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Darmik posted...

Skye Reynolds posted...

It makes me sad. I kinda wish I could have written / directed this.

That would be even worse

This isn't an adaptation of a comic book I've never read.

I own all of the classic Mario games. I've followed interviews from Takashi Tezuka and Shigeru Miyamoto and have a feel for their respective styles. I've viewed anything cited as a source of inspiration for the characters or their stories: Popeye the Sailor, King Kong, Journey to the West, etc. I know exactly how I would flesh out the characters and I more or less have a general idea of how I would structure the story.

First, I'd outline the story and in a manner comparable to something like Robin Hood or Indiana Jones, but more lighthearted in tone. Then I'd revise it to incorporate more elements of Mario. ("Hey, can we involve pipes in this escape scene?") Then I'd revise it again to give it a modern feel which is accessible to fans of films like Frozen or the Lego movies.

While the skeletal structure of the story would be that of the Mario that I grew up with, I'd have the wherewithal to to make sure that the meat of the story is what modern audiences would expect rather than reverting it back to the tone and characterizations from my childhood.