This is terrible. Barely even worth a sensible chuckle. Why did it become a Boomer comedy classic?
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This is terrible. Barely even worth a sensible chuckle. Why did it become a Boomer comedy classic?
44 year old boomer here, and that movie is unwatchable. It really is awful
>morons can’t even give reasons as to why besides shallow Reddit level “I don’t find le 80’s comedy funny”
Dimbassery expands across all generations. Listing your age doesn’t make you smarter.
>I'm one of the good ones!
And now you see why evil will always triumph, because good is dumb
43 year old here. Tried re-watching it a year or 2 ago. Yes it's bloody awful.
53 year old boomer reporting in. It was normie cringe when it was released, 35 yeas later it still is.
>53 year old boomer reporting in. It was normie cringe
I hope I'm not this big of a homosexual in my 50s.
I remember seeing it on TV when I was a kid and thinking it was moronic after like 5 minutes. seems like something you had to "be there" to get.
>had to "be there" to get
basically.
At the time this was all we had so there was nothing to compare it to. so by default it was the craziest clever parody ever made.
It still is. Current comedy and parody is so fricking cringe it makes this somewhat basic but solid comedy look like it’s majestic.
slow down chief.
there was a lot of comedy that happened between Space Balls and today's current slop fest.
After Blazing Saddles you go in with high expectations, by the time you realise it's dog shit you're 2/3rds of the way through and just kind of coasting to the end
Blazing Saddles has the same issue. And that God-awful song, good lord FAST FORWARD. Men in Tights is the best one.
Beats me.
At least it isn't Men in Tights. Good God that one is painful
painfully funny no doubt
mel brooks is the only israelite I wouldnt put up against the wall
Men in Tights is god tier, gay.
If you don't laugh at The Producers and Young Frankenstein there's something wrong with you.
The actual good Mel Brooks movies are entirely carried by Gene Wilder (and Men in Tights, by Roger Rees).
He's the only israelite that has had a good heart throughout his life. I miss him so bad bros.
reminder he got the unofficial blacklist for calling another israelite (a powerful Hollywood mogul) a israelite at a party they were attending
12 Chairs was reasonably funny but far too long
Removing the IP count was a mistake.
I don't know why they did it. It only helps schizos.
Because of US election season
Remind me why again
Nah. As always, the samegay is painfully obvious.
It has funny moments but also some boomer cringe like the dancing chestbuster
>miss what did he order?
>the special
>thats what I ordered! change my order to the soup
>good call
...
>check please
not ironic enough for you?
you don't like creativity, do you?
>filtered by a combination of an Alien/Michagan J Frog joke
Blazing Saddles and Men in Tights are the only watchable Brooks movies and they're still overrated, the others are total garbage
>calls then overrated but can’t even name a single movie that did it better
history of the world is my favorite but high anxiety and Frankenstein jr are also great. Zoomers can only laugh at depressing ironic humor it seems.
high anxiety is fricking awful
>Frankenstein jr
I don't think this made me laugh or smile one time. This might be one of the worst
>comedy
movies ever made. It's abysmally bad. No wait I think Igor had a couple of actually funny moments, I'll give you that.
What a blunder. And I love the lead actor.
I tried to watch it three times and got bored every time. I just can't get through it.
What is that FrankenSTINE/FrankenSTEEN shit? Is that a israelite joke? I don't get it. And I suspect even if I did I wouldn't care.
Your movie has to suck for me to not keep watching just for Teri Garr's breasts, but it's that annoyingly unfunny. It's like pre-Family Guy Family Guy levels of annoyance.
what the frick is a "israelite joke"? see a therapist
One that doesn't even make any sense to a non-Jew.
Explain how the FrankenSTEEN shit is funny? Sounds like something is only funny if you name ends in -stein and people keep mispronouncing it.
>t.
Yeah you don't like our comedy but at least we don't complain about needing to take a 90 minute test for a 130K yr job. Holy shit.
I dunno maybe kids just can't understand "silly humor" they are always trying to Real Life Lore every single joke in these boomer classics.
"the reason why this joke is funny is... 20 minute video essay from 2018 when today the same joke would be explained in 90 minutes... and I still feel like a little more explanation is necessary"
sick idea for a youtube channel actually, Spaceballs Explained in Just 9 Hours
Some joke gets told and then it goes *woosh* and then some voice guy says, Mel Brooks came up with the penis helmet idea because he once saw...Billy Wilder said... he thought...Boomers grew up with those Pez Dispensers... suddenly its 12 minutes later.
You need the joke explained? It's not that hard to understand- Victor Frankenstein became infamous for creating the monster and his family tries to distance themselves from him, just done in a blatantly bad way of not actually changing the name.
nobody knew about the monster
everybody knows about the monster in the movie.
