The look is fine, and the movie is probably going to be fine, too - I just kinda can't deal with the voice cast. Maybe I'll get over that, but I doubt it
"Pratt did confirm in the interview that he attends Zoe Church, a congregation with ties to Hillsong founded by pastor Chad Veatch. Veach modeled his church after Hillsong, according to The New York Times, and has previously spoken at an Australian branch of Hillsong."
My read on Pratt's situation is that he attends a hyper-conservative bigot-adjacent church but aside from attendance he's never done anything else public so it's ultimately a matter of "you hang out with bikers/proud boys/nazis/bigots people are going to think you're one by association," which still isn't good.
He got really preachy making a couple awards show acceptance speeches in a way that came across as a bit holier than thou and douchey, And then he hammered in the point some more, just in case you missed that he loves Jesus. He was fine on Doughboys at least and not acting like he was too big for the podcast while he was there. You can definitely do worse than Pratt but he does kind of suck.
Pratt's situation is... inconclusive, and he hasn't said anything remotely stupid. So I'm just pretending it's not a thing.
Claiming that there's not enough representation for white men like him in Hollywood was pretty fucking stupid.
He seems to be mostly the kind of South Park "both sides are bad so anybody who's in politics or cares is an idiot" flavor of dumbfuckery rather than bothering to learn or care about anybody around him.
Then again, its best you never ask Mario about his politics either. They aren't as bad as Waluigi's though.
Mario props up the monarchy. We know what his politics are.
Eh, when living in a world where it seems monarchy is very much the default, as the Mario world seems to be (the Mushroom Kingdom appears to be surrounded by a bunch of other themed kingdoms and I'm not sure we've seen a polity in them that wasn't one), that doesn't tell you much beyond "he's not interested in big revolution".
Then again, its best you never ask Mario about his politics either. They aren't as bad as Waluigi's though.
Mario props up the monarchy. We know what his politics are.
Eh, when living in a world where it seems monarchy is very much the default, as the Mario world seems to be (the Mushroom Kingdom appears to be surrounded by a bunch of other themed kingdoms and I'm not sure we've seen a polity in them that wasn't one), that doesn't tell you much beyond "he's not interested in big revolution".
Bowser is the one who does the Revolution. During the Parties. Mixes up all the Stars and coins in play, it's a whole production.
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Then again, its best you never ask Mario about his politics either. They aren't as bad as Waluigi's though.
Mario props up the monarchy. We know what his politics are.
Eh, when living in a world where it seems monarchy is very much the default, as the Mario world seems to be (the Mushroom Kingdom appears to be surrounded by a bunch of other themed kingdoms and I'm not sure we've seen a polity in them that wasn't one), that doesn't tell you much beyond "he's not interested in big revolution".
Bowser is the one who does the Revolution. During the Parties. Mixes up all the Stars and coins in play, it's a whole production.
Bowser is a single Dad who rules a Kingdom, hatches complex schemes and still finds a way to include his kids.
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Looks like if Mario was on PS5. I want to play that game.
Yeah, I love Nintendo games, but "This would look amazing on actually current hardware" is always in the back of my head. And since they are perpetually 1-2 generations behind, the thought never goes away.
I feel lucky I've never had that particular cutting edge brain worm
I don't need things to be 'cutting edge' graphics wise, but I'd like the games to run at a resolution appropriate for 2022 hardware and without frame rates that struggle to stay in the 20s.
switch games honestly look fine to me on big TVs, I have never been able to perceive the difference between 30 and 60 FPS well either as long as it's a stable framerate. I think there's physical brain differences in how sensitive people are to that kind of thing.
(which isn't to say you're wrong for wanting higher resolutions and framerates, by the same token it DOES bother people who are more sensitive to it)
It's just... why hire a probably problematic generic white dude to play an Italian plumber, when you could hire an actual Italian actor thus making the inevitable cliche dialog slightly less racist and cringe? I mean, at worst if you have Chris Pratt money you have Hank Azaria money.
I'm just pretty concerned the whole project is going to be... Ugh.
I don't pay enough attention to voice actors or anything to have any real feelings about any of them and genuinely just hope the Mario movie is as entertaining as the poster is fun to look at.
Also playing Mario vs Rabbids to justify buying the gold version of the 2nd game and this game is so weirdly fun it's like Chocolate and french fries.
