Because those aspects don’t matter to the enjoyment of the movie, but the g/s media sites all seem to have an absolute hard-on for shitting on this flick. 

That’s a lame excuse. Various Mario games *do* have fun stories. The Paper Mario games, in particular. Various comics. But there is lots of stuff to pull from that would be “established”.

“The plot for The Super Mario Bros Movie is paper-thin. Narratively, the characters are static bordering on inert; there’s no arc or growth to any of them. It’s just one action set piece to the next; your enjoyment is intimately tied to your pre-existing knowledge of these characters and your ability to recognize a…

That Stevie Wonder cover is FIRE.

100%!

kotaku invented an entire “backlash” against Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong because of a *single TikTok*

Been saying this for years. When was his last actual good role? Hell, when was his last hit?

“T-minus five minutes before Fox News and its ilk start whining about how wokeness has infected Disney yet again (which they hate anyway for standing up to Ron DeSantis’ don’t-say-gay bigotry). This time, Big Woke has sunk its claws into The Little Mermaid—specifically the lyrics of two of its best-known songs, “Kiss…

THEY CUT BE PREPARED?

This is absolutely the kind of take AV Club usually blasts; you’d think AVC would be all for updating some potentially problematic lyrics. 

“ is a rapist or an aspiring one.”

It does because my argument is that she doesn’t disappear.

it’s just the way illumination operates, and it’s fucking annoying. 

they literally cite a SINGLE tiktok

I genuinely wonder how much of an audience these “name” actors actually bring in. “Boy, I wasn’tsure about that Mario movie, but Jack Black? IN!” and so forth.

Yep. Even Pratt’s performance --- that’s on the director to not push him or y’know, direct him.

Disagree, and so do my kids. Tails was the star of the movie to them, and the character they quote the most. 

Here’s the difference: A dreamworks or illumination trailer beats you over the head with the 13 “celebrity” names in their movie. They ALWAYS have that final scene that just vomits name after name at you.

Ben Schwartz is sooooooo good as Sonic!

deadspin is too cowardly to have open comments on their articles, anyway