The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has been called “a bland screensaver of a movie that’s actually worse than AI”, but is still racing along to a billion dollars at the box office. How is that possible? Hosts Dan Koh and Neil Humphreys discuss the history of video game movies and wonder if the quality matters at all.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

<p dir="ltr">The Super Mario Galaxy Movie has been called &ldquo;a bland screensaver of a movie that&rsquo;s actually worse than AI&rdquo;, but is still racing along to a billion dollars at the box office. How is that possible? Hosts Dan Koh and Neil Humphreys discuss the history of video game movies and wonder if the quality matters at all.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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