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I know that Rob "Meathead" Reiner directed this, but in my view the original "This Is Spinal Tap" was a total cult classic.

Even though you might have liked it in the olden days, what do you think about this now?

1 posted on 05/14/2022 8:25:49 AM PDT by hoagy62
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If they keep it on the download and don’t try to over act and include a lot of gratuitous over the top action scenes it should be good.

Just keep it subtle and smart.


2 posted on 05/14/2022 8:29:51 AM PDT by Hammerhead
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Libgressive fantasy of being even remotely relevant. Besides, PT 2’s are never as good. ๐ŸŽธ๐Ÿ˜จ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ™Œ


3 posted on 05/14/2022 8:30:27 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? ๐Ÿ˜•)
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I’m a big fan of the original, and of the Chris Guest mockumentary series that followed.

This is a Bad Idea.


4 posted on 05/14/2022 8:30:30 AM PDT by Interesting Times (This space for rent.)
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Iโ€™m a huge Spinal Tap fan. The Folksmen was hilarious as well. They opened for Spinal Tap on one of their tours years ago. Iโ€™ll keep an eye on this for sure.


5 posted on 05/14/2022 8:32:33 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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Drummer choked to death on vomit.

Not his own.

6 posted on 05/14/2022 8:33:42 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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I loved the original. I have a bad feeling that this will be a mashup of all of the bits and jokes that didn’t make the cut the first time. Also, these guys are really getting up there in age to be playing fake rock stars. Part of the bit 38 years ago was that they were washed up back then. This looks like a disaster in the making.


7 posted on 05/14/2022 8:34:00 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Black Ukrainian Coronavirus Vaccine Abortions Matter. Itโ€™s called democracy, folks. Itโ€™s who we are.)
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Big bottom...
Big bottom...
Talk about mud flaps my girls got ‘em!!!


11 posted on 05/14/2022 8:43:24 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Hollywood is out of ideas.


13 posted on 05/14/2022 8:46:07 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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“I shant play with him anymore”


14 posted on 05/14/2022 8:47:45 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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“HELLO CLEVELAND!!!”


16 posted on 05/14/2022 8:51:39 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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Mental illness and genius always go hand-in-hand. Take Mel Gibson as an example on the other side.


18 posted on 05/14/2022 8:53:54 AM PDT by Magnatron
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I own it on DVD and it is a favorite. I think a sequel would be less music centric and more “where are they now” centric. Maybe jamming in the basement of the apartment building one of them lives in. ๐Ÿคฃ


19 posted on 05/14/2022 8:54:23 AM PDT by cuban leaf (My prediction: Harris is Spiro Agnew. We'll soon see who becomes Gerald Ford, and our next prez.)
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I wonder if they will get the Stonehenge props right this time.


22 posted on 05/14/2022 8:59:55 AM PDT by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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Absolutely love the original, but I can’t help but think Meathead is going to slip some wokeness into this one and ruin it.

My guess is that it only goes to about 6.5.


25 posted on 05/14/2022 9:06:05 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin
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It was a total cult classic.

Unfortunately, with Meathead returning, I have no hope at all that it won’t be a trivialized left-wing trope.


26 posted on 05/14/2022 9:06:10 AM PDT by sauropod ("We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they are elected. Donโ€™t you?" Why? "It saves time.โ€)
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“We’re not gonna go into a free flowing jam in front of a festival crowd.”

“Boston isn’t much of a college town.”

“Our Stonehenge is in danger of being trampled by a dwarf.”

Not all movies need a sequel.


27 posted on 05/14/2022 9:07:40 AM PDT by Brasky (You miss every shot you never take.)
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I wonder who the drummer will be?


28 posted on 05/14/2022 9:09:46 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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It could be awesome. Christopher Guest is brilliant, I love most of his movies. Heavy metal is a vastly different world now, they could do a lot with Spinal Tap changing to try to be relevant, or getting the “grand old man” treatment.


34 posted on 05/14/2022 9:21:27 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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Might as well make “Flipper: The Movie”, or a remake of ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’. I have zero interest in this, though I loved the original at a point in time.

I also don’t want to do anything that in any way profits people who are out to destroy my way of life.


36 posted on 05/14/2022 9:24:04 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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The new movie will have amazing sound quality, it’s being done in Dubly.


38 posted on 05/14/2022 9:42:42 AM PDT by oneandfinished
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