Careercow Robert Chipman / Bob / Moviebob / "Movieblob" - Middle-Aged Consoomer, CWC with a Thesaurus, Ardent Male Feminist and Superior Futurist, the Twice-Fired, the Mario-Worshipper, publicly dismantled by Hot Dog Girl, now a diabetic

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Because I am a masochist, I read the Blob's whole Mario movie document. It probably deserves a long, more in-depth takedown, but is it terrible. It's a weird combination of autistic faithfulness to the source material, weird tonal choices, and the most hackneyed clichés.

The worst moment is probably this:



It's a cliché, it plays on an offensive ethnic stereotype (all Italians are murderous thug mobsters), and it's such an inappropriate tonal decision that, if this movie were actually made, the unintentional humor would be mocked for decades. It would be like a Wizard of Oz remake where the Wicked Witch of the West melting scene was replaced by the one from Full Metal Jacket where the Marines are all looking down at the writhing, mortally wounded sniper painfully hissing, "Shoot me." (Dorothy: "I'm not trying to run this squad. I'm just sayin' we can't leave her like this." Wicked Witch: "Melt... me... melt... me... melt me." Tin Man: "If you wanna waste her, go on, waste her.")

There's more. For a guy who actually does from time to time say some genuinely insightful things about film, this is amazingly terrible.

Yeah, seeing Mario and Lugi beat Bowser to death. That'll get all the kids excited.

Christ, Bob. This is the part where you actually DO need to "think of the children".

 

[Mola Ram]

Yeah, seeing Mario and Lugi beat Bowser to death. That'll get all the kids excited.

Christ, Bob. This is the part where you actually DO need to "think of the children".

EDIT: Skelter Helter is 100% right, by the way. I'm skimming through the treatment now and it is as unintentionally hilarious as you might think, with plenty of bizarre story decisions, inappropriate elements, and characterizations done by someone who seems to have little understanding of how people act or talk.

 

[Bungleboy]

Hey, you know who else thought about putting distressingly off-tone violence in a children's work?

 

[Positron]

Why does he want Mario and Luigi to be "wisecracking"? I'm not familiar with video game lore but I don't think being snarky is part of their character?

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

Why does he want Mario and Luigi to be "wisecracking"? I'm not familiar with video game lore but I don't think being snarky is part of their character?

"Something something THEY'RE FROM BROOKLYN something something."

 

[Kyria the Great]

"Something something THEY'RE FROM BROOKLYN something something."

What is Bob's obsession with Mario being from Brooklyn? It isn't like he is even from New York anyways and i could get something like Boston, but why does it have to be Brooklyn?

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

What is Bob's obsession with Mario being from Brooklyn? It isn't like he is even from New York anyways and i could get something like Boston, but why does it have to be Brooklyn?

Because he has an unhealthy obsession with Mario and the old cartoon said they were from Brooklyn.

 

[RockVolnutt]

Why does he want Mario and Luigi to be "wisecracking"? I'm not familiar with video game lore but I don't think being snarky is part of their character?

Have you seen what MCU films do to the personality of characters? He's probably into that. Bet his Bowser would sound a lot like Ultron from the movies.

What is Bob's obsession with Mario being from Brooklyn? It isn't like he is even from New York anyways and i could get something like Boston, but why does it have to be Brooklyn?

I think I recall someone mentioning in this thread that he had a family member who was a plumber and Mario being from the "real world" made him see it as "this could've been me".

 

[Assorted Nuts]

I think I recall someone mentioning in this thread that he had a family member who was a plumber and Mario being from the "real world" made him see it as "this could've been me".

I don't know if he has any plumbers in the family, but I'd bet you're right on the money otherwise. Considering all of the crazy shit Bob believes even today I think he actually had some kind of delusional belief that one day he too could get to the Mushroom Kingdom. Some of the details in the First Person Shooters did 9/11 stream match up with this really well. Listen to this at the point I've marked.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Why does he want Mario and Luigi to be "wisecracking"? I'm not familiar with video game lore but I don't think being snarky is part of their character?

That was more the DiC versions who were in the "wisecracking" department. At least the live action segments of Super Show were that is.

Not sure why Bob would even want to go back to that incarnation besides "I wish Nintendo would cater to MY childhood!"

 

[Kyria the Great]

Have you seen what MCU films do to the personality of characters? He's probably into that. Bet his Bowser would sound a lot like Ultron from the movies.


I think I recall someone mentioning in this thread that he had a family member who was a plumber and Mario being from the "real world" made him see it as "this could've been me".

Honestly it would have been better for Bob as he would be fixing people's shit instead of spewing it.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I mean, let's face it: The Game Overthinker is essentially Bob's Sonichu.

 

[Clay Claymore]

Here's some tweets of his that caught my attention.

Bob, if you don't like Trump, why are you helping him? It's like the only good ideas Bobbo ever has is for Trump's presidency.

(read bottom-to-top)

 

[RockVolnutt]

Bob probably wishes he was Trump. When Trump is an asshole he becomes president, when Bob is an asshole people call him a fat loser. Sad!

 

[Gordon Cole]

Bob's only upset because it would mean having to walk and get out of the house.

Remember, this is geared to politicians and no one else.

 

[Replicant Sasquatch]

Have you seen what MCU films do to the personality of characters? He's probably into that. Bet his Bowser would sound a lot like Ultron from the movies.

Not gonna lie James Spader as Bowser sounds pretty tight.

 

[Gordon Cole]

Too bad...

...So sad.

 

[vertexwindi]

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...So sad.

I went and splurged on Mario + Rabbids, and despite being the worst idea you could ever conceive, it really is a good game. I'm happier that this upsets Bobbo more than anything else.

 

[samuraicrack]

So how different is it from his last video?

Not gonna lie James Spader as Bowser sounds pretty tight.

would Bob watch a version of The Blacklist set in the mushroom kingdom?

 

[Mola Ram]

would Bob watch a version of The Blacklist set in the mushroom kingdom?

Wait'll you see my treatment for a Mario story based on Last Tango in Paris. "Heya, Principessa Peach! Hand-a me-a that-a butter for-a Mario's-a mushroom! It's a Brooklyn-a thing!"