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The Wizard Released on DVD
The Wired Game|Life Column points out that something momentous happened yesterday: The Wizard was released on DVD. From the post: "And I do not understand how any sane person couldn't be happy about this. Generally recognized even by the small children who saw it in 1989 as being a ninety-minute ad for Nintendo, The Wizard is quite frankly a masterpiece of our time. It starred Super Mario Bros. 3." From 1up's post on the release: "Appropriate celebrations include sending Wizard cards (depicting Fred Savage in all his pre-teen glory, natch), the decorating of the Wizard tree (ornaments should resemble characters from Super Mario 3), and wearing the Wizard celebratory garments (also known as the Nintendo Power Glove). I'm sure the lack of Blu-Ray release was simply an oversight, and not a monstrous snub by the higher-ups at Sony."
Rilo Kiley and Jenny Lewis! Fred Savage? Huh? Wasn't that Peter Falk's grandson? Mod me +WTF, Obscure
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Now we can have an upcoming sneak-preview of Mario 3!!!
It's so... bad.
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When I saw the subject line, I thought that maybe, just maybe, "The Wizard of Speed and Time" had been released.
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I wore out my VHS copy... P.S. - Caaaaallllifooooorrrrnnniiiaaaaa
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If we ever got to the point where a video game was driven by an artificial intelligence so advanced that it could itself become a citizen of a country, then couldn't we literally have a movie _starring_ the video game itself?
"Based on the hit video game 'Chessmaster 3035,' Chessmaster 3035 stars in: 'Chessmaster 3035, the Movie.'"
Love to see Uwe Boll try to tackle that one.
"artificial intelligence so advanced that it could itself become a citizen of a country"
Not only can they become citizens, they can run for president and just about damn near win (2000).
Where were you when the voynix came?
Its amazing that nintendo was cool enough to release a commericial as a film and kids would flock to see it?
Best review of this film I've ever seen is here: http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0795/
we're just marketing. marketing our bad attitudes.
I was in college by then, and drinking heavily.
Damnit where is Cloak and Dagger, show Dabney Coleman some love and give us the video game goodness. Im still waiting for the Double Dragon, Mortal Combat and Street Fighter box set too.
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I want a Powerglove again dang it.
I think I may still have the mini Nintendo Power they gave you at the theater. Now that I think about it, I know I still have a few issues of Nintendo Fun Club around somewhere.
It's so bad.
I have this on laserdisc and didn't realize it had never made it to DVD after all these years.
Now where's my Max Headroom and Reboot season 1+2 DVDs, dammit!
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Should I be ashamed that I distinctly remember getting teary eyed at the end of this movie? I may have only been 6 or 7 when I saw it, but I can honestly say I was moved.
Remember? That fucking midget who thought he was MacGyver and was always handing out cinnamon sticks?
I'd love to see that on DVD. Now that was a show.
That scene with Lucas busting out the powerglove and PWNS Rad Racer is probably the best scene in any move in the last 50 years. really..
to complete my 80s movies nostalgia DVD collection.
Augh, I feel your pain. I need ReBoot on DVD like nobody's business. While we're at it, let's bring back the rest of my childhood with Transformers, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, and the original Power Rangers on DVD too.
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On the plus side, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and the Batman/Superman Animated Series are already arriving on DVD. My sister was kind enough to get me the Superman: The Animated Series Season 1 DVD for my birthday.
Am I one of the only ones who thinks that it was actually a pretty decent film? Strip it of the Nintendo advertising, and it still is mostly about a few kids trying to help their autistic brother to a championship across the country, for the one thing he's a master at. It's based on "Tommy" by The Who, just replace "pinball wizard" with "video game wizard". Instead of being deaf, dumb, and blind, he's just deaf and dumb. Instead of his state being induced by having seen his mother having sex with some guy, he saw his twin sister die right in front of him. For a large scale drama, aimed at kids, it wasn't half bad at all. Only reason people couldn't take it very seriously is because of all the advertising, which was unfortunate.
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Wii have three contestants: one, two, thrii!
I give you ... Super Mario Brothers ... WIIIIIIII!!!!!11
Oh yeah, and mod me up so that people can see that they need to mod the parent up.
This ain't no game. It's the first ever video game to movie adaptation.
Unfortunately, though, it's going to be a pretty much barebones DVD. No special features, from what the article in Nintendo Power says about the DVD.
I almost walked out of "Inconvenient Truth". The CGI master-of-ceremonies they created for the thing was just not realistic at all.
Where were you when the voynix came?
Fred Savage did indeed play grandson to Peter Falk in The Princess Bride. Two years later he portrayed Corey Woods in The Wizard. Details
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I don't remember much about this movie, although I'm pretty sure that I saw it sometime long ago. However, I do remember the rather cool video-game based cartoons that they used to have, including the Zelda flics on the Mario Bros show (which in itself sucked, but the Zelda cartoons were cool), Captain N, and some other cartoons along the same line.
Thanks for the tip, though. I'll go order copies.
The orginal transformers is kind of hard to find now unfortunately. I believe the studio that brought it out (Rhino) no longer has the rights to it. But I'm sure you could find copies on ebay or maybe somewhere local that hasn't sold all their copies/has used ones.