The old one had references as well. And it was nice that it was different. It made it fun to think about what all the things were meant to represent. And also, it was a bit like the games were just an abstraction of reality, with things made easy to understand and kid-friendly.

The OG was fantastic! Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, and Dennis Hopper! The Goombas! The elevator scene!

The new one works great for a wider audience. The OG is pretty funny and I definitely enjoy a lot of the dialogue.

Looks exactly like those old Russian propaganda posters

The art was way better on that shit.

A Bug's LIfe even had Kevin Spacey! With possibly the best line in any animated movie ever: "first rule of leadership, princess: everything is your fault."

I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the change from clear good and evil in 80s/90s kids media to modern “we’re all just buddies at the end” wasn’t some kind of psyop to normalize the next generations to tolerate and handwave powerful people doing horrible shit.

I don't think it was quite an intentional one, as much as it is that with media having a wider spread, the companies behind them want them to be less controversial, and more palatable to a wider audience. It's a lot easier to do that if everyone was getting along at the end, since it's a safe option that doesn't risk any controversy over the audience thinking the treatment was too extreme, or having to risk offending the ratings board, or any of that.

Yeah, it's a patchwork of sources.

I did not watch either. I might watch the old one though.

Goomba! :O :D

I liked it as a kid. I still like it as an adult. It's a complete mess though. They changed dialogues on the fly, people were often drunk as fuck while filming, it's hardly even a mario movie. Maybe that's what makes it great, idk.

Oh that’s funny. I bought it on dvd a few months ago, I’ll have to check out the special features to see if it’s there.

No, it doesn't.

Those were lit, the one above sucks noodles.

Everyone was drunk or on something during the filming!

John leguizamo has openly shared how awful the film shooting was and wanted it over.

Yeah I didn't make it very far into that movie. Everything about it felt wrong. Crazy that it was so well received, even by video game fans.

people were often drunk as fuck while filming

The Do the Mario dance lives in my head rent-free.

Hold up, let 'em cook

That's from a different thing iirc (the super mario bros super show)

that is an insult to socialist realism

The old one is undoubtedly a better movie, but the new one is undoubtedly a much better mario movie

I've heard similar tales. 1993 was essentially still the 80s in a lot of places. Free flow of cocaine and booze.

Edit: I talked about the new Mario Galaxy XD

Its story is mediocre and Yoshi was like a Illumination Minion, but liked the references and the family interactions. Mario and Luigi are fun and supportive brothers to each other.