It was reported way back in 2006 that Spaceballs was being made into an animated series. Well, the wait is over. The promo is available online (It's definitely NSFW. It's also in Quicktime format and not embedded in a Flash application like you usually see nowadays). Further details of the show can be found on the official G4 site (Please note the series has already been shown on Canada's Super Channel).I have a sick mind that laughs at things aimed at the lowest common denominator, so I found the promo to be funny. The animated Princess Vespa is certainly more, uh, accented than Daphne Zuniga was in the original movie (talk about Major Boobage).
I'm ecstatic that Mel Brooks himself is providing the voices of his characters from the movie in the animated version. This has been in development for a long time. I'm a tremendous fan of the original movie (and of Brooks' work in general) so I can only hope and pray that this doesn't suck on the level of the animated Clone Wars.
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9-15-2008 @ 12:10PM
Oreo said...
The animation looks very nice, which is a lot more than I can say about most cartoons/animee.
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9-15-2008 @ 12:36PM
Elf said...
I'll withhold judgement until I see the whole show, but my initial response is disappointment is that Mel Brooks would stoop to something as crass as giant bouncing breasts and suggestive phallic images. I don't think Mel is that intellectually lazy. I have no problem with that kind of stuff and I'm sure I'll enjoy it myself, but my kids love Spaceballs and now I'm pretty sure I won't be letting them watch the show.
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9-15-2008 @ 3:28PM
Sam said...
Uh, have you ever see Blazing Saddles? Or Dracula: Dead And Loving It? Or Robin Hood: Men In Tights?
9-15-2008 @ 2:13PM
Jazza said...
I was disappointed with it, but will wait until I've seen the first episode
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9-15-2008 @ 2:34PM
smashthesymbols said...
I really hope that's not actually what the series will be like. Hopefully that's just G4's marketing department knowing who their viewers are and shaping the promo to fit. Mel isn't above a tit joke here and there, but surely he wouldn't make them the entire show.
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9-15-2008 @ 3:30PM
rhode said...
I agree with Elf 100%. But after just seeing the trailer, I am very disapointed knowing that my oldest son (13) should not be seeing an NC-17 version of the very funny and classic, Spaceballs. What a shame. This could have been such a comedy that could easily have gotten a pg-13 rating if loosely based on the original, but has to be taken lower down the ladder since most guys watching G4 live in their mother's basement playing online-games.
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9-15-2008 @ 4:58PM
Gina said...
I was just talking about Spaceballs with someone the other day, and I had no idea a series was being made. I'll wait on my opinion until I see the first episode.
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9-15-2008 @ 6:14PM
ArcAngel said...
I guess your getting this late in the states? The series has been on in Canada for at least a couple of months. I gave it a chance finally last week and it was pretty awful :\
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9-16-2008 @ 6:00AM
nickmagoo said...
spaceballs a "classic"??? sheeeeesh...sure, it has a few laughs in it, but it was the beginning of the end for brooks - now it's just loads of lazy jokes and obvious sight gags rather than a loving reworking of a classic genre.
after stone cold masterpieces like 'the producers,' 'young frankenstein' and 'blazing saddles,' and the more hit and miss (but still solid) 'silent movie,' of 'high anxiety' and 'history of the world, pt 1,' 'spaceballs' felt tired and uninspired. sadly, outside of his remake of 'to be or not to be,' i haven't REALLY liked a mel brooks movie since the late 70s...
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