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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2011-01-21 07:37
The soon-to-be 17-year-old pop star Justin Bieber flat-out did not exist yet when Nintendo unleashed their NES gaming console on the world back in the '80s, but that age gap isn't going to stop him from using the "Super Mario Bros." theme in his upcoming 3-D concert movie/life documentary "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never." No, what's going to stop Bieber from using a 15-second snippet of the insanely catch NES standard's theme music in the movie is Nintendo itself.
"Never Say Never" director John Chu tweeted on Saturday, "aw C'mon Nintendo! Y won't u let us use the Mario theme for 15 secs in the @Justinbieber movie...talk about free advertising passed up. Oops."
For starters, it ought to be said that there's precedent for having licensed Nintendo music in your movie. Edgar Wright pulled it off, with no less a game than "The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past," in last year's amazing-but-horribly underseen comic book adaptation, "Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World."
Beyond that... look. I'm going to be the guy who says it. There will be others. There probably have been already. But I'll say it too. Bieber is a huge presence in pop culture today, no question. But he's no Nintendo. So I'm not sure that the publisher passing up on "free advertising" is much of a big deal.
We're still talking about the NES and the gaming devices that followed it today, and we'll be doing the same thing 20 years from now, only the Wii, DS and 3DS and who knows what else will also be involved in the conversation. I can't say where Mr. Bieber will be 20 years from now, but I can predict with a fair amount of certainty that he won't have been at the forefront of a musical revolution.
Prove me wrong, Beeb. Prove me wrong.
http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2011/01/20/justin-bieber-nintendo/
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Nintendo kept their self-respect
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Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-21 07:44
They should have let him do it.
Who cares if it's Bieber?
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Akemii wrote on 2011-01-21 07:47
Quote from Phunkie;299177:
They should have let him do it.
Who cares if it's Bieber?
I do.
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Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-21 07:48
Quote from Pride;299184:
I do.
Huh?
What do you have against him?
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Akemii wrote on 2011-01-21 07:51
Quote from Phunkie;299186:
Huh?
What do you have against him?
Well nothing really. His music is just bad. But I've been a fan of Mario for like ever, I don't want to see it in some stupid movie, about Bieber especially.
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Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-21 07:51
Quote from Pride;299195:
Well nothing really. His music is just bad. But I've been a fan of Mario for like ever, I don't want to see it in some stupid movie, about Bieber especially.
lmao
So what? That's just your opinion.
I could say all the music you listen to is bad.
And 15 seconds of Mario music doesn't hurt anyone.
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Akemii wrote on 2011-01-21 07:54
Quote from Phunkie;299199:
lmao
So what? That's just your opinion.
I could say all the music you listen to is bad.
And 15 seconds of Mario music doesn't hurt anyone.
It hurts me. :(
Besides I said it was my opinion. o -o
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Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-21 07:55
Quote from Pride;299206:
It hurts me. :(
Besides I said it was my opinion. o -o
I said, I could say. :P Doesn't make it right or wrong. Again, it's just my opinion.
I just feel like too many hate on the Biebs for no reason. Because really, there is no reason to hate him.
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Navy wrote on 2011-01-21 07:56
Quote from Pride;299195:
Well nothing really. His music is just bad. But I've been a fan of Mario for like ever, I don't want to see it in some stupid movie, about Bieber especially.
That's not a good excuse.
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Akemii wrote on 2011-01-21 08:00
Quote from Humility;299213:
That's not a good excuse.
It's my opinion. I don't want mario associated with Bieber. o -o
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Phunkie wrote on 2011-01-21 08:02
Quote from Pride;299222:
It's my opinion. I don't want mario associated with Bieber. o -o
It's just a song. Bieber's not gonna be the sponsor for Nintendo or anything. lmao
Not a big deal.
They should've let him do it. He's big, he's famous, bunch of girls love him. Pretty sure if he said, HEY GO CHECK OUT THAT NEW ZELDA GAME, a bunch of girls would buy it.
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Navy wrote on 2011-01-21 08:05
Quote from Phunkie;299227:
It's just a song. Bieber's not gonna be the sponsor for Nintendo or anything. lmao
Not a big deal.
They should've let him do it. He's big, he's famous, bunch of girls love him. Pretty sure if he said, HEY GO CHECK OUT THAT NEW ZELDA GAME, a bunch of girls would buy it.
this.
I have not seen extreme fan girls like I have with justin beaver. @_@
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Akemii wrote on 2011-01-21 08:07
Eh, obvious difference of opinions. Too bad for you guys then, since Nintendo turned it down ;3
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Navy wrote on 2011-01-21 08:21
Quote from Pride;299240:
Eh, obvious difference of opinions. Too bad for you guys then, since Nintendo turned it down ;3
it's not like I'm upset that they turned it down its just that impo they shoulda just let him do it.
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Yogurticecream wrote on 2011-01-21 13:39
Can I say it's probably just that Nintendo doesn't really give a care to Bieber? They probably don't sound impressed with that final decision given.
I bet it's also because they don't see anything benefiting them from putting a song of the Mario game into the movie. Mario is already popular as it is.