Anyone remember the movie The Wizard?

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07 May 2008, 1:57 am

I saw it recently and thought it was the biggest piece of advertising crap for a video game that I've ever seen. That includes that awful Captain N cartoon.

Apologies to any aspies on here who somehow identify with the kid in the movie.

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07 May 2008, 7:12 am

I haven't seen it, but the Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed it in his new video along with Super Mario Bros. 3

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07 May 2008, 9:48 am

I watched it when it was first released on DVD a couple years ago. I think its a pretty good movie because it shows a lot of different NES games. No other movie is like that right?

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07 May 2008, 7:23 pm

it shows games. that's all that's good about it.

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07 May 2008, 10:01 pm

i love that movie. i had just recently rented it from netflix to see it again!! !!

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13 May 2008, 8:43 pm

I loved it when I saw it the first time. Recently I saw it again and had no idea what I liked about it, other than the fact that it had to do with video games.

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13 May 2008, 11:13 pm

Venger wrote:

I watched it when it was first released on DVD a couple years ago. I think its a pretty good movie because it shows a lot of different NES games. No other movie is like that right?

I have it DVD as well. I'm a Nintendo Fan so it was a must-buy for me.

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14 May 2008, 12:46 am

i identified with the kid when i was younger cause i was really quiet like that and really good at games....but looking at it today is just kinda painful.

i still enjoy captain N, though.

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14 May 2008, 5:16 am

skafather84 wrote:

i identified with the kid when i was younger cause i was really quiet like that and really good at games....but looking at it today is just kinda painful.

i still enjoy captain N, though.

Have you seen the weird final season of Captain N? Half of it is a Super Mario World cartoon and it is also drawn differently.

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14 May 2008, 1:18 pm

Venger wrote:

skafather84 wrote:

i identified with the kid when i was younger cause i was really quiet like that and really good at games....but looking at it today is just kinda painful.

i still enjoy captain N, though.

Have you seen the weird final season of Captain N? Half of it is a Super Mario World cartoon and it is also drawn differently.

i've seen it and i remember weirdness but i can't recall any of the specific episodes right now. and i remember it being split up with super mario world. i still like all the mario cartoons.

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15 May 2008, 11:10 am

The only things I really remember is it was basically a theatrical Nintendo commercial, and the little red headed girl in the movie was played by Jenny Lewis, who now plays guitar in the indie rock band Rilo Kiley (who are very, very good).

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15 May 2008, 12:22 pm

I have seen this movie a few times. The first time I saw it, it was only the games that I was interested in.

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15 May 2008, 12:41 pm

DocStrange wrote:

played by Jenny Lewis, who now plays guitar in the indie rock band Rilo Kiley (who are very, very good).

along with the guy who played pinsky (sp?) from salute your shorts (and i think he was also a bully in boy meets world).

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15 May 2008, 10:33 pm

JimmyNeurtonRules wrote:

I haven't seen it, but the Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed it in his new video along with Super Mario Bros. 3

HERE is the AVGN video about it and Super Mario Bros 3. And satanic video game systems.

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20 May 2008, 9:44 am

skafather84 wrote:

DocStrange wrote:

played by Jenny Lewis, who now plays guitar in the indie rock band Rilo Kiley (who are very, very good).

along with the guy who played pinsky (sp?) from salute your shorts (and i think he was also a bully in boy meets world).

Yes. Blake Sennet is his name. They're one of the very few bands formed by actors that are of high quality (a group that includes Zooey Deschanel's She & Him, Alex Greenwald's Phantom Planet, Robert Schwartzman's Rooney and Jason Schwartzman's Coconut Records [Schwartzman also used to drum for Phantom Planet])

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