Mario Goes Hollywood: A Collaborative Timeline

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Oh yeah, almost forgot a nice little ripple. Tatanga's popularity as a character in Mario canon, returning first in the spin-off games as Wario's partner and Luigi's rival (so this means no Waluigi ITTL. Hey, it can't all be flowers and rainbows) before becoming the main villain of the Super Mario Galaxy series and eventually making his way to Super Smash Bros. opposite Rosalina.

Also, keeping this as a potential note for Super Mario Bros. 3, the next villain will be Captain Syrup and a returning Wario, rather than my planned team-up of Wart and the Koopa Kids.
 

Nivek

Megafighter3 said:
Oh yeah, almost forgot a nice little ripple. Tatanga's popularity as a character in Mario canon, returning first in the spin-off games as Wario's partner and Luigi's rival (so this means no Waluigi ITTL. Hey, it can't all be flowers and rainbows) before becoming the main villain of the Super Mario Galaxy series and eventually making his way to Super Smash Bros. opposite Rosalina.

Also, keeping this as a potential note for Super Mario Bros. 3, the next villain will be Captain Syrup and a returning Wario, rather than my planned team-up of Wart and the Koopa Kids.
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Nice that is a big effect and Tatanga being main part of the Mario Canon... Wonder how Effect will have Hoskins, for now, for several people, Mr Hoskins is their version of Mario, and he did stay a relevant actor in 90's so far

Wonder will butterfly Affect other things, like Power Rangers and tv show soon?(i can see maybe capcom did investing money in their adaptations, ditto Konami if want a try)
 

Pyro

Nivek said:
Wonder will butterfly Affect other things, like Power Rangers and tv show soon?(i can see maybe capcom did investing money in their adaptations, ditto Konami if want a try)
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Power Rangers would most likely remain unaffected by butterflies given the proximity to the PoD. HOWEVER, it could have some knock on effects on MMPR: The Movie. Perhaps the film could tie into the television series by acting as the bridge between the second and third seasons, and deciding not to go with the horrid CGI for the final Zord battle. As for other films, I remember someone suggesting Steven Spielberg directing or producing a Mega Man film. It could almost be like OTL's A.I., except with robot-on-robot violence. Another possible Nintendo adaptation could be Star Fox for an animated feature, or even get the Jim Henson Company in on it.

So what is the slate of video game based films so far? Something like this?

1992
Super Mario Bros.

1993
Legend of Zelda

1994
Super Mario Bros. 2
Street Fighter
Double Dragon

1995
Mortal Kombat (?)

1996
Super Mario Bros. 3
Sonic the Hedgehog
 
Megafighter3

Megafighter3

There's also Legend of Zelda 2 in 1996 and yes, Mortal Kombat.

Right now, we've still got two people to cast for Double Dragon; Linda Lash and Chin Taimei. Once that gets done, I'll do some adjustments to the budget and do the write-up.

EDIT: Okay, so I finally figured out where the Bolo Yeung-Abobo connection came from. See, there was a movie called Double Impact by Jean-Claude Van Damme where he played twin brothers. The film has often been considered the better Double Dragon, and it featured Bolo Yeung as Moon, an Expy of Abobo. Plus, one of the headswaps for Abobo is named Bolo and looks like this.

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So it's back on for Bolo Yeung as Abobo! Sorry, Michael Clarke Duncan. Have fun in The Green Mile. Heh! That'll put butts in seats...

Anyway, the Linda Expy in that movie, Kara, was played by Corinna Everson, a six-time Ms. Olympia who looked like this.

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Damn... yeah, we can debate Abobo, but I think we got our Linda.
 
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Pyro

1996 will be an interesting year then with the Plumber and the Hedgehog going head-to-head not only in film, but in video games if Nintendo is going to launch the Ultra/Nintendo 64 with Super Mario 64 as the launch title. Sega will be realizing its first Sonic game on the Saturn that year and using the film to hype it up.

I still wonder who should direct Sonic and what the budget should be. It obviously can't be as big as Disney's, but I was ball parking $30-50 million.
 
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Megafighter3

tornadobusdriver said:
So Street Fighter next, then?


Mario 2 looks good. No Waluigi is a shame but it's the price to pay.
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Actually, we've got Double Dragon in November, then Street Fighter in December.

Okay, so for Chin Taimei, I think we'll recast Mark Dacascos. He was the better of the OTL Lee Brothers, so let him have it.
 
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    Directed By:     James Nickson
    Produced By: Alan Schechter/Jane Hamsher/Don Murphy
    Written By: Paul Dini/Peter Gould

    Cast
    Jason Scott Lee as Billy Lee
    Brandon Lee as Jimmy Lee
    Alyssa Milano as Marian Delario
    Dolph Lundgren as Willy "Machine Gun" Mackey
    Bolo Yeung as Abobo
    Corinna Everson as Linda Lash
    Mark Dacascos as Chin Taimei

    Release Date: November 4, 1994
    Budget: $4 million
    Box Office: $24 million​

    The plot of the movie is rather simple; Marian gets taken by the Shadow Warriors and the Lees have to save her. The one hurdle for video game movies is their shallow plots. This movie is helped by the stellar fight choreography and Jason's performance as Billy, wrapped in self-doubt and jealousy towards his older brother.

