User blog:ARTaylor/25 Years of Super Mario Bros.

Today marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of Super Mario Bros.. The first film ever to be based on a video game, the movie follows the adventures of plumber brothers Mario and Luigi as they travel to a parallel universe where dinosaurs still live in order to save Princess Daisy from the ruthless King Koopa.

The film is infamous in video game history. The film bombed with critics and at the box office. Many were confused as to why the colorful and light-hearted game was turned into a gritty dystopia. The film put Nintendo off of any further movie adaptations of their work for many years. It is considered one of the worst films ever made. Though it has gained a cult following as being considered so bad that it is actually good.

The film features the talents of Lance Henriksen the King turned into a mass of fungus with Frank Welker doing creature voices.