@Pitchswitch: "Oh a square, that has to be a green pipe!"
This is what people like you actually think. And to go up to Reggie and say the background is from mario bros is pompous. The guy who did this had to reshape a lot of the mario stuff to fit in like the clouds and hills.
Theyre all basic shapes and its an old style of hollywood deco. Get over yourself.
@NoBullet: Oh, so you designed it? Thanks for clarifying. I mean I wasn't sure if it was a coincidence or not, but evidently you somehow have a supreme knowledge since you made the set.
@Pitchswitch: Well, being as the Mario landscape had to be contorted to fit the images, which depict basic geometric patterns, and that no admission has yet come from Conan's set crew, we go with "forced correlation definitely does not equal causation" and say it's unlikely.
@Pitchswitch: Oh so youre not fine with Kotaku going up to Reggie and saying this is definitely a super mario background? Because I dont see any proof there either.
@NoBullet: And seriously, because I pointed out what you did, now I have to point out every other case of it in order to justify myself? I was speaking about you, because you made the comment thread. Funny, how commenting works.
@TRT-X: But the fact that he DID make it fit doesn't make him overzealous, it makes his "That looks kind of like..." supposition right, regardless of whether it was intended or not.
@ShaSt One: So I was just watching Conan tonight, and he was talking about his new set. He pointed out a mural that runs across the top.
It's a 1930's montage of California. The designs are very geometric, and carry over to the backdrop you see behind him, and if you take out the color you can see where the images behind him come from.
@robbo_the_hood: I was trying to make a reference to Reggie's "we just released SMG, Brawl and Mario Kart" line from a while back as a reason as to why Nintendo has been so slow to release content.
@Raziel66: @Xhacker02: What are you talking about? The Mario stuff was modified to fit the backdrop, not the other way around. If you look at the source site, it's a modified picture, not from the show itself.
While it's obvious that the screens were taken from different Mario games to fit into all the places, have you ever seen that kind of geometry in much else? It screams Mario. What about the very real possibility that the set designer(s) for Conan leaked to some friends what they had done, what pictures they used?
I'll still hold my judgment upon further details in the investigation emerge, but those hills and clouds just remind me of Mario so much.
@ShaSt One: The lines, the random square... The mario stuff was FORCED into those shapes... There is no Mario homage here, just someone that looked at some random lines and said "Woah, that kind of reminds me of mario world, let me drudge up my 10,000 mario picture collection and edit the crap out of it until it fits into that backdrop"
Man, this movie was so freaking good. At first, I thought the ending was retarded, and I wanted to know what happened, but the more I let it simmer the more I realized just how perfect it was. It didn't matter the outcome, because you see him make his choice. The Bruce Springsteen song at the end only made it better. Fantastic movie. Was blown away at how it got snubbed for Best Picture/Director nominations, but it wouldn't have mattered. Slumdog was the better than The Wrestler anyways.
Wow, I've seen the movie a few times now so I knew they must've done something special, made a game, or at least modded something to fit for the movie and the characters, but this is cool.
Highly recommend the movie, wrestling fan or not. It is depressing though, probably moreso if you are a fan.
I really need to see the Wrestler...I want to, but my movie theater sucks and never gets any of those good, lesser known films. All we get is that popcorn movie schlock.
Great article! I haven't seen the movie but I love Aronofsky. It sounds like a perfect scene; a great way to express the character in a nutshell.
Also, I love the added layer of "vs. Middle East" sentiment in both games. In the '80s, you wrestled the Ayatollah. Now, you go out in the battlefield and mow 'em down with super-advanced weapons. Reality has even invaded our fantasies....
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Wow. It was just coincidence.
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This is what people like you actually think. And to go up to Reggie and say the background is from mario bros is pompous. The guy who did this had to reshape a lot of the mario stuff to fit in like the clouds and hills.
Theyre all basic shapes and its an old style of hollywood deco. Get over yourself.
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It's not as if I will spontaneously combust if it is a mere coincidence.
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the set is the outline of a mario level montage
or that the mario montage is a the oultine for the set design.
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It's a 1930's montage of California. The designs are very geometric, and carry over to the backdrop you see behind him, and if you take out the color you can see where the images behind him come from.
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*sigh*
It's a really cool photoshop, but it's hardly proof of connection.
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Hello my good man!
But yeah, basically this could even be done with SNES Megaman backdrops or maybe even other stuff like Crush!
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...of course
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I clearly failed! :(
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Obviously you both fail and haven't seen the unmodified picture previously written about on Kotaku earlier today.
Fail.
Once again.... Fail.
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The top picture.
While it's obvious that the screens were taken from different Mario games to fit into all the places, have you ever seen that kind of geometry in much else? It screams Mario. What about the very real possibility that the set designer(s) for Conan leaked to some friends what they had done, what pictures they used?
I'll still hold my judgment upon further details in the investigation emerge, but those hills and clouds just remind me of Mario so much.
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:)
Thank you Mike.
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Highly recommend the movie, wrestling fan or not. It is depressing though, probably moreso if you are a fan.
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Also, I love the added layer of "vs. Middle East" sentiment in both games. In the '80s, you wrestled the Ayatollah. Now, you go out in the battlefield and mow 'em down with super-advanced weapons. Reality has even invaded our fantasies....
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