MOVIE NEWS: Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money

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Movie News: Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money
Mel wants to do it, and who am I to argue?

http://www.break.com/article/mel-brooks-writing-spaceballs-2-with-rick-moranis-2816775

kiwijase

Let's hope the Schwartz is with them.

nweathington

Enh, I'd rather see History of the World, Part II.




Okay, actually I'd rather just watch Young Frankenstein again.

kiwijase

I re-watched the original The Producers recently. Brookes Masterpiece, in my opinion.

bralinator

nweathington said:

Enh, I'd rather see History of the World, Part II.




Okay, actually I'd rather just watch Young Frankenstein again.

can't we do all three?

nweathington

bralinator said:

nweathington said:

Enh, I'd rather see History of the World, Part II.




Okay, actually I'd rather just watch Young Frankenstein again.

can't we do all three?

If we must. For me, Brooks was at his best when he worked with Gene Wilder. Wilder would actually challenge him, and together they'd hammer a good project into a great project. Without Wilder, Brooks is still funny, but not brilliantly funny.

bralinator

And Blazing Saddles is an excellent example of that

nweathington

For me it’s: 1) Young Frankenstein, 2) The Producers, 3) Blazing Saddles, and 4) the rest.

WetRats

nweathington said:

For me it’s: 1) Young Frankenstein, 2) The Producers, 3) Blazing Saddles, and 4) the rest.

Once again, we are in accord.

I consider Young Frankenstein to be the funniest movie ever made. And there's only one joke in it that is dated (and it was kinda dated back in 1974.)

Spaceballs had a few good jokes and a whole lot of really easy ones. It was Brooks going for the cash rather than working from a love of the genre.

kiwijase

No love for Men In Tights?

nweathington

kiwijase said:

No love for Men In Tights?

Men in Tights and I are just friends. We're not really going out or anything.

WetRats

nweathington said:

kiwijase said:

No love for Men In Tights?

Men in Tights and I are just friends. We're not really going out or anything.

I tried to re-watch MIT recently. I couldn't make it through the first 10 minutes.

DoctorDoom

I prefer Blazing Saddles!

JaxUr

HBO is airing a new Mel Brooks 1 man show this month:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsm9AeAc8lM

JaxUr

Here's a great tribute to Brooks when he got the Kennedy Center award:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJn8hu00Gao

pfinnegan

Personally, I think Spaceballs is a classic, but I don't see how a second part would work. Maybe they'll surprise me. Although it's hard to see how Mel Brooks' humor will play in today's PC world. Can you imagine if Blazing Saddles hit theaters tomorrow? There would be riots.

WetRats

BTW: This whole subject is based on an off-hand comment by Brooks in an interview. There are no actual plans for this film.

nweathington

pfinnegan said:

Personally, I think Spaceballs is a classic, but I don't see how a second part would work. Maybe they'll surprise me. Although it's hard to see how Mel Brooks' humor will play in today's PC world. Can you imagine if Blazing Saddles hit theaters tomorrow? There would be riots.

Nobody riots over the Farrelly Brothers or Family Guy. If anything Blazing Saddles might suffer today from not being stupid enough.

SolitaireRose

pfinnegan said:

Personally, I think Spaceballs is a classic, but I don't see how a second part would work. Maybe they'll surprise me. Although it's hard to see how Mel Brooks' humor will play in today's PC world. Can you imagine if Blazing Saddles hit theaters tomorrow? There would be riots.

Brooks also is almost the very definition of the law of diminishing returns. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein were classics, High Anxiety was OK, Spaceballs worked if you were a kid when you watched it the first time, Robin Hood was bad and Dracula, Dead and Loving It is almost as bad as those "Date Movie" type "parodies."

Brooks should be the "living legend" and not make any more movies. He's done his share.