Well, the first movie said the sequel would be Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, so I'd go with Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.
If I were to defend it, I'd say that the joke in this case is that they're still combing the desert 40 years later, which adds a little new humour to it.
Not sure I really want to defend it, though. Can't say this poster excites me. But it would excite me less if the subtitle were a purely nostalgia driven reference as well.
A lot of his later movies were just repeated jokes from his older ones. Men in Tights reused a bunch of old gags, including the title song, which was "Jews in Space" from the epiloge of History of the World Part 1.
The comb thing was funny in the literal joke sense. It was a joke, subverting expectations, playing off a pun, and had prop/visual comedy, too. It was solid if silly.
This cover though ... this is just stupid nostalgia bait.
You can't deny it is pretty disheartening that they went with a literal copy-paste of a scene from the first movie as a poster. Pure nostalgia bait.
Yes, we have no idea what the movie will be like, but this particular poster is definitely an example of a product being done for all the the wrong reasons. Whether it reflects on the movie itself or just the marketing department is another matter.
I mean... that's true. But it's a MARKETING poster, put together by the marketing team - not the writers or creatives on the movie. Its intent is to get people to remember the original so they come to see this one. It's not supposed to be a high concept art piece. They'd be stupid not to lean into nostalgia.
What matters is the final film, and if it does the same thing.
Don't watch it in cinemas. It is pure nostalgiaslop. Vote with your wallet and go see new movies instead. If you are curious, use alternative methods to watch it instead.
Typing this last to apologize in advance, my response turned into a bit of a rant. I'm gonna leave it as is, tho.
No, but it is yet another sequel of a movie/franchise that's had no activity for at least 10 years. Just like the new Naked Gun, Star Wars, Gladiator, Meet the Parents, Scary Movie, Toy Story, Shrek, Indiana Jones, The Devil Wears Prada, etc. Hollywood keeps making more stuff of established movies, many of which do not need a(nother) sequel, and I am sick and tired of it. And I'm not alone, but I do seem to be rather rare in actually doing something against it.
A few years ago, I saw an amazing movie called Juror #2 with a friend. It was within the first week of release in our country, but we were in a rather small room which wasn't even full yet. You know what was drawing a crowd? Gladiator II. Gladiator is an amazing movie, that does not need a fucking sequel. Now I've read some rumours that they are making a third one. I hate that everything good is being franchised to death, and I cannot for the life of me understand why so many people put up with it.
Well i dont know about you guys but i am hopeful, theres plenty of material that wasnt covered in the first spaceballs, and thats not including the new disney sequels.
Wait till its out before i judge.
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CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 102 pts · 42d
Shame they didn't call it "the quest for more money."
Antium@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 42d
On the first reveal trailer Mel Brooks explained that he already found the money.
Prove_your_argument@piefed.social · 16 pts · 42d
Sure, but has he found the more money yet?
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 6 pts · 42d
What about second money?
GarboDog@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 42d
Can’t go wrong with seconds on space balls day!
CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 42d
Fair.
VonReposti@feddit.dk · 52 pts · 42d
I'd rather "Spaceballs 3: The Search for the Lost Sequel"
chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 42d
Spaceballs 2: Somehow Spaceballs Returned
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 42d
Well, the first movie said the sequel would be Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, so I'd go with Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 42d
That's a 40 year old joke at this point. I'm pretty sure Mel Brooks has more pride in his work than to repeatedly himself. Unless it was truly funny.
CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml · 32 pts · 42d
Combing the desert is repeating an old joke too.
usernamefactory@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 42d
If I were to defend it, I'd say that the joke in this case is that they're still combing the desert 40 years later, which adds a little new humour to it.
Not sure I really want to defend it, though. Can't say this poster excites me. But it would excite me less if the subtitle were a purely nostalgia driven reference as well.
kamenlady@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 42d
Nah, if i hear him personally saying "ain't found shit" for a second time, 40 years older, i will die in peace.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 42d
And it needs to be Tim Russ again.
AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 42d
Lol of course
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 41d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQ7TnQBSV00
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 42d
It's a setup for a joke with 40 years of payoff.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 42d
A lot of his later movies were just repeated jokes from his older ones. Men in Tights reused a bunch of old gags, including the title song, which was "Jews in Space" from the epiloge of History of the World Part 1.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 34 pts · 42d
Remember when the combed tge desert and people found that funny? Anyway, here is the same thing.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · 11 pts · 42d
The comb thing was funny in the literal joke sense. It was a joke, subverting expectations, playing off a pun, and had prop/visual comedy, too. It was solid if silly.
This cover though ... this is just stupid nostalgia bait.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 40d
Nostalgia bait works.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · 2 pts · 37d
For how long?
FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 37d
Forever. There will always be failures who long for their misspent youth
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 22 pts · 42d
WE AIN’T FOUND SHIT!
