Mario Bros. Animated Movie Coming from Illumination

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  1. Mako Crab

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    Yep! I wonder how many kids went looking for their mom’s vibe scepter after seeing that. :p 
     
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  2. Venixion

    Venixion Its always the middle of the night in Moonside

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    You're terrible
     
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    And Bowsette is still more family unfriendly WHY?!
     
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    Because they don't own the concept, and including a blatant fan art design like that would be a legal nightmare, so that ends that.
     
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    Also, adult jokes and references that are subtle and not obvious are a little different from...What Bowsette is.
    If "Bowsette" did happen, it'd most likely be the unused concept art of Bowser using his magic hat/crown to take control of Peach from Super Mario Odyssey anyway.
     
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    How are you not getting this?

    No-one's ever said that the obstacle for Bowsette becoming canon is that she's "family unfriendly".

    The problem with acknowledging her has always been the fact that she's a fan-created work. Nobody legally owns her, and that leads to a whole Ouroboros of IP issues that really aren't worth challenging.


    Anyways, as per above, innuendo is usually allowed to slip through because the target audience simply doesn't understand the reference. It's different when the sexual content is directly visible on screen.
     
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    Jack Black dressed as Bowser.

    That’s it, that’s the post.
     
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    That’s awesome.
     
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    IIRC, Bowsette was born from the existence of that Princess Mushroom from one Mario game that turned Toadette into Peach, and Bowser using power-ups became a thing since at least 3D world with Meowser (though probably far earlier I.E. final form Dreamy Bowser in Dream Team could count I guess), so it was always a joke about an already weird concept getting pushed to an in-universe extreme. I know 'Boosette' is the King Boo version for the same reasons.
     
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    Hearing Pratt take the criticisms of his portrayal of Mario on the chin is pretty nice, he's always come off as someone who's pretty chill especially compared to the numerous fragile egos in Hollywood. He seems to understand that the fanbase is passionate and as a result there's high expectations, I think there's been some fair and some less so criticisms regarding his voice.

    I love Charles Martinet but I was never under the impression he HAD to be the voice, it would've been nice if he was and hey, they could've done something like Wall-E where he doesn't speak as much as other characters... But I think something like the Mario Bros Super show (which appears to be what they're going for here) Is perfectly fine as well.

    I am a bit concerned the voices were chosen purely for their name / star power rather than their talent / ability to voice said characters but from Nintendo's more pragmatic perspective I can totally see why they'd go with that.

    Speaking of fragile egos, Seth Rogen sounds like he's phoning it in as DK, but that's pretty much his entire brand so I suppose you get what you pay for...
     
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    Heads up as spoiler leaks are online. Also not confirmed if true but Martinet's role may have been leaked if true.

    If true he is voicing--

    Marios dad!

    Note that has not been confirmed so take it as a rumor but just in case don't look if you hate spoilers.
     
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    I mean, you don't hire Seth Rogan to voice something NOT knowing that he has "Seth Rogan" and "Deeper voiced Seth Rogan" modes.
     
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    A bare bones or "shallow" plot doesn't really surprise me. This is Mario, after all, the stories of the series are usually pretty simple. Bowser kidnaps the princess, the Bros. rush to her rescue, rinse and repeat. Or Bowser is out to steal all the Power Stars for some usually unexplained purpose (save for Galaxy, where he was using them as a power source to make his personal Galaxy). To be honest? I doubt anyone was going to head into this expecting anything more than a fun romp through the world of Mario (and Donkey Kong) and an absolute ton of easter eggs.
     
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    If they expect anything more out of Mario, they're expecting too much.
     
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