She was only seen in one controversial episode titled "Papa's Special Birthday"
Hollywood, stop ruining the classics!
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Neesen should be fine as Drebin but they really should have gotten Ryan Gosling
Good point, I probably shouldn't have said that. People do go and see the non-sequal/non-reboots, they're just not seen by the mindless masses. And what really sucks is that there are great movies out there waiting to be made but aren't because it's safer to make that 13th Batman movie.
This tread lost me when the OP called Spaceballs a classic. Only slightly better than History of the World part one and the both sucked.
Yeah, I think he’s fine.
TIL who tf is Josh Gad?TIL people have a problem with Josh Gad?
Im getting older, cant pick half of these people out of a police lineup.
KidSilverhair
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We went to see the new The Fall Guy a couple of weeks ago. Tremendous fun, clever, I love Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling is great. It’s losing money, hardly anyone is buying tickets to it.
I’ve heard the new Furiosa is fantastic, another top-notch entry in the Mad Max saga and another George Miller triumph. It’s losing money, hardly anyone is buying tickets to it.
Inside Out 2 just opened. I’m sure it’s terrific, Pixar’s track record is solid and the concept sounds interesting. It’s also 1) a sequel and 2) a kids-oriented animated film in the summer. It’s breaking records.
The rise of streaming, the convenience of waiting to watch movies at home, and yeah, the rising price of movie tickets have hit the studios pretty hard. They have a hard time creating content that makes people think they have to see it right away, on the big screen, when they know they can wait a month or two and watch it on their 80” screens at home. So they stick to retreads of well-known titles, things that aren’t as risky, things that maybe aren’t so expensive to produce.
At least with Gad, I think a lot of people would only know him from his voice acting work, so that doesn’t help either.
If they are going to try it again, Gosling would have been the guy. His performance in the Nice Guys convinced me of that.
I'm not thrilled about this but if they don't call it Spaceballs 2: The Search For More Money I'm boycotting it out of principal.
KidSilverhair
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They did say “unnecessary.”
Lynch’s Dune was certainly something, but it was also a giant mess.
I will say this about sequels. Have their really been that many unnecessary remakes that have "ruined" the original? People spoke about how they still love Indiana Jones even though they didn't like the 2 recent ones. Major League won a "best sports movie" tournament even though Major League: Back to the Minors was awful. Nobody criticizes Airplane because its sequel was lackluster.
Plus, Mel Brooks is involved in this, so I gotta imagine he approves of the script they have written. I think its got a decent shot of being decent.
Plus, Mel Brooks is involved in this, so I gotta imagine he approves of the script they have written. I think its got a decent shot of being decent.
I design toys and merch for movies. Buyers often won’t touch a new IP (even if it looks like a can’t miss) but line up around the block for sequels and franchises.
Frozen and Despicable Me are the ultimate examples. Buyer’s stayed away from merch, they caught up eventually but both launched with virtually no merch and toys.
To this thread…I bet I’ve seen Spaceballs 100 times and I’d kill to work on gag products for SBII: TSFMM. No clue how I could create a Spaceballs the Flamethrower product but I’d try. To my knowledge Spaceballs is the only movie to directly mention merchandising itself right in the movie. Wayne’s World spoofed product placement.
When Mel Brooks wrote it he gave a copy of the script to George Lucas. Lucas approved of it on one condition, no merchandising, so Mel Brooks added that scene into the movie to joke about it.
