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[Draugoth]

Tune in at 1:05 p.m. PT on 10/6 for a #NintendoDirect: The Super Mario Bros. Movie presentation introducing the world premiere trailer for the upcoming film (no game information will be featured).

 

[Fake]

(no game information will be featured)

Lol

 

[Cert.in.Death]

Ya-hoo

 

[Comandr]

Mario has no ass. I think even Nintendo models him more plump.

Putting that asside, I don’t see how this movie is going to be any good.

 

[Wunray]

If that's how the movie is going to look, my hopes have been raised slightly.

 

[LordCBH]

Nah, nintendo. I’m good.

 

[Doom85]

Putting that asside, I don’t see how this movie is going to be any good.

We can only pray Nintendo had people supervising it the way Charles Schultz’s grandkids supervised The Peanuts Movie to make sure Blue Sky didn’t fuck it up.

Because Illumination is to me the most creatively bankrupt animation studio these days. They started off okay with the first two Despicable Mes but it was all downhill from there. Minions 2‘s final trailer was the most obnoxious shit I’ve seen all year. Just tons of screaming and barely anything else. I pray to god Nintendo doesn’t let them release a Mario movie that is the usual Illumination shtick because if so:

 

[AV]

I'm morbidly curious to hear Chris Pratt, but that's about it.

 

[anthony2690]

Looking at the poster just makes me wish that nintendo had more powerful hardware, just imagine a great looking Mario game at 60fps.

 

[Dr.brain64]

No thanks.

 

[chromhound]

Mario is skipping squat days...

 

[justiceiro]

Looking at the poster just makes me wish that nintendo had more powerful hardware, just imagine a great looking Mario game at 60fps.

If anything, this just proves there is little to gain with that.

 

[Punished Miku]

Well that poster looks amazing. We'll see about the rest I guess.

 

[jaysius]

The issue is, writing in Mario games is never strong, the story is never anything but basic, Mario is a character like loves shrooms and turning into animals when he touches random objects, that's it, also he's some kind of cuck for the princess.

If this story that they shit out is pure drivel I just hope it doesn't become cannon, we don't need a talking Mario in the games, those are fine just the way they are.

If anything, this will just be a cruelty to fans showing what a Mario could look like if it was on a machine with power... yes it wouldn't be CGI quality, but it could at least be rendered much nicer and a closer analog to this animation.

 

[Little Mac]

Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but my gut reaction is that it's going to be so "kid friendly" that parents are going to be bored and kids are going to feel patronized.

 

[blacktout]

I have extremely low expectations for the film, which is fine, since it's for kids and I don't want my sick stranglehold on my own childhood nostalgia to prevent an actual child from experiencing joy over this.

That said, aside from the weirdly excessive texturing on Mario's clothes, the poster is actually kind of awesome. I like how it captures the verticality of the games' landscapes. It's definitely more artful than I was expecting.

 

[ADiTAR]

I'm excited and terrified. I'm not a fan of illumination, but I do trust Nintendo not to fuck it up.

 

[Scotty W]

They are making a huge mistake by letting Seth Rogen be involved in this. He is the scabies of actors.

 

[Saber]

I mean, its cool they want to promote their movie.
But a direct without games?

Easy pass.

 

[JimmyF]

I'm just curious why it needs a Direct. The movie is still so far away and isn't a 2 minute trailer not enough?
I guess we'll see.

 

[SJRB]

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

I want to see Bowser.

why it needs a direct

Marketing and advertisement ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Also, the more I see the preview picture, the more I want to explore this world in a game with these graphics, damn, it's beautiful !

 

[ResilientBanana]

Bet those toads will be like minions.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

“Early test screenings were unfavorable, so we have turned Peach into an empowered Black woman and added a scene where Toad kisses his boyfriend.”

 

[Sybrix]

Is this film full animation or like Sonic with real world people also?

