The mario movie seemed really well done to me but I dont really watch many cartoons anymore. Cant really argue with the profit motive though it probably has that
Wasn’t the Mario movie pretty well-received among fans, though? The Resident Evil films were also very successful, despite not being popular with the game’s original audience.
I think it was well received with children? Most adults I know who saw it basically shrugged, said it was fine, and then eagerly awaited Super Mario Bros Wonder instead.
Sure, but “fine” is not really what I want for a Zelda movie, personally. And judging by the apprehension of a lot of the Zelda fanbase, they seem to have similar sentiments.
Also I’m not really sure why my other comment is getting downvoted, it was just what I observed in my circle of family/friends/coworkers. Apologies to any long time Mario fans I offended.
After decades of stuff like Bob Hoskins Mario Bros, a million Resident Evil movies, and whatever Uwe Boll was making, it’s honestly the best we can hope for.
What? The movie NEVER got close to the source material! I mean since when is Toad a street musician, and just one guy? Since when does Big Bertha have massive tits? Why did they treat Spike as one of the koopa kids? Where were the other 6 koopa kids? You just took Iggy, and paired him with Spike (for some reason) and said fuck off to the other 6? And why is King Koopa clearly a parody of donald trump? And why did he destroy the world trade center towers???
I would certainly hope if you’ve read this far that you get what I’m doing here…
It’s one thing to make those kinds of jokes here on Lemmy where the audience is almost all leftists who will cheer. But for a celebrity with a platform, you have to be aware that saying things like that will get them in trouble. It was honestly a shitty no-win situation all around and I don’t blame Jack Black for needing to distance himself for a bit. At least the band is not dead, this will blow over in due time and they’ll come back when it’s died down.
Sigh. Just don’t. Please. It’s gonna be slop like the Mario movie, or Minecraft or doom or resident evil or alone in the dark… etc
Nothing but greed and profit fuelling this project.
The mario movie seemed really well done to me but I dont really watch many cartoons anymore. Cant really argue with the profit motive though it probably has that
Wasn’t the Mario movie pretty well-received among fans, though? The Resident Evil films were also very successful, despite not being popular with the game’s original audience.
I think it was well received with children? Most adults I know who saw it basically shrugged, said it was fine, and then eagerly awaited Super Mario Bros Wonder instead.
Fine is high praise for videogame adaptations.
Sure, but “fine” is not really what I want for a Zelda movie, personally. And judging by the apprehension of a lot of the Zelda fanbase, they seem to have similar sentiments.
Also I’m not really sure why my other comment is getting downvoted, it was just what I observed in my circle of family/friends/coworkers. Apologies to any long time Mario fans I offended.
After decades of stuff like Bob Hoskins Mario Bros, a million Resident Evil movies, and whatever Uwe Boll was making, it’s honestly the best we can hope for.
You thought the Mario movie was slop?? The target audience (kids) really liked it and it was faithful to the games…
What? The movie NEVER got close to the source material! I mean since when is Toad a street musician, and just one guy? Since when does Big Bertha have massive tits? Why did they treat Spike as one of the koopa kids? Where were the other 6 koopa kids? You just took Iggy, and paired him with Spike (for some reason) and said fuck off to the other 6? And why is King Koopa clearly a parody of donald trump? And why did he destroy the world trade center towers???
I would certainly hope if you’ve read this far that you get what I’m doing here…
Boy, I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder!
My kid and I watched it when it first released.
He barely remembers it, except Rainbow Road and “Mario characters”. And he loves Nintendo stuff.
It wasn’t “slop”, but it was not very memorable. The worst thing a film can be is forgettable.
Anything with Jack Black in it is corporate slop and I respect our kids enough to not want to expose their developing brains to that kind of garbage.
The movie was okayish at best, but at least Jack Black was the best part of it.
Also, anything with Jack Black is slop? Even School of Rock? Tenacious D? Weird: The Al Yankovic Story?
After making Jumanji, yes his work has become absolutely shallow and artistically void of anything to say but give me money.
School of rock is a classic but he fucking killed Tenatious D after not liking a joke about a killing a dictator. Yes he’s become corporate slop.
Tenacious D is not dead. Jack Black has confirmed that they will be back someday, they’re just taking a break.
It’s one thing to make those kinds of jokes here on Lemmy where the audience is almost all leftists who will cheer. But for a celebrity with a platform, you have to be aware that saying things like that will get them in trouble. It was honestly a shitty no-win situation all around and I don’t blame Jack Black for needing to distance himself for a bit. At least the band is not dead, this will blow over in due time and they’ll come back when it’s died down.
The mario movie was great. The animation was really good and it was funny
It could be slop. It also could be fantastic. Some video game adaptions have turned out well.
The Sonic movies were pretty decent. Not super amazing, but the bar is so low for video game movies you might as well consider them masterpieces.
However, I do not trust Nintendo to make a good Zelda movie.
Based on the trailers I legitimately think the Minecraft movie was written by AI
Greed and profit fuel everything in this capitalist hellscape in which we toil.