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Ep. 21: 35 Years Almost Went Down the Warp Pipe: Commit One's Review of Super Mario Bros.


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Note: In this special edition we go a little bit deeper with our discussion seeing as we are honoring 35 years of the Mario game franchise. If you wish to skip this discussion and go into our discussion of the film, we break off to the film beginning at 34:40.

There are not enough Power Stars in the Mushroom Kingdom that can save this disaster! Will, Mike, and Sam both honor one of the greatest video game franchises of all time while also looking at the ill-advised attempt to bring it to the big screen in the 1993 film Super Mario Bros. In this special edition of the Commit One Movie Podcast, the crew takes some time to honor 35 years of the Super Mario franchise and what the games have meant to them before taking the film adaptation down a few more pegs (as if it needed any help!) which features actors who have gone on to bash their own film at every chance they can get. While some may still like the film, it still holds up as the starting point for bad video game adaptations as the world knows it, which in turn does make sure that the Commit One Crew has a LOT to cover.

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