258: Chekhov's Bob-omb

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2015

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Our survey of terrible films continues with 1993’s “Super Mario Bros.”, which features surprisingly little of the characters, setting, or joy that one might attribute to the beloved video-game franchise. Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, and the directors of the original “Max Headroom” film collaborate on this dreadful tale about evolved dinosaurs, dystopian parallel-universe New Yorks, and a couple of plumbers named Mario, one of whom is also named Luigi.

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0:36.4	It's not brain science. It's rocket surgery. This is Super Mario Brothers.
0:43.3	The Inconparable, number 258, August 2015. Welcome back to The Incomparables trek through terrible
0:54.0	cinema.
0:55.2	Turn back now.
0:56.0	It's 1990s in the spotlight this time, and we have chosen for viewing...
1:02.3	Pleasure?
1:03.3	For viewing...
1:04.3	Not that.
1:05.6	Ninety-three's Super Mario Brothers, Based on the,
1:11.7	loosely based on the,
1:14.0	um,
1:15.1	uh,
1:15.4	perhaps a screenplay was written with elements from a checklist of the video games of
1:21.6	the same name.
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