>blocks ur path
Nothing personnel
This is also bad movie with only one funny joke (when all the blood bursts out from the stake)
I think the same about Spinal Tap.
>comb the desert
If that didnt make you laugh then there isnt much to be said about you.
It's the lowest hanging fruit like every other lazy gag in his movies. You have to be creatively bankrupt to find Mel Brooks funny because anyone with at least middle school tier comedic chops will see the punchline coming a mile away.
>punchlines must be a surprise to be funny
how do you enjoy anything more than once?
If it gets you the first time, it will get you the next time. You're being obtuse, or at least I hope you are for your sake. You like Mel Brooks so there's always a chance you're sincerely dense.
>Maybe you just dont understand the point of comedies.
To be funny. It's not funny. It's barely on par with the riffing of stoned teenagers.
>Sorry to pull you away from watching the therapist scene from the pickle rick episode on repeat.
Brooks was the Harmon of his day. A midwit who thought he was being clever, shovelling shit into the waiting mouths of morons such as yourself.
I dont think Brooks ever did "high brow comedy" its all puns and dumb situations. Thats what makes it funny. You going to say you hated Monty Python as well?
Monty Python is at least esoteric and surprising, and the subversion stuff is normally a bit clever. They did more than just "LOL WHAT IF AN IDIOM WAS LITERAL?"
>They did more than just "LOL WHAT IF AN IDIOM WAS LITERAL?"
Yeah. So?
Watch more sketches. A great number of them are
>"LOL WHAT IF AN IDIOM WAS LITERAL?"
name 5
lol you've never watched Monty Python beyond Holy Grail
Do you know what parody is?
Name 5 movies that are funny by your godlike standards then.
No response. Shocking.
The Falls
Rivers Edge
Zazie dans le Metro
Macunaima
Love Exposure
never heard of those, lets take a look at the first one
>This is a fantastic gay love story about two Morman young men sent out to recruit new people to the order but end up falling in love
gr8 b8 post
>You're being obtuse
The only reason you gave for something not being funny was that you can see the punchline coming from a mile away. That alone doesn't make or break comedy. Sometimes something is funny simply because it IS expected.
Humor is also highly subjective though, so it's pretty much a pointless thing to argue about. If you're the only person in a crowd that is not laughing, maybe the problem is you?
>these jokes arent complex enough for high iq individuals such as myself
Maybe you just dont understand the point of comedies. Sorry to pull you away from watching the therapist scene from the pickle rick episode on repeat.
>man we aint found shit!
>lowest hanging fruit
>probably watches Skibidi toilet fart compilations while bells ring and the screen changes every 20 seconds to random ass shit and thinks this is peak humor
Spaceballs is like an old man looking at Star Wars and going "Haha this is kooky". It's very much an outsider's perspective. Whereas the culture now has absorbed Star Wars to the extent that everyone is supposed to have retained every single scene, minor character and stupid line of dialogue through cultural osmosis and it's not considered weird to cry at new trailers etc.. It's like some religion that is beyond reproach. The idea what someone would look at Star Wars and go "This is all just a bit silly, isn't it?" is a totally alien concept for modern audiences.
The worst comedy I've seen is It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Over three hours of unfunny comedy.
You’re a sad, strange, little anon, but you don’t have my pity. Be better.
>God willing, we all meet in "Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money"
You can't appreciate how prescient this joke was?
rick moranis carries the movie
Yeah the actors are good, has a lot of soul. Can anyone name any comedy released the last 15 years worth giving a shit about?
Popstar is the only good comedy released in the last 20 years
Mr. Oizo's films have been pretty good. Start with 'Mandibles.'
blazing saddles sucks dick, how can a movie that drops Black person jokes be that bad
Corny israeli burlesque tier humor. Mel Brooks made a mint with his shitty comedies. Even Young Frankenstein, which is generally good, suffers from the corny schtick
Spaceballs is comfy watching. It's pretty funny.
A career high for Brooks.
Spaceballs and Men in Tights are great films, ya'll are gays
>plus it's got sweet Calico M-100s as blaster rifles
I hate the weird israelite shit in this film. It's a perfect example of how their perverse thinking and sexual humour. There are some funny gags in it, especially at the time being basically the only Star Wars parody it didn't have any major competition, but most of it just unfunny weird shit.
is that jack antonoff?
>seething israelite detected
It's the fricking point of the movie to show how israeli movie franchises are.
because it's more child friendly than blazing sadles or history of the world part 1 so boomers showed their millenial children it, same as men in tights and yellow submarine
it's a very good comedy film for 10 year olds
drug addict humor.
BECAUSE YOURE A PRICK WHO LIKES TO FRICK HIS MOTHER
frick, even in the future nothing works!
