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Yeah, you have to make some crappy movies to become the president ;-)

Yes, he did so well with the Young Indiana Jones series that it only took 28 episodes to win ten Emmy Awards.

The EC effectively disenfranchises these rural areas because they happen to be in the same state as large cities

Very true- the Chinatown effect.

You can talk about rural-vs.-urban or small-state-vs.-large-state all you want, but the elephant in the living room of the electoral college is that the current shape and populations of U.S. states is the result of historic accident, not logical planning.

True. The best example of this is to count the number of West Coast states (3) versus East Coast (15). That's 24 extra Electoral (and Senatorial) votes to the original colonies, just because they happen to be older and smaller.

I propose that to correct this unfairness, each Senator should be assigned a voting power multiplier proportional to the square miles of land in his home state. Similarly, the Electoral Votes for each state should be equal to (X * population + Y * acreage), instead of (X * population + 2) as it is today.

At least, it would be entertaining to see a spreadsheet of how those results played out. Alaska would suddenly have some swagger!!

Gosh, and I don't suppose any Republican is really supporting the EC for this exact same reason, do you?

I'd like to see a Republican propose dividing Montana into 25 new states, each with the land area of Rhode Island.

And oddly enough, they're making the movie again.

The question of my mind is who is going to take over from John Candy in the role of Barf? You can't easily replace such a comic genius -- assuming you can at all.

...didn't Richard Pryor do something like this in Brewster's Millions?

Put a fake on display, and hide the real one somewhere else.

Exactly, just get a replica poster from the gift store, put some gloss on it (made from egg whites of course), and slap it into a frame. And there you go. No one will notice the difference.

Oh and now you can keep the real thing safely in your bedroom.

Courtesy of Mr. Bean

I don't think the TV miniseries would be out at 2006 since good ole Steven Spielberg is currently working on War of the Worlds (no not that World of the Worlds even thought it would be nice to see that one) and he definately wants to be involved in the Star Wars television project.
I have a funny feeling that it would be about the rise of Darth Vader and how he became feared in the Galaxy.

I don't think the TV miniseries would be out at 2006 since good ole Steven Spielberg is currently working on War of the Worlds (no not that World of the Worlds even thought it would be nice to see that one) and he definately wants to be involved in the Star Wars television project.
I have a funny feeling that it would be about the rise of Darth Vader and how he became feared in the Galaxy.

or a couple of fun movies that show the two ends of the spectrum for art theft try Thomas Crown Affair for the sublime, and Ordinary Decent Criminal for the ridiculous.

or a couple of fun movies that show the two ends of the spectrum for art theft try Thomas Crown Affair for the sublime, and Ordinary Decent Criminal for the ridiculous.

Did someone say Battle for Endor?

Maybe Mel could get writing help from Gene Wilder, Barry Levinson or Richard Pryor for this sequel.

Maybe Mel could get writing help from Gene Wilder, Barry Levinson or Richard Pryor for this sequel.

Maybe Mel could get writing help from Gene Wilder, Barry Levinson or Richard Pryor for this sequel.

Didn't the Onion have a thing where they "announced" that they were going to have Jonathan Lipnicki play the young "Darth Helmet" in the Spaceballs prequel? A friend of mine thought that the perfect name for that would be "Spaceballs -2" (Spaceballs 1 minus the difference between Star Wars I and Star Wars IV).

But Jon Lipnicki does look like a really young Rick Moranis, or did, so that would actually be pretty funny.

How about getting rid of plane food, since in the slight chance you get a bad batch, the entire crew can get diarrhea and not be able to land the plane.

Brooks' key collaborator on writing Spaceballs was Ronny Graham, who passed away in 1999. Maybe Mel is still good enough, but without a good collaborating writer it could be a bomb. Brooks gave a lot of the credit for the success of Spaceballs to Graham's writing.

Or think in German. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112159/

What I'm really looking forward to, is to see sequel to "History of the World, Part I" , which was announced at the end of the movie: "History of the World, Part II: Jews In Space". Star Warescue hexagon (Star of David) shaped spaceships, shooting at some target with Star War sounds were hilarious.

Just as long as the system doesn't require the pilots to think in Russian.

Speaking of History of the World Part I, notice that the French movie poster for Spaceballs calls the movie "The Insane History of Space." Maybe we will see Jews in Space some day; I've been singing the song for years....

The first Spaceballs wasn't a work of genious. It had a few laughs, but was never on the level of Blazing Saddles or Young Frankenstein.

This movie was much funnier, IMHO.

"I wan't to eat.... your face"

The Producers was made in 1968.

Yep! Me too.

Also, I read long ago (must have been a rumor after all) that Brooks was acutally making a prequel, with young dark helmet played by the kid who stared in Little Vampires.

So, Mel Brooks makes a hilarious film in 1968 called The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, who pretty much make the movie. Then he makes the Broadway musical, which, from what I hear, was amazing. Now he wants to make another movie called The Producers, this time with the exact same plot but different actors?

Please, Mr. Brooks, why re-invent the wheel? The original was brilliant, and doesn't need to be remade! Come out with something new and original instead of remakes and sequels.

