riegspsych325 t1_jaatt8z wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:23 AM

The Super Mario Bros. has to be the biggest/worst film adaptation of any IP. A complete misfire that alienated audiences and insulted beloved fans of the Nintendo game and its titular characters. It had body horror moments in a movie that PG, and the best description I've read for Dennis Hopper's King Koopa is that "he looks like a pit boss at Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise".

But I'll be damned if I don't find it interesting. It's just something about the punky/neo-apacalypse look of "Dinohattan". I admit I like the some design choices, like it's grid-powered electric cars, jet boots, punk rock NY vibe. A part of me wonders how well the movie would have fared if they stripped anything away that could be pertained to being a part of the Super Mario IP and just made it its own movie

kingzilch t1_jabov0a wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:16 AM

It helps to know that the directors, Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, had directed the British Max Headroom TV movie that fleshed out the cyberpunk world of the “virtual” music video host. The movie got re-edited against their wishes, but their aesthetic is hard to miss.