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Which would be awful. I love Charles martinet but the voice he has used for Mario for years would be grating for an entire movie. Heck, even in some of the games where he has to say more than it's me Mario or wahoo you can tell he's straining.
I think Pratt will do fine. I imagine he will sound closer to his Lego movie character. I'm fine with that.
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Also, I think the movie might end up more fun than it's been given credit for. Nintendo and miyamoto specifically are super protective of Mario, and given how excited miyamoto seems for this movie It gives me hope.
if they made games for 4k 120hz we'd get even less nintendo games
Eh, even with more powerful hardware, Nintendo wouldn't be going for super-photo-realistic art styles. I really doubt it would have that much of an effect on their overall output.
Which would be awful. I love Charles martinet but the voice he has used for Mario for years would be grating for an entire movie. Heck, even in some of the games where he has to say more than it's me Mario or wahoo you can tell he's straining.
I think Pratt will do fine. I imagine he will sound closer to his Lego movie character. I'm fine with that.
Just my opinion of course.
Exactly. People who want Martinet to do a full-length feature are just insane. It would be unbearable.
I don't know how anyone can be that surprised that a person whose name literally means "a stupid or foolish person" would do stupid or foolish things, but...
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Kind of a shame but hopefully it's not too bad of a change. I like Hale but Taylor was so fucking perfect as Bayonetta.
What exactly did he do? I've seen people hating him online a lot recently but not really a reason why.
(also I love Jennifer Hale but it's still a bummer they recast Bayo)
He's just a rightwing chud, but at least he stays quiet about it. The church he goes to is also of the ultra-rightwing, cult-adjacent variety.
That's it? I googled it and he's at least denying that he goes to that church. So *shrug* Could be lying but I don't see any reason to not take him at his word.
https://www.insider.com/chris-pratt-christian-religion-church-interview-mens-health-2022-6
He never went to literal Hillsong Church, he just went to an offshoot cult, that's so much better
He got really preachy making a couple awards show acceptance speeches in a way that came across as a bit holier than thou and douchey, And then he hammered in the point some more, just in case you missed that he loves Jesus. He was fine on Doughboys at least and not acting like he was too big for the podcast while he was there. You can definitely do worse than Pratt but he does kind of suck.
Mario props up the monarchy. We know what his politics are.
Claiming that there's not enough representation for white men like him in Hollywood was pretty fucking stupid.
He seems to be mostly the kind of South Park "both sides are bad so anybody who's in politics or cares is an idiot" flavor of dumbfuckery rather than bothering to learn or care about anybody around him.
Eh, when living in a world where it seems monarchy is very much the default, as the Mario world seems to be (the Mushroom Kingdom appears to be surrounded by a bunch of other themed kingdoms and I'm not sure we've seen a polity in them that wasn't one), that doesn't tell you much beyond "he's not interested in big revolution".
Bowser is the one who does the Revolution. During the Parties. Mixes up all the Stars and coins in play, it's a whole production.
Bowser is a single Dad who rules a Kingdom, hatches complex schemes and still finds a way to include his kids.
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Yeah, I love Nintendo games, but "This would look amazing on actually current hardware" is always in the back of my head. And since they are perpetually 1-2 generations behind, the thought never goes away.
I don't need things to be 'cutting edge' graphics wise, but I'd like the games to run at a resolution appropriate for 2022 hardware and without frame rates that struggle to stay in the 20s.
(which isn't to say you're wrong for wanting higher resolutions and framerates, by the same token it DOES bother people who are more sensitive to it)
I'm just pretty concerned the whole project is going to be... Ugh.
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Also playing Mario vs Rabbids to justify buying the gold version of the 2nd game and this game is so weirdly fun it's like Chocolate and french fries.
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Which would be awful. I love Charles martinet but the voice he has used for Mario for years would be grating for an entire movie. Heck, even in some of the games where he has to say more than it's me Mario or wahoo you can tell he's straining.
I think Pratt will do fine. I imagine he will sound closer to his Lego movie character. I'm fine with that.
Just my opinion of course.
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Eh, even with more powerful hardware, Nintendo wouldn't be going for super-photo-realistic art styles. I really doubt it would have that much of an effect on their overall output.
Exactly. People who want Martinet to do a full-length feature are just insane. It would be unbearable.
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