    That said, the movie's paint by numbers. Linda fight, Abobo fight, Taimei fight, the brothers fight each other and then final fight against Mackey. Dolph does bring cuts of thicky, juicy ham to the role, making every scene he's in an utter delight, so that's a positive for the film.

    While not a blockbuster, the film was successful enough to give Technos a much-needed injection of cash, which they used to bolster the movie's tie-in game. That will be talked about in a future write-up.
     
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    Megafighter3 said:
    That said, the movie paint by numbers. Linda fight, Abobo fight, Taimei fight, the brothers fight each other and then final fight against Mackey. Dolph does brings cuts of thicky, juucy ham tp the role, making every scene he's in an utter delight, so that's a positive for the film.
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    Nice very Nice, Seems was a camp but well done movie, one to watch on rainy days on cable, not bad, and seems will Help Technos in mid 90's...wonder if Kunio and DD could do the 3D leap...
     

    eldandythedoubter

    Pyro said:
    As for other films, I remember someone suggesting Steven Spielberg directing or producing a Mega Man film. It could almost be like OTL's A.I., except with robot-on-robot violence.
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    Pyro, please stop reading my mind. You keep pulling out the good ideas for it.

    But I can see that as a trilogy for Mega Man.

    Movie 1: uses characters and ideas from 1 and 2. As Light watches both Rock and Roll begin to act more and more human throughout the film, he gets the idea to start creating Mega Man X.

    Movie 2: Has Wily building Gamma himself with the 8 robot masters taking the colonies with the energy crystals. Meanwhile, Megaman is being continually accosted by Proto Man and his handler Doc Robot. He's the one keeping the brainwashing program in tact that keeps Blues as Break Man. Once Doc Robot is down, Blues realizes that Rock is a Light Bot and together they take down Gamma and arrest Wily.

    Movie 3: 5 years has passed since the last movie and the world is starting to move forward with the idea of Robots having more advanced rights in society. This is when Wily breaks out with his new squad of robot masters, the 4 pillars. Along with these four is a sleeper agent known as Bass. Bass steals the blueprints for the Rush Armor and for X. Wily uses these plans to create Zero.
     
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    I get the feeling that Double Dragon is the kind of film that would make a killing in home video.

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    Pyro, please stop reading my mind. You keep pulling out the good ideas for it.
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    If Spielberg produces it, I would hope for it to be an animated feature and perhaps get Don Bluth as director with a tentative release of 1997-98. Another frame of reference could be Pinocchio focusing on the father/son like relationship between Rock and Dr. Light as well as touch on Light's rivalry with the disgraced Dr. Wily. We could look at the first arc of OTL's Archie comic as a possible frame of reference for the story.

    Some ideas for the cast:

    David Gallagher as DLN-001 Rock/Mega Man
    Scarlett Johansson or Lacey Chabert as DLN-002 Roll
    Richard Attenborough as Dr. Thomas Light
    Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Albert Wily
    ??? as DLN-003 Cut Man
    ??? as DLN-004 Guts Man
    ??? as DLN-005 Ice Man
    ??? as DLN-006 Bomb Man
    ??? as DLN-007 Fire Man
    ??? as DLN-008 Elec Man
    Dante Basco as DLN-000 Blues/Proto Man
     

    eldandythedoubter

    Pyro said:
    I get the feeling that Double Dragon is the kind of film that would make a killing in home video.


    If Spielberg produces it, I would hope for it to be an animated feature and perhaps get Don Bluth as director with a tentative release of 1997-98. Another frame of reference could be Pinocchio focusing on the father/son like relationship between Rock and Dr. Light as well as touch on Light's rivalry with the disgraced Dr. Wily. We could look at the first arc of OTL's Archie comic as a possible frame of reference for the story.

    Some ideas for the cast:

    David Gallagher as DLN-001 Rock/Mega Man
    Scarlett Johansson or Lacey Chabert as DLN-002 Roll
    Richard Attenborough as Dr. Thomas Light
    Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Albert Wily
    ??? as DLN-003 Cut Man
    ??? as DLN-004 Guts Man
    ??? as DLN-005 Ice Man
    ??? as DLN-006 Bomb Man
    ??? as DLN-007 Fire Man
    ??? as DLN-008 Elec Man
    Dante Basco as DLN-000 Blues/Proto Man
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    Yes, also can we add a bit of Erico's Guiding Rainbow's Light into the script?
     

    Nivek

    Pyro said:
    I get the feeling that Double Dragon is the kind of film that would make a killing in home video
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    Yeah that is the thing, very popular among teens, college and other people wanting to see something wacky in a party, that is extra income for the studio and technos
     
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