10. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
When a pop culture phenomenon begins, it starts slowly as a small flame and smolders. It’s passed around and becomes known to the masses until the flame becomes an all-consuming blaze. T-shirts, posters, lunchboxes, and Saturday morning cartoons all follow along, and then you get hit with the big whammy: a feature film. Such is the process that the Super Mario franchise took on its rise to fame in the late ’80s and early ’90s. But the feature film Super Mario Bros. that came out in 1993 was not the high point of the series– it was a dreadful stain on its legacy.
The film had a story that had absolutely nothing to do with the video games, its only ties to its namesake being named characters who barely resembled their in-game counterparts. The plot was a muddled and confusing mess about dinosaur evolution and the writing was terrible. The movie went over budget and schedule several times before finally releasing, upon which time it bombed terribly. Seriously, why did Nintendo give the go-ahead to this project?
Bob Hoskins, who played Mario, had some choice words about the film: “The worst thing I ever did? Super Mario Bros. It was a f**kin’ nightmare. The whole experience was a nightmare. It had a husband-and-wife team directing, whose arrogance had been mistaken for talent. After so many weeks their own agent told them to get off the set! F**kin’ nightmare. F**kin’ idiots.”
Now, is it just me, or does there appear to be no game actually inserted into Reggie’s 3DS?! If so, why is he smiling?!
Kyle, from what dark corner of the internet did you manage to find the image of that prototype Play Station? Man, that is awesome!
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-XCVbCgnagw