Rather than needing to be rescued, Peach was a capable character throughout The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
There's your problem.
Every other character had flaws that they needed to grapple with, which creates tension and resolution, which is interesting.
If a character is just good at everything then they're boring. It was the exact same problem with Toad (although, of course, women most affected). Would having a backstory for Peach have done anything, or would it just have been more set dressing?
Here's a pitch: Peach gets captured instead of Luigi, and stays captured in order to protect the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser, instead of the cringe incel pining he does throughout the movie, now has to grapple with "what does a socially inept dragon-turtle actually do when the object of his affection is a real person, right in front of him?"
Peach's arc is not being able to escape, but finding creative ways to subvert Bowser and help the Marios. This could be getting information about his plans to the Bros, making Bowser doubt himself and make mistakes, and securing the power star for the final encounter.
The problem with feminism, which has always been the problem, is that they don't actually want what they say they want so, when they get it, they just complain more. It's pure jealousy of men for having things, without realizing that there are consequences.
Lol... someone has played the super mario rpg / paper mario games. Also your post proves that writers should eat dirt for their strike. I hope the studios lose on AI and the writers also lose on wage. Idk how but I'm hoping for hope's sake.
Mario RPG and Chrono Trigger were my intro to RPGs, lotta fond memories.
Never played Paper Mario but I'm hearing they laid out a whole yard of groundwork that the movie decided to ignore.
My hope for AI is that guys like Mauler and the Critical Drinker can use it to independantly produce high quality movies powered by their storytelling prowess without needing a huge Hollywood setup.
Imagine if authors could create movies on their own?
There's your problem.
Every other character had flaws that they needed to grapple with, which creates tension and resolution, which is interesting.
If a character is just good at everything then they're boring. It was the exact same problem with Toad (although, of course, women most affected). Would having a backstory for Peach have done anything, or would it just have been more set dressing?
Here's a pitch: Peach gets captured instead of Luigi, and stays captured in order to protect the Mushroom Kingdom. Bowser, instead of the cringe incel pining he does throughout the movie, now has to grapple with "what does a socially inept dragon-turtle actually do when the object of his affection is a real person, right in front of him?"
Peach's arc is not being able to escape, but finding creative ways to subvert Bowser and help the Marios. This could be getting information about his plans to the Bros, making Bowser doubt himself and make mistakes, and securing the power star for the final encounter.
The problem with feminism, which has always been the problem, is that they don't actually want what they say they want so, when they get it, they just complain more. It's pure jealousy of men for having things, without realizing that there are consequences.
Lol... someone has played the super mario rpg / paper mario games. Also your post proves that writers should eat dirt for their strike. I hope the studios lose on AI and the writers also lose on wage. Idk how but I'm hoping for hope's sake.
Mario RPG and Chrono Trigger were my intro to RPGs, lotta fond memories.
Never played Paper Mario but I'm hearing they laid out a whole yard of groundwork that the movie decided to ignore.
My hope for AI is that guys like Mauler and the Critical Drinker can use it to independantly produce high quality movies powered by their storytelling prowess without needing a huge Hollywood setup.
Imagine if authors could create movies on their own?
I'm near the end of Paper Mario Thousand Year Door, my 1st Mario RPG game. Really enjoying it so far.