#Illumination Mario Movie
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kinda wish people didn’t sit around the best seats cause that’s for nerds
there was a family of 7 all slurping and eating popcorn behind us
it was a thursday night so the theater was lowkey empty
we just got some pretty good seats up in the back
there some loud kids but it was cute
there were 3 small kids talking about how epic the ending was after the movie
so silly
YEAH LMFAO one kid was like “DID BOWSER MAKE THE STORM STOP THE MOVIE ??”
it was adorable
:3
it was a fun time
i got a compliment on my outfits
i even wore my mario hat and mask
was really embracing the cringe
that pesky bowser
i mean its nuts that like
you reserved your tickets and They fucked up the movie
but you got punished for it
that happened to me once looong long ago during avatar and they gave us all free tickets
I'm going today
I haven't been to a theater in like 7 years so I literally don't know how anything works
There are reclining seats now
like does the film start at the time on my ticket? Or the commercials?
And how early should I get there? And how busy is it usually at my location? How expensive is the popcorn? etc
the actual preshow trailers usually start at the time of showing
but apparently some showings have just not had them
Get food from anywhere else and hide it in a bag or purse
Theatre food is stupid expensive and the people working there are usually not paid enough to care
There’s usually 20 minutes of trailers and or
Stuff
and also apparently there was a tears of kingdom trailer before the movie??
don’t know if that’s true
probably like
an already existing trailer
before the preshow trailers
like just in the reel of whatever movie shit that plays before the actual showing
I would but I don't have any bags or anything.
I'm fine with buying expensive theater food since I never go to the theater anyway
actually
maybe I could get goldfish crackers, transfer them to ziploc bags, and then put those in my pockets
But I still need to get water (which I assume is free anyway, so). Just gotta make sure I have enough time to get one before the film.
yeah
it’s easy to sneak food in there
when i was younger, my family and i would sneak literally takeout into the theater
it was just cheaper
employees don’t care anyway
Shoutouts to everyone who sneaks in food
thank you
i enjoyed drinking my baskin robbins coffeee
Nice
my mom wanted the same thing so i got her it and i got my dad a thai iced tea we had a blast
Though we got some popcorn and I had a Pibb when we watched it, my mom snuck some Lunchables in
I remember during birthday parties we would sneak snacks in using jackets. But I'm not gonna bring a jacket just to sneak food in.
It's easier when you're in a group too, and I'm gonna be alone. Plus I have to go to the store today to even get snacks. And idk if I'll get around to it
Gonna go see the movie tomorrow with two friends 
Lol I saw it for a second time yesterday by myself!!
Mario is cool
hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Let’s make it lower
how
def not
jesus
This is poochys headband that she left after getting crushed by the Pratt justifiers
no one will ever be able to convince me that the mario movie is anything more than subpar
i agree, what about it was subpar to you?
time to crack out the ems number
This happens to foreman spike
Dude forgot to drink his Gatorade 😂 he low as hell on electrolytes!
😂 bro forgot to hydrate his body...hes hella dehydrated like bro...
no u
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As you know, Loyal Theorists, we have already broken down our thoughts on FOUR Super Mario Bros Movie theories (and a bonus one on this week’s Short). BUT what we haven’t discussed is whether this movie is actually good or not. So is ...
it's not that bad
the video is about the flaws in rotten tomatoes' review aggregation and how you should make your own opinions
but hey, it's just a theory
matpats epic citation for why you shouldnt take critics seriously: they refuse to do relatable Memer things like "Morb" all over people or be a "Gentleminion"
usually critics and audiences see eye-to-eye so like
these are all cherrypicked examples
well thats kind of matpats specialty
that matpat is acting like is a 50-50 split
like his whole bit is cherrypicking and confirmation bias
ok ill give him credit for pointing out that most critics are white male and educated
i dunno if thats true exactly but i dont see any reason to doubt it
i guess this video is good for his fanbase
i still dont think its right though
hes really not getting into the fundamental storytelling flaws that the mario movie has and just thinks its a difference of opinion
i mean he does for a bit but doesnt just leave it at that
also id like to hear it from him of all people that the mario movie is avant-garde
I really don’t care about what Matthew Patrick has to say
why
because then i could hate the idea more easily
I should hear the same exact sentence but told by this YouTuber instesd
i don’t like matpat either but yeah like, i agree with the notion that rely too much on critic scores
but also it’s equally dangerous to just praise a movie up and down and negate any criticism
do we know if charles martinet has said anything about the movie yet
i asked this in the main mario movie chat but that turned out to be a no go
Idk
Random people asking Charles martinet questions about the movie when spotting him on the street
might be Fabricated!
