National Lampoon To Spoof Gladiator/300 Dear God, someone make them stop! Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Do you remember when National Lampoon movies were funny, readers? Animal House. Vacation. European Vacation. Christmas Vacation. Even Class Reunion. Fine comedies, all.
But lately, the Lampoon – that fine and venerable institution of American comedy – has been reduced to the likes of Pledge This and Dorm Daze. Unoriginal, puerile crap, all.
And things aren’t going to get any better, with the news that the company is set to make a spoof of the likes of 300, Troy and Gladiator entitled – and get this – National Lampoon’s The Legend Of Awesomest Maximus.
Now, say for a second that Meet The Spartans was a bad fever dream (please God tell us that it was a bad fever dream)… even if that movie didn’t exist, is there really enough scope in the epic movies of the past decade to fuel a feature-length spoof? Really?
No, didn’t think so. But that’s not going to stop Jason Burinescu (script) and director Jeff Kanew (who directed Revenge Of The Nerds) from giving it a damn good go.
And dear God, they’ve assembled a cast filled with people we’ve actually heard of. Kristanna Loken is in this. So’s Rip Torn, bless him. And Tony Cox, so funny in Bad Santa, will also show up, no doubt to be on the receiving end of some mean-spirited midget gags. (We'd make a gag about the poster boasting the legend, 'Torn Cox' but we're taking the piss out of National Lampoon, not giving them ideas.)
It’s all too depressing for words. And the really bad news is that National Lampoon now produces its own movies – and The Legend Of Awesomest Maximus will be one of four they hope to churn out in the next year. If anyone needs us, we'll be in the nuclear bunker, stocking up on supplies.
If they get Chevy Chase to play the Joaquin Phoenix role and Bill Murray to play the Russel Crowe role then its quids in unfortunately Crowes character will no doubt be played by Fred Savage and Joaquin by Corey Feldman because that is the scope of their budget now after all 50% has already gone into Rip Torns bank account
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People who do spoofs have little if any talent at all. All they are doing is making money off someonelses success. Imagine you made a well respected film by critics and the public only for someone to take the piss out of it and make a lot of money out of it. ... Read More
They say that torrents and pirate movies hurt the business, yet we still get record box office and DVD sales! This pile of s**t is why the industry hurts, the amount of bad movies out there is growing, Indiana Jones 4 let alone this junk is symptoms of a lazy bloated industry that doesn't deserve the support. Pay for the good movies and if you can be bothered steal the bad ones and send lazy studios out of business and make way for great scripts and fresh ideas!
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Is it any coincidence that the script writer for this pile of p*ss Jason Burinescu) has got the word Urine slap bang in the middle of his surname? ... Read More
This is terrible news, but they make money. How I don't know. I assume there are people in the general public who are looking at their cinema listings, seeing "Disaster/Epic/Superhero Movie" and thinking it sounds good.
Morons.
Movie studios will do anything for money - why then do we continue to buy/rent/go see this rubbish? We must plan a boycott, picket your cinema, do whatever you can to stop this diabolical depravity and save some of our greatest films from the evil ... Read More
WTF?! Can't they leave these great films alone?! Why oh why must they? Are they running out of money so they have to take the crap out of blockbusters? I'm sorry but I want to stand against this and demand that this should be thrown out of the window. 300 and Gladiator were the greatest sandles and swords epics I've seen around, I will be backing Empire all the way. Give it a rubbish review, guys! ... Read More
L: dreamdragon
It might be good it might be shit..I dont know. I have not seen it!
A lot of people thought Heath would be crap for Dark Knight! He was kinda rocked that film. If I had told you taht they were going to do a spoof about Elvis and the Nazis and it will star Val Kilmer- You would say "What a load of crap" but naked gun was the best spoof ever! (ow yeah, better then airplane! its out thier, I said it)
oo much...banal stupidity...in one post...can't....actually...cope
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