Fix It Felix Jr. Retro Arcade Flyer

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I'm sure a lot of you have seen this, but I didn't see a thread on it here. Disney made a retro arcade flyer for the Fix It Felix Jr. game. Pretty cool that they went ahead and made a flyer. I'm sure most of the general public doesn't even get the arcade flyer concept. Pretty cool: http://www.gametrailers.com/side-mi...ith-fake-fix-it-felix-jr-commercial-and-flyer

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I wonder how long before Nintendo starts suing Disney? Also will that be what finally puts Nintendo under? LOL

Nintendo was probably involved since Bowser is in the movie. Unless of course, they didn't ask for that either, in which case, yeah, grab the popcorn! :D
 
UUUUrghh. The flyer clearly shows either an LCD monitor or is a rendering with the monitor rendered flat.
 
Maybe there are 80 lbs worth of quarters inside.

Or more likely the people they hired to do their homework based the weight off a Centipede cabinet.

The real question is...

How did they make a lightweight Nintendo cabinet weigh 307 lbs?
 
UUUUrghh. The flyer clearly shows either an LCD monitor or is a rendering with the monitor rendered flat.

The coin door looks kind of flat too. I mean coin doors are usually flat but it kind of looks "fake" like it's an image just plastered onto the front of the machine.
 
Yep and lets add the fact that I have never seen that coin door in my life.

Total fail.

They built REAL MACHINES, yet couldn't take a picture of one for their promo flyer????

The coin door looks kind of flat too. I mean coin doors are usually flat but it kind of looks "fake" like it's an image just plastered onto the front of the machine.
 
There is so much wrong with this, and the "80s" commercial (complete with CGI), that I have honestly lost all excitement for this film. For a cool 80s arcade period piece with fewer mistakes, check out my indie film VectorZone on YouTube. (Can't post a link; I am using my Wii.)
 
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There is so much wrong with this, and the "80s" commercial (complete with CGI), that I have honestly lost all excitement for this film.

Well the idea here is that it represents something vintage. An old arcade machine with a coin door. It's mainly for those that haven't seen arcade machines in a long time and to get an idea across. Even if they got the coin door exactly like the Ninty machines the effect would still be the same to those not in this hobby.

I totally agree with you that maybe they should have done a little more to make it officially look like a Nintendo cab (Because the coin door was the FIRST thing that stood out wrong, and it just looks bad IMO... Too skinny). The 80s video ad was nice but could've got rid of some things (like the words "fully 8-bit") but when I watched it the frst time I had been well convinced by their intentions.
 
It's a movie. For kids. A cartoon.

You guys are upset at the lack of "authenticity"?

Perhaps it's time to step away from KLOV for a while and chill out.
 
It's a movie. For kids. A cartoon.

You guys are upset at the lack of "authenticity"?

Perhaps it's time to step away from KLOV for a while and chill out.

For real. I can't tell if these folks are being facetious or not. If you're seriously whining about "inaccuracies" in a fake flyer, please stay away from the theaters.

I'm sure fellow theater goers don't want to hear you audibly scoffing to yourself throughout the entire film. "psssh, that's not how PAC man ghost move". "phahhh.. That cabinet doesn't have the correct period joystick" or some other meaningless drivel that no one but yourself cares about.

Let's just imagine for a moment that this movie moves some of the general public to get into arcade collecting. They join klov or a similar forum with good intentions and then are met by the same nutters who are complaining about a freaking kids movie not living up to true arcade heritage. They'll probably just turn around and scrap the whole idea.
 
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I wasn't even looking for the innacuracies..until you guys started pointing them out. Seriously..thanks for bringing down my enthusiasm for this film.
 
Whenever you see a physical or referential inaccuracy in one of the Disney cartoon viral marketing ads...

A wizard did it.
 
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