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  • KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
    76·
    10 months ago

    Well, this is certainly not something I expected to see today. Not sure how I feel about it. Amazon has a great history of ruining things they touch.

    • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      10 months ago

      Curious what you consider they’ve ruined? I’ve liked a lot of the stuff they’ve put out compared to other services.

      And MGM is no slouch.

      • Zacryon@feddit.org
        6·
        10 months ago

        The Expanse

        While I wouldn’t say they’ve “ruined it” it felt like a significant drop in quality the moment Amazon took over.

        • killea@lemmy.world
          9·
          10 months ago

          Except Alcon was still making it and the budget didn’t change. Season 6 got cut down to 6 episodes due to Amazon, though.

          • teft@lemmy.world
            7·
            10 months ago

            That and the whole there being three other books worth of material that the series just noped the fuck out of because amazon didn’t want to keep making the series. They did the same thing with The Wheel of Time.

            • plantfanatic@sh.itjust.works
              7·
              10 months ago

              Uh one of the main actors got in shit for sexual abuse, that ended any chance of having future episodes.

              Amazon wouldn’t have left that cash cow behind, but there wasn’t going forward with that actor, or even rewriting them.

              You can see how they went back and changed the end of the season already filmed scenes to rewrite the cancelation story in.

              There was also a massive time shift coming up, it just wouldn’t work.

            • killea@lemmy.world
              5·
              10 months ago

              Actor contracts etc the longer a show goes on($$), and the time lapse between book 6 and 7. Still would be more than amazing to see on screen. And if one has seen the show and not read the books I cannot recommend them highly enough.

  • grue@lemmy.world
    59·
    10 months ago

    HOLY SHIT, RICK MORANIS IS COMING BACK!

    (And a bunch of other original cast members too, which is also very cool, but Rick Moranis basically quit acting to be a stay-at-home dad three decades ago and this is the project significant enough to lure him back. It’s gotta be a pretty good script if it’s capable of that!)

      • jawa22
        7·
        10 months ago

        It would also be impossible to replace him. I’d say that imo it was his most iconic role.

    • catty@lemmy.worldBanned
      4·
      10 months ago

      WOW! After his wife died and he took a step back from acting - perhaps not shrinking his kids in the mean time - it has to be good if he’s in it…right? Though, due to all the previous reboots/sequels/rehashing of previous IP, it probably won’t be :(

    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      There’s an interview that he did recently floating around YouTube. He seems like he’s ready to be back.

    • sik0fewl@lemmy.ca
      1·
      10 months ago

      I want to see a super serious trailer with Dark Helmet a la Darth Vader… with an optional comedic break near the end.

  • teft@lemmy.world
    50·
    10 months ago

    Hey at least Mel Brooks won’t have to wear makeup to play Yogurt. Dude is 98.

    • orbitz@lemmy.ca
      6·
      10 months ago

      Ya heard of me?

      Who hasn’t heard of…(Stop now before I type out the script).

      He was hilarious, but I hope he knows he probably can’t do it quite the same and maybe get replaced by the novice, homogenized milk. I really got no idea what fat content of milk is used for yogurt but think you get the idea. He could even be quite fabulous.

    • HeyJoe@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      I keep thinking, will he even make it to the release? 2027 is a long way away for someone that’s 99. It’s also crazy to think that he was still in his 60’s when the first was made.

  • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
    42·
    10 months ago

    We asked what the fans want. Instead, we’re making this movie.

    nice

  • just_another_person@lemmy.worldBanned
    26·
    10 months ago

    History of the World Part II was honestly fucking great. It also had very little to do with Mel Brooks. It had brilliant comedians at the helm writing and steering everything: Ike Barinholtz, Nick Kroll, and Wanda Sykes. A goddamn DREAM TEAM, and they pulled it off regardless of the reviews.

    This outing had better heavy hitters really leaning hard into the comedy. I’ve heard good things about The Naked Gun remake which is a lot of people in this same arena, plus Seth Macfarlane. That’s quite a big team.

    Please don’t ruin this great movie with a sub-par sequel.

    Rick Moranis, I’m speaking directly to you because I know in my heart you are using Lemmy.

    You better fucking show up.

  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world
    8·
    10 months ago

    Cartoon went largely unnoticed, missing the subtitle (so far) “the search for more money” and if they hit that release year Mr Brooks will be over 100 years old.

    He also fought in WW2.

  • JcbAzPx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    10 months ago

    Damn, they’re finally making ‘The Search for More Money.’ Too bad Disney kind of beat him to it.

  • arniegeddon@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 months ago

    Other than what’s it’s parodying I’ll never understand the love for Spaceballs. Terrible movie in my opinion.