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Mel Brooks Says 'Spaceballs' Sequel In The Works

Posted by timothy on from the from-suck-to-blow dept.

BlueDino writes "Several news sites are reporting that Mel Brooks will release a sequel to Spaceballs. As far as a release date, Brooks says, 'Best case scenario: a week before the new Star Wars opens. Worst Case Scenario: a year after the new star wars opens.'"

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  1. How about History Of The World Part 2? by simetra · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Really, that's begging to be made.


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    1. Re:How about History Of The World Part 2? by MilenCent · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I love Mel Brooks as much as the next geek, but it's amusing to see what a one-trick pony he is sometimes.

      Ah-ha, caught you! You can't be a one-trick pony "sometimes," you either are or you aren't.

      To only be a one-trick pony sometimes implies the existance of more than one trick, existing outside the time period refered to. Thus, the question is moved to, how are you defining the one-trick period?

      Anyway, seriously, it's not an uncommon tune structure, and Brooks has written enough other songs that I think he can be forgiven for repeating a melody once in a while. After all, he gave us Springtime for Hitler....

      My god, I just realized what that sounds like to the uninitiated. Um, er... I'm not a Nazi!!

  2. I disagree. by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If ever there was a series that needed mocking, it's the new starwars series. Anyone who's willing to throw a pie at lucas and his giant ego has got my vote.

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    1. Re:I disagree. by EvilAlien · · Score: 5, Insightful
      Thats a lot of people.

      Doesn't Lucas realize that Empire Strikes Back, with screenwriters Who Aren't Named Lucas and a director Who Isn't Named Lucas, was the best of the Star Wars movies? The awful acting out of Mannequin Skywalker and Amidala good have been hammered out with somebody capable of writing good dialog and a director capable of recognizing stale delivery.

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  3. Re:We knew this.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I was just thinking that if they named the sequel anything BUT The Search for More Money it'd be disappointing...

  4. Re:Jon Candy is dead... by pixelpusher220 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I can see the "Son of Barf" being a decent character replacement that doesn't really need explaining


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  5. Re:goody by Wireless+Joe · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Mel's great but he jumped the shark after Young Frankenstein, Blazing Sadles and the Producers.

    That's quite a long jump, 1974 (Fankenstein) to 2001 (Producers).

    Isn't it more fair to say that he's had his hits and misses over his 65+ year career?
  6. Re:Jon Candy is dead... by mustangsal66 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Artie Lang would be great as Barf Jr. (From Mad TV, Dirty Work, etc...)

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  7. Re:goody by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ' Maybe this will be as good as Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Oh wait, that sucked."

    Newsflash buddy, there's a LOT of people out there who loved Men in Tights.

    Yet another ignorant person who assumes that their opinion is fact...

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  8. Re:Mel Brooks, like George Lucas, is vastly overra by neurojab · · Score: 4, Insightful

    >The jokes - like in most Mel Brooks movies - are racial, sexual and excretory. Blazing Saddles was not popular because it was an incisive parody of the western genre, it was popular because it was packed with crass and/or puerile humor. There's no difference between Mel Brooks and the Zuckers, or the Farrellys.

    You ought to give "Young Frankenstien" a try. Sure, it contains a bit of low-brow humor, and some of it is over the top, but overall it is a very incisive parody of a monster movie.

    Of course, It might not be that way if Gene Wilder didn't have his hand in it, but that's beside the point.

  9. Krusty retires by gad_zuki! · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I dont think the shift in comedy has anything to do with "attention spans," which is at best a ham-fisted word used as a generic complaint about modern times.

    I think the best commentary on modern humor I've seen was the Simpsons episode in which Krusty retires. Krusty's old-school brand of Brooks-like comedy simply grew old and hackneyed. The comedians in this episode were of the typical genx-stock irreverant kind, but also the kind who would look down upon the old Brooks/Don Rickles ethnic-type jokes.

    This commentary is even more interesting as its a Simpsons episode, a show which pretty much defines post-modern humor. Things simply grow old and change. I don't see how the attention span complaint applies here. Its not like Don Rickles was ever known for his long drawn out monologues or anything and a lot of Brooks' gags and movies are pretty far from sophistication. If anything Brroks is a versatile performer/writer/director who can do anything from vaudville-esque comedy to today's postmodern stuff. Although his attempts at the latter do seem to suffer and his best work tends to lean on the "silly, simple gags" side.