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This year we had the new Nakeg Gun film, which was surprisingly good.
Spaceballs 2 is on its way, fingers crossed that it won't be shit
And also new original spoof movies like Fackham Hall are being made.


all seem to follow the formula set by Airplane and other early 80s spoof films.

after varying degrees of popularity during a long streak from 1980 to the mid 2000s, the popularity of spoof films died down dramatically in the last 15~17 years or so.
so I am glad that they are seemingly making a return.

but the question is,
will this truly be the rebirth of the genre, or just a handful of experiments to revive it, that will ultimately fail to get traction?

I think The Naked Gun was a minor success, but didn't have as much success as the studio might have hoped.

 

[falconhoof]

Cheap to make, plenty to take the piss out of (if you're not caring about poking the hornets nest). Could be a good time for it.

Comedy has to be bold enough to turn its back on the BBC type "correct" "comedy".



Hijab jokes, so relatable.

I hope that Fackham Hall doesn't fack it up.

 

[DKehoe]

Cheap to make, plenty to take the piss out of (if you're not caring about poking the hornets nest). Could be a good time for it.

Comedy has to be bold enough to turn its back on the BBC type "correct" "comedy".



Hijab jokes, so relatable.

I hope that Fackham Hall doesn't fack it up.

In the thread with the Fackham Hall trailer, I remember someone got annoyed that it wasn't going after Islam. So if comedy can have too much Islam, but also not enough Islam then there might need to be some sort of consensus on what the sweet spot is.

 

[jason10mm]

Spoof films have to be able to take the piss out of ALL sides. Those old Zucker flicks would lampoon black culture, jews, the military, rednecks, geeks, everyone. So unless you are willing, like Seth McFarlane, the South Park guys, or the like to trash EVERYONE for jokes, it won't work.

But it also has to have a common cultural base to ground the audience. The Scary Movie films worked so well because they could launch off the slasher genre that was widely appreciated by the audience. It's a double hook. I feel the new Loaded Gun film lagged a bit because police procedural type stuff has faded a bit to be a good base for a spoof film. Still a fun movie though.

 

[Pagusas]

God I hope so, we need more of them.

 

[HAYA8U5A]

Not Another Teen Movie and Scary Movie in 4K please.

 

[jason10mm]

Not Another Teen Movie and Scary Movie in 4K please.

Oh god please yes! A return to a more sophisticated time...

 

[Fbh]

I'd welcome it.
There haven't been many recent comedies I've found funny, but the latest Naked Gun was surprisingly decent despite watching it with zero expectations.

 

[calico]

Comedy being allowed again is a good sign.

 

[thefool]

Hopefully but spoofs requires comedy which i think has been prohibited in western cultures. Unless we're mocking you know who.
These films used to be very comfy.

 

[DKehoe]

Comedy being allowed again

comedy which i think has been prohibited

 

[calico]

 

[Trilobit]

Can the Brits see the Treasure icon yet?

 

[calico]

Can the Brits see the Treasure icon yet?

No

 

[JeTmAn81]

Spinal Tap II just came out also

Waiting for Spaceballs 2

 

[Red Crayon Aristocrat]

Cheap to make, plenty to take the piss out of (if you're not caring about poking the hornets nest). Could be a good time for it.

Comedy has to be bold enough to turn its back on the BBC type "correct" "comedy".



Hijab jokes, so relatable.

I hope that Fackham Hall doesn't fack it up.

Modern western society loves feminism, we're all about feminism, save for this one culture that forces women to wear something to the degree they feel like their head will fall off if they don't, that's ok for some reason.

 

[nush]

Can the Brits see the Treasure icon yet?

Yes, I can see it now.

 

[Trunx81]

That trailer was funnier than the Naked Gun one. Love Jimmy Carr.

 

[calico]

 

[DeafTourette]

Oh god please yes! A return to a more sophisticated time...

That was a GENIUS scene!

 

[Escape Goat]

There's a new Scary Movie coming too. I'd not call it a Renaissance. There's even a Younger Frankenstein show being made with that whatshisface that made all those pothead movies in his 20s/30s. I thought Naked Gun was super boring but not because of Liam. It didnt want to do anything new so it stopped at nothing. And stayed there.

Satire and this Mel Brooks style comedy is lost on Gen Z/Alpha.

 

[falconhoof]

We ever going to get to the heights of Blazing Saddles again?

There's a new Scary Movie coming too. I'd not call it a Renaissance. There's even a Younger Frankenstein show being made with that whatshisface that made all those pothead movies in his 20s/30s. I thought Naked Gun was super boring but not because of Liam. It didnt want to do anything new so it stopped at nothing. And stayed there.

Satire and this Mel Brooks style comedy is lost on Gen Z/Alpha.

'Very Young Frankenstein’ Ordered to Series at FX

Plus, Cary Elwes teases what fans can expect from his Mel Brooks reunion.

www.tvinsider.com

It seems like something spooky is afoot at FX once more as What We Do in the Shadows' Taika Waititi and Stefani Robinson team up with Mel Brooks for a Young Frankenstein reboot titled Very Young Frankenstein.

I'm out. Whilst I enjoyed Eagle vs Shark, I haven't enjoyed anything else this guy has done, even less so as the years have gone by. I thought Thor and that Hitler movie were shit.

 

[sCHOCOLATE]

We ever going to get to the heights of Blazing Saddles again?

'Very Young Frankenstein’ Ordered to Series at FX

Plus, Cary Elwes teases what fans can expect from his Mel Brooks reunion.

www.tvinsider.com

I'm out. Whilst I enjoyed Eagle vs Shark, I haven't enjoyed anything else this guy has done, even less so as the years have gone by. I thought Thor and that Hitler movie were shit.

Like trying to capture lightning in a bottle.

Gene Wilder managed to play the perfect balance of both straight and hysterical personas in The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.

With Zero Mostel in The Producers.
With Clevon Little et al in Blazing Saddles.
With Teri Garr, Marty Feldman and the supporting cast in Young Frankenstein.

There is no one in the current acting scene that has Wilder's range in the comedic arena.
A person that could present as serious, almost deadpan and then switch to near mania in the playful way he was able to do.

They're making Young Frankenstein 2? I offer Waititi "Good luck!" with that ...