A place for those who "Trust the Fungus"

I think she gave the best interview out of everyone so far, that was a good read. I agree. The good thing with these written correspondences is that you can control the flow of the interview. Usually less informative, but it makes for a much better focused interview. So far, this interview and Mojo...

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LOL! Interview (w/ tragically young photos) about my first movie ever...seems to have quite the cult following: http://bit.ly/b7auxv

That second list follows the "It's so bad, it's good" mentality, which I don't particularly agree with, but it is nice that someone could enjoy it in some way when most choose to hate it no matter what.

Good to hear! Seems we're all working on projects to celebrate Mario's 25th in our own way. A simple, old-style animation would really suit the fellow.

Haha. I've done it again? Just doing what I enjoy doing!

I really enjoy how you worked those pictures in based on what she said, particularly the "Apparently it was time to go." image. That was really clever!

You're both right! That was a very good "trailer" for the film that easily establishes it for "grown-ups". The background music and sounds just really help in developing that mood. Such a trailer certainly would have helped in increasing that demographic's attendance.

We've also contacted Fisher Stevens manager about an interview, but he's currently in Africa filming a documentary, so don't discount the possibility of us speaking to him as well at some point!

UE5000 updated his first post with the pages he'd already transcribed as well as seven new ones. I kinda prefer how the movie worked things out. Luigi comes off much less like a goober compared to the script and, surprisingly, it seems paced better. The script is going by rather quick for my taste. ...

I think the portal was based on the SMB 2 portal in a way.... http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/ad/Hawkmouth.PNG (these things used to creep me out.) I think the approach the writers and directors took in creating the story negates the possibility the portal was based or inspired by anything in par...

Interesting how the destruction of the dinosaurs is explained very closely to how it was depicted in the final film. I wonder if that scene was trimmed in any way to allow for the addition of the animated prologue and the "dimensional gateway" animation. It certainly doesn't look like it c...

I remember reading this on Kotaku some time ago. It was really cool. There is a strong resemblance and it's amazing how well it fits into the setting of the movie. Also check out Ninjemys oweni, a relative of Meiolania named for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

This is a question I had hoped to ask Mark and Mike, but the direction of the interview didn't allow for the opportunity; How much of the factory was converted into Dinohattan and was more of the city other than Koopa Square ever created? If so, what sort of buildings and locale did those places con...

I also want to assure everyone that we haven't forgotten our interviews with Guy Himber and Hank Carlson. While Hank is currently busy on production for a film and won't be able to answer our questions for some time, Guy sent me an update notifying me that he had answered about half of the questions...

Great new affiliates. I'm glad TMK finally got around to affiliating with us. That should definitely generate a lot more traffic and exposure to our work. :) And, I must say, the Mark and Mike interview really does start on a much better tone with that new Mark as the "Lizard Man" photo re...

incognitus wrote:I hope I can post some of my draws here

Go for it. This thread is for anyone's SMB-themed artwork.

That actually turned out pretty well. You just need to paint/digitial colorize it very carefully and very specifically to pull it off completely. That's the deciding factor.

Working off what we've learned in recent interviews, I want to know how badly the budget was allocated and how that effected the use of special effects. How many establishing shots and in-scene elements were planned that they really just didn't have the time or money to pull off? Related, I want to ...

This is a genuinely great idea for an SMB-related film. The story has airs of an edgy '90s coming-of-age story, and with an indy sensibility I can definitely see it attracting a wide audience despite (or even because of) the subject-matter. There's a slight similarity to the film Fanboys , though th...

The score is DEFINITELY one of the awesome things about the movie and is sadly overlooked when most people look at the big "mess" that is the movie. I still always thought it was strange that no Mario tunes were implemented into the score. I love the themes created though and maybe the Ma...

Just a note, but Hank is currently working on a movie so actually won't get back to us for awhile. So you guys can keep submitting questions until otherwise told.

He make some valid points, but renders them illegitimate by completely missing the point in other areas that are truly good. Still, I enjoy seeing a new article on the movie, even so long after it was released. People still talk about it. We can all feel better after reading the comments, though. Lo...

New Dream: Every single cut footage was released, giving us a total of 800 minutes of footage (including both deleted scenes and alternate takes) to work with for an extended re-release. Also, there was some crazy musical during the end-credits involving the actors who played the Goombas singing.

