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Strom Cuzewon posted:The stinger with Banner trying to analyse the rings drove me up the wall. "They're not vibranium....Chitauri?" Because Banner only knows about one single scientific curiosity in the universe, and if he said, "I don't think they're emitting gamma radiation," everyone would have gotten one step closer to realizing he's a complete academic fraud who's skated by on one experiment that was technically a failure. poo poo, I bet Cap didn't mean to go back and live his best life at the end of Endgame, it was Banner pressing the wrong buttons while trying to act as though he knew what he was doing with the time machine. At least Ant-man had seen it work before, let him do it!
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I want a hulk comic where hulk is the smarter one and banner is anti-vax.
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That sounds like my Jekyll and Hyde concept with Tom Waits as the cruel and reckless Dr. Jekyll, who takes a potion of his own devising attempting to make himself stronger, but awakens the kind and gentle Mr. Hyde (played by Ron Perlman).
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:I want a hulk comic where hulk is the smarter one and banner is anti-vax. Isn't that sort of The Leader? Got hit with funniest gamma rays but just made his brain all big.
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Brazilianpeanutwar posted:I want a hulk comic where hulk is the smarter one and banner is anti-vax. "Oh, so Banner want polio to make comeback? Banner ssh. Adult talking now."
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Baron von Eevl posted:That sounds like my Jekyll and Hyde concept with Tom Waits as the cruel and reckless Dr. Jekyll, who takes a potion of his own devising attempting to make himself stronger, but awakens the kind and gentle Mr. Hyde (played by Ron Perlman). i would absolutely watch this can someone call someone to make this happen?
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The Jeckyll and Hyde musical had David Hasselhoff playing Jeckyll and Hyde. He couldn't sing that well, but he tried bless. He was so earnest, he gave it his all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deRHOecL8Gw
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Gamma Ray is the greatest metal band that has ever existed so
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I've never seen Dracula Dead and Loving It before How is Young Frankenstein so good and this so bad
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Len posted:I've never seen Dracula Dead and Loving It before It's so bad I always forget that it's even a mel brooks movie.
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Armacham posted:It's so bad I always forget that it's even a mel brooks movie. It's a comedy with Leslie Nielsen and I haven't laughed at him yet. How do you make a comedy and have him be unfunny
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Len posted:It's a comedy with Leslie Nielsen and I haven't laughed at him yet. Surely you can't be serious.
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Len posted:I've never seen Dracula Dead and Loving It before 22 years and trying to dip from the same well too many times. Brooks fell off a cliff after History of the World Part One, literally becoming a parody of himself.
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Spaceballs extended Brooks' relevance but I felt that Robin Hood: Men in Tights was the last straw.
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I can't stand Mel Brooks films. I never could. I'm sorry, I lied about it. Every time I said Ludicrous speed! and we all laughed, inside I just hated myself.
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credburn posted:I can't stand Mel Brooks films. I never could. I'm sorry, I lied about it. Every time I said Ludicrous speed! and we all laughed, inside I just hated myself. I just never found Spaceballs funny from what I saw of it (never sat through the whole movie but saw clips online) probably partially because I never really cared about Star Wars as a franchise. Blazing Saddles was fun though, as was Young Frankenstein. Those are probably the only Mel Brooks movies I actually saw.
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Mel Brooks made one mediocre film after constant bangers and then stopped making movies I think that's a pretty good way to do it. Also he voiced someone in Toy Story 4 named "Melephant Brooks".
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Late Brooks, eh, I liked that one where he played hitler. I didn’t like Life Stinks. But man if you have even a passing familiarity with Hitchcock, High Anxiety is AMAZING. Edit: the Curb Your Enthusiasm arc he did was bonkers.
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Push El Burrito posted:Mel Brooks made one mediocre film after constant bangers and then stopped making movies I think that's a pretty good way to do it. History of the world Part 2 comes out this year
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I was a very stupid child and wondered when part 2 was going to be made.
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Remulak posted:Late Brooks, eh, I liked that one where he played hitler. I didn’t like Life Stinks. High Anxiety is way underappreciated imo
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Maturity is recognizing Brooks peaked before Spaceballs, which came out when most of us were kids, guaranteeing at least some nostalgia goggles; but it's an all right movie anyway. I'll even defend Men in Tights. Dracula: Dead and Loving It... Well, at least it has that blood-gushing scene. Also: Armacham posted:High Anxiety is way underappreciated imo
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Spaceballs is generously described as incredibly patchy but the whole "when will then be now?" bit is never not funny to me. Also "what's the matter Colonel Sanders? Chicken?" 
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Keromaru5 posted:Dracula: Dead and Loving It... Well, at least it has that blood-gushing scene. Peter MacNicol is a great renfield though.
