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.!
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(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.