A place for those who "Trust the Fungus"

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!

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.

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.

GoChaunceyGo wrote: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

GoChaunceyGo wrote: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.

Redstar wrote: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.

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

Phlibbit wrote: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...