Here are the funniest of them.
And the result is a go-to classic that should never be watched on BBC America.
As a satire ofStar Wars, its a little funky in places.
Brooks is not a dedicated franchise fan (you hear that, youweird little freaks?
But Brooks still knowswhats funny about making movies, andSpaceballstakes some fine shots at sci-fi in general.
But its not the potshots that make this movie a classic.
And if itwereto happen, of course it would start in New York City.
Those guys arent fazed by anything.
And frankly, I still want a job with the Busters.
No, todays ghost hunter shows are not the same.
Give him as little money as possible and he will reinvent cinema.
That same spirit permeates his fuck-around film school project, co-produced with Dan OBannon,Dark Star.
Strangelovesending on Space Cocaine.
The Ice Pirates (1984)
I am obnoxious aboutThe Ice Pirates.
Is it a good movie?
Is it a fantastic comedy that spears every pretentious trope about high-concept space opera?
Pirates have it made in the shade, liberating cargo and selling it to planets in need.
But these Ice Pirates are single-brain-celled dipshits with a hodge-podge galaxy-liberating plot ahead of them.
Abbott and Costello meet Frankenstein (1948)
eah, I know.
Yes, its from 1948.
No, you wont be bored.
Thats where the sensible part of the plot ends and the fantastic amounts of batshittery begins.
Luke Wilsons befuddled exhaustion is all of us heading into November as we face this carnival yet again.
Its easy to chortle at Simon Peggs aging goth failure Gary King, unless you were him growing up.
Theres nothing smarmy or preachy about it.
At last, she can simply understand that her daughter needs love.
Jeffrey Combs is one of those performers who quickly understands what kind of production hes in.
It works because its two stars never act like this is camp.
Everything else around them is utterly insane, including the Big Bad, Dr. Hill (David Gale).
They were generally dismissive.
What fools mortals be.
In its deliberately inept handling of history, it made history human and approachable.
Slitherisnt here to comment smartly on much.
Mostly its here to show that Troma-style movies can be truly awesome under all that campy gore.
Its not the best choice, turns out.
A local street gang drops an alien straightaway, and things escalate sharply from there.
Its funny, its scathing, and its about us in a very John Carpenter way.
Its Ronald Reagans America buried in capitalism up to its neck.
Blue collar lives are driven into poverty.
Then you find out aliens are behind it.
Ya gotta laugh, demonstrates Roddy Piper.
Or at least go down fighting.
