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Before \u2018Tomb Raider\u2019, before \u2018Mortal Kombat\u2019, before \u2018Street Fighter\u2019, there was something even WORSE. \u2018Super Mario Bros\u2019 - which opened in the United States on 28th May, 1993 - was such a critical and commercial failure that for years afterwards Nintendo kept their franchises out of Hollywood hands.\nRelocating the action to \u2018Dinohattan\u2019, the film inexplicably disregarded most of what had made the videogame such a smash-hit and replaced these elements with allusions to Blade Runner and Tim Burton\u2019s Batman.\nIn this episode, Arion, Olly and Rebecca reveal Bob Hoskins\u2019 drinking and accident-prone habits on-set, consider the relative strength of today\u2019s spinoffs such as The Lego Movie, and analyse the secret sauce that keeps the Mario brand strong in the face of such adversity\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 CinemaSins presents: \u2018Everything Wrong with Super Mario Bros in 21 Minutes or Less\u2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYQHnPOYc5Q\n\u2022 \u2018The Stench of it Stays With Everybody\u2019, The Guardian (2018):\xa0\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/mar/22/super-mario-bros-movie-killing-fields-chariots-fire-video-game\n\u2022 \u2018Plumbing a Videogame To Its Depths\u2019 - the New York Times reviews the film in 1993:\xa0\nhttps://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/29/movies/review-film-plumbing-a-video-game-to-its-depths.html\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/Retrospectors\nWe'll be back on Monday! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\n#90s #Film #Games #Inventions #US\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices