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Mario’s brother Luigi once had his day in the sun, thanks to a Nintendo Gamecube game called Luigi’s Mansion, in which Luigi wins a haunted mansion and must rescue Mario from his ghostly captors using a vacuum pack to bust the spooks. Sounds like the perfect game to turn into a live action movie, right? Well, watch this spoof trailer made by YouTube user SAXjewell and see what you think.
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Quick:
how do you get hundreds of really rich people upset? Try building a megamansion
near their own mansions (which would be reduced to mere 8,000 square foot
hovels in comparison).
In the curious world of rich people, apparently there's nothing more annoying that knowing someone else has more money. Waaaay more money:
In a neighborhood whose residents include Bruce Springsteen, Jay Leno, Michael Ovitz and David Beckham, this mystery landowner is preparing to build an 85,000-square-foot family compound, fit for royalty.
The proposed complex is an eclectic mix of European architecture in the coveted 90210 ZIP Code. Although the area teems with mansions boasting swimming pools and tennis courts, residents say the scale of this "megamansion" pushes the bounds of common sense and decency.
If the owner gets his way, the real estate will host a 42,681-square-foot main house, a double-winged "son's villa" of more than 27,000 square feet, a 4,400-square-foot guest house, a 5,300-square-foot staff quarters and a 2,700-square-foot gatehouse. Those and other proposed structures would occupy a combined area larger than Griffith Observatory.
I think my entire house can fit in the megamansion's closet. Martha Groves and Janet Stobart of the Los Angeles Times have the scoop: Link (Photo: Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)
Remember the story of the eccentric Frenchman Louis Mantin, who ordered that his opulent mansion and estate be turned into a museum 100 years after his death? National Geographic has a gallery of photographs from inside the mansion, showing the decor and some of Mantin’s possessions, like these battling frogs. Link -via Boing Boing
(Image credit: Jérôme Mondière)
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Louis Mantin inherited a fortune and became a patron of the arts and of high living. He constructed a fine mansion in his home of Moulins, France and filled it with custom woodwork, relics from antiquity, and art. Mantin died in 1905, and had stipulated in his will that his home should become a museum in 100 years.
Mantin only had a few years to indulge his aesthetic fantasies. Knowing that his death was approaching, he made a will in which he made sure his treasured house would be saved.
“In the will, he says that he wants the people of Moulins in 100 years time to be able to see what was the life of a cultured gentleman of his day,” said assistant curator Maud Leyoudec.
“A bachelor with no children, he was obsessed with death and the passage of time. It was his way of becoming eternal.”
When the 100-year mark passed, the house remained abandoned and in no shape to open to the public. Isabelle de Chavagnac, a descendant of Mantin’s, threatened to exercise her right to inherit the mansion if it didn’t open as a museum. She didn’t really want the estate, but her actions forced the local government to allocate funds for renovation. The house then opened as a museum, as Mantin wished, in 2010. BBC News has a video tour of the home. Link -via Gizmodo
For just $75 million and change, this 30-bedroom, 23-bath home near Orlando, Florida could be yours. It comes with a children’s theater, a roller rink, a baseball field, two tennis courts, three swimming pools, 11 kitchens, and a 20-car garage, and each of the 23 bathrooms has a fabulous view and a Jacuzzi. Who owns such a palace? A time-share mogul. He and his Florida beauty-queen wife, who employ a team of five nannies to take care of their kids, call the house "Versailles." According to The Telegraph, they’ve already had some interest from potential buyers in Russia and Asia, despite the fact that the house isn’t finished and will require another $25 million in construction costs before anyone can move it.
Local estate agent Kelly Price said “Versailles will probably be a house that will appeal to the uber-wealthy that don’t ever think about the issues of money.
“It might be a second or third. For all we know, it could be a seventh or eighth home.”
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Looking at these amazing pictures posted at Country Life, you can almost picture a super villain lounging around, petting his (evil, of course) cat.
This "Subterranean Mansion" in Bowdon, England, is entirely built underground and comes complete with a swimming pool with waterfalls and slide.
This ultimate super villain lair can be yours for only £2 million.
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Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion ride is quite possibly one of the best attractions Disney’s Imagineers have created during the theme park’s history. From the tombstones surrounding the mansion’s decaying exterior to its cobwebbed interior, the whole ride creates a pitch-perfect atmosphere of gothic glee.
This year the attraction celebrates its 40th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, one of Disney’s favorite artists, Shag, has been commissioned to create original artwork inspired by the ever popular attraction.
>“Represented in the artwork are some of the attraction’s most beloved scenes, including the Stretching Portraits, the Ballroom, the Séance Room, the Attic, Graveyard, among others. This unique collection is a must have for any Shag and Haunted Mansion enthusiast.”
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