Breaking news: the internet is in uproar over something impossibly trivial. Yesterday Universal launched its trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, a first glimpse at the new big-screen rendering of Nintendo’s beloved leak-fixer. For most of the trailer’s two-and-a-bit minute run time, fans were happy enough: there was some cutesy CGI, familiar characters were present and correct, there was some gentle PG-rated attempts at humour.
But then Mario opened his gob and out came Chris Pratt’s voice. Not Chris Pratt’s voice attempting a ropey cod-Italian accent. Just Chris Pratt’s voice. The response was immediate and furious. Right this second, fans across the world are demanding that Mario’s voice be restored to its authentic, Joe Dolce-with-a-concussion tenor.
