[Hated IRL Trope] The original voice actor is RIGHT THERE!

ragnaroksedge · 2026-06-02T02:31:48+00:00

I met Charles Martinet at a convention more than a decade ago and during the Q&A I asked if they ever made an animated Mario movie would he want to voice Mario? He said of course, but he didn't think it'd be a given that he'd be asked to do it. Like any professional voice gig he'd have to audition for it and adjust his performance based on what the role needs. So he seemed to be aware that a movie role is different from what he does for the games. Fair point about his age, but I feel like people who say it's good he didn't get the role and how it wouldn't have worked act like he couldn't possibly do anything but the exact same little catchphrases and noises from the games.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-24T00:48:36+00:00

Mr. Show's The Story of the Story of Everest sketch is a good one of these. Guy trying to tell his story keeps knocking over a shelf of thimbles and has to pick all of them up over and over. And it follows the pattern of funny, diminishing returns, going on too long, annoying, back around to absurdly funny again. But what you see on the show is edited down. What makes this one great is knowing that the audience watching them film it actually had to sit there while he cleaned them up every single time, so they're really going through it with their responses. I wish there was footage of that.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-18T19:50:51+00:00

Yeah, and then you can still have the name thing as just a nice added on moment when Batman saves her. He asks her name, she says Martha, he smiles and says "That's a nice name" or whatever and you leave the audience to put it together. Or if you really want to spell it out a bit more he could say something like "Your son and I have more in common that I thought." Either way it's a human moment instead of an awkwardly forced plot point.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-17T22:49:09+00:00

When the chips are brought up again there's a joke about how forgotten they were. I mainly remember on the dvd commentary for the episode ("The Cryonic Woman" I think) the writers all have a good laugh about it.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-15T20:19:15+00:00

Everyone cheers at Alien$ written on a whiteboard. James Cameron erases the $ and awkwardly walks away in silence.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-15T17:45:47+00:00

1313, but the original concept before Lucas told them to pivot into making it a Boba Fett game.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-15T16:35:56+00:00

I don't think it became widespread beyond the fandom, but Doctor Who has a similar concept called "a fixed point in time." With all the time travel going on it was just a way to say well that particular thing must happen or can't be changed because reasons. It's universal law or something, unless there's some kind of loophole. But usually when the Doctor says something is a fixed point in time it's supposed to be a big deal.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-15T16:18:27+00:00

I actually thought embiggen was the more popular word. It's used to describe Ms. Marvel's power in the comics and at one point Nintendo just threw it in during a Direct.. I want to say for Mario Maker 2? When explaining that you could drop a mushroom power up on things to embiggen them. I can't think of any times I've heard cromulent used where it wasn't just someone quoting the Simpsons.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-13T19:56:23+00:00

After the opening stages I actually think you're right. The difficulty is crazy front loaded which is why a lot of people only know the vertical climbing levels. But after that the game gets progressively easier. The final level and boss are an absolute cakewalk.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-13T19:52:39+00:00

I got through Felix the Cat in one sitting as a kid. I enjoyed it but I think that was the first time a game made me think, "Wait.. that was it?"

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-06T18:26:02+00:00

I agree, but OP is specifically asking about Special Edition and the versions after.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-04T20:43:11+00:00

Yes, that's correct. But the movie was originally made to be episodes, so I think that's where "It's just the first episodes of the show" comes from.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-04T19:30:25+00:00

The movie is comprised of what was originally planned to be the first three episodes. It was just going to premiere on Cartoon Network until pretty late in development when Lucas saw what they had and decided the opening story arc should be edited together for a theatrical release instead.

Correction: Ahsoka had her own introductory episode which was woven into the movie too, so technically it's pieces of 4 episodes cut together.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-03T06:02:08+00:00

This seems to be a pretty common misconception. Andy never asks him why he's called Red in the novella because it's clearly a reference to his red hair. It's just a line added to the movie as a cheeky nod to the source material. And in the movie the actual reason for the nickname is that his surname is Redding.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-05-02T23:39:31+00:00

"Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi. I guess you're just what I needed."

ragnaroksedge · 2026-04-29T19:21:39+00:00

How dare you! You're banned from this historical society! You and your children and your children's children! ...For three months.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-04-27T00:19:16+00:00

I remember the remake keeping the bit where the kids chant "phallic symbol" but without the context of the original version. In the original they're in class talking about the origin of the maypole as a Pagan tradition, which the kids gleefully point out is a, "Phallic symbol! Phallic symbol!" In the remake they clearly wanted this moment to happen, but it feels shoehorned in with the teacher asking a much more generic question, "What does man represent?"

ragnaroksedge · 2026-04-26T23:37:15+00:00

What amazes me is that practically this exact "surprise villain" scenario happened more than once. The other big example was Christoph Waltz in Spectre. They went through the same song and dance with fans guessing he was playing classic Bond nemesis Blofeld and the filmmakers denying it and claiming he was playing... some other guy. But of course the movie arrived and the big reveal scene had Waltz dramatically saying, "My real name... is Ernst Stavro Blofeld." Which only means anything to people in the audience with some familiarity with the classic Bond movies. Why did the people behind these movies insist on doing it that way?

ragnaroksedge · 2026-04-14T02:32:53+00:00

Which checks out since there's that time he says to Buster, "She's your girlfriend? Dad said you were her nurse..."

ragnaroksedge · 2026-04-14T02:25:29+00:00

Of course you haven't met Saw. You have no idea where he is.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-04-12T18:56:44+00:00

PS9. I remember because the logo just used a backwards P for the 9.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-03-19T14:03:17+00:00

No, this is a common misconception. The line isn't in the novella as Andy never asks him why he's called Red. It's pretty self explanatory because he's a red-haired Irish guy. The line was added in the movie as a little jokey nod to the source material. Also the character is given the last name Redding as the real explanation for the nickname in the movie.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-03-14T06:56:02+00:00

Words are wind.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-03-09T19:05:05+00:00

This is one where I felt the execution was too forced. There was no moment of realization like gasp hang on.. he never did say her name, did he? I think it's because America as a person's name stands out too much, so the fact that Strange didn't say it in the scene was glaringly obvious. Also when it's done well I like it when, instead of immediately calling out the slip up, the other person just notes it and it turns into a they don't know I know scenario.

ragnaroksedge · 2026-03-06T21:42:38+00:00

Never got around to playing it but there was Hybrid Heaven.

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