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All this talk about Mel Brooks, and no one mentions The Producers? I have never seen the opening to Springtime for Hitler without cackling, and I have seen that film A LOT. Like all the ways Blazing Saddles criticized racism, there is something incredibly brilliant about the concept of a Nazi musical. Not only in the context of the film, where the joke is that this is without a doubt the most horrible production you can think of, but also because by comparing big fascist pomp and circumstance with the corny choreography of a Broadway musical it is impossible to take all those parades and poo poo serious ever again. It takes the things that nazis are incredibly vain about and turns it into one of the best gags ever. To me, it is the perfect form of comedy striking back. EDIT: To stick with the thread, the musical version of the film fucks up by losing the original ending and just meandering on with an entirely unnecessary fourth act. Also, no Hitler audition!
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Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre - are we supposed to identify with the main “good” characters? God, what a bunch of insufferable pricks. From the very outset of the movie I’m actively rooting against them.
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Sobatchja Morda posted:All this talk about Mel Brooks, and no one mentions The Producers? I was never happier when I saw an interview with Mel Brooks stating that was his entire mission. Man's work dropped off a bit, sure, but he seems like a real good guy who used his power for good instead of the typical.
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The original Producers is, of course, a classic. I didn't care much for the movie version of the musical, mostly because it felt like the actors were performing for the stage while the camera was trying to make a movie. Later on I saw a live show with a local cast (I recognized Leo from my former church's choir) and had a blast. The guy who played Max even reminded me more of Mel than either Mostel or Lane. But since Brooks didn't direct the movie remake I won't hold it against him. Will Ferrell was good as Franz, though.
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre - are we supposed to identify with the main “good” characters? God, what a bunch of insufferable pricks. From the very outset of the movie I’m actively rooting against them. I haven't heard very good things about the new TCM but commonly you are supposed to be rooting against the "protagonists" of slasher movies
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Netflix Texas Chainsaw Massacre - are we supposed to identify with the main “good” characters? God, what a bunch of insufferable pricks. From the very outset of the movie I’m actively rooting against them. Most of them are annoying in the original TCM too, especially the guy in the wheelchair who is also the only one who gets chainsaw massacred.
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IshmaelZarkov posted:Man's work dropped off a bit Yeah, well, a lot of people slacked on killing Nazis after WWII, so I can't fault him for making movies later.
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Len posted:I've never seen Dracula Dead and Loving It before Late Mel Brooks is truly godawful. That homeless movie he made, (Life Stinks(?)) was a proper clunker. He is an example of "how the mighty have fallen". Coz his early work is so good. Blazing Saddles, the 1000 year old man stuff with Carl Reiner, I even like High Anxiety, and little kid me loved History of the World Part 1. But his later work is awful.
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I adored Men in Tights when I was a kid; I think it's pitched exactly right for a certain age of kid to love. It's very bad but there are little moments from it that still pop up and make me amused decades later. The guy illustrating how narrow the river is by hopping back and forth over it still tickles me. But yeah it's not good, it's way too on-the-nose and obvious and the jokes land so badly.
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somepartsareme posted:I haven't heard very good things about the new TCM but commonly you are supposed to be rooting against the "protagonists" of slasher movies As a horror fan I get that they aren’t always great people making great choices, but usually there’s at least one person I like or at least can identify with. In the 2003 TCM remake, I actually like pretty much all the protagonist characters. I also like all the antagonists so that one is a win-win for me. In this new one I just feel like they’re these gross exploded caricatures of liberal influencers and at one point I felt myself on the side of the over-the-top coal rolling redneck.
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As a Swede it's funny reading about how they made Mel Brooks change the title from Springtime for Hitler to The Producers... because the Swedish title wasn't changed, just translated. Leading to the majority of his films being released as "Springtime for <thing>" in Sweden. For example: "Springtime for World History" (History of the World, Part I) and "Springtime for Space" (Spaceballs).
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HopperUK posted:I adored Men in Tights when I was a kid; I think it's pitched exactly right for a certain age of kid to love. It's very bad but there are little moments from it that still pop up and make me amused decades later. The guy illustrating how narrow the river is by hopping back and forth over it still tickles me. But yeah it's not good, it's way too on-the-nose and obvious and the jokes land so badly. I have not revisited the film since I was 12, but this still occasionally pops into my head. "And the cat?" "...choked on the goldfish."
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HopperUK posted:I adored Men in Tights when I was a kid; I think it's pitched exactly right for a certain age of kid to love. It's very bad but there are little moments from it that still pop up and make me amused decades later. The guy illustrating how narrow the river is by hopping back and forth over it still tickles me. But yeah it's not good, it's way too on-the-nose and obvious and the jokes land so badly. The only memorable joke for me was "Unlike some Robin Hoods, I can speak with an English accent". Which is, as you say, way too on the nose, and certainly no patch on "Blucher!" or "Let's play chess".
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