{
  "id": 1445522,
  "title": "The real reason the Super Mario Bros movie tanked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/the-real-reason-the-super-mario-bros-movie-tanked",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T07:28:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Polygon",
    "slug": "polygon",
    "url": "https://www.polygon.com/video/the-real-reason-the-super-mario-bros-movie-tanked/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Super Mario Bros. movie is famously bad — so bad it killed the hopes of any good video game movie adaptations for YEARS. Or... so they say. But what if Super Mario Bros. wasn't actually that bad? Jenna digs into the history of the Super Mario Bros. movie and gets the answers about why it's so reviled. And why, just maybe, you should watch it for yourself.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}