He's been silent on it apart from saying "it's a lot of fun"
No posts on his Twitter as well
I remember him saying he'd be honored if they asked him to play mario but that was VERY early on
like before the cast was announced even
what are your thoughts on this opinion piece about the mario movie
yeah
mario is a gary stu
that blew my mind honestly
i guess thats the idea though
mario could be anyone thrust into this adventure
anyone can play video games
anyone else thought mario was overused?
yeah where was luigi
Gary WHAT?
Smh I can't believe they turned my favourite dynamic and nuanced character Mario into a lame Gary Gru
👍🏾
yeah mario didn’t really feel integral
a lot of movies fall into this trap, esp with capable female leads, but peach could have quite literally done everything herself
like why did she take on the mantle of training him
Funny how so many people prior to release thought that Mario was going to be portrayed as weak through the whole thing based on a couple of scene choices in the trauler
Gary stu?
in fact, she was gonna do it all herself WITHOUT him and then decided to leave it all to mario when he arrived
Should’ve been that maybe she didn’t immediately have a game plan
Like maybe the castle is being attacked and the Toads aren’t good at fighting
So this plumber man coming along and actually getting it done encourages her to finally do something about the 
i dunno if this is exactly a problem
i can discuss spoilers in here yeah ?
since i think the point is that mario is meant to be a stand-in for anyone thrown into a fantasy setting
yeah
spoiler ban has been lifted
cool
the scene with the super star makes me mad cause she gives it to mario when … she could have used it herself
i mean thats part of the problem with the super star
in my rewrite i made the super star something all the heroes get, but it runs out before they can use it to defeat bowser
i wouldn’t even have liked a “only chosen ones can use it” because then it implies peach Can’t use it
that would be better
like, a collaborative effort where they all fight bowser
instead of everyone losing Until The Brothers Appear
i get they’re supposed to be stand-ins, but there’s something so frustrating about everyone else around them being completely capable of defeating the Big Bad but having to rely on characters that can’t really do anything at all
yeah thats also why in my rewrite bowser can only be defeated in brooklyn by the marios since they have the home field advantage
they take bowser to the sewers and use the environment to take him out
i wish that would have been a thing in the movie
kind of like a reverse horror movie
yeah
Bowser is warped into the dark lands or desert
LMFAO ?
Then he gets chased by the angry sun idk
no i think its fine that they arrested him
i don’t see why they would have let him loose at all
Epic twist ending
considering what he’s capable of
Come to think of it how many times has he ever been incarcerated at all
that reminds me, does peach even have magic
I don't think ever
cause bowser could have easily broken out of that cage, he had fire and is incredibly Stron
usually they want Bowser out of the castle
it's implied that Bowser has never tried to terrorize the Mushroom Kingdom prior to the film
It’s weird because they say “Our reign of terror is over” but
but he’s been terrorizing everyone else ?
What has Bowser done to the Kingdom prior to this
He’s also been searching the Power Star for “Years”
yeah
and i don’t think bowser was an issue when peach arrived
unless he was just. somewhere else
no
she's just athletic
and knows how to use the powerups
reminds me of chatgpt "forgetting" context because it has to free up tokens
except this has a team of human writers
booo
i actually really like magic peach
but i actually really enjoy the way peach is depicted
like, she seems so dramatic (but not in the mysogyny way, in the leader who gives uplifting speeches before like every battle and their teammates are kind of over it and it just becomes corny kind of way)
so shes like a team mom?
… yeah but funnier
she’s like the team leader
but her motivating speeches don’t work
I like Magic Peach, but I'm glad they didn't go for that in the film.
