A place for those who "Trust the Fungus"

moviemaker29

Nice find on the foam boot. It brings back memories of repainting them EVERY single day!!!!! Thanks very much Mark! I know all of us here appreciate your insight into the history (and maintenance) behind these boots. As I've said many times before, I have a lot of respect for all of the hard work y...

moviemaker29

Thanks Ryan.

I am very excited about this interview because David had such a huge impact on the look of this film, something I think everyone can agree was one of the coolest aspects of the film as a whole.

moviemaker29

I'd like to hear what David has to say about all of the game references that were included in the film as many of them came in the form of art direction references. Were there any stipulations about certain elements of the game that HAD to be referenced or did they have free reign to include what th...

moviemaker29

WOW! Okay guys, I am VERY impressed you guys have snagged an interview with Richard Edson! Should be awesome!

Btw, tell him I thought he was great in Ferris Bueller's Day Off!

moviemaker29

Mono41 wrote:Where on earth did you buy those Stompers from?

I only own the foam boot seen in the multiple pics at the top of this page... But I WISH I owned the hero boots...

The boot I own came from a private collection.

moviemaker29

Really glad to see this! People are finally starting to realize they shouldn't be ashamed to like the movie.

See...we just need to make everyone start thinking it's COOL to like the SMB film!

moviemaker29

Okay so while I certainly don't want to get anyone's hopes up, there may be one other avenue for getting some interest generated to get a blu-ray of this released... I am going to paste an email I sent to a friend in L.A. this morning and his response in regards to getting in contact with someone wh...

moviemaker29

Phlibbit's mentioning of one of the article's more complimentary notations about the weallth of knowledge and research found on this site has got me thinking... If Buena Vista is going to keep referring interest in this film to their Marketing Dept, it would make sense that maybe we try to do the sa...

moviemaker29

Yeah I honestly don't think building accurate replicas would be out of the question if you had the sculpting abilities (or hired someone who did). The rest of the components, namely the pneumatic actuators, were found items.

moviemaker29

Yeah that is indeed a very good point that the Yoshi puppeteering work would have encountered the same type of problem, even moreso since Yoshi was used in numerous wide and medium shots. In fact, come to think of it, I wonder if there was a rug/carpet underneath Yoshi in the office scene with Daisy...

moviemaker29

I am sure you guys will be asking this question but just so it's acknowledged in this thread I'll throw it out there: It seems like there was a lot of work put into the smaller dinosaur puppets and because of this, were there other scenes with the dinosaurs shot during filming that ended up on the c...

moviemaker29

I was wonderin' what do you need to make your own air stompers? It's needed a specific type of shoe or somethin'? Yep, the original Stomper Boots were sculpted around ski boots as a foundation, which happened to be a pair of Salomon SX41 ski boots. See below: http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb12...

moviemaker29

I only know of 1 hero pair that actually had electronics in them. I will get confirmation on that soon. These were clearly the pair that Big Bertha wore at the beginning of the film. I would LOVE to track this pair down, but these are the ones I have a feeling are locked up in the Disney Archives si...

moviemaker29

So I finally scanned in the ONLY pic I have of when I saw the Hero Stomper Boots as a kid at MGM Studios in 1993. You'll notice how the ankle braces are hinged open and you can see the electronics wiring that would have been hidden by those braces. I apologize for the flash in the shot, but luckily ...

moviemaker29

You know, these boots really are definitive of the entire movie and what it was trying to do. No other prop, even possibly the meteorite shard, means so much to both the movie and fans. It's a real treat to appreciate them with you guys. :) Yeah I would absolutely agree that no other prop, even the...

moviemaker29

Also, I think one reason TMNT succeeded initially is because of its source material. Yes, comic book/cartoon-based films were coming into their own at the time, but I think the TMNT guys had an easier transition to film. The main thing for them was to get the turtles to work in real life and be bel...

moviemaker29

Well, you know the first two TMNT films were both filmed in Wilmington, NC just like SMB so there are actually quite a few cast/crew members who were in a couple or even all three films. I imagine it had to have been very cool being a part of not just one, but multiple genre films based off of such ...

moviemaker29

Fantastic interview, Steven! As you said, quite a bit of revealing information is covered and is very interesting to hear from their perspectives. I really hope they can help in getting in touch with some of the other cast & crew members, especially Francesca Roberts. That would be a great inter...

