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[FunkMiller]

What do you mean by cultural impact?

If it's how many people watch it, SMB will win.

If it's how many future projects will be influenced by it, its hands down TLOU.

 

[Pasta la Vista]

TLoU has the more realistic Mushroom Kingdom.

 

[MayauMiao]

Mario already had cultural impact a long time ago. The movie is just the result of that.

Seem silly to think that you need a movie to make some cultural impact

 

[Robbinhood]

Depends if Mario is good. Being a mature zombie show shrinks the possible fanbase of tlou. Mario is cross generational appeal and suitable for all.

I don't think its suitable for adults, but thats just me.

 

[brian0057]

The IP itself? Mario. I mean, it was part of the Olympics. You can't get more culturally significant than that.
As for the show and movie? The Last of Us. Because it proves it had not business being a videogame.

 

[FullMetalx117]

One is a generic zombie game/story told well, the other is the face of video games. The answer was decided long ago

 

[Alexios]

Eh, seems more like they're part of the cultural impact of TWD and er Disney or Pixar or something accordingly.

 

[Dr. Claus]

I think you are jumping the gun if you think TLOU will have any cultural impact. It is just another zombie show in a long line of zombie shows. Its nothing more than riding the waves created by shows like The Walking Dead.

Mario also won't have much cultural impact.

 

[sandbood]

Tlou - another generic zombie story

Mario - the king of video game

 

[Kataploom]

Oh come on... TLOU is no different than any other serie, it will stop being talked once it ends and will be talked for a little to shit on PC gaming once it comes out there

 

[Spaceman292]

I could be remembering wrong, but wasn't it just one scene in one episode?

Could be. I had gay porn open in another tab so maybe I just got confused.

 

[Alexios]

I could be remembering wrong, but wasn't it just one scene in one episode?

Yeah and it was token movie style just kissing and foreplay type stuff then fade out and it's morning after the deed or something like that iirc. Unless I fast forwarded it due to family being around or something, lol. Great ep either way.

 

[zombrex]

Neither will have any lasting cultural impact as they are simply media in existing popular franchises.

 

[funkygunther]

TLOU went by with nary an impact. Maybe it'll pick up some awards but no-one gives a shit about that any more. All Mario has to do is have some lines or screenshots turned into memes and it'll have a larger cultural impact than TLOU.

 

[Beer Baelly]

LoU doesn't even belong in the top 10 hbo shows. Mortal Kombat is still the best game adaption

 

[mrmustard]

TLOU is a good series, but at the end of the day it's just another zombie topic (yes, i know they are infected) and it's adults only while there is only one Mario that is well known an beloved since decades by people of all ages. You will still talk about Mario in 20 year, not sure about TLOU. If the movie turns out to be good the answer is Mario for sure.

 

[RaduN]

How can Tlou have any significant cultural impact, when a (more original and better) zombie show like The Walking Dead already had like 50 seasons?

What's there except some memes?

Mario is already a cultural mommoth. I mean, even my 80 yo aunt knows about it.

 

[IDKFA]

TLOU is a pretty decent TV show based on a decent game series. Nothing special and only appealing to fans of the game series. My wife tried watching it and just came away thinking it was a Walking Dead rip off. I actually think the Walking Dead will be more remembered than TLOU.

Mario has been a household name for decades. Even if this film bombs, it'll still be more impactful than TLOU.

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

I think both will come and go and 2 months after they finished airing/running at the theatres, people will forget about them.

 

[Whitecrow]

Cultural impact? I dont think cultural impact is something a Mario movie can make.
But quality wise the Mario movie will blow TLOU out of the water.

At least, it looks like it have been made with love and respect for the IP and its audience. Which TLOU did not.

 

[Madjaba]

Mario all the way

 

[GymWolf]

Neither i hope.

 

[RoboFu]

Cultural impact? I dont think cultural impact is something a Mario movie can make.
But quality wise the Mario movie will blow TLOU out of the water.

At least, it looks like it have been made with love and respect for the IP and its audience. Which TLOU did not.

Mario is a cultural impact that’s been around since the mid 80s.

TLOU is zombie show #1344234

 

[grfunkulus]

I think you are jumping the gun if you think TLOU will have any cultural impact. It is just another zombie show in a long line of zombie shows. Its nothing more than riding the waves created by shows like The Walking Dead.

Mario also won't have much cultural impact.

Confirmed doesn't know any normies

 

[grfunkulus]

Mario is a cultural impact that’s been around since the mid 80s.

TLOU is zombie show #1344234

Confirmed doesn't know any normies

 

[DelireMan7]

I am seriously biased because I just hate Mario since years but who care for a Mario movie ?

I don't even see the point of it. Looks cringe and "useless" to me.

It's just a fan service film that will be filled with Mario reference/joke.

Last of Us show reached a non gamer public and might introduce some people to the medium. Also it was a pretty good adaptation overall (while not perfect). Open the door for more.