Would've been unnecessary and would just make things confusing
also would have made mario even more redundant
Well Peach's magic isn't even that strong (when she's shown to have it at all)
her magic only works with star people
shes not like zelda
who is inherently magical through predestination
i mean she’s no zelda but i think she can be very strong
As opposed to the rest of the film...?
there's like 50+ things you could add to the film that would be unnecessary and confusing
Peach's magic is one of those and I'm glad they didn't include it
especially since it would be even more confusing with her backstory
The rest is what the movie did add
Well if the movie introduced the SPP stuff that wouldve made it more of a mess
as of now the movie isnt confusing as much as it is unexplored
adding magic to peach would outright be confusing becuase now you have shit conflicting with power-ups which are supposed to be the big source of power and whatnot
the only magic we really see is her putting people to sleep or healing them in Mario RPG.
Plus arguably her ability to hover, which some would say is just from her dress.
And we kind of saw something along those lines when Peach was showing Mario the training course anyway. Instead of being a traditional hover, it was her dress catching the air and acting like a parachute.
Anyway, the only time Peach has "strong" magic is when it's in conjunction with Star power. Like PM64's Peach Beam. Or in the M&L series when she combines her power with Starlow's.
In main series it's only the hovering (which is debatable), and being the only one who can break the spell in SMB1.
So there's not really even a reason to include it in the context of the film.
i didnt even know the pm64 thing was peach using her own magic
i thought it was just Her Positive Spirit in conjunction with the star spirits
it was
but i forgot about the spell breaking thing in mario 1
thats pretty zelda-like
yeah i was gonna mention that
im pretty sure like every aspect of mario 1 is no longer applicable
do you guys think theres a dude who mentions turning toads into blocks every time they make a new mario game
im that dude
technically it was just her wishing that powered up the stars.
But also in M&L her magic is called "wish magic" specifically
but even then, i mean, she’s been shown to be able to lift things with magic a la BiS
not the edgy dude that says mario is killing toads when he breaks blocks
just the dude that neutrally brings it up
only because it was with the help of Starlow
and why couldn’t they expand on her magic to make it more combative ?
i mean, do they really have to rely on the inconsistent depictions of her magic in previous games ?
but why have magic when you have power-ups in the movie which do the same thing
if she was magic then she wouldnt be human
at that point you have to ask "why does peach even use power-ups if she has combat magic"
fair point
yeah thats the better point
i mean in-game peach has magic and power-ups so why can’t they co-eixts
and she only used a power-up like, once
but like shouty said, then she wouldn’t be human so
they don't....
fire peach isn't a thing in mario rpg
i mean in-universe
due to this conversation I remembered a moment in like Dream Team or something where Peach heals Mario before the final boss, and I'm trying to figure out if that was a real thing that happened or not.
If it was, that would be cool, cause that would go along with Mario RPG.
I'm thinking maybe Dreambert healed Mario instead and I'm misremembering.
ok well marb
peach is introduced as a mentor figure for mario right
i’m not really asking for magic in the movie but i think it would have been cool
it values epic references over any sort of artistic integrity
in her opening moments she teaches mario the mechanics of power-ups along with the general rest of the mushroom world vs brooklyn
since that is really why she was originally wanted at all
maybe if they played up the powerups being magic it would be there
instead of calling them by the video game name
if she can just Do magic, then she doesnt really have a point where she needs to teach mario about power-ups
and if she did it would feel even more forced than it is now
because well, why would she use them in the first place
the magic is easy to explain in the games. Cause you can just assume that she has Magic from her royal bloodline.
Being from the real world in the film takes away that easy assumption and would have to be explained.