 

[Rodolink]

Poster looks very promising! although Mario overall looks kindda baggy and wrinkled weirdly xD

 

[Gambit2483]

If I were 10 again that poster would be the most amazing thing ever

 

[YukiOnna]

Looking forward to it! Casting makes this movie automatically fun because otherwise I wouldn't care lol

 

[remember_spinal]

Thats what a mario game would look like on actual current gen consoles

 

[RoboFu]

Mario has no ass. I think even Nintendo models him more plump.

Putting that asside, I don’t see how this movie is going to be any good.

I love how with everything going on in that pic your first reflex is to check out his ass.

 

[ADiTAR]

I'm just curious why it needs a Direct. The movie is still so far away and isn't a 2 minute trailer not enough?
I guess we'll see.

Maybe they have a cast discussion.

 

[Kadve]

Looks promising but can it top the current bar for (animated) Mario movies? Cant it somehow be better than the 1986 one???



(short answer; No. Cause not even Nintendo can can make this kind of perfect insanity more than once)

 

[playsaves3]

The issue is, writing in Mario games is never strong, the story is never anything but basic, Mario is a character like loves shrooms and turning into animals when he touches random objects, that's it, also he's some kind of cuck for the princess.

If this story that they shit out is pure drivel I just hope it doesn't become cannon, we don't need a talking Mario in the games, those are fine just the way they are.

If anything, this will just be a cruelty to fans showing what a Mario could look like if it was on a machine with power... yes it wouldn't be CGI quality, but it could at least be rendered much nicer and a closer analog to this animation.

The Mario and Luigi games have great stories

 

[Robb]

Cool, I’m still very skeptical but looking forward to a trailer. Poster looks great at least.

 

[Comandr]

I love how with everything going on in that pic your first reflex is to check out his ass.

His frumpy grandma butt is literally front and center. I’m the victim here.

 

[saintjules]

Poster looks great at least.

You right

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

“Early test screenings were unfavorable, so we have turned Peach into an empowered Black woman and added a scene where Toad kisses his boyfriend.”

 

[Hero_Select]

Poster looks great... Don't fuck it up! I wanna see a Zelda movie next!

 

[Knightime_X]

Looking at the poster just makes me wish that nintendo had more powerful hardware, just imagine a great looking Mario game at 60fps.

Plot twist.
Nintendo secretly used switch 2's hardware to display the movie graphics as their way to lowkey reveal their next console.

 

[Badlucktroll]

They should have just had charles martinet voice mario. wonder if mario will trip balls from mushrooms!?

 

[Magic Carpet]

Is CGI falling out of favor? Why the push for live action with games?
Same with live action Anime on Netflix, That One Piece live action, is there any hope at all for that?

 

[Bragr]

I pray to god Nintendo doesn’t let them release a Mario movie that is the usual Illumination shtick because if so:

It is, the movie was so bad they had to delay it because everyone who saw it hated it. This is absolutely gonna be minions bad.

 

[Bragr]

The issue is, writing in Mario games is never strong, the story is never anything but basic

Just like superhero movies. Writing means nothing when it comes to blockbuster success these days, it's about hype.

 

[Danjin44]

That One Piece live action, is there any hope at all for that?

they couldn’t even get Ghost in the Shell or Death Note right which was much easier to do live action for, let alone very cartoony and over top anime like One Piece.

 

[Fart Knight]

Wait no games?

 

[blacktout]

Is CGI falling out of favor? Why the push for live action with games?

Huh? I'm pretty sure this is a fully computer animated film. There's no live action as far as I know. Look at the poster.

 

[brian0057]

This movie is gonna be either a masterpiece or an abortion of Kermit Gosnell proportions.
There's no inbetween.

 

[TintoConCasera]

So no Silksong shadow-drop this time either, uh.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Huh? I'm pretty sure this is a fully computer animated film. There's no live action as far as I know. Look at the poster.

I was told it was live action Like roger rabbit or that chip and dale movie. Never mind. Thanks for the correction.

 

[bitbydeath]

Everyone waiting to hear Mario, but I’m more pumped to hear Charlie Day’s Luigi.