• jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    I’m going to sound like a Mel Brooks commentary track for a second:

    John Candy as Barg - Such a lovely man, shame he’s dead.

    John Hurt from Alien - Wonderful actor, he’s dead.

    Joan Rivers as Dot Matrix - Shame she’s dead.

    Dom DeLuise as the voice of Pizza the Hutt - I loved that man, he’s dead.

    Dick Van Patten as King Roland - He’s dead.

    Ronny Graham as the minister - And he’s dead.

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      And if we are lucky we’ll all each reach a point in our lives where most everyone we ever knew is dead and we’re there just… hanging on.

      Sometimes I think about the perspective of my 80 year old neighbors. Every day could be their last. I suppose the world would be a better place if everyone of all ages realized how fragile and fleeting this life is.

      Every day could be anyone reading this final day. If you didn’t read my comment you’re safe though.

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      Mel Brooks himself:

      Some fucking how, not dead.

      dude will be 98 in about a week.

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    So a sequel of a classic 80s movie, made 40 years later. Is there any chance whatsoever its going to be any good?

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      As long as they keep the title Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money I’ll be happy. I mean may as well be honest and upfront about it.

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      Normally I would say no. However, with Mel Brooks producing, I will hold out hope!

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            I just felt the jokes landed differently when they are written by committie. They didnt have much teeth and they werent punching up as much, they were making fun of mundane things like alchoholism… (Which is now considered a mental health problem, less of a societal one)

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        Not for a couple of decades he hasn’t, see Spaceballs the series or crazy history of the world part 2

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      Some legacy sequels have turned out alright, so it’s not impossible. I just have to hope that Mel wouldn’t do it unless it was worth doing, he’s got a pretty good track record.

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      30% maybe?

      I’ve seen a few good sequel/remakes of classic, but the success rate is pretty low.

      I think a parody concert like this is going to be extra tough.

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      And if that’s not bad enough, there’s the Zack Snyder knock-off that Netflix keeps waving in my face like a cat’s arse.

      I watched the first one, Netflix. You don’t get to fool me twice.

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        I gave that a chance since I feel like people seem to be a bit unfair to Snyder but yeah it was so fucking boring and just copying Warhammer, Star Wars, Firefly, a couple other scifi serieseseses.

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      What if it ends up being the star wars people want, like an inverse parody?

      I doubt it will even be good, but one can hope.

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        Happened with Star Trek. In 2017, Seth McFarlane created The Orville. A Sci-Fi comedy/satire, that many Treckies claimed felt more like Star Trek than Star Trek at the time.

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    We can’t have Spaceballs 2 yet, we haven’t seen Spaceballs 3: The Search For Spaceballs 2

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      I will accept him in one of two roles: the Schwartz Ghost of Dark Helmet or Crayola Wren, the plucky and colorful yet angsty child of Lone Star and Princess Vespa who idolizes Dark Helmet.

      Crayola Wren draws pictures of Dark Helmet in whatever the current equivalent to a Lisa Frank notebook is.

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    I am torn because I am equally sick of remakes and reboots and excited for a Josh Gad and Mel Brooks collaboration.