i think movie peach teaching mario is already eh because she could probably solo the whole movie
mario is a gary stu
yeah
peach teaches mario because he wants to save his brother and her heart is big enough for that
but yeah mario is a gray stu
that’s my issue in the first place
even w/o magic peach could have defeated bowser and said luigi herself
peach shouldve been the one to fight dk
and, even considering this, at some point mario becomes the crux of the mission instead of like, a helper
yeah
it's weird peach was reluctant to fight dk while mario was all in
why did mario have to fight DK
why waste time training mario when she could be saving her kingdom
you know why marb
why did mario have to be the one to use the super star and not peach
you know why
you know why marb
and Yeah We All Know Why
but it doesn’t make it any less irritating and hard to ignore while watching
i really cant rationalize the super star usage
because everything about the super star sucks
everything about the movie sucks
what if the super star was actually a magic axe instead. And Mario uses it to cut an imaginary bridge and send Bowser to some freaky messed up dimension
actually that's where Lost Levels takes place
and you meet Blue Bowser
i think id stop consuming mario media
we're talking about a movie without gameplay to back it

it's like an extended cutscene
guy explaining a movie to someone who's only ever consumed media through video games:
even a lets play has the character of the letsplayer
no
youre probably wondering how he got there
holy shit shouty
Hey guys, welcome back to another scene from the Super Mario Bros Movie.
In this scene I am going to challenge Donkey Kong to a fight to the death and hopefully recruit the Kong Army
there can be a little face-cam in the bottom left of the screen for the whole movie
i would kill for a luigi cut of the mario movie where luigi just gives gameboy horror commentary in the bottom corner for the whole thing
"this inspires me to paint"
i would kill for luigi in the mario movie
I would kill for Toad in the Mario Movie as well
luigi gets angry halfway in when he realizes he's not in the movie
actually just give us a Toad & Luigi solo film
a movie with the fun characters would be nice
**checks length of movie occasionally to see if there's still time for him to be in it
there isn’t sorry
Luigi would pause the movie and start talking about the types of conversations he had with the other prisoners that he thinks should've been included
Mario’s magic and he’s human . I think
is this in response to the zelda news
yes
dk fans gotta hold strong
Honestly the Mario movie didn't really give me a reason to be interested in the DK side of things, so I'm not too upset that the rumors might've been false
Like it was mostly cool just to see the characters, but I didn't really feel all that interested in their kingdom (at least from what we saw).
they could definitely come up with interesting new stuff outside of the village, but I don't really feel like there's a reason to be interested.
Of course, throwing in the Kremlings as villains would definitely just make things instantly more interesting. Give them their own conflicts to overcome.
The existence of the Kong army alone raises some questions though. What's the reason for DK to go out on his own adventure if the Kong Army exists? The only reason the Kong Army didn't help fight Bowser at the end is that they got cut off when Rainbow Road was destroyed.
If K Rool invades the Jungle Kingdom, what's the reason that the Kong Army can't work to take care of it? There are workarounds, of course. Maybe they have to go to Crocodile Isle. Maybe the Kong Army is kidnapped early on because they're ambushed.
I guess I just struggle to put together my own plot. So the most interesting part about a potential DK movie is just how they'd handle the plot--because I definitely can't come up with anything good-- as well as how they'd adapt content from the DK games, since they changed so much.
I don’t think it would be that hard
Because yeah they could always just use the Kremlings
Donkey Kong Cinematic Universe™ Speculation and Rumors
I have to be honest, DK as a character was kind of unlikeable so idk if I would really care to see a DK movie 
a dk movie feels like the Kronk movie to me
like any of you can tell me what dk's character was before the movie
thats the point
but i much prefer the cartoons interpretation over the movie's
if the movie was an updated version of the cartoon id enjoy that
DK was a bit of a jerk in the film and had weird hidden insecurities.
Whereas in the games he's usually kind. Still a bit jerkish at times, but not a full on jerk.
that's my 2 cents I guess
i really only like dk in relation to mario
and i liked how he acted in that regard
at least in the japanese version
I wouldn't mind a dk movie
I would've liked him better if he was more of a playful jerk than a "I hate you," "you suck," jerk
in the DK film he's gonna meet Candy and there's gonna be a boring relationship plotline
And K Rool is gonna steal the crystal coconut
of all kongs to bring back i hope they dont have candy
the movie would probably redesign here so that would be internet
DDK is definitely gonna be that one movie sidekick
I am so tired
"redesign her, so that would be interesting."
theyll use her show design
please no
i actually like cartoon dk
like he’s a nice kind idiot
himbo by definition
cartoon candy’s design actually slapped too
candy kong already has -- technically speaking -- a diddy kong tier redesign
its not much better
i dont think shell return anyway
me neither
there were only 2 retro games
she should return, i miss her
and wrinkly wasn't even in any of them
just like, don’t make her ugly lol
wrinklys dead
just like chunky
the opposite of chunky
Candy has no role that would've worked well enough to include her in Tropical Freeze. And Funky & Dixie weren't even in Returns
she couldve been the one to run the shop while funky is playable
idk that feels weird to me imo.