I think the lines are funny
I mean the desert combing scene tears me apart every time
The darkie is Tuvok
>Tuvok
now its funnier
You can't claim with a straight face that this isn't hilarious.
This. Zoomers will never appreciate clever writing. Everything has to be ironic or sarcastic to them or else it isn't intelligent or funny.
This scene and the major butthole dialogue was extremely funny. The whole movie is filled with moments like this.
They jammed our signals!
i'm surrounded by buttholes
It was ahead of its time.
5 years too late. Star Wars was dead in the
water by the time this came out.
Ok, but you're wrong. It's easily in the top three of Mel Brooks's best work.
Blazing Saddles, History of the World Part 1 and The Producers are mine, never seen Young Frankenstein though.
>never seen Young Frankenstein though.
WHat? Ok, it's the best one. It is. You might piss yourself laughing. I envy you. I wish I could unwatch so I could see it again fresh.
You need to. It's right up there with those three.
>>....
is only one man who would DARE give me the raspberry!
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>This is terrible. Barely even worth a sensible chuckle. Why did it become a Boomer comedy classic?
>frick. even in the future nothing works!
Was very funny
SPACEBALLS THE FLAME THROWER. A hit with the kids!
Would you like a roll in the hay?
>also, werewolf?
All of Brooks' movies are awful.
this was an amazing movie, it was funny as shit when I was 9 and it still is.
Chiming in to agree, it is god awful trash and terribly unfunny. A mystery as to how it has the status it has.
C>A>S>B
It was the first ever parody of Star Wars to make it to the mainstream, as George Lucas was INSANELY protective of the franchise and wouldn't let anyone mock it. To the point that Brooks only got Lucas's blessing by promising not to do any merchandise for the film when it first came out .
>It was the first ever parody of Star Wars to make it to the mainstream
No it wasn't. Hardware Wars came out in 77 and everyone saw it.
>as George Lucas was INSANELY protective of the franchise and wouldn't let anyone mock it
Another lie.
You were born in the year 2000.
>To the point that Brooks only got Lucas's blessing by promising not to do any merchandise for the film when it first came out .
This one is a half-truth. Firstly, Brooks didn't need permission, but he wanted to be extra respectful, and Lucas said ok, but as an afterthought he didn't want competition in the merchandise dept and hearing about kids gettig a Dark Helmet doll instead of a Darth Vader one by mistake.
During covid culture there was one fellow who went around in a mask tha said on it, in bold font: "SPACEBALLS: The Mask"
Dad hates it as well. There are some parts that are just so brain-dead stupid (which is the point) that I actually get a giggle, but High Anxiety, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are much better. Mel Brooks is very hit and miss (no one talks about the Robin Hood movie anymore).
One bit that I do enjoy is Helmet mocking the lead character about the light saber-ring things: "YOU FELL FOR IT! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU FELL FOR IT, THAT'S THE OLDEST TRICK IN THE BOOK!!! WHAT'S WITH YOU, MAN?! Okay, I feel bad now, tell you what, I'll give it back to you and we'll start over, okay? Here you go. AGAIN! YOU FELL FOR IT AGAIN-"
23 year old here. I LOVED this movie as a kid. I have way more nostalgia for it than the prequels.
>Le israelite is good.
Pick one
.
There was a jock in high school who never saw any Star Wars movie or show but watched this movie multiple times because the dad was a fan of boomer comedies. I often wonder what life is like to be a non-nerd jock Chad that gets all the chicks and doesn't give a shit about Star Wars and other slop.
I always have my coffee when I watch radar
it was a different era
but yea it's overrated
>it's overrated
by whom? I only ever see people talk shit about it.
It's kid's stuff, but there are a good handful of laughs in there. It's stupidity for it's own sake. Modern audiences seem to miss that. More than funny, it's just entertaining and likable - has a good cast and is able to tell a basic story. Yeah, mediocre stuff, but I've always found the hate for it really odd.
It was only ever overrated by people who watched it as kids growing up.
>why yes I hate Space Balls...how could you tell
Funny she doesn't look Druish
same reason you are posting it here, you live breath and eat shit on a constant basis because you like humiliation, it's more relevant than ever since it's a microchosim of the world you now live in
It seems like Brooks wrote a Star Wars parody without ever watching Star Wars.
No, he predicted the future.
ohh and because it's got israelite memes in it and you're probably a russian or muslim pedophile and all you guys do is shit up every board on this site in some parasitic homosexual loser relationship of hating the west but centering your entire lives around obsessing about it and consuming it's media, because let's face it if you're not fricking each other in the ass what else is there to do in your homosexual third world shitholes, make your own societies better, lol nah