So, Mel Brooks makes a hilarious film in 1968 called The Producers with Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel, who pretty much make the movie. Then he makes the Broadway musical, which, from what I hear, was amazing. Now he wants to make another movie called The Producers, this time with the exact same plot but different actors?

Please, Mr. Brooks, why re-invent the wheel? The original was brilliant, and doesn't need to be remade! Come out with something new and original instead of remakes and sequels.

I've been conducting an informal survey over the years and I seem to be alone in my opinion that Spaceballs is horrible. It's second only to Mad Dog and Glory in the "worst movie ever" category. It wasn't funny; it was just stupid. I saw it in college after an evening of pizza and beer...just not funny. I like other Mel Brooks' movies. I like other movies that are funny: Army of Darkness. Animal House. Vacation. Caddyshack. Holy Grail. Life of Brian. Princess Bride.

I for one do not welcome our Spaceballs-sequel-making overlords.

That Mel Brooks is in the process of preparing The Producers for another film based outing. It seems to still be doing very well on broadway, and a majority of people don't know that it was originally a Mel Brooks film.

If he is currently in the pre-production process of the producers he really shouldn't be able to start up something on Spaceballs. Perhaps this is just some new publicity stunt or something. Who the fuck knows.

'Best case scenario: a week before the new Star Wars opens. Worst Case Scenario: a year after the new star wars opens.'

in other words, 'as soon as we can get the big star to sign the contract'

imdb doesn't show the upcoming Spaceballs II in Mr. Brooks' production bio, but it does show an announcement that "The Producers (2005)" is currently in production, and he's bringing in the cast from the Broadway production to do it. That was by far the funniest play I have ever seen in my life -- I hope he can pull it off again.

This is wrong. They even had costumes made and sets build already. As well as actors casted. They reused some stuff for the motion picture. Decker was meant as would-be-replacement for Kirk if Shatner got too expensive and the actor who played Commander Branch in the movie was supposed to be a vulcan replacement for Spock as Nimoy had no interst in another TV-series. Lieutenant Ilia was also written for the series and later kinda reintroduced as Diana Troy. A lot of the concepts for phase II made it into Next Generation anyway.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079945/trivia

http://www.robsacc.nl/ottens/conceptart-startrek.h tml

Actually it was Vizzini who kept using that word, though I don't think it means what he thinks it means...

Plan 9 From Outer Space is not "high-concept" sci-fi. It is, nonetheless, pretty funny. As is Ed Wood.

I want full presidential debates.

That'd be great and all, but wouldn't a presidential Battle Royale be so much more fun?

Pamela Finklestein : "Broads don't belong in broadcasting"? Is that the kind of professional courtesy you teach your news department?
R.J. Fletcher : Why, that's a terrible thing. I don't know how many time I've told those boys, never call chicks broads.

• Continuity: Criswell's opening narration begins: "Greetings, my friends. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember, my friends, future events such as these will affect you in the future." A moment later, though, he is placing the same events in the past, telling how "what happened on that fateful day" must no longer be kept secret.

It's good to hear about a 527 that's not bent on demolishing Kerry.

My jaw is simply dragging on the floor. Check your facts, the pro-Democrat 527s have spent about 10 times what the pro-Republican 527s have. MoveOn alone has sponsored not only television ads and protests but a friggin movie this year.

--trb

At first I read #33 as "John Conner", which on first reading, seemed about right.

You need to go see Other People's Money. Otherwise you will be forever doomed to not understand why a company might be more valuable to society if split up.
-russ

so grab a netflix account and fill yer' queue with titles and titles and titles and titles and titles. Or find some sources of your own (friends, critics' lists). If no one mentions a film, it probably isn't worth watching.

Have you ever noticed that Tom Ridge only drinks distilled water or rain water, Mandrake?

Have you ever seen a terrorist drink water, Mandrake? They drink vodka!

http://imdb.com/title/tt0057012/

They had Nuclear Powered Limbs way back in 1974! I specifically remember Steve hacking his nuclear battery out of his arm! :)

Marty McFly : Doc, you don't just walk into a store and buy plutonium... did you rip that off?

Dr. Emmett Brown : Shhhhhh. Of course. From a group of Libyan nationalists. They wanted me to build them a bomb, so I took their plutonium and in turn, gave them a shiny bomb-casing filled with used pinball machine parts.

(from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/quotes)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310793/quotes#qt01030 80

So you're saying "the only way to win is not to play" is wrong?

I guess you're making sure that the Communists aren't going to sap and impurify your precious bodily fluids.

Now, how about some rainwater and grain alcohol, General Ripper?

yes ... as long as that orbital outpost is an asteroid headed towards earth.

Rockhound : You know we're sitting on four million pounds of fuel, one nuclear weapon and a thing that has 270,000 moving parts built by the lowest bidder. Makes you feel good, doesn't it?

Mt. Asama [nodak.edu] in Japan (near Nagano) has been erupting the last few weeks. Check out this short video [maushammer.com] of a continuous stream of ash leaving the top. Some of it reached Tokyo!
For some reason, I'm expecting to click on your site and find something like this...

Like in this movie.

Arianna H. talks about it, too.