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I've always viewed Tropic Thunder as somewhat of a successor to Blazing Saddles, but I largely agree that it couldn't be recreated today. The time period in wh
by rocmcd 7y ago
I've always viewed Tropic Thunder as somewhat of a successor to Blazing Saddles, but I largely agree that it couldn't be recreated today.
The time period in which these movies were made is a lot of what makes them so special. That's not to say that what we'll have next won't be special, but 1974 (and 2008) was a different time.
- slowmovintarget 7y agoMel Brookes got full creative control over Blazing Saddles in an accident of contract. The studio didn't notice and signed. This is why the movie is so good. Mel got to make what he thought was funny.
- drewcoo 7y agoThe movie itself alludes to that toward the end when the cowboys bust through a wall into a studio dance number, Dom Deluise as the studio's director tries to regain order, and Slim Pickins proclaims "I'm workin' for Mel Brooks" and socks him. Which is a great example of what Mel Brooks thinks is funny.
- oh_sigh 7y agoThinking back to when Tropic Thunder came out, I remember the scandal relating to the movie had nothing to do with RDJs character, but with the fact that they say "retarded" in it.
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- Ididntdothis 7y agoI have to admit the “full retard” is one of the best lines I have ever heard in a movie. Maybe “10-20 million dead, tops” from Dr Strangelove is on that level.
- senderista 7y ago"I'm not saying we won't get our hair a little mussed."
- thombat 7y agoBack in the dark ages (pre-streaming) Sky Movies showed "Dr Strangelove". The UHF scrambling only affected the picture, not the audio, so even though we didn't have a Sky subscription we could still listen in: it works wonderfully as a radio play too.
- manigandham 7y agoAnd like most of these "scandals", it was nothing more than a handful of offended people being very vocal while the vast majority didn't even notice. It's only worse now because of social media amplifying the outrage but the relative numbers are the same.
- nerfhammer 7y agoI saw a good youtube video about how blazing saddles was satirizing decades of hyper popular sanitized Western genre and helped kill it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzMFoNZeZm0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzMFoNZeZm0
- karatestomp 7y ago> I've always viewed Tropic Thunder as somewhat of a successor to Blazing Saddles I'd say Django Unchained is the closest I've seen to a modern Blazing Saddles.
- dntbnmpls 7y ago"And we'll weep for him ... in the press". My all-time favorite line. > but I largely agree that it couldn't be recreated today. I agree also.