 

[Virex]

Mario has already had a cultural impact world wide for many years. No one know what The Last Of Us is outside of gaming circles. Everyone knows who Mario is.

Show people a picture of Joel and Ellie and they won't have a fucking clue who they are. Show anyone a picture of Mario and they will instantly know who he is.


Last of Us represents everything wrong with this world: Sodomy and filth. Mario on the other hand is just fun and no identity politics tied to it and secondly no sodomy and filth.

 

[StueyDuck]

Mario purely because of the potential audience size of the inclusion of kids/families is far far far larger than an R rated horror zombie TV show

 

[Teletraan1]

Mario probably has broader appeal. Will the Mario movie spend 1/9th of its runtime exploring characters that don't really interact with the main cast so they can get less expensive DIE loans from defunct banks. Only time will tell.

 

[MasterDerico]

"Cultural impact" ? This is too strong.
None.

 

[Chronicle]

Depends if Mario is good. Being a mature zombie show shrinks the possible fanbase of tlou. Mario is cross generational appeal and suitable for all.

No. Mario is for kids.

 

[Gudji]

Will they give a pluming course on the Mario movie? That's the only thing I wanna know.

 

[Fbh]

I don't exactly know what you mean by "cultural impact".

The Mario Movie will make more money and have a bigger audience but I don't think it will have any major impact on the popularity of Mario.
While TLOU won't have as big of an audience, I think it has done a good job in bringing the franchise to a new set of people. Just anecdotally I've heard from lots of people who don't play games and weren't aware of TLOU but who are enjoying the show. I think it also sets a good precedent that you can find success with a live action adaptation of a videogame on a premium TV network.

 

[Raven117]

TLOU as its more prestigious and will take up more room OUTSIDE of gaming and gaming adjacent orbit.

 

[diffusionx]

The thing I am always surprised about is how small the audience is for HBO outside of stuff that breaks through like Game of Thrones. Like, 8 million people watched the last episode, which is a huge number by HBO standards. Yet more people than that watch a big movie like Top Gun Maverick or Avatar in the first weekend. So I think a lot more people are going to watch Mario.

 

[fart town usa]

What's up with all these shit ChatGPT type threads?

 

[Thirty7ven]

The Mario movie will have 0 cultural impact.

 

[Elysion]

Will TLoU be more remembered than The Walking Dead in the long term? I kinda doubt it, if only because TWD did the zombie drama thing first, even if TLoU is better written overall.

A 3d animated Mario movie on the other hand is something people have been waiting for since the 90s, and I expect it to be the big thing on social media for several weeks, even more than TLoU. Though I don’t think the Mario movie will have much ‚cultural impact‘ in the long term either, mostly because Mario is already as big and well known as he can be.

In short, I don’t expect either to have any long-lasting cultural impact.

 

[Stare-Bear]

The latest Mario trailer feature so little of Mario talking that the writing is on the wall... it's gonna be ass

 

[Belthazar]

Mario is already a household name, the movie won't do much to change that. Especially considering the studio, I don't think it will be that much or a phenomenon either.

 

[Fuz]

TLOU

 

[Belthazar]

The latest Mario trailer feature so little of Mario talking that the writing is on the wall... it's gonna be ass

Yeah, they're hiding Chris Pratt as much as they can

 

[SoraNoKuni]

Completely different demographic, I would say TLOU but I am pretty sure the mario movie will be an unprecedented in box office and amount of figurines sold worldwide, it will also shape the newer generation of gamers.

 

[nkarafo]

TLU has cultural impact?

At all?

 

[Oddvintagechap]

TLU has cultural impact?

At all?

If you meant TLoU. Biggest. Medium is officially taken more seriously by Television market at this point on. By consumers and executives alike.

It after HBO won TLoU. Other streamers starting going after Playstation’s other IP. I expect a huge uptick in videogame adaptions with proper budgets, rather than the extremely cheap looking content before then.

People who don’t play games are seeking the game. Top of sales charts.

LMAO. Freaking Twisted Metal and Grand Turismo..

 

[Lysandros]

(Ignore thread)

 

[Sethbacca]

The Super Mario Bros Super Show with Capt Lou Albano is clearly missing from this poll.

 

[El Pistolero]

Oh come on... TLOU is no different than any other serie, it will stop being talked once it ends and will be talked for a little to shit on PC gaming once it comes out there

And the Super Mario movie won't? TLOU will spawn multiple seasons, and has succeeded in attracting people that are not familliar with the IP. Mario is an already well established, universally beloved franchise, so the film will not move the needle one way or the other.

 

[Majukun]

none?i mean TLOU tv show it'd a good tv show in the age of good tv shows...the mario movie is a light hearted cg flick with very little pretense..none of the two will leave any everlasting mark.

 

[hemo memo]

Mario. I mean how is that even a question. Every kid and their mother anticipating that movie and even if it bomb in reviews it will still make a better impact than a zombie show.