Super Mario Bros. (1993)

Grab your mushrooms and trust the fungus, dear listener, because like the accident-prone vehicles of Dinohattan, we’re screeching and flipping our way into the Super Mario Bros. movie from 1993! A flawed diamond is still a diamond, so despite its many faults and the tumultuous production, we love this weird adaptation of the famous video game series. Joey swoons over Princess Daisy, Ron is in love with Bob-omb’s shoes, and (like Mario falling through an interdimensional portal) Paul is head over heels for Yoshi’s cuteness. We chat about the stellar cast and the earnestness with which many of them deliver their performances, the hit-or-miss visuals, the extended cut deleted scenes, Bertha, hair, music, behind-the-scenes shenanigans, and so much more. Check it out and let us know your thoughts on the movie (you can check out the extended cut for free here: https://archive.org/details/super-mario-bros-1993-the-morton-jankel-cut-extended-vhs). Joey also laments (kinda?) a long lost love, we share recent GTA hijinks, gastrointestinal problems, and more.

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00:06:54: Joey’s sob story about a long-lost love

00:13:48: Sony is setting up a game preservation team to “ensure our industry’s history isn’t forgotten” (Game Developer: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/playstation-has-formed-a-game-preservation-team)

00:18:38: Meta is spending around $3 billion a quarter on Metaverse development. Are we excited for this (or Epic’s) meta future? (Game Developer: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/extended-reality/meta-burned-2-96-billion-on-reality-labs-last-quarter)

00:28:43: Ron’s been playing San Andreas and his digestive tract has been playing him

00:33:00: Paul’s been loving the eff out of Elden Ring

00:38:55: Joey is so close to platinum with Chrono Cross

00:41:20: Paul betrays Joey and, well, Ron also betrays Joey in GTA Online

00:51:14: Super Mario Bros. (1993)! We start with basic info and then sort of jump around, covering thoughts on the cast, Daisy, Mario’s mustache, Yoshi’s cuteness, poor Toad, Koopa as Trump, and so much more

01:06:47: https://youtu.be/O20PCeIOLa8?t=438

01:09:00: https://www.smbmovie.com/

01:12:05: http://www.smbmovie.com/SMBArchive/pics/specials/interviews/asnyder/Amy_02.jpg

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