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the_real_Naruto
03/10/24 9:04:17 PM
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I decided to start the movie today since I never saw it and I'm watching and honestly I kept forgetting Pratt voiced Mario. He sounded nothing like Pratt and everybody's voice actors so far is great. I'm not very far into the movie but I don't know why people threw fits about his voice...like I know the trailers people were complaining but even when the movie came out there were still complaints.


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SkittyOnWailord
03/10/24 9:05:34 PM
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They were just complaining because it was a new voice and not the same one that's been around for years.

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Dakimakura
03/10/24 9:06:17 PM
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The complaining came way before the movie was even released.

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HylianFox
03/10/24 9:06:18 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/9/904d5edb.jpg

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Corbenik
03/10/24 9:08:06 PM
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they baited discussion by purposely making the voice sound controversial

like how sonic 1 got a bunch of free publicity cause how bad the sonic was

sometimes honest mistakes are made into marketing techniques

like how messing up award shows goes viral


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boomgetchopped3
03/10/24 9:09:24 PM
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The trailer controversy was a misunderstanding. People thought his accent was inconsistent without realizing that was part of the plot (him doing the accent just for the commercial)

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Nemu
03/10/24 9:09:49 PM
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It gave me "Mario at home" vibes. It's not terrible, but not great either. The initial trailer controversy was pretty bad though.
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Monferno_AQW
03/10/24 9:11:06 PM
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SkittyOnWailord posted...
They were just complaining because it was a new voice and not the same one that's been around for years.

This, and Crisp Rat is not a very good person himself: Cheated on his ex-wife with his current wife, attended a church that believed in conversion therapy, and I've even heard (unconfirmed, I believe) he avoids spending time with his disabled kid he had with his ex-wife.

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the_real_Naruto
03/10/24 9:11:19 PM
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SkittyOnWailord posted...
They were just complaining because it was a new voice and not the same one that's been around for years.

I know of that complaint but there were complaints about Chris Pratt's voice in general too. There was also a complaint about him being in everything but I think the loudest were saying that Mario just sounds like Chris Pratt.

Dakimakura posted...
The complaining came way before the movie was even released.

I know, I mentioned that when I spoke of the trailer in the topic lol

Corbenik posted...
they baited discussion by purposely making the voice sound controversial

like how sonic 1 got a bunch of free publicity cause how bad the sonic was

sometimes honest mistakes are made into marketing techniques

like how messing up award shows goes viral

I wasn't aware of this but I feel like he did a great job. Everyone seems to be have done well and Jack Black was worse for me because I thought he'd just sound like Jack Black but he does an amazing voice as Bowser.

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Kradek
03/10/24 9:11:27 PM
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Initially people complained about the idea of him doing a poor Italian voice and ruining it. It was a good call for him to not do that.

Also there was the meme going around "of him" saying "Mario is no longer Italian, he's normal now" which a lot of people mistakenly took as a real statement from him.

He did a good job, as did everyone else.

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Nok_Su_Kow
03/10/24 9:12:29 PM
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I have fond memories of that stupid super show and I appreciated he channeled that even just a bit. The movie itself was entertaining enough.
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TheOtherMike
03/10/24 9:12:52 PM
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I honestly didn't think any of the voices properly fit the characters. Not saying the va's did a bad job, the actors themselves were great.

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Irony
03/10/24 9:13:27 PM
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It sucks

This movie might have the most amount of miscasts ever

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rexcrk
03/10/24 9:14:07 PM
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What was people's problem with Chris Pratt's Mario voice?


Combination of it not being Charles Martinet and the weird unwarranted hate-boner that people have for Chris Pratt.

Nerds gonna nerd.

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Hayame_Zero
03/10/24 9:15:46 PM
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Most of the complaints went away once the movie came out. It was different, but it was fine.

Most of the complaining had to do with the initial announcement. It sounded like a joke, and came around the time people were started to grow tired of him.

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ProfOaksAide
03/10/24 9:16:07 PM
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It was bad, pretty simple. It sounds more like Peter Griffin than Mario. But we quickly got over it and moved on. Why you still bringing it up? Are you actuallya Chris Pratt fanboy?

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R_Jackal
03/10/24 9:17:17 PM
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I get being upset. It's weird hearing Chris Pratt just being himself as Mario, but it definitely could've been worse.
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Corbenik
03/10/24 9:19:19 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0Ef6yTeEZw

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the_real_Naruto
03/10/24 9:23:03 PM
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ProfOaksAide posted...
It was bad, pretty simple. It sounds more like Peter Griffin than Mario. But we quickly got over it and moved on. Why you still bringing it up? Are you actuallya Chris Pratt fanboy?

Its because I actually started watching it today because its Mario Day and expected all the complaints to be true so when I realized it wasn't, I was a bit shocked. Its not that I'm still bringing it up, I just never got around to watching it.

R_Jackal posted...
I get being upset. It's weird hearing Chris Pratt just being himself as Mario, but it definitely could've been worse.

but the issue is that I can barely tell its him O.o so I don't really understand.

Either way, movie is decent so far and I played a lot of Mario Galaxy and am watching the movie so I feel like my Mario Day is a success. Just wanted to know why people were complaining and assumed it was still an issue.