moviemaker29

Thanks Ryan! I will take a pic from the top down a little later. I tried taking a pic of the inside of the boot but it didn't come out well. Not enought light inside the boot. Nothing you're missing though. The boot is indeed 100% foam rubber! It is one single casting and there is not any other mate...

moviemaker29

I had a chance to take some better pics of the boot this weekend for everyone's viewing pleasure! I'm sure these will eventually make it into the props section of the site so people won't have to hunt for them in the future. http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb122/moviemaker29/SMB%20Props/LeftFront...

moviemaker29

Thanks and yeah that's about what I expect the Disney Archives to look like...

It might take a bunch of Russians holding me at gunpoint to search for some alien remains to find the boots though...

moviemaker29

Yeah this was in June of 1993 right after the film came out that May. Inside one of the New York street buildings towards the back of the park, they had the doors open for people to go inside where this two story atrium area was full of props and costumes from various films, mostly films that were f...

moviemaker29

Thanks Redstar! I don't know what it was, but when I first saw them in person in 93, there was just "something" about them that I thought was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. I think it's because of how great the pull back shot of Mario & Luigi in the elevator was. To me, tha...

moviemaker29

Yeah you really have no idea how thrilled I am! I hated to have to come back to work this afternoon...just wanted to stay home and clean up the boot...haha

I will definitely take some good pics of anything anyone wants to see.

moviemaker29

Okay everyone, the wait is over...for both you AND me! I ran home at lunch time and was able to be there when the Fed Ex guy showed up so just a heads up that by the time I unwrapped everything, I kinda had to get back to work so the pics below were taken very quickly. This item is pretty dusty and ...

moviemaker29

Well as my luck would have it, Fed Ex won't allow me to pick up the package at their distribution center this evening so it looks like the big reveal will have to wait until tomorrow now...

Yeah...I'm pissed.

moviemaker29

Well the wait is ALMOST over...

All will be revealed around 9pm CST tonight!!

moviemaker29

A few more questions for Mark: How long did it take for his make-up to be applied? Based on some of the wide shots in the film, there were a lot of extras on set on some occasions. Does he have any idea about how many extras there were and were most of them just local? Did they end up having a casti...

moviemaker29

Redstar wrote:
moviemaker29 wrote:I'm also curious about how many Goomba heads/costumes did they end up making for the film?

One of our upcoming interviews is with Guy Himber, a mechanical puppeteer that worked with MEL (Makeup & Effects Lab) to create the Goombas. This might be a question better saved for him.

Very true.

moviemaker29

Looking forward to these interviews!

Although I'm sure you'll be asking about this, I would really like to hear about the maneuverability of the Goomba costumes and if they were difficult to work in.

I'm also curious about how many Goomba heads/costumes did they end up making for the film?

moviemaker29

Well, you know....I didn't have any concrete in my collection so I thought I'd expand a bit...

moviemaker29

Okay well since we're still about a week away from the reveal (i.e. when the new item gets delivered) and the teaser for the tool set was oh so popular, here's a teaser for the new item! Guess away, but everyone is just going to have to wait a little longer...my lips are sealed. And after all, we wo...

moviemaker29

That was really an excellent interview, as everyone has mentioned! He still has that charisma that he brought to the role of Toad.

I really hope we can snag some other cast interviews in the future!

Great job Ryan and Steven and thanks for sharing!

moviemaker29

Yeah I'd be glad to help you organize a props & costumes page. Just let me know what you might need.

I'll take updated pics of everything I own.

moviemaker29

Great to hear that it'll be up tonight, Ryan! And yeah, I really am glad that this site exists! Even though I don't post very frequently, I do check it nearly every day. In fact, if you'd have an interest, I'd like to work with you on putting together a prop & costume image/info archive for the ...

moviemaker29

It really is true that when it rains it pours... except not here in Texas for like the last month!!!

moviemaker29

Something new is coming...

That's all I'm gonna say.

moviemaker29

I am VERY glad to see the site updated! Also can't wait for the mystery update reveal!

moviemaker29

Wow those both really turned out incredible! You did a fantastic job on them!

moviemaker29

Wow, the goomba bust really turned out fantastic! You did an excellent job on it!

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