History Film / TheWizard

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Lucas and his power glove. TheNostalgiaCritic [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eIUM8QRNU&feature=watch_response sayeth]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SCq_fHRXnk&feature=related so]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Lucas and his power glove. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7eIUM8QRNU&feature=watch_response That Guy With The Glasses sayeth so]].

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Lucas and his power glove.

# During the tournament, the withdrawn kid displays that he has psychic powers by just randomly coming across the Warp Zone Whistle in the world 1 fortress of SuperMarioBros3, one of the [[GuideDangIt least intuitive]] shortcuts in any game. How is some kid supposed to figure out that you're supposed to fly over the top of the ceiling and then go into a door that ''you can't even see''? [[hottip:* :Believe me if you want, but I actually found it at age 9, out of [[CuriousAsAMonkey typical kid's curiosity]] and the "WhatIf" factor.]] And why would he even risk it, given that he's in a competition? Keep in mind, the movie explicitly stated that they had never even ''heard'' of the game before (which brings up flaws in its own right).

# During the tournament, the withdrawn kid displays that he has psychic powers by just randomly coming across the Warp Zone Whistle in the world 1 fortress of SuperMarioBros3, one of the [[GuideDangIt least intuitive]] shortcuts in any game. How is some kid supposed to figure out that you're supposed to fly over the top of the ceiling and then go into a door that ''you can't even see''? And why would he even risk it, given that he's in a competition? Keep in mind, the movie explicitly stated that they had never even ''heard'' of the game before (which brings up flaws in its own right).

---->'''TheNostalgiaCritic:''' Damn you, Lucas!

* ParentalIncest: TheNostalgiaCritic pointed out that the relationship between the father and his oldest son seemed ''far'' more sensual than what was likely appropriate. They practically spooned each other while discussing how much they love each other and then slept together wearing only their underwear. No subtext needed here.

# During the tournament, the withdrawn kid displays that he has psychic powers by just randomly coming across the Warp Zone Whistle in the world 1 fortress of SuperMarioBros3, one of the [[GuideDangIt least intuitive]] shortcuts in any game. How is some kid supposed to figure out that you're supposed to fly over the top of the ceiling and then go into a door that ''you can't even see''? And why would he even risk it, given that he's in a competition? Keep in mind, the movie explicitly stated that they had never even ''heard'' of the game before (which brings up flaws in it's own right).

''The Wizard'' is a 1989 film starring Fred Savage and two other actors nobody really remembers (though [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis one]] of them later found success with [[RiloKiley her indie rock band]]). It is about Jimmy, a young boy who suffers from a serious mental disorder reminiscent of [[TheRainman Hollywood Autism]] after a traumatic incident. After being put in an institution, one of his older brothers breaks him out. They decide to run away to [[strike:California]] Cawwwifffohneeeyaaaa together, as Jimmy is for some reason fixated on the place.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Lucas and his power glove

# Lucas and his infamous line, "I love the Power Glove. It's so bad". Anybody who has ever used one of those will tell you that there is no way you can utilize it with that level of skill. Not to mention the original meaning [[HaveAGayOldTime being]] [[TotallyRadical distorted]] by the fact that now, "bad" has reverted to meaning "[[ReverseFunnyAneurysm of poor quality]]", [[DontExplainTheJoke which the Power Glove was]].

# During the tournament, the withdrawn kid displays that he has psychic powers by just randomly coming across the Warp Zone Whistle in the world 1 fortress of SuperMarioBros3, one of the [[GuideDangIt least intuitive]] shortcuts in any game. How is some kid supposed to figure out that you're supposed to fly over the top of the ceiling and then go into a door that ''you can't even see''? And why would he even risk it, given that he's in a competition?
** Did we mention this was ''the first time the game has been seen by anybody''?
** It can be inferred that he learned the trick from reading [[strike:Nintendo Power]] the "Power magazines" Haley gathered or from the dude at the Nintendo Hotline. If you ''don't'' believe that interpretation, then the scenes featuring both of said things were pretty much just the movie stopping for a commercial break.
*** What part of ''the first time the game has been seen by anybody'' did you not understand?
*** There actually ''was'' a Howard & Nester comic in an old issue of Nitnendo Power that specifically demonstrated how to get the warp whistle, and I'm at least halfway certain that issue was released before [[SuperMarioBros3 SMB3]] was.
**** ''The kids had never even HEARD of Super Mario Bros. 3, so obviously they never read any magazine articles on it.'' FacePalm.

* NoYay: The father and his oldest son get ''very'' uncomfortably close together at one point... (See ParentalIncest)

---->'''NostalgiaCritic:''' Damn you, Lucas!

''The Wizard'' is a 1989 film starring Fred Savage and two other actors nobody really remembers (though [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis one]] of them later found success with [[RiloKiley her indie rock band]]). It is about Jimmy, a young boy who suffers from a serious mental disorder reminiscent of [[TheRainman Hollywood Autism]] after a traumatic incident. After being put in an institution, one of his older brothers breaks him out. They decide to run away to California together, as Jimmy is for some reason fixated on the place.

** And it's also okay for minors to walk and hitchhike from Utah to California, by themselves.

-->'''NostalgiaCritic:''' Lucas, darling!

* SoBadItsGood: And we're not talking about the Power Glove.

''The Wizard'' is a 1989 film starring Fred Savage and two other actors nobody really remembers (though [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis one]] of them later found success with [[RiloKiley her indie rock band]]). It is about Jimmy, a young boy who suffers from a serious mental disorder reminiscent of [[TheRainman Hollywood Autism]] after a traumatic incident. After being put in an institution, one of his older brothers breaks him out. They decide to run away to [[strike:California]] Cawwwifffohneeeyaaaa together, as Jimmy is for some reason fixated on the place.

** And it's also okay for minors to walk and hitchhike from Utah to [[strike:California]] Cawwwifffohneeeyaaaa, by themselves.

** "Cawwwifffohneeeyaaaa."

---->'''NostalgiaCritic:''' Lucas, darling!

''The Wizard'' is a 1989 film starring Fred Savage and two other actors nobody really remembers (though [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Lewis one]] of them later found success with [[RiloKiley her indie rock band]]). It is about Jimmy, a young boy who suffers from a serious mental disorder reminiscent of [[TheRainman Hollywood Autism]] after a traumatic incident. After being put in an institution, one of his older brothers breaks him out. They decide to run away to California together, as Jimmy is for some reason fixated on the place.

** And it's also okay for minors to walk and hitchhike from Utah to California, by themselves.

The film maintains a cult following within the video game culture based on its SnarkBait potential. Deconstructing the film is a senior thesis of its own, but some of the major issues include the following: