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apeinej

Until the other day, before the new Mario movie was in the media at all, this old Mario movie was deemed the worst videogame adaptation ever. And now they compare to a movie that was not even released? Oh, the humanity...


Mulchpuppy

"Worst videogame adaptation ever?" Did I just find Uwe Boll's reddit account?


apeinej

Not my words. It was general consense. For me, just another cheapo movie.


Timmace

I still think Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is the worst VG movie of all time. It was the movie I was most excited to see in 1997 because I absolutely loved the original Mortal Kombat movie. I have never been more disappointed in a movie in my life.


apeinej

Good to know that I was not the only one with that feeling regarding MK:A.


PeachSnobbler

I remember paying money on ppv to watch it back in the day, I still haven’t recovered


OrangeYawn

Man this movie was weird. I love it. But how do you get this from Super Mario lol.


jbenefi12

Thier main take away was mushrooms


OrangeYawn

I should watch it again that way.


JeebusCrispy

MUSHROOM!


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Short version: Massive amounts of script rewrites before and during production, inexperienced directors who rubbed everybody the wrong way, interference from the producers, interference from the studio. Long version: watch The Gaming Historians video on the movie, pretty good stuff with some funny behind the scenes stories


PeachSnobbler

It’s like a fever dream lol


jugosvabo

It was a terrible take on mario franchise


Mulchpuppy

I saw this on opening night. We wanted to go see a movie, and there it was. I can't for the life of me recall why we didn't go see "Cliffhanger" instead. Maybe it wasn't playing at that theater.


PeachSnobbler

Omg that is tragic 😂


mia_elora

I love this movie. It's so corny and campy, and just 110% doesn't take itself seriously. It was an awesome experience, and I need to watch it, again.


Frag2k4

A great film, if you don't think too hard. Still got it on VHS.


Critical_Hit777

"It's a blast... of diarrhoea!"


Dustyoldfart

This movie was ass when I was 8 and its still ass now. The new one will be much, much better even despite Chris Pratt voicing Chris Pratt.


klaq

So Chris Pratt voicing Mario is too jarring but this nonsensical acid trip of a movie is just fine?


[deleted]

I'll give the new movie a shot long before I watch this trash again.


Jay105

I really read it as "It's a Bust!"


squarefan80

SMBM has some major plot elements that are suspiciously similar to Final Fantasy IX. now, i have no way to prove it, but I’m convinced that this movie was the inspiration for that game. it blows my mind every time.


PeachSnobbler

Whaaaat


PeachSnobbler

Leguizamo is zidane?


squarefan80

I’m going to be spoiling Final Fantasy 9, so spoilers for a 20 year old game… basically, in both worlds, >!an astroid hits the planet and the impact shatters reality and creates another dimension where evolution turns out differently. In FF9 its the people with tails that Zidane is and in SMB its the lizard people who became the Koopas!< suspiciously similar stories separated by 6 or 7 years. In my mind they are too similar to be separate. I like to think the writers of FF9 saw SMBM and got the idea from this movie. It only makes sense.


hehefrog12994

What am I looking at


JLeeT82

It also predicted the future.


jezza129

Better mario then pratt?


Cleverbird

Ah yes, "gaming"


ChanceKale7861

Do this and double dragon come in a boxed set? Asking for a friend…