Sakis
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JuniorJones said:Still got some things that will rock the Indy world....
JuniorJones said:Still got some things that will rock the Indy world....
Thoughts on Animal House (1080p; 1.78:1; 10:17): Ivan Reitman, Kevin Bacon ("Diller"), Karen Allen ("Katy"), Martha Smith ("Babs"), Stephen Furst ("Dorfman"), Tim Matheson ("Stratton") and John Landis relate personal anecdotes about making the film.
The two megalomaniacs, who got to choose one parody each, are Josh Cooley (Toy Story 4 director) and attorney Lucas A. Ferrara (who chose Psycho). From the oldest updates:Claptrap ships in June. Only a few hundred orders so far buy nearly $80K raised? They mention "two Megalomaniac backers" and until revealed, I have to imagine Spielberg and Lucas.
Fundraising veterans also suggested that we offer one big ticket item. Ours was the Megalomaniac option, where a single backer could unilaterally choose a movie, order us to parody it, and receive all the original pages of the spoof. This one perk cost more than all the other perks put together. Frankly, even with an Indiegogo campaign lasting 60 days, we never really expected these to sell. They were both gone by the second week. Josh Cooley made his feature film directing debut last year with a small, low-budget indie project. It did okay. Perhaps you’ve heard of TOY STORY 4?
Here's how voting shook out for the most wanted unmade Mad parodies (top 3 made it):Then, along came Lucas A. Ferrara. Lucas is universally regarded as the greatest lawyer alive today. (If we don’t say that, he might sue us!) But even more importantly, he’s a Megalomaniac backer. That’s the tip-top tier where one single person got to unilaterally choose a movie, and make us parody it. But Lucas likes a LOT of different kinds of movies. So he took his time deciding, especially after he found out just how many stellar, essential, “how did they skip THAT?” films had never been parodied. Emails flew between the three of us, as he variously considered picking a rock musical, a superhero film, a Biblical epic, a period drama with an ensemble cast, a rollicking comedy-adventure, and an admired film about family and race, among others. Any of which would have been terrific choices, by the way.
And these had multiple votes. So if there's a follow up book, some of these are what to expect. (Die Hard was announced later.)1. THE BLUES BROTHERS
2. THE PRINCESS BRIDE
3. CITIZEN KANE
4. The Terminator
5. Fargo
6. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
7. Enter the Dragon
8. Black Panther
9. Pirates of the Caribbean
10. Dr. Strangelove
11. Taxi Driver, also The Thing (tie)
From Tom Richmond a while back:A Hard Day’s Night, A Night at the Opera, Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein, Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension, Almost Famous, Big Trouble in Little China, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Blazing Saddles, Boogie Nights, Bourne Identity, Caddyshack, Casino Royale, Contagion, Die Hard, Dune, Fight Club, First Blood, Forbidden Planet, Get Out, Great Escape, Guardians of the Galaxy, Halloween, It, John Wick, Labyrinth, Leon The Professional, Mary Poppins (1964 version), Niagara, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Planes Trains & Automobiles, Reservoir Dogs, Road House, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rudy, Seven Samurai, Singin’ in the Rain, Smokey and the Bandit, Some Like It Hot, Somewhere in Time, Spartacus, Ten Commandments, To Kill a Mockingbird, Young Frankenstein