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Older vs newer video game movie adaptation quality comparison

This is a two-part comparison meme. The top section is captioned 'Kids today getting their video game turned into a movie get this', paired with the original 2D animated Pikachu from the Pokemon franchise next to the well-received, accurate cute CGI live-action Pikachu from the 2019 *Detective Pikachu* film. The bottom section is captioned 'Kids in my day got this...', paired with the original cartoon Goomba enemy from the Super Mario video game franchise next to the widely mocked, unrecognizable, monstrous Goomba character design from the poorly received 1993 live-action *Super Mario Bros.* film. The joke highlights the massive improvement in video game movie adaptation quality over time, and pokes fun at how terrible earlier attempts at the genre were for older audiences.
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Kids today getting their video game turned into a movie get this; Kids in my day got this...

Overview

This is a two-part comparison meme. The top section is captioned 'Kids today getting their video game turned into a movie get this', paired with the original 2D animated Pikachu from the Pokemon franchise next to the well-received, accurate cute CGI live-action Pikachu from the 2019 Detective Pikachu film. The bottom section is captioned 'Kids in my day got this...', paired with the original cartoon Goomba enemy from the Super Mario video game franchise next to the widely mocked, unrecognizable, monstrous Goomba character design from the poorly received 1993 live-action Super Mario Bros. film. The joke highlights the massive improvement in video game movie adaptation quality over time, and pokes fun at how terrible earlier attempts at the genre were for older audiences.

Origin notes

This meme originates from Reddit's meme communities, as noted in the provided source information. It plays on the nostalgia of older video game fans, referencing the infamously bad 1993 Super Mario Bros. live action film and contrasting it with the commercially and critically successful Detective Pikachu film released in 2019, to joke about the difference in adaptation quality across generations.

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