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xlr_big-coop
03/10/24 9:24:23 PM
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Imo it was merely ok, but why settle for ok instead of using the actual voice actor? Reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where they're painting horses to play the part of cows.

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HylianFox
03/10/24 9:24:31 PM
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ProfOaksAide posted...
Are you actuallya Chris Pratt fanboy?

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3f70a7b2.jpg

You know you want it

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HylianFox
03/10/24 9:25:35 PM
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xlr_big-coop posted...
Imo it was merely ok, but why settle for ok instead of using the actual voice actor? Reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where they're painting horses to play the part of cows.

"Cows don't look like cows on film, ya gotta use horses."

Also, Martinet *was* in the movie.

Also also, Martinet isn't Mario's voice in the games anymore either.

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GranTurismo
03/10/24 9:25:49 PM
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the_real_Naruto posted...
I decided to start the movie today since I never saw it and I'm watching and honestly I kept forgetting Pratt voiced Mario. He sounded nothing like Pratt and everybody's voice actors so far is great. I'm not very far into the movie but I don't know why people threw fits about his voice...like I know the trailers people were complaining but even when the movie came out there were still complaints.
he was ok. ryan reynolds det. pikachu was much much better
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_____Cait
03/10/24 9:33:29 PM
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They thought it should be the guy who only said Lets go and wowowow for twenty years.

Mario has had periods of having different voices for a long time,

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HylianFox
03/10/24 9:35:34 PM
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_____Cait posted...
They thought it should be the guy who only said Lets go and wowowow for twenty years.

Mario has had periods of having different voices for a long time,

Capt. Lou we hardly knew ye

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nocturnal_traveler
03/10/24 9:49:22 PM
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The only voice complaint I had was Cranky Kong. Even Seth Rogans Donkey Kong was okay, but that's only because Rogan always sounds Gorilla-ish, thankfully for us, since he purposely didn't even try.

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cjsdowg
03/10/24 10:03:55 PM
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BEcause it was just Chris Pratt talking.

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Kradek
03/10/24 10:04:53 PM
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
The only voice complaint I had was Cranky Kong.

Oh man I forgot about Cranky when my earlier post.

I think my mind just prefers to forget he was in it at all.

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ThisIsAKnoife
03/10/24 10:08:16 PM
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People ITT sleeping on Charlie Day as Luigi

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HylianFox
03/10/24 10:09:09 PM
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
but that's only because Rogan always sounds Gorilla-ish

that's racist

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nocturnal_traveler
03/10/24 10:10:02 PM
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HylianFox posted...
that's racist
How so? He always plays a lazy stoner.

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ProfOaksAide
03/10/24 10:12:35 PM
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HylianFox posted...
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/3/3f70a7b2.jpg

You know you want it

That was like 20 years ago. Now hes just an old fat slob with Christian values

Andhis Mario voice sucks

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Phantom_Nook
03/10/24 10:15:30 PM
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people liked to complain because Chris Pratt was in everything supposedly. his Mario is fine.

now Pratt being cast as Garfield, on the other hand...

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Monferno_AQW
03/10/24 10:16:14 PM
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
The only voice complaint I had was Cranky Kong.

Kradek posted...
Oh man I forgot about Cranky when my earlier post.

I think my mind just prefers to forget he was in it at all.

I didn't really mind Cranky Kong's voice, but I feel that, if they were gonna have Fred Armisen do what sounded like a Larry David impression, then why not just have Larry David do the voice?

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Link_of_time
03/10/24 10:16:21 PM
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Honestly, the voice overs were the one thing I didn't like about the Mario movie. Yes, even Jack Black, though him less so.
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the_real_Naruto
03/11/24 7:39:02 AM
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xlr_big-coop posted...
Imo it was merely ok, but why settle for ok instead of using the actual voice actor? Reminds me of the episode of the Simpsons where they're painting horses to play the part of cows.

Dunno. Star power maybe? Maybe Charles was talking of retirement soon and they figured to put in an all star voice cast for sequels?

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K181
03/11/24 7:40:34 AM
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People were just whining about a Pratt overload. Meanwhile, people that watched the Lego movies shouldve known that Pratt is a perfectly fine voice actor and wouldve been okay as Mario. And, lo and behold, he was okay as Mario.

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the_real_Naruto
03/11/24 7:40:47 AM
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nocturnal_traveler posted...
The only voice complaint I had was Cranky Kong. Even Seth Rogans Donkey Kong was okay, but that's only because Rogan always sounds Gorilla-ish, thankfully for us, since he purposely didn't even try.

I agree. I didnt like cranky but Rogen was a miss. I've heard donkey have a deeper sound so I was let down by it.


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cjsdowg
03/11/24 7:53:25 AM
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the_real_Naruto posted...
I agree. I didnt like cranky but Rogen was a miss. I've heard donkey have a deeper sound so I was let down by it.

It feels like Rogen whole career is him just coasting by. I know he must have worked and that is a part of his gimmick but still damn.

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PaperSplash
03/11/24 7:54:25 AM
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It wasn't really a voice. He put on vague Brooklyn affectations for some lines but for the most part he just sounded like himself.
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Raikuro
03/11/24 7:59:10 AM
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There's always controversy when it comes to great passionate voice actors getting pushed out by celebrities that want a lazy weekend in a recording booth doing mediocre/tolerable performances between filming multimillion dollar blockbusters. As there should be.
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