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Considering all the crazy shit we’ve found out…
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.
Like, there was zero blurry lines back then.
If an oligarch was destroying the environment and harming people in the pursuit of power, John Leguizamo would show up and go Luigi all over some asses.
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Captain planet? No way - it’s all about Coalie now!
This one fascinates me - did they cover up the woman and the girls face on purpose?
Looks exactly like those old Russian propaganda posters
The art was way better on that shit.
No, it doesn’t.
Those were lit, the one above sucks noodles.
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Hahahha WTF
Is…is this a real kids show?
It’s a real “educational mascot” the gov introduced but I’m not aware of it being used in children’s programming, yet.
Put a young audience in front of a Bugs Life.
You’re 10000% right in my book. All planned.
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.”
You’re right, but some of that is actually “in-universe” for Mario games. For example, Mario 3 is a stage play. That’s why the set pieces in the levels look the way they do, and why you can get behind the set using the white blocks.
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.
There was that old raccoons show with the aardvark villian trying to level the forest where the bad guy isn’t completely hated so maybe an early example
The second Mario Movie lost me when it played Thunderstruck while Donkey Kong and Mario were fighting.
I loves me some Akka Dakka, but there’s such a deep musical well to draw from with all the Mario games that it made it feel even more like an unscrupulous cash grab.
I’ve never seen anyone say “Akka Dakka” before and clearly I was missing out. Also, agreed on all points.
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.
I think the new one is funnily written. Sorry for being a pleb.
To be fair the majority of modern movies are just cameos and references. So while it might have sucked (don’t know haven’t seen it and don’t intend to) it’s probably on par with the modern craptacular that is cinema.
That said I have always loved the OG Mario movie because its just Fun. Outside of that one movie I never cared for anything related to Nintendo, thats how great I think that one stupid movie is.
Because all the good shit has already been written!
It sure seems that way but I would argue that A24 films is doing a pretty good job of making original entertaining media.
The OG was fantastic! Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, and Dennis Hopper! The Goombas! The elevator scene!
Well, one was based off the video game, one loosely referenced.
Niether was a great movie, but kid me enjoyed the John Legluigi performance alot. Guess it depends on what ya like.
It warms my heart to see the cyberpunk film get some love. It’s an entertaining film. I even have the book version of that one!
Hold up, let 'em cook
