Mario Bros. Movies

 

   Today is March 10th, or as some people say, Mar10 day. Honoring the Super Mario bros. from games to movies.

    I want to talk about the movies, but first.... how it all started and how it became a global phenomenon. The story of two Italian plumbers....and how they became amazingly popular.

    It was started as a Nintendo game back in 1985 with Mario's first name being 'Jumper Man'. He had a video game that showed him saving a princess named Peach from an evil dragon named Bowser. 

      It's the whole save a girl from dragon thing. Soon he had a brother named Luigi. In earlier games, both Mario and Luigi looked similar. By the time the 90's hit, they showed a difference in look.

   I used to play some of the games, but we had a Sega Genisis. When Nintendo 64 came around, my brother bought the Mario 64 game and well.... he played until he got to the final round.

    It was worth it having 3D effects, and it was pretty cool. Then....came the movies.

  Before Nintendo 64 came out, there was movie based on the game. Super Mario Bros. starred the late Bob Hopkins and John Leguizamo. Bob portrayed Mario and John was Luigi.

     This was supposed to be a live action movie based on the video game. Dennis Hopper played King Koopa. He was supposed to be a Donald Trump like villain with a lizard tongue. (Similar to Donald Trump today) It flopped in theaters and let's just say.... there was not gonna be a sequel.

    It would take almost 30 before another film would hit. Some people were skeptical because they were afraid it would feel like the last movie. Thankfully, it was not live action. Chris Pratt would voice Mario.

    Some people were skeptical on that since they thought he wouldn't be that great. He was...fine. 

    Jack Black voiced Bower which was pretty good as he did an amazing job. Charlie Day voiced Luigi. The movie...was ok. Wasn't great, but it was better than the 1993 movie, which I think my brother saw.... but I don't know.

          In the movie, Mario and Luigi have a plumbing business that is.... not going well. They end up in another world through a magical pipe.

     Luigi ends up in danger as Mario soon finds a mushroom kingdom. He meets Princess Peach and some toads that are going to help Mario save his brother and get them home.

     However, they have to deal with other characters like Donkey Kong (voiced by Seth Rogan) and try to beat him to get to where they need to go.

   In the new upcoming movie, Yoshi was going to be a new character and he's going to be voiced by Donald Glover. How do I feel about this.... I guess I'm fine with it. I like Donald Glover is a great actor, but Yoshi only says his name over and over again.

    I guess that's ok. I'm not going to see this movie in theaters. When it comes to streaming... I will.

    Here's a little hidden Easter egg. Well, there are many for video game fans. One of them is the original voice actor of Mario in video games and cartoons. Charles Martinet voices Mario and Luigi's father.

   He retired recently and made a voice appearance in this movie. He has since retired and I guess this was his last voice acting. He's still alive today, but taking it easy.

    Mario is very popular that he has a day named after him. Mar10, or March 10th is short for Mario. For that, enjoy it and his Nintendo amazement from the original game to the movies.

    For it being Mario day, it feels as if Nintendo created something that can't be stopped.

       From the beginnings of a video game, to what today is considered a phenomenom.