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I remember once flipping through a comic, or maybe a magazine, and looking at the advertisement (for the SMB movie) and thinking, "oh, cool an SMB movie, that looks neat."I have heard that this movie was called a disaster from everyone that I asked to tell me about it ever since. Recently, Game Informer ran an article entitled "Mario's Film Folly: The True Story Behind Hollywood's Biggest Gaming Blunder" and my interest in this mysteriously "awful" movie that I had yet to see was renewed.

So I took it upon myself to finally see it..... I loved it. Sure there are many details that I can spend a certain amount of time flipping through, but the cyber punkish makeover was a nice touch. The angle of the story, with a human species evolved from reptiles, was really fascinating and an idea I once thought, before seeing the movie, would make a nice story.

The character and prop designs were also just marvelous, especially the Goombas. The humor and the immediacy of the character introductions echoed the simplicity of the SMB video game universe, while the movie took the basic premise and turned it into its own little world. The directors had the task of crafting this franchise into a live action flick and succeeded.

I think the disappointment from Mario fans stems from the lack of primary direct elements from the game, even though there was the Bob-omb, but that might have in itself seemed like a shameless film made just for the IP rather than a film made to express the artistic interpretation of its creators. It has broken away from being a movie created to suit a well-established franchise and has moved on to becoming a movie based on the basic elements of an established franchise with its creator's own creative input. Therefore, the film, while associating itself with an established franchise, blossomed into its own artistic work.

Welcome to the forums! Hope you stick around. Some members tend to disappear for sometime.

Evening, maq! It's good to see that the Game Informer article piqued someone's curiosity enough to actually create another fan for the movie. It's also stunning that you took the time to seek out information about it, which led you to us.

I should point out that our site actually contributed to that Game Informer feature. The information on the early scripts was drawn from our Scripts page while the fact that Richard Edson (Spike) and Fisher Stevens (Iggy) wrote their own lines and story ideas came from our exclusive interview with him. I highly recommend checking out both if you're interested in learning far more than what the feature even hinted at.

Finally, I think your assessment of where the disappointment of the movie from Mario fans comes is spot-on. They just didn't get it when it first came out. It's taken nearly 20 years and a complete reboot of the character into an icon for people to truly appreciate it. The movie is finally becoming a part of the canon as people take another look at it. You were lucky enough to have your first look for it now.

So, hopefully we see more of you! There's plenty to check out on the site and plenty of people around here to discuss it with. If you have something to say, feel free to say it.

Welcome to the board, Maq! Good to have you here, I hope you post a lot and help us raise awareness about this great film.