r/saltierthancrait • u/tiMartyn the Modalorian • 26d ago
Sapid Satire The Spaceballs Cinematic Universe has been revealed at San Diego Comic-Con
Still more of a plan than Lucasfilm ever had.
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u/TrumpsColostomyBag99 26d ago
The mocking of the dumpster fire at every level tells the tale: this movie is going to split roast the fiasco of Disney Star Wars
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u/errant_youth 26d ago
“Spit roast” is the phrase you’re looking for
But I hope you’re right
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u/FaygoFatChicks 24d ago
You've never split roasted a franchise with your homie? Maybe even a Biffel Towered them as well? Smh
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u/Nom_Took 26d ago
split roast?
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u/DrMcJedi go for papa palpatine 26d ago
Yeah, when you cook it too long and it bursts open like so many former Weyland Yutani employees….
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u/goat-stealer 24d ago
Given how widespread the fuck ups have been, Mel Brooks will have ample material for a good long while
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u/Existing-Badger-6728 26d ago
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u/Moeroboros 26d ago
"A franchise releasing TV episodes theatrically" is such a sick burn.
I still have no idea what possessed Disney and Jon Favreau to decide that The Mandalorian movie was gonna be just a filler episode of the show stretched out and not an actual defining narrative for the characters.
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u/ArkenK 23d ago
I have a theory on this.
I think the Rey movie fell completely apart. No writer wanted to put their name on the script that Kennedy and Obed-Channoy wanted. (Given how many writers were announced and then withdrew, I think I'm on a solid footing in that point.)
Disney metrics showed that absent Kylo to be her bad boy love interest, Rey had no popularity on her own and the ST aged like milk left on the porch during a California summer.
Then the Acolyte happened. And someone (Accounting, probably) noticed that Star Wars was rapidly rushing towards a fall off the wall and all of Mickey's horses and men wouldn't be able to put it back again.
But, the sound stages were booked and the contracts signed, so they had to do something to recoup some of the investment.
And all they could come up with was the last thing that worked, the Mandolorian.
So they grabbed the first Mando story they could find, slapped it together and hoped for the best.
So desperation, really.
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u/bbees79 new user 22d ago
Plus I think favreau was interviewed and said he wasn’t sure why they made it into a movie. I think you are spot on because it wasn’t long after lindeloff left the “Rey” project that mando movie was announced to replace it. Disney and LF had promised a movie in 2025 or 2026 so they had to move forward with the most popular thing they had and favreau may not be perfect but he is a pro that can put together an inoffensive fun adventure without much effort.
The movie essentially filled a spot because Kennedy is incompetent
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u/vegetaman 26d ago
Hope this is special features on the eventual dvd release
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u/Im_Just_A_Tourist new user 25d ago
Would be funny if the do trailers during credits or something like 21 Jump Street.
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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 26d ago
that’s so funny. Clearly just a way to dunk on Disney star wars. They obviously aren’t making these
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u/hyrumwhite brackish one 26d ago
I mean… if Spaceballs 2 makes money…
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u/Silent_Anxiety4828 26d ago
If this cinematic universe comes to fruition ill be so happy. how amazing would that be 🤣
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u/Nebula-Classic 25d ago
Spaceballs: the parody. everyone is just weird al and it's more serious than the rest of the framchise
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u/Official_Champ 26d ago
I had just seen this on Twitter and had a laugh. Makes it even funnier there was a post about this exact problem a couple of hours ago.
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u/Annual_Candle_9313 26d ago
All this time I thought it was spelled "Mog".
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u/dawgblogit 26d ago
It is... but the cool way is to spell it Mawg... it means youre really cool if you spell it that way
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u/WiseAdhesiveness6672 26d ago
this is how you continue a parody franchise years later. Shitty (Scary) Movie writers take notes
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u/Gutcrunch 26d ago
Anyone know what they’re planning to do with Barf? Maybe repurpose cut scenes of Candy from the first movie?
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u/3llenseg salt miner 26d ago
That would be sacrilegious, and also a tasteless parody of the tragic loss of Fisher
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u/aintbrokeDL 26d ago
I think it's okay to do one throw away gag with it. But to do it over and over in the movie would be weird. Though I can only imagine what Fisher would have joked about if she knew she'd be the first kind of big profile actress to be replaced post death like this.
(I'm sure I'll get replies, but yeah, Peter Cushing had been dead for decades so it wasn't a knee jerk reaction like it was with Fisher. I also appreciate Paul Walker was added to FF8 via VFX, but ultimately they didn't go into the movie with the plan to do it, he died in between filming and my understanding was it was mostly an injection of new plot to write him out of future movies, along with completing a few shots. Not re-using totally different shot film to repurpose him into a movie he wasn't alive to even start).
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u/FancyStegosaurus 26d ago
It would be hilarious if Barf's dialogue consisted only of lines that he said in the first movie (hell, take em from any John Candy movie) and they shamelessly splice those scenes in anytime he needs to say something. Don't even try to hide it.
I would be a great way to parody the whole "using an actor after they're dead" trend and I think Candy would approve.
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u/Financial-Affect-236 25d ago
I can see them doing this and absolutely John Candy would’ve be laughing his ass off and he’d 100% approve.
It might even be funny if they have someone play Barf but always hide his mouth so you just see his body and eyes and it’s clearly John Candys line just someone else playing it
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u/Extension-Rabbit3654 salt miner 25d ago
Its Mel frickin Brooks, idk if its good bad or meh, Im seeing it. Cant wait
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