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The Super Mario Bros. trailer drops and people are mad at Chris Pratt
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Nintendo has released the official trailer for the forthcoming Super Mario Bros. animated movie, giving us our first look at Chris Pratt as the iconic portly plumber.
Pratt, of Guardians of the Galaxy fame, is the new voice behind Mario and the trailer released on Thursday is the first time we’ve heard his spin on gaming’s most beloved character.
And the results are? Well, not all that great. Pratt had prefaced the trailer by revealing the voice would be “unlike anything you’ve heard” and he was correct. Probably just not in the way he intended.
You can judge for yourself below, but to us it sounds like Pratt’s actual voice fed into one those AI text-to-speech tools from TikTok, which attempts to sound like actual sentences are being pronounced. Where’s the “it’s-a-meeee” exagerrated Italian accent?
i think if we get angry enough we can force chris pratt to re-record all of his lines with an exaggerated italian accent
me listening to chris pratt’s voice come out of mario’s mouthpic.twitter.com/yH3IKPjMBm
WAIT ITS JUST CHRIS PRATT’S NORMAL VOICE LMFAO
You can tell Jack Black put a ton of love and heart into his Bowser voice, while Chris Pratt just uh… spoke? Kinda weird but the visuals are absolutely fucking stellar, and I love the general vibe of the whole thing.I’m excited for this dang Mario movie.pic.twitter.com/fDrrKEZxcs
French dub got a killer Mario lmao damnpic.twitter.com/H1Us82ueme
Before the trailer was even launched, people were up in arms about the absence of Mario’s trademark rear-end in the poster, and the internet is similarly upset now. However, the presence of Jack Black as Bowser is the joy you’d expect it to be. You can see the trailer below:
Had you wondered whether this was necessary, following the disastrous 1993 outing featuring Bob Hoskins as the red-suited brother? Well, back in 2020, asurvey of 2,200 Americansshowed almost half were ready to offer Mario’s movie career a redemption in a live-action adaptation. The survey asked users which of the games they were “very” or “somewhat” interested in. 44% of those surveyed were “very interested” in Mario Bros, topping the poll. They get their wish next April, albeit in an animated film.
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Chris Smith is a freelance technology journalist for a host of UK tech publications, including Trusted Reviews. He’s based in South Florida, USA. …
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