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explodet · Feb 25, 2016

This movie ruined me.
Every time I see a panning shot of a gigantic spaceship I always check to see if there's a "We Brake For Nobody" bumper sticker on the back.

backflip10019 said:
Go back to the golf course and practice your putts.

Of course you know, I'll still have to bill you for this.

epmode · Feb 25, 2016

Ronin said:
I happened to catch it on HBO last night and I have to disagree.

It's on HBO Go! THANK YOU SO MUCH

Moppeh · Feb 25, 2016

TraBuch said:
Spaceballs really hasn't aged very well.

Agreed. It is hella unfunny.

How About No · Feb 25, 2016

Moppeh said:
Agreed. It is hella unfunny.

A lot of the jokes just make me groan nowadays but there's still quite a few strong parts I think

phanphare · Feb 25, 2016

Moppeh said:
Agreed. It is hella unfunny.

uses the word "hella"

provides insight on what is and isn't funny

;p

Strax · Feb 25, 2016

The denial in this thread about Spaceballs not aging badly is hard to look at.

Count of Monte Sawed-Off · Feb 25, 2016

TraBuch said:
Spaceballs really hasn't aged very well.

I agree with you. The are parts I still really like, but as a whole it just isn't what it was for me when I was young.

radios shipping overview · Feb 25, 2016

TraBuch said:
Spaceballs really hasn't aged very well.

Star Wars is an immortal capitalist zombie, so the SW jokes in Spaceballs will always be current. A lot of the other, more topical jokes have aged poorly, like the one with the Doublemint twins, but some are still relevant - Perri-air! But Mel Brooks' sense of humor is kind of old-timey and so that might throw some people a bit.

Star Wars will always be fertile ground for parody, and there's a lot more of it to parody now.

Tizoc · Feb 25, 2016

Is it happening now?

chaislip3 · Feb 25, 2016

I don't know why people are surprised. I remember very recently Brooks has said he's been planning on a sequel.

Deleted member 13876 · Feb 25, 2016

I saw the movie for the first time last year and didn't really like it all that much.

Revolutionary · Feb 25, 2016

Hope it's true. One of my favorite parody films.

They better not skimp out on the MERCHANDISING MERCHANDISING MERCHANDISING!
I still want my Spaceballs: the flamethrower.

Karkador · Feb 25, 2016

That's not what posters in NYC subways look like at all. They're not taped to the wall like that, and the dimensions are wrong.

spekkeh · Feb 25, 2016

I really want this to happen. Spaceballs the merchandising was one of the best jokes, and to think that Disney bought the franchise in order to run it into the ground is too big an opportunity to lampoon to ignore.

Crimson_Fate · Feb 25, 2016

phanphare said:
not gonna lie, this movie needs to not happen and I love Mel Brooks. don't retroactively ruin jokes from your old movies Mel! c'mon man! this would be like if History of the World Pt. 2 existed. the whole point of those jokes is that the movies don't actually exist.

/debbie downer

Actually it does exist, at the end of Pt1 they spoof part 2 as "Jews in space" That's Spaceballs.

Strangelove77 · Feb 25, 2016

Nils said:
I saw the movie for the first time last year and didn't really like it all that much.

It's aged really badly.

DrGonzo615 · Feb 25, 2016

Nils said:
I saw the movie for the first time last year and didn't really like it all that much.

Strangelove77 said:
It's aged really badly.

This just helped to remind me never to take anybodies opinion on GAF very seriously. Also aged badly how? The effects? No shit, just like every other movie from the 80s (almost). The jokes are still on point.

Is it bad that Im kinda more excited for this than Episode 8?

shadowkat · Feb 25, 2016

But John Candy. :'(

Honestly, I don't think a sequel is needed if this is true.

phanphare · Feb 25, 2016

samendolaro said:
Actually it does exist, at the end of Pt1 they spoof part 2 as "Jews in space" That's Spaceballs.

yeah I know, that's the point

Griffe316 · Feb 25, 2016

Tizoc said:
Is it happening now?

https://youtu.be/356faqb9JnU

Japanmanx3 · Feb 25, 2016

This would be epic if true.

Liamario · Feb 25, 2016

The first one is shit tbh.

tkscz · Feb 25, 2016

The jokes that aren't 80's references still work, which the majority of the jokes don't reference too much. The problem is if you've seen it, you know all the jokes and unless you still find them funny (I do) it won't have aged well for you. Differing opinions and all though. Either you like Mel's humor or you don't.

I'm surprised how the VHS joke still kind of works. If you replace VHS with steaming, it still works.

LeonSPBR · Feb 25, 2016

Please be true!!

Deleted member 13876 · Feb 25, 2016

DrGonzo615 said:
This just helped to remind me never to take anybodies opinion on GAF very seriously. Also aged badly how? The effects? No shit, just like every other movie from the 80s (almost). The jokes are still on point.

Is it bad that Im kinda more excited for this than Episode 8?

A lot of the humor seemed to revolve around low hanging fruit word puns around Star Wars concepts like the Schwartz. I just didn't think it was very clever and I really don't care about effects. I like a lot of other Brooks movies, but this one didn't do it for me. I never was the biggest Star Wars fan either, so there's that.

