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528: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

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The Importance of a Background Easter Egg for Scappelli Plumbing

I wish this movie, if they're doing all these obvious kneel drops and like that aren't even intrinsic to a scene or a clever new use of a pop hit song, couldn't they have just put in Walk the Dinosaur? Thank you. This got me starting up a third replay of 3D World to be like, yeah, this is pretty great. It's a great trick. I love that shit. Ultimately, the Mario movie from 93 was not good marketing for them. That tarnished the brand. But we're not going to respect the choices it made or any of the lore it invented.

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