Whats with the hate for this guy, all of his VG movie adaptions were good. I don't hate Anderson, but I also don't believe he's a very good choice for adapting video games. He's certainly done a good job at making movies that are enjoyable to a wide audience, but this has been at the cost of a fait...

If another SMB movie were to be made it should be either Paul W.S anderson or Jon Faverau directing. I don't believe another Super Mario film can be made, live-action or otherwise. The franchise has simply developed beyond the need or capacity for one. Anderson, however, would not be my first choic...

Small update. Fungus test didn't work. The plasic I used was too thin and burned/melted away before I could shape it into anything. I don't think I'm going to get anything to look like I want it too. I have one more opition to get the SMB movie fungus look, and that is with "miniatures". ...

Shuold ask him if they ever thought of trying to make the Goombas with just the head, and little boots underneath them. I doubt it but that would be cool to see, so all they would do is jump on them. If such a design was ever made, it would have been back during the fantasy-based production. I'm su...

Last call on questions for Guy Himber! I will be sending the questions today at 5PM PST. No questions submitted after that time will be accepted; however, follow-up questions will be accepted once the actual interview is updated onto the site. So, think hard and try to get more in!

Nice. I actually noticed this trend myself after reading through video game movie adaptation lists, both old and new, and noting that the SMB movie slowly went from first place ("worst") towards the back of the list ("not so bad"). I'm surprised it actually got onto someones &quo...

The enemies that WERE in the the movie: 1. Goombas 2. Koopa Troopas 3. Hammer Brothers (The police officers) 4. Shy guy from SMB2 (The Garbage men and De-Fungus men) 5. Big Bertha 6. Bowser What are you counting as the Koopa Troopas? A separate creature from the Goombas? To me, I think the "Go...

And most of all--get a better release of the film. I can even imagine one of those features that would have pop-ups throughout the film mentioning stuff like the game references :D That's really the most obvious and easiest special feature. It could be done in a few hours if they just allocated the...

Also, a character named 'Wart' is in one of the earlier drafts--he's the one that gets turned into goo. Although it's worth noting that the 'goo character' was anyone from Simon, Wart, Bloober, or Lemmy. I found the reference where Wart is stated to be the villain of the sequel and brother of Koopa...

There are a lot of similarities between the two films, at least from a production-standpoint, but I think the two films stand well on their own and really can't be compared in a negative way. Back on the Chain Chomp-grapnels, I don't think they would have worked in the first film. They're items that...

I hope you can get all this work together. You've really done some outstanding work here, and with the right people I'm sure you can put-together an enjoyable short. That short could be a test-run for all your props and how they can work in an actual film, and from there who knows how you could appl...

Mike Elizalde Interview with Mike Elizalde of Spectral Motion EM : Did you sculpt them as well? ME : No, I didn't sculpt them. The cosmetic work was done by ADl's staff of sculptors and character designers. But just before that I was working with Dave Nelson in Agoura Hills at his company called An...

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: With that in mind it should actually be...

I would also like to know if the fact that many of the sets were built around the concrete remains of the cement factory made it difficult to run the puppeteering lines for the creature effects and keep the puppeteers off camera since it seems like the sets weren't on raised platforms where the pup...

I've really seen a trend in the last five years or so alone--the opinion on this film is quickly changing from "the worst movie ever made" to "okay, it's not that bad," to even "I always liked this movie." Consider this--it used to be on IMDB's top 100 lowest rated mov...

I just talked to Guy again and he elaborated on his role in the film: I designed and built the small mini dinosaurs ( seen throughout the film ). I also helped build the Large Goomba costumes ( mech designer - Russ Shinkle ) I also puppeteered the two group of characters for the principal filming. H...

I can see that working if they were small enough, otherwise a more fantasy-oriented setting would be more appropriate. A grappling hook pistol? It'd be nice to have if the Thwomp Stompers failed mid-jump and there wasn't any fungus in sight. Im suprised the movie didn't have a resteraunt called CHA...

With people like billbot, marioblaster, and Howlrunner I think it'd be simple and fairly inexpensive to produce quality replicas. Just a matter of the interest and funds. I'd chip in for a pair for the right project. Actually, I've never built a replica prop or costume before. I mean I've made make...

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