Josh Gad is set to star in Spaceballs 2 for Amazon MGM, which he also co-wrote and will produce alongside the great Mel Brooks.
  • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
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    13 days ago

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

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      13 days ago

      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.

      • rickyrigatoni@lemm.eeEnglish
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        13 days ago

        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.

    • Default_Defect@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      12 days ago

      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.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    61·
    13 days ago

    I do not know who the fuck Josh Gad is, and a quick look at his IMDB page has not set my expectations stunningly high.

  • Kaboom@reddthat.comEnglish
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    14 days ago

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

    • Captain Aggravated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      13 days ago

      With Mel Brooks himself producing, there is any chance whatsoever. He’s almost old enough to run for senate so I don’t know how active he’s going to be, and, well…he’s got a 20th century sense of humor.

      I mean yeah yeah Blazing Saddles has a lot of racism in it because the thesis statement is “This is what racism looks like. It’s pretty dumb, huh?” But go watch History of the World Part 1 again. It’s funny but you’ll involuntarily say “holy shit” a few times.

      Spaceballs specifically…it was largely a parody of the first two Star Wars movies. It came out after Return of the Jedi but I’m struggling to think of anything referenced from that movie. And Star Wars was a PHENOMENON in the 80’s, it had the culture’s attention. Star Wars is of waning popularity right now because Disney ran the wheels off of it. Do you attempt to pick up where Spaceballs left off, or do you attempt to parody modern Star Wars?

      And, is Hollywood at large capable of making a comedy movie anymore? They haven’t done it in 25 years since the release of Galaxy Quest. Can modern actors deliver an actual goddamn joke that isn’t just a pop culture reference?

    • CannedTuna@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      14 days ago

      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.