The Big Picture: Do the Mario! (Again)

[likalaruku]

I like the ending. I've always thought of Mario as Peach's tool.

It's kinda like that skydiving episode of Married with Children where no matter what Bud Bundy does for the hot girl, he's not getting any because of how he looks. But the skydiving instructor she just met is totally getting some because he's hot.

It's shallow as hell, but it's realistic. Also realistic; Mario is a foreigner & a commoner & not elligable to marry a princess.

Also reminds me of an episode of Adventure Time, where Finn learns that he should do good deeds without expecting a reward.

 

[KP Shadow]

Huh. I was going to make an abridged series out of this last year. I had no clue about it being so rare.

 

[lokiduck]

Lol you may think the live action movie was bad, you obviously haven't seen the two porno's XD

 

[Redd the Sock]

I think we need to re-bury this before Haru makes it into a Mario Kart game.

Actually, it doesn't look too bad when you consider the source material of the Mario games (even today it's pretty bad). Then again, I'm grading on a bell curve, and I've seen Ninja Turtles Superman Legend which was just a bad acid trip. Still, if you want to continue this whole "weird shit adapations from Japan" thing, it makes good WTF fodder.

 

[PinkiePyro]

aside from the bad ending it looks like it must be qutie good I am surpried its been almost lost to time

 

[magicpokey]

I think I may be the only person on the planet who genuinely enjoyed and still enjoys the Bob Hoskins, john Leguizamo Super Mario Brothers movie. Maybe because Luigi was so boss in it, and Luigi never gets the cred he deserves...

 

[shadow741]

Wait, Bob knows Japanese? Also, how did he watch this?

 

[Shikua]

I don't know about you guys, but I love the Super Mario Bros. live action movie. Seriously. Now don't get me wrong, I don't think it's GOOD. But I still like it.

 

[militaryspartan]

Finally, vengeance. This first animated adaptation vs bob's most hated series first adaptation.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf-1vwfrQrc

 

[Faerillis]

Of course Mario didn't get cake, cake is analogous for sex in Mushroom Kingdom. Instead of going through it, just look at any seen from Mario that includes cake and apply that analogy. Believe me, it works.

 

[Guestyman]

I found a subtitled AVI on Megaupload after a 10 second google search for "SMB: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen" It's not that buried.

 

[Neverhoodian]

Oh God, I remember watching a few scenes from this movie on Youtube. One particular scene scarred me for life when

Spoiler

Bowser transforms into a ballerina. No, I'm not making this up. Here, see for yourself:
It's around a minute and twenty seconds-AAAAAAAAUUUUUGGGGGHHH MY EYES! WHY DID I WATCH IT AGAIN?!

*curls into fetal position whimpering quietly*

Still, I find it fascinating to explore early incarnations of a well-known story or franchise, as it often provides some insight into what might have been. Sometimes you also run across ideas that were revisited later on (like Mario swinging Bowser around by the tail years later in Mario 64).

 

[Arizona Kyle]

Ok, I don't care how good or bad it is, I'm gonna try and hunt this down. I want to see this. Especially that ending.

I have this movie on my computer if anyone wants to watch it.... message me for the price (your SOUL) ha ha nah free man

>.> wonder how many people would sell there soul for a anime

 

[Arizona Kyle]

WTF happened at 5:09??
Wow, I never heard about this, that's epic! It actually looks like a good movie, better that the other one you told us about at least. I'd love to see it, with subtitles of course, anybody know where I could find it?

I have such a verson ^_^

 

[Jman1236]

Actually, as I looked at it, it reminded me of the Felix The Cat Movie [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_the_Cat:_The_Movie] that was made in the 80s, both visually as well as in a WTF sort of sense.

OMG I thought I was the only one to ever see or hear about that movie, I remeber channel surfing years ago and seeing a clip of it on disney channel, I was like WTF? since when is Felix the cat so dark or edgy? It reminded me alot of Satam sonic. I'd like to see them make a series based on that movie. I'm shocked that the nostalgia critic hasn't review this yet.

 

[Faux Furry]

Despite that anime adaptation of Super Mario Brothers being far from perfect (or even great), that's exactly the kind of extra that Nintendo should package with a 15+ year anniversary edition of any of their flagship series rather than just release the things with minimal extras as they have done so far.

Besides, any anime that inspired (directly or indirectly) Wario and the final battle of Super Mario 64 deserves to be remembered for those contributions if nothing else!

 

[Redem]

If toads had been all-female I think, Mario would have been happy with what he had and just let Peach rot there

Actually considering the ending he probably went to enjoy himself with the toad-ette harem

 

[NaramSuen]

This is exactly what 10 year-old me would have wanted from a Super Mario Bros movie. Present day me, probably needs the right combination of nostalgia and alcohol.

Great work as always Bob!

 

[PrinceofPersia]

The clips from this movie reinforce my theory that before making an anime, the creators do a LOT of drugs.

Reinforced by the fact that the background undergoes a transformation into a psychedelic fantasy trip. Yeah I am so glad I have never heard nor seen this...film.

 

[Bombader]

So that was Waluigi's first job. I wondered where he went!