MOVIE NEWS: Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money

Fade2Black · February 2015

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 · February 2015

Let's hope the Schwartz is with them.

nweathington · February 2015

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

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

kiwijase · February 2015

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

bralinator · February 2015

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 · February 2015

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 · February 2015

And Blazing Saddles is an excellent example of that

nweathington · February 2015

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

WetRats · February 2015

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 · February 2015

No love for Men In Tights?

nweathington · February 2015

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 · February 2015

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 · February 2015

I prefer Blazing Saddles!

JaxUr · February 2015

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

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

JaxUr · February 2015

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

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

pfinnegan · February 2015

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 · February 2015

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 · February 2015

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 · February 2015

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.

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