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    Arrow Super Mario Bros. movie originally a "personal, emotional story" between Mario and Luigi [Eurogamer.net]

    The universally-panned Super Mario Bros. movie was originally intended to feature a much darker and less comedic story - until it was hit by a last-minute script rewrites.
    The changes came after production had already begun, when it emerged that the film had run over budget.
    It was at this point that director Rocky Morton decided to shop the film around Hollywood in an attempt to interest a larger production company and secure more funding.
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    This has been reported in the past by various sources.
    Did Eurogamer just stumble upon the Wikipedia page or is it just a slow news day?

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    Well Soupy, the correct answer is because the film just got an HD re-release on Blu-Ray and Nintendo Life conducted a new interview with the original director as a promotional tie-in thing. Then EuroGamer "echoed" bits out of it into its "own" article.

    You know, the whole "somebody else did the research (journalism), now let's pick out some of the best parts so we can rewrite it and therefore post the information without being accused of plagiarism" thing so popular these days on television and the WWW.

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    I'm sorry, HD blu-ray?
    To Amazon!

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    Quote Originally Posted by JSoup View Post
    This has been reported in the past by various sources.
    Did Eurogamer just stumble upon the Wikipedia page or is it just a slow news day?
    This is a retro video game forum, pretty much everything we discuss has been discussed in the past by others.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ProjectCamaro View Post
    This is a retro video game forum, pretty much everything we discuss has been discussed in the past by others.
    Kind of not the point, but yeah.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nz17 View Post
    Well Soupy, the correct answer is because the film just got an HD re-release on Blu-Ray and Nintendo Life conducted a new interview with the original director as a promotional tie-in thing. Then EuroGamer "echoed" bits out of it into its "own" article.

    You know, the whole "somebody else did the research (journalism), now let's pick out some of the best parts so we can rewrite it and therefore post the information without being accused of plagiarism" thing so popular these days on television and the WWW.
    Blu-Ray?! Too bad it's only Region B for now. Added it to my Amazon.uk wish list for now, but might wait until a region free or Region A release.

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