WSo8M: (2) This is Spinal Tap v. (15) Spaceballs

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Ricky Smith division, Grand Lakes University regionals:

(2) This is Spinal Tap


(15) Spaceballs

[Guest AG/DC]

One of these films launched a franchise. The other killed one.

[Fman99]

I loved both of these movies, both at the time of their release and still now. But it's clear which one has stood the test of time.

Tap.

[Willets Point]

Another no-brainer. My vote goes to 11.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

This could be -- and should be -- a shutout

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Not sure why, but I just don't think Mel Brooks is all that funny.

And Spinal Tap, while not often laugh-out-loud funny, is one of those films that you keep coming back to and can quote lines from all day. A classic!

[soupcan]

"Funny, she doesn't look Druish."

[Willets Point]

metsguyinmichigan wrote: Not sure why, but I just don't think Mel Brooks is all that funny.

Mel Brooks is funny. Spaceballs, however, is not.

[metirish]

Willets Point wrote: Another no-brainer. My vote goes to 11.

I
d be shocked if that scene is not you tubed here.....Tap for me.

[Guest AG/DC]

I just realized now that the umlaut in "Spinal Tap" is over the n.

[Guest themetfairy]

Spinal Tap was innovative. Spaceballs was stupid.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

What's cool is that the music in Tap is close enough to the real thing that it's not an immediate obvious parody. Even the '60s era stuff they did in the flashbacks is dead on -- then a little...off. If that makes sense. You can tell that there is an underlying affection for what they're making fun of.

My favorite line: "At least we think was his vomit. You can't exactly dust for vomit."

[bmfc1]

"Talk about bun cakes, my girls got 'em."

If I have to choose between Airplane! and Spinal Tap, my head will explode.

[Frayed Knot]

Spinal Tap was the birth of great concept.
Spaceballs was Brooks totally out of ideas so he just found a new genre to satire and, in lieu of a real plot, just threw 2-3 dozen jokes at you each minute meaning that even if most of them sucked there were still several chuckles per minute.
But it was lazy movie-making which settles for a series of puns over any kind of substance and it's main redeeming feature is that it was miles better than the still-to-come 'Men in Tights'

Tap wins by tap-out

[Guest Vince Coleman Firecracker]

It's part of a musical trilogy I'm writing in D-minor, which I always found is the saddest of all keys

What do you call this?

"Lick My Love Pump"

[Methead]

None. None more black.

[metirish]

Nigel Tufnel: (holding up a guitar) The sustain, listen to it.
Marty DiBergi: I don't hear anything.
Nigel Tufnel: Well you would though, if it were playing.

[Theoldmole]

I can't believe anyone voted against Spinal Tap. Well, there's a fine line between genius and stupidity.

[MFS62]

Moichendizing.

Later

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Spinal Tap 23, Spaceballs 3