IWW4@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 42d
HAHAHAH
The first time I saw this movie that line made me laugh so hard I almost hyperventilated.
It was so out of the blue and funny!
daychilde@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 42d
Amazing how many strong opinions exist for something we've got no clue how they're doing it
I'm worried, too. But this nonsense about how it sucks? We absolutely don't know that. At least not yet. Yeesh
Rothe@piefed.social · 10 pts · 42d
You can't deny it is pretty disheartening that they went with a literal copy-paste of a scene from the first movie as a poster. Pure nostalgia bait.
Yes, we have no idea what the movie will be like, but this particular poster is definitely an example of a product being done for all the the wrong reasons. Whether it reflects on the movie itself or just the marketing department is another matter.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 42d
I mean... that's true. But it's a MARKETING poster, put together by the marketing team - not the writers or creatives on the movie. Its intent is to get people to remember the original so they come to see this one. It's not supposed to be a high concept art piece. They'd be stupid not to lean into nostalgia.
What matters is the final film, and if it does the same thing.
daychilde@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 42d
I… do not agree. A poster that triggers nostalgia? It tells me nothing about the project.
It might be shitty, it might be fantastic.
Wataba@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 42d
Welcome to movie criticism of the new millenium.
j5y7@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 41d
Going by History of the World sequel, I'll wait for the reviews.
daychilde@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 41d
Aye, forgot about that. Good call.
ApollosArrow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 42d
I was not expecting all the angry people. Isn’t this like the second sequel he’s ever done?
janewaydidnothingwrong@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 41d
It's just so unnecessary
BlackVenom@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 41d
Why? New star wars new spoof.
Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 42d
I knew it. I'm surrounded by assholes!
daychilde@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 42d
Keep firing, assholes!
mlg@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 42d
Guys they're obviously parodying the Dinsey star wars reboot by reusing the same jokes /s
Seimhe@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 42d
I didn't think we had much iconic sci-fi to parody these days.
blitzen@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 42d
Hell, if they just focused on the SW sequels, I’d consider that enough.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 13 pts · 42d
The sw sequels are already self parodying.
ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz · 7 pts · 42d
The true joke here is that Spaceballs 2 will be the best Star Wars sequel since Star Wars Episode 6.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · 1 pts · 42d
Somehow, Palpy my balls itch
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 6 pts · 42d
Tough call, most of it really sucks anymore, so I guess it's easy to parody?
(That said, there's been a LOT of sucky sci-fi forever, so...)
Blubber28@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 42d
Don't watch it in cinemas. It is pure nostalgiaslop. Vote with your wallet and go see new movies instead. If you are curious, use alternative methods to watch it instead.
RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip · 8 pts · 42d
They hated him because he told them the truth.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 42d
The movie is out?
Blubber28@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 42d
Typing this last to apologize in advance, my response turned into a bit of a rant. I'm gonna leave it as is, tho.
No, but it is yet another sequel of a movie/franchise that's had no activity for at least 10 years. Just like the new Naked Gun, Star Wars, Gladiator, Meet the Parents, Scary Movie, Toy Story, Shrek, Indiana Jones, The Devil Wears Prada, etc. Hollywood keeps making more stuff of established movies, many of which do not need a(nother) sequel, and I am sick and tired of it. And I'm not alone, but I do seem to be rather rare in actually doing something against it.
A few years ago, I saw an amazing movie called Juror #2 with a friend. It was within the first week of release in our country, but we were in a rather small room which wasn't even full yet. You know what was drawing a crowd? Gladiator II. Gladiator is an amazing movie, that does not need a fucking sequel. Now I've read some rumours that they are making a third one. I hate that everything good is being franchised to death, and I cannot for the life of me understand why so many people put up with it.
MML@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 42d
Live action Shrek
Airfried@piefed.social · 5 pts · 42d
Whats even to parody at this point?
JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 41d
Well i dont know about you guys but i am hopeful, theres plenty of material that wasnt covered in the first spaceballs, and thats not including the new disney sequels.
Wait till its out before i judge.
rethnor@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 42d
What about history of the world part 2? Jews in space!
chiliedogg@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 42d
They actually did that as a Hulu series a few years ago.
j5y7@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 41d
And they shouldn't have.
lyrial@anarchist.nexus · 3 pts · 41d
I was so incredibly disappointed :(
rethnor@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 33d
I have seen it yet and I'm already disappointment. To be fair a lot of Mel Brooks stuff doesn't really hold up in today's social climate.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 42d
Marjorie Taylor Greene is already writing that.
rethnor@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 33d
With frickin lasers on their heads?
Blibly@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 42d
Pass
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 42d
Get Lost in Space !
4am@lemmy.zip · -2 pts · 42d
If the new Naked Gun was any indication, this will not go well.
LurkingLuddite@piefed.social · 9 pts · 42d
The new Naked Gun was great for the most part. Just as stupid as the other three swinging away with the dad jokes and sight gags.