Discovery Family Channel Broadcast Edits for Super Mario Bros.
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:20 pm
As a lot of you folks may know, the Discovery Family Channel here in the US has been airing SMB quite frequently over the past few months! I blame Jurassic World. What's cool about it is that it'll be the first/only way a lot of you guys will be able to watch SMB in high-definition.
However, as with most broadcast versions of films, there are numerous edits made for time and content, and SMB is no exception. If you're wondering what's been cut out, look no further. I've meticulously gone through and noted all the alterations I noticed. The full list is below; let me know if you see any errors or have additions!
However, as with most broadcast versions of films, there are numerous edits made for time and content, and SMB is no exception. If you're wondering what's been cut out, look no further. I've meticulously gone through and noted all the alterations I noticed. The full list is below; let me know if you see any errors or have additions!
-After Mario throws Luigi the water bottle, there's a wide shot of NYC that's been removed.
-There's a commercial break, so the establishing NYC night shot before the Bella Napoli dinner scene is gone.
-In the flooded construction site, Iggy and Spike's conversation after "What percent is that?" is cut out.
-It cuts to Mario asking for Luigi's hand, cutting out the fun bit with him fixing the leak with multiple tools.
-After the "Koopa Alert" is called out, we're missing the shot of Beane preparing some fried Tweeter on a bun.
-After Big Bertha steals the rock, her Thwomp Stomper escape is missing the landing in the central walkway before stomping off again.
-In the worst cut so far, Toad's entire monologue about parallel dimensions is gone.
-Koopa: "Goomba." Toad's "Ahhh" response is gone.
-Koopa: "Your de-evolotuion will be a living nightmare if you don't tell me where that meteorite piece is" is cut.
-The prison escape sequences with cheering inmates is chopped down quite a bit.
-Police Chase alteration--the shots on and around Luigi's: "Hey Mario, you're going the wrong way!" are gone.
-Koopa: "Do you know what I love about mud?" lines are cut.
-Iggy/Spike wanting to formulate their own strategy, "tete-a-tete, inner circle" lines are cut.
-This cut is painful--the gorgeous wide shot of Dinohattan is gone, as well as the following Daisy/Yoshi scene.
-Mario/Luigi using the Snifit masks to sneak past security is gone. It cuts straight to the Boom Boom Bar after the fight scene.
-Mario "acquiring" the crystal from Bertha is trimmed down, likely to make it less risque.
-Mario and Luigi's "impossible" conversation in the Sludge Gulper is gone.
-Koopa's scene with Daisy's father is cut short for a commercial, and it picks back up after it's over with Mario & Luigi.
-Lena's "If not with you, then on my own" conversation with Koopa is cut, making her storyline pretty confusing afterwards.
-The scene where Luigi begins to make the Goombas dance is cut in half.
-The dancing Goombas being interrupted by their higher-ranking officer is trimmed down.
-In another painful cut, Luigi's "Luigi Mario, you got a problem with that?" line has been removed.
-Mario's "come and get it, ruffle-head" scene is cut so they can only show one shot of the Bob-Omb falling through the foundation.
-After the merge back to Dinohattan, you won't see the Bob-Omb and the clown shoes guy.
-The "Super Mario Bros." logo is missing from the end of the film.
-My recording cuts out before this, but I'm also assuming the after credits scene has also been removed.