VincentMatts · Feb 25, 2016

Saucycarpdog said:
A major asshole.

I dont think anyone got it, but i did...... I did.

Grisby · Feb 25, 2016

Never did get my coloring book.

wrestleman · Feb 25, 2016

I combed through some of the places I usually look for evidence of stuff like this being real, but I ain't found shit.

Stallion Dan · Feb 25, 2016

Most of the jokes are still relevant today, to say it has aged badly is false.

There are a few jokes here and there that some younger people may not get, Rocky 5000, Pizza send out etc but a lot of ones you'd think were an 80s thing still work today due to some brands not changing and certain things not dropping from general public knowledge.

Star Wars and Trek are still mega popular and mainstream so all the jokes related to those are still relevant and funny and those tend to be the bigger payoffs too. Are still penty of timeless jokes that will never age.

If you don't like the humour is one thing, but aged poorly? Nope.

SigmasonicX · Feb 25, 2016

Mel Brooks already created an animated series to continue the story in 2008. By most accounts, it wasn't very good.

Jarlaxle · Feb 25, 2016

What's wrong Colonel Sandurz? Chicken?!?

Stallion Dan · Feb 25, 2016

No many people know this, but the merchandising joke had a double pay-off. In order to get George Lucas' company to do post production on the film, Lucas said they wasn't allowed to make any merchandise for the fim at all. So there was actually zero.

darscot · Feb 25, 2016

This movie is so great to this day my friends still refer to a blowjob as helmet.

Succinct Verbosity · Feb 25, 2016

I must be blinded by nostalgia, but I still find Spaceballs really funny.

JeTmAn81 · Feb 25, 2016

I've love a Spaceballs 2, this would be the perfect time for it if the prequels hadn't already come out. We should be on Spaceballs 3: Let's All Buy Private Islands by now.

Baron von Loathsome · Feb 25, 2016

It doesn't need a sequel at all, if the cartoon is any indication.

phanphare · Feb 25, 2016

Stallion Dan said:
Most of the jokes are still relevant today, to say it has aged badly is false.

There are a few jokes here and there that some younger people may not get, Rocky 5000, Pizza send out etc but a lot of ones you'd think were an 80s thing still work today due to some brands not changing and certain things not dropping from general public knowledge.

Star Wars and Trek are still mega popular and mainstream so all the jokes related to those are still relevant and funny and those tend to be the bigger payoffs too. Are still penty of timeless jokes that will never age.

If you don't like the humour is one thing, but aged poorly? Nope.

you'd think with the new Rocky movie a few years ago and now Creed young people would get the Rocky 5000 joke

janoDX · Feb 25, 2016

Give the movie to JJ, he's good at resurrecting movies.

Sapiens · Feb 25, 2016

Star Wars - Go see it again, before you die, because you could die at any time - so you should keep seeing Star Wars///

Visceir · Mar 15, 2016

Heard an interview with Michael Winslow in a local radio station and he said that Spaceballs 2 is happening and that Mel Brooks is writing it right now.

backflip10019 · Mar 15, 2016

Visceir said:
Heard an interview with Michael Winslow in a local radio station and he said that Spaceballs 2 is happening and that Mel Brooks is writing it right now.

Did he say this in between ambulance wee-woo's?

Bots are better than you · Mar 15, 2016

Damn, on the one hand, i'd want this to happen, because i love Spaceballs. On the other, i'd rather not have this if Brooks can't match the first one.

Although i would love to be able to buy "Spaceballs 2: The Search for more Money" - The Teaser Poster for my hobby room!

Just had to look up Mel Brooks on Wikipedia, and he's voicing a character in Seth Rogens "Sausage Party"!

pestul · Mar 15, 2016

Visceir said:
Heard an interview with Michael Winslow in a local radio station and he said that Spaceballs 2 is happening and that Mel Brooks is writing it right now.

Not being reported anywhere, but it'd be awesome if true.

ChoklitReign · Mar 15, 2016

Visceir said:
Heard an interview with Michael Winslow in a local radio station and he said that Spaceballs 2 is happening and that Mel Brooks is writing it right now.

Are you sure those weren't random noises that coincidentally formed a coherent sentence?

NR1 · Mar 15, 2016

After seeing the Spaceballs Animated Show, I have zero interest in this. At least 3 of he primary actors are dead now too. Can't work. Maybe a prequel spoofing the prequel trilogy, but even then, that's not something I think people want.

Mel Brooks should stick to his guns on sequels-- never make them and tease them as a joke (History of the World Part 2--- Jews in Space!)

Visceir · Mar 15, 2016

backflip10019 said:
Did he say this in between ambulance wee-woo's?

Isn't he always doing those?

Here, I uploaded the clip on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olH2jCaC4Gc

It's a radio show in the baltic states so it's not all too unsurprising if no one is reporting on this.

super-heated plasma · Mar 15, 2016

Bruce Springsteen said:
I agree, I tried watching it a couple weeks ago and couldn't make it past the first 15 minutes

I knew it, I'm surrounded by Assholes.

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