8/2/11--Bennett/Runté Script/Post-Production Materials!

[Phlibbit]

All right, so this isn't everything I wanted to post, but it's pretty close:

* So here it is, folks--next week I'll be posting an exclusive interview with screenwriter Parker Bennett. You don't want to miss it! In preparation for the interview, we have quite a few items to get you prepared:
o Parker Bennett and Terry Runté's original pitch for the film (complete with the poster concept you see above!), dated 10/28/91,
o Parker and Terry's initial 7-page opening to the film,
o Parker and Terry's script revisions,
o "Goomba subtitles" letter/document, and
o "Dino prologue" letter/document

So, make your way through all that over the next week and get ready for Parker's interview. You don't want to miss it!

[PowerGlove79]

I really like the poster, the font is a bit boring, but I really like the pipe look with the evil eyes at the bottom, makes me wonder what could have been, I mean I love what we got but my mind is going all over the place with what they could have done with the pipe motif from the games.

[Serum]

The pitch link seems to be inert, every time I click on it, it says "webpage not available..."

I'm anxious to read that pitch, though, I must admit. Of all the scripts, the initial sci-fi draft by Bennett and Runte is my favorite-- it's violent, edgy and dark, yet still retains a lot of the humor seen in the finished project. It reminds me a bit of Mark Protosevich's unused screenplay based on Richard Matheson's novel "I Am Legend," which to this day people say it's a crying shame that that wasn't the script they worked with and how if it had been made it quite possibly might have been the greatest sci-fi movie ever.

Don't get me wrong, the Bennett/Runte script has things I would change here and there, but overall, it's the script they should have worked with. Plus, from what I understand the role of Mario was written (in the initial sci-fi draft) for Bruno Kirby, who would have been excellent as Mario. When you do your interview with Bennett in the upcoming days, be sure to give my compliments to chef, I think it's a damn shame they didn't work with that screenplay.

[Redstar]

The pitch link seems to be inert, every time I click on it, it says "webpage not available..."

The link works for me. Try this: http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/preproduction/script/10_ParkerTerry_2-19-92.pdf

Don't get me wrong, the Bennett/Runte script has things I would change here and there, but overall, it's the script they should have worked with. Plus, from what I understand the role of Mario was written (in the initial sci-fi draft) for Bruno Kirby, who would have been excellent as Mario. When you do your interview with Bennett in the upcoming days, be sure to give my compliments to chef, I think it's a damn shame they didn't work with that screenplay.

Our interview with Parker should illuminate a lot of things about the film's creative decisions. While most of our interviews become outdated within a few months, necessitating a return with follow-up questions, Parker's interview has held up remarkably well since we conducted it last year.

[Serum]

The link works for me. Try this: http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/preproduction/script/10_ParkerTerry_2-19-92.pdf

The link still leads me to a page that says "webpage not available." Either way, I look forward to reading it.

[Phlibbit]

It's working for me on multiple computers. Have you tried different browsers/computers/clearing your cookies/etc?

[Serum]

It's working for me on multiple computers. Have you tried different browsers/computers/clearing your cookies/etc?

I haven't cleared my cache/cookies in like, three months, maybe I ought to do that...