Unless they made a brand new shop instead of have her run the Fly n Buy
not any weirder than funky, the guy who consistently says he doesnt like adventuring, being playable
i know this a dumb question but since they grouped up the kong kingdom up with the other places we saw on the movie map, the kongs definitely wouldn’t explore those places and they’d just make a more expansive map with new locations right
maybe
idk what youre getting at
read it again
will the dk movie have a different setting and locations than the ones we saw in the mario movie on peachs map
i’d hope so
i didnt think it was in relation to a dk movie since thats all hypothetical right now
yes
if it wasn’t hypothetical is it realistic to say they’d expand the locations or no
hopefully yeah
i’d hope they make a luigi’s mansion sooner than they would for dk in all honesty
my hot take sorry dk fans
well it seems like we're getting zelda and mario 2 before any of that
im excited for the one in my brain that probably wont happen
what do you mean ?
oh wait i understand now
if illumination does it i’m unsure if they’d be fit for a cool story but i’m more interested in the designs
seeing how they redesigned mario cast i’m really interested to see the movie take for them
i dont even want it to be animated so them working on it at all is just a bad start
you’d prefer for it to be live action ?!
yeah
it would be better than western cg
especially from illumination
it doesnt seem to be confirmed that illumination is doing it though, just universal
ah i understand
i wouldn’t mind a live action but i definitely prefer animated media
so bias to animation for me haha
as for story i’m hoping it’s well thought out and nothing falls into the cliche era of epic hero has to save the ultra bad monster villain stuff. but i don’t know if that’ll be the case if illumination does it. then again i don’t know really. excited for the designs though whether it be illumination or not.
ideally though, i’d absolutely love if it was animated with the new tmnt movie / spider verse / puss in boots animation. i think itd fit really really nicely
The only reason I don't want a Live Action Zelda is because I dread the casting announcements
the discourse would be unhinged
yea instead it already got announced instead of mario movie 2 before the hollywood strikes were over in mid november and september
and chris pratt said "soon" once the strikes are done, but it seems like he lied to us u know why? its cause of nintendo being secretive and overprotective with their ips, which is why nintendo now sucks nowadays
happy ping slimy
do you have a good reason for necroposting with a ping reply about the one thing you ever post about
idk
sorry to hear
4 wat
our safe haven
I fucking hate Mario and his movies.
Where is gang
our safe haven
donald glover yoshi
I'm comparing the world map of the first film to the globe of the Galaxy movie rn
so star fox is still in this movie right
He’s in the post credits scene
IDK he's already in that one scene
001 ??? (Mystery Character)
002 Mario
003 Luigi
004 Yoshi
005 Toad
006 Peach
007 Rosalina
008 Luma
009 Lumalee
010 Bowser
011 Bowser Jr
012 Goomba
013 Koopa
014 Ninji
015 Shy Guy
016 Snifit
017 Piranha Plant
018 Bullet Bill
019 Wart
020 Birdo
021 Mouser
022 Clawgrip
023 Ukiki
024 Pianta
025 R.O.B.
026 Hammer Bro
027 Sledge Bro
028 Penguin
029 Whittle
030 Conkdor
031 Honey Queen
032 Bee
033 Monty Mole
ignore the numbers
im trying to figure out the cards
am i missing anybody
Do we actually know if he’s in that scene or was that a joke
It just seems like a guy wearing a jacket I couldn’t spot any fur
whats nothing
like a bike with items on it
but idk
i cant see the bike that people kept saying
it looks like fox
where did you get that from?
my mind
i just typed every character that has been seen
trying to see if i could get to 40
number finally updated
i would say that is not starfox in the frame lol
duh!!! there are more duo's besides the mario bros!!! there is james and skipper! jenna and harold! wario and waluigi!
?
uhh okay
you bought the yoshi popcorn bucket?

