39: Super Mario Bros. (1993)

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For the month of April the Watchcast crew will be digging through the detritus of early video game movies, and we're kicking things off with the mother of all game-to-cinema adaptations in the profoundly weird Super Mario Bros.! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - NOTE: Some timecodes may be inaccurate in versions other than the ad-free Patreon version due to dynamic ad insertions. Please use caution if skipping around to avoid spoilers. Thanks for listening. (00:00:16) - Intro. (00:04:59) - Talking a bit about earlier Mario adaptations. (00:09:14) - The long and twisted history of how this got made. (00:19:36) - Some casting what ifs.  (00:24:18) - Boy, the people who starred in this movie do not have nice things to say about it! (00:33:11) - This is about as off-putting a "family" film as this era ever produced. (00:35:18) - The set-up for this weird-ass movie. (00:43:02) - Truly this is a movie about the plight of struggling working class plumbers and under-funded archaeologists. (00:50:34) - Some special effects and set design talk. (00:53:20) - The depiction of the Koopa dimension. (00:59:00) - Break! (00:59:18) - We're back, and things are nutty in this Koopa Kingdom. (01:02:30) - A valid question: what is Koopa's plan? (01:06:54) - The movie's endless parade of baffling aesthetic choices. (01:14:05) - Yoshi, what have they done to you? (01:18:35) - The bonkers car chase. (01:24:17) - Nothing says Super Mario Bros. like a goofy club scene. (01:29:52) - Finally, the Mario brothers get their jumpin' powers (and their awful secret handshake). (01:36:43) - Heading into the final confrontation (which takes like 25 minutes). (01:48:09) - Final thoughts on the film. (01:51:47) - Outro. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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