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Prime Evil turns 24 today. Didn't realize you were so old, man!

This was an awesome interview. While brief, Robert discussed a lot of things we haven't really heard before. It's very interesting to hear (and see!) what places could have been Dinohattan. The Gowana Flushing Station would have certainly made for a fantastic location, but the cement factory, despit...

My original cut was almost an hour! There was just too much to fit in and I decided to scrap some things here and there. In hindsight I would have liked to trim more of the movie summary and leave in a bit more of the backstory. However I didn't have time to go back and re-record some of my audio s...

This is truly one of the best and most comprehensive reviews of the film that I have ever seen. Ryan had mentioned to me that you had contacted him about doing such a review, but I didn't except it to have so much depth. I'm pleasantly surprised. The film really deserves to have said about it all th...

I agree that Hopper's restraint lends a more enjoyable performance to his Koopa, though there are a few scenes where I would have totally loved to see him display a more sociopathic, deranged quality. (His character during those script-change freakouts would have been nice to see in the movie. xD) Y...

A Golf tournament? Kinda a strange thing in a Mario movie, but I'm sure that would have been an interesting scene, least' it's referencing one of the games :o Yep. It was a fun scene that would have been interesting to see. We actually have some concept artwork that refers to it: http://www.smbmovi...

It's fascinating to see the film focused on Daisy and her role in the story rather than on Mario and Luigi. Characterization in the film was unfortunately little to none, though Daisy probably came out ahead simply because of her unique role in the story. (They actually filmed a huge character arc f...

Constance wrote:I've decided to not petition for a sequel but for new movie same petition form thing but different idea.

That's cool. I hope you decide to stick around, though. It's been good having you.

It seems like Pyun is working towards releasing Director's Cuts of his other films as well. An earlier io9 article, Is it finally time for the director of the original Captain America to get some love? , mentions that Pyun salvaged a VHS telecine of his Jean-Claude Van Damme film Cyborg . Pyun spoke...

Honestly, I'd probably play any of the MP games over the sports ones. Except Mario Tennis on the N64--that was awesome. I honestly don't see the appeal of any sports game, really. The Mario sports games have brand recognition and likely some gimmick to them, but I'd never find a reason to play them...

I have a feeling that the movie has probably been a consistent best seller at Best Buy for awhile. It's only after continued increase in sales that Best Buy finally decided to mention it. Perhaps this advertisement will make a lot of people go "Oh yeah! I remember that!" and they'll go out...

Thought this was relevant to what we're trying to do with Super Mario Bros. : the 1990, low-budget "Captain America" film by Albert Pyun will be re-released this May . Obviously, this is to cash in on the upcoming new Captain America film, but the interesting part is what they're doing wit...

I'm 21 and first experienced the movie around age five. I'd always enjoyed it, but it's only been the last year or so that I've gotten back into it. I think it's fair to say that most of the film's fans are a little older or a little younger. There's good reason for that: we first experienced it and...

Hey, welcome to the boards, OniWolf! This is a really amazing first post. Many 20-minute or longer reviews of the film (or any film, for that matter) seem to end up rambling barely five minutes in, so I think you really accomplished something with your take. You said all that needed to be said and m...

First of all lets explain the cast: 10/10. What re you insane?! What is there to complain about here?! Bob Hoskins: No. John Leguizamo: No. Dennis Hopper: Well, he didn't really do anything over the top like he did in his other work but he still pulled off a pretty good Koopa. Samantha Mathis: Well...

I've recently been on a Mario Party fix as it was the one "Mario" game I could convince my girlfriend to play. For awhile, we were playing Mario party 2 nearly every night for a week, then every other day the following week. I had a lot of fun revisiting the game as well as introducing it ...

The complete track really is much better. Sometimes when watching the movie I'll stop to focus in on the soundtrack. It's always so good, oftentimes blending into the action of the movie. The soundtrack and film really complement each other so well. If they were to do a re-release, re-mastering the ...

I did enjoy the plot, but I feel like there are parts where it could have made more sense than it did. Daisy being the only one to merge the dimensions for instance. I understand this was originally meant ot be explained, and I really wish they had actually done so, because to the average person wa...

