Clearly written by AI. Kiki's Delivery Service is no in any way shape or form, horror. The AI probably just picked up on "witch" in a keyword search and went from there. Pathetic.
@ives74: You're one of those people who can't actually engage with hypotheticals I've read about aren't you? Can you tell me how you would have felt yesterday if you didn't eat breakfast?
In any case, you said that they couldn't have made a successful Mario movie with a silent protagonist. I presented the case that this is not necessarily true with a viable alternative that could have worked as a hypothetical. However you are dead fixated on the actual script that was written and that this reality MUST be maintained, thus failing to even engage with the hypothetical.
Are you aware of the Netflix live action One Piece adaptation? The mangaka retained massive authority on the production to ensure that it accurately portrayed his story. This meant that at a number of points he forced a rewriting of the script and a reshooting of several scenes until it met with his approval. This could have easily been the case with Mario, considering that Nintendo was taking a gamble with the movie. The fact that they surrendered so much control was probably a distancing tactic so they could ignore the failure more easily, like they did with that 90's Mario Movie, but I digress. The point is that they could have exercised similar controls on their IP if they wanted to DESPITE the existence of the script.
Also I reject the notion that you would have to make massive changes to the script to have Mario be a mostly silent protagonist. I've stated this several times and you haven't refuted it. Just have other people exposit for him like they do in Paper Mario, and make judicious use of pantomime.
Lastly, I've stated several times that I was ok with the movie, but sad that they chose to ax the Mario voice we all know and love in unceremonious fashion as they did.
@ives74: Except that IS the point. The dialog that mario specifically said was inconsequential and could have been pared down so that others could do the speaking, just like they do in the games, including the MarioRPG and Paper Mario franchises which have a lot of dialogue, but no talking Mario.
The reason I'm spinning the hypothetical is because you made the positive claim that the movie would NOT work with an effectively silent Mario other than his trademark catch phrases. I pointed out how it COULD work, and HAS worked in the past in the video games, some of which were wildly popular and getting contemporary remakes. You don't have a proper counter so you're trying to deflect.
@dushness: Yeah the same thing basically happened with the Supergirl and Batgirl movies. The former was entirely in the can, but they chose to never release it so they could use it as a write off, and the latter was in post production when it was cancelled. Sad really, that this is the state we're in that it's better to NOT release the movie financially speaking.
@dushness: From what I understand it would have cost them residuals of one kind or another to leave it up, so instead they chose to use it as a tax write off.
@ives74: What did mario say in the movie that was of any actual substance? I liked the movie but all of his dialogue was essentially unnecessary and could have been relegated to those around him providing expositional dumps, which they were already doing anyways. I think Peach had more lines of dialogue than mario.
@sippio: For me it's not that I think I'm that character or anything, but rather whether or not the voice acting is jarring and knocks you out of the game for a bit. For example, Patrick Stewart nailed it in Oblivion in part because he is a professionally trained Shakespearian actor and fit the part of the king quite well.
However, if they had chosen to cast Chris Tucker in the role instead, that would be immersion breaking even if he wasn't intentionally channeling Ruby Rod from Fifth Element.
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