Illumination's Super Mario Bros. (animated movie) (2022)

[chrom]

I expect it to make a lot of money in Japan when it airs there at the end of the month.

[kingoftheindies]

Movie was a lot of fun. While I do kind of wish they fleshed some things out a bit more story wise, I do feel like this was a love letter to the Mario (and DK) franchise. So I cannot say this movie didn't have heart. Curious to see where they go in the sequel if/when it gets greenlit.

[Mozenrath]

Apr 9, 2023 16:51:05 GMT -5 kingoftheindies said:

Movie was a lot of fun. While I do kind of wish they fleshed some things out a bit more story wise, I do feel like this was a love letter to the Mario (and DK) franchise. So I cannot say this movie didn't have heart. Curious to see where they go in the sequel if/when it gets greenlit.

I know Jack Black has said he wants Pedro Pascal as Wario.

In any case, they definitely alluded to Rosalina and other stuff from Galaxies probably coming, if not next time, than in a third or spinoff.

[Lizuka #BLM]

Apr 9, 2023 12:28:46 GMT -5 chrom said:

I expect it to make a lot of money in Japan when it airs there at the end of the month.

Eh, maybe, maybe not. Detective Pikachu flopped there because Japan doesn't tend to have a lot of interest in foreign depictions of their hot properties.

[chrom]

Apr 10, 2023 8:51:37 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Apr 9, 2023 12:28:46 GMT -5 chrom said:

I expect it to make a lot of money in Japan when it airs there at the end of the month.

Eh, maybe, maybe not. Detective Pikachu flopped there because Japan doesn't tend to have a lot of interest in foreign depictions of their hot properties.

Mario's a far bigger icon there. Plus given it's animated and not live action that'll be a factor.

[Hit Girl]

Critics should never doubt Chris Pratt.

[dirtyoldman]

I loved it, but then I've been a Mario fan for 80% of my life. Loved all the Easter eggs as well. The bar called Punch Out and the Fzero poster on the wall.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Apr 10, 2023 13:55:19 GMT -5 dirtyoldman said:

I loved it, but then I've been a Mario fan for 80% of my life. Loved all the Easter eggs as well. The bar called Punch Out and the Fzero poster on the wall.

It felt like a reference/easter egg a minute, like the first part of Wreck it Ralph

[Deleted]

I was grinning like an idiot the entire time. That’s the most fun I’ve had watching a movie in a theater since TMNT 2 in 1991.

I’m going to have to see it again, just because I was paying more attention to the Easter eggs in the background than the actual plot for a lot of it.

[chrom]

So how should the sequel go?

Do they have Kamek hire Wario and promise him all the treasure in The Mushroom Kingdom, introduce The Koopalings and have Bowser's brat pack cause havoc, or have Tatanga invade and introduce Daisy?

[chrom]

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

[thechase]

Apr 10, 2023 17:24:59 GMT -5 Mighty Attack Tribble said:

Y'know what Nintendo? I am tired of waiting...I'm convinced the Mario franchise's happy ending will happen when Peach and Bowser, not Peach and Mario, get together. Hook them up when the trilogy is complete.

[Citizen Snips]

I’m hoping for just a quick scene in the sequel where Bowser meets Wart, who is voiced by KG.

[Push R Truth]

Fun movie. Jack Black going balls deep on singing PEACHES is legendary. That needs to win some sort of legit award.

[Mozenrath]

In all the sequel talk with people, it occurs to me that I haven't thought of the obvious route.

A complaint I've seen some have is "needs more Luigi", and a sequel could add Daisy. I'm sort of expecting Daisy to be a bit of an adrenaline junkie to contrast her with Luigi. Think something like:

"You've just gotta look danger in the eye and tell 'em, "I'M DAISY!" !"
"You're kind of scaring me... and I don't mind it?"

[chrom]

[chrom]

You know what they should have done?

Have the Dog from Duck Hunt be the one that antagonisted them in the beginning.

[Mighty Attack Tribble]

Apr 12, 2023 17:52:31 GMT -5 chrom said:

You know what they should have done?

Have the Dog from Duck Hunt be the one that antagonisted them in the beginning.

Would've been neat. They already had a Duck Hunt reference without the dog, so that could have been the other half.

[Mozenrath]

Apr 12, 2023 17:52:31 GMT -5 chrom said:

You know what they should have done?

Have the Dog from Duck Hunt be the one that antagonisted them in the beginning.

I love that we had Spike the Foreman from Wrecking Crew, but yeah, it'd have been interesting.