Okay, I just listened to Martinet's "Mario voice" from the "Mario and Luigi" RPG series and feel that I have to retract my previous support for it. It's disgusting gibberish in those games.

I love Ghostbusters ! It's surprising, but I actually saw Ghostbusters II first and wouldn't see the original until years later. Most people don't seem to like the sequel ("more of the same") but I think it had a lot of interesting concepts. The humor was definitely still there. In a lot o...

Ah. No worries about not being able to jump into this continuation so soon. I'm sure once you do it'll be a great project. Super Mario Bros. 2 is rife with concepts and elements that would make for a visually stunning cartoon. Subcon should certainly have a contrast to the Mushroom Kingdom. :) Oh an...

Um did you not see Tron legacy? What they did with Jeff Bridges? The digitalized Jeff Bridges was within Tron, correct? There was certainly some "uncanny valley" going on with those effects, no matter how revolutionary, so in most cases I don't think it would necessarily work. It only did...

It's interesting how friendly and detailed their response was. Could you provide the text of your initial E-mail?

Yeah, the movie gets a really bad rap. It's unfortunate that so many people haven't seen it or aren't even aware of it solely because of the word of people that don't appreciate it. Many people that eventually do see it feel it's enjoyable, even if not necessarily "good." (However, I would...

Mario and Luigi definitely shouldn't have looked or acted the same. At the time in the games they really were just carbon-copies of each other. Sure, some media depicted Luigi as taller and less courageous, but those differences wouldn't really solidify until years after the movie had been written. ...

I've signed it, though I agree with KoopaBro64 that a true sequel on-film is very unlikely. Even a completely unrelated reboot is only slightly more possible. However, I do enjoy your concept for how the sequel would play out. You should consider fleshing it out and perhaps outlining the sequel your...

Sadly, both Hoskins and Leguizamo simply look too old for their original roles. Even Samantha Mathis, who is still quite beautiful, has begun to show her age. If they were to make a reboot I would not want any of the original actors to return. Additionally, it seems as if all the likely candidates h...

Congratulations! Hope you bring justice to the role. I remember watching the original film on the Independent Film channel and thinking it was a sincerely enjoyable story. Legitimate drama and great characters.

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Happy 23rd birthday, Trust The Fungus! (Actually a different user than TrustTheFungus, whose birthday was on February 21st)

Since when have they changed the origins? I grew up on the fact that they were plumbers from new your who somehow managed to go into another world. Since Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island, released in 1995. Also, I don't think it was ever explicitly stated that they were from Brooklyn, "Our ...

And yes i'm still stalking this website O_O lol. We're glad to see that! It just means that there's still things here for you to enjoy. I actually did come across the interview a few weeks ago and briefly discussed it with Phlibbit, but we found that Annabel's comments didn't reveal anything of par...

Even though Koopaâ€™s feelings were not returned, the idea of the Queen being attracted to him is something I think could have potentially existed. She was just careful to bear in mind her role and not let herself succumb to any infatuations she may have had. Daisy's mother being my favorite charac...

It's interesting you say the movie is believed to have been better received outside the US, as come to think of it I can't remember ever meeting anyone who said they particularly disliked the movie, although a lot of that may be an age thing (and my family's odd tastes!) I don't think it was a huge...

Great. Be sure to post what you think when you're done!

Took me a little while, but I copied the scans of each page into a Works file. You can download it here. Let me know if it works.

Good to see another non-American fan. We've been under the impression that the film was better received outside of the U.S., so it's been somewhat easy to start building an international fan community. You're very lucky to have seen the movie in theatres. Very few of us have been able to, which is a...

The files are PDFs, so they're meant to be opened with Adobe. Not sure why they're not working, but I can copy the text into either Microsoft Word or Works and provide a download link. Would either of those work for you?

It would be interesting if they could maintain the current origin for Mario and Luigi while still having them enter and explore "our" world. The platforming focus of the Mario series would translate perfectly to an urban environment.

Yeah, that track suit Spike is wearing is particularly interesting. It's difficult to know exactly when that scene might have occurred in the film, so it seems most likely that it was an alternate take rather than simply a new or extended scene. I also found Page 18 curious: "Hey, Bertha, remem...

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