movements over those of Hoskins?

I will!

Trust the fungus, man.

Hello there! Nice to have you here. In case you didn't know, 'Mama Luigi' is also the title of one of the Super Mario World cartoon episodes. I'll have to get that DVD release myself; perhaps it's in true widescreen (unlike our current NTSC version).

Welcome!

I'm glad you found the site and are excited to be here. I hope you find more people to expand our small (but loving) SMB Movie community!

-Phlibbit

That's actually really clever. Good job!

Hey, thanks for posting those links; I've come across both websites before, actually; I guess I just didn't read all the Hoskins interviews thoroughly enough to remember that part. And neat job on the sprite editing. By the way, those Thwomp Stompers are damn hard to draw period, let alone in sprite...

Hey, thanks for the very thoughtful/insightful introduction :D Thanks for taking the initiative to join the SMBMovie.com community; I know it's not thriving a lot yet, but I think it'll ramp up, especially once I get more stuff on the website and people like yourself spreads the word :P And about th...

They basically turned it into a love song for Luigi/Daisy, as evident in the SMB version of the music video:

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Hi people, Yeah, the website hasn't really had as many updates as I'd like; I have all the info/stuff in my head (and my house), but I had an appendectomy a couple weeks ago and now I'm knee-deep in college crap. Hurray! I just figured everyone needed a good update so you know the site is DEFINITELY...

Ken Doe wrote:2. Nintendo wouldn't allow a Mario game with a rating above E

There's Super Smash Bros. Melee. Not 100% Mario, but it counts.

...it's obviously fake...

Huh? An SMB movie game was never in development. Street Fighter had one though, based on the movie. Kinda silly though, a game based on a movie...which is based on a game Same thing as a book that's based on a movie...that's based on a book.

Heh, my fan script for a SMB Movie sequel follows that idea pretty closely. I should revise it *again*

Yeah, most of the actors I've seen that have made post-movie quotes have said they've hated being a part of the movie. John Leguizamo has a autobiography out now, and there's a small section in it about the SMB Movie. He mentions in it how Hoskins hated the directors, and how they'd just go together...

Hey, thanks for the support! I need more stuff like this, heh.

Yes, when August hits, you'll start seeing a huge increase in updates to the website. So, I figure I'd ask you guys...which section would you like to see completed first?

Well, tough luck, as those guys weren't in the movie, now were they?

See, isn't that freaky? It makes you wonder if they just royally screwed up with character names, or if that was a hint of stuff they planned on doing in future movies. Like, King Koopa wasn't really bowser, but Daisy's father WAS? I'm probably just reading too much into that though

Yeah, I have tons of stuff that'll be on it. Bottles, can you get a scan of that page for me? I didn't know the golden book had THAT in it! Actually, that's the second source I've seen that names Daisy's father as Bowser. In Todd Strasser's novelization there are numerous points in the novel that re...

Hey, welcome to the board. The website/forum just started a while ago; it seems to be picking up some sort of momentum, so try to get other people to join!