GhostPoet
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I think everyone here (I hope) will agree that the Super Mario Bros movie SUCKED on many, many levels. But I am convinced that the game could infact be done in movie form AND be enjoyable if we stayed closer to the roots of the game.
Now, reading that you might think Ive been taking a little too much of the magic mushroom myself but I see it more as a challenge to take a shallow platformer and turn it into an enjoyable movie.
Thats what this thread is all about .lets say you were given the job of creating the story for a Super Mario Bros movie (a restart for the series of films that never happened beyond the first film) What would you do? What would the story be like? Think of this as a CHALLENGE.  (sorry for grammer, Im typing this fast enough to break the sound barrier)
Ill start. Its just a brief description, no details. (Im about to leave work here)
It would consist of two plumbers that find a large pipe in the sewers. They get sucked in by some unknown means and end up in the Mushroom Kingdom where they encounter a host of characters, they are given food to eat as guests in the kingdom and discover one of the foods being a mushroom.
One that doesnt effect the people of that world, but when the plumbers eat it are given super strength and the ability to jump much higher than the normal human. Bowser, king of the Koopa would then attack a little while later and kidnap the Princess in hopes of finding the fabled Lost Pipe. A pipe that leads to other worlds. There would be plenty of stomping battles and even a few scenes of platforming that would consist of our heroes using their new abilities to jump from crumbling platform to the next in a cavern deep underground, among other places.
This would be a dark/comedy/action film. On the outside it would have some kiddy elements, but would have more than enough humor for adults. (think Shrek only with much more intense scenes of violence) It wouldnt be watered down and would have plenty of witty dialogue and character interactions. And of course lots of superhuman like action. Possibly even a couple spoofs of other movies and a wink, wink, nudge, nudge scene related to the game.
Think Shrek meets Kung Fu Hustle
Now, reading that you might think Ive been taking a little too much of the magic mushroom myself but I see it more as a challenge to take a shallow platformer and turn it into an enjoyable movie.
Thats what this thread is all about .lets say you were given the job of creating the story for a Super Mario Bros movie (a restart for the series of films that never happened beyond the first film) What would you do? What would the story be like? Think of this as a CHALLENGE.  (sorry for grammer, Im typing this fast enough to break the sound barrier)
Ill start. Its just a brief description, no details. (Im about to leave work here)
It would consist of two plumbers that find a large pipe in the sewers. They get sucked in by some unknown means and end up in the Mushroom Kingdom where they encounter a host of characters, they are given food to eat as guests in the kingdom and discover one of the foods being a mushroom.
One that doesnt effect the people of that world, but when the plumbers eat it are given super strength and the ability to jump much higher than the normal human. Bowser, king of the Koopa would then attack a little while later and kidnap the Princess in hopes of finding the fabled Lost Pipe. A pipe that leads to other worlds. There would be plenty of stomping battles and even a few scenes of platforming that would consist of our heroes using their new abilities to jump from crumbling platform to the next in a cavern deep underground, among other places.
This would be a dark/comedy/action film. On the outside it would have some kiddy elements, but would have more than enough humor for adults. (think Shrek only with much more intense scenes of violence) It wouldnt be watered down and would have plenty of witty dialogue and character interactions. And of course lots of superhuman like action. Possibly even a couple spoofs of other movies and a wink, wink, nudge, nudge scene related to the game.
Think Shrek meets Kung Fu Hustle
Think Ghost Rider meets Kill Bill.
