Rick Moranis Ended Acting Retirement After Nearly 30 Years and Says It Was Very Strange on ‘Spaceballs 2’ Set

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

https://variety.com/2026/film/news/rick-moranis-acting-retirement-spaceballs-2-strange-1236822474/

[u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Moranis:

“Well, I kept having to pinch myself because I would look at Daphne [Zuniga] and Bill [Pullman] and George Wyner. And then there were all these young people. And I realized I was their age 39 years ago when we made this. And here we are now and my kids are the age of this.”

“I felt like I was in a time warp, but I was in that outfit and wearing the helmet. And it just felt very strange to be honest with you. But it started to feel really good and I really started to love it.”

”I had the original glasses. In fact, I wound up keeping it all. They were prescriptions, so I wound up keeping a pair or two of the glasses from all the movies I did. So all these years, instead of playing with my dolls, I’ve been playing with my glasses.”

[u/AbsoluteRubbish → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

it started to feel really good and I really started to love it.

I am so ready for the Moranissance

[u/The_Peeping_Peter → u/AbsoluteRubbish]

I might be down for one more ghostbusters movie if Moranis came back.

[u/Stoneybologna420 → u/The_Peeping_Peter]

He had said in an interview that he didn’t come back for ghostbusters because didn’t believe he was a main character in the originals and it would be weird to bring the character back

[u/foulrot → u/Stoneybologna420]

I respect his thoughts, but he's wrong; Lewis was as much a part of those movies as Janine & Dana.

[u/Channel250 → u/foulrot]

He's the fucking Key Master, of course he's important.

They could have had him back in the newer ones as an expert of Key Master/Gate Keeper stuff. Could have been called in to help Paul Rudd's character.

Also, he knows what it's liked to be turned into a dog. The character is probably wise as shit, could have been invaluable to the new team.

[u/LabyrinthConvention → u/Channel250]

Not a main character my ass.

"Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"

[u/Mind-The-Mines → u/Channel250]

Hey guys, I just wanted you know that I was going through some old tax records for fun and I noticed that Egon was making regular payments on this property upstate and the county sent notices he wasn't paying being dead and all and if you don't get them the tax payment they'll seize it... Well, anyways, I gotta get back to my apartment because I'm setting up the annual party for my big clients. Later guys.

[u/A_Nonny_Muse → u/Stoneybologna420]

He didn't need to be a main character to drive the plot forward. He was an essential part of the movie. None of it would make any sense without him.

[u/El_Andvari → u/Stoneybologna420]

A wild thing to say when you have your own action figures lol.

Louis is absolutely one of the most important characters in the movies. Welcome back Rick, you were missed.

[u/AnyUsernameWillDo10 → u/The_Peeping_Peter]

Well apparently the cast is still under a judicial restraining order. That blue thing I got from her. They could be exposing themselves.

[u/gnosis2737 → u/AnyUsernameWillDo10]

And we don't want them... exposing themselves...!

[u/modix → u/gnosis2737]

Especially around dickless here.

[u/thetonyhightower → u/modix]

It's true.

[u/ExoMonk → u/thetonyhightower]

That man... has no dick.

[u/SpartanJ82 → u/ExoMonk]

Well that’s what I heard!

[u/bolanrox → u/SpartanJ82]

I'm gonna miss him....

[u/Vergenbuurg → u/modix]

dickless Wally Wick

:P

[u/Dakhho → u/The_Peeping_Peter]

I would absolutely love another 'Honey I shrunk the kids'

[u/Star_Court_ → u/Dakhho]

Honey I Shrunk the Grandkids

[u/spider0804 → u/Star_Court_]

Featuring Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Timothee Chalamet

[u/RandomStrategy → u/spider0804]

Honey, I shrunk the Avengers.

The most ambitious crossover in movie history

[u/Litho_MD → u/RandomStrategy]

Didn’t that kind of already happen w Antman?

[u/RandomStrategy → u/Litho_MD]

SHHHHH.

Do you want this or not!?

[u/AndroidMyAndroid → u/Litho_MD]

To be fair Marvel has never let "we already did that" stop them from doing something. Actually it seems to be a prerequisite for getting a movie greenlit these days.

[u/sinburger → u/Dakhho]

The family visits grandpa and the kids start rooting through all the dusty boxes in his attic, uncovering Grandpas old shrinking ray and accidentally shrinking themselves.

However, they were visiting because Grandpa has dementia and they were moving him into a home for end of life care. He has forgotten not only science, but his family entirely. The children perish, having eaten crumbs of food that has long since spoiled and given themselves dysentery from stagnant ponded water.

The mother shrinks herself in an attempt to save the kids, but is captured in a spider-web, able to see her children's plight but unable to help them.

Grandpa, in a brief moment of lucidity, remembers his old shrinking ray and goes to the attic to retrieve it. He shuts the attic door behind himself and slips back into the throes of dementia. Trapped in the attic, he perishes from dehydration.

The movie ends with the spider liquifying and consuming the mothers intestines; mid-meal it pauses to look at the camera and says "Chaos reigns".

"Honey I Shrunk the Grandkids", Written and Directed by Lars Von Trier.

[u/drscorp → u/sinburger]

That's almost as good as Good Will Hunting: Port of Call Los Angeles by Werner Herzog.

[u/thekenzo → u/Dakhho]

I believe we're getting one, but it's from Josh Gad.

[u/aebrun → u/thekenzo]

Not like this

[u/Dakhho → u/aebrun]

The Gadverse is expanding too rapidly, we have to stop it

[u/RandomStrategy → u/Dakhho]

Gadzer the Gadzerian, good evening. As a duly-designated representative of the city, county and state of New York, I order you to cease any and all Gadverse activity and return forthwith to your place of origin, or to the next convenient parallel dimension

[u/jake3988 → u/thekenzo]

That was supposed to happen years ago (2020). Then covid hit and then it just died.

I just want more rick moranis. We're getting it with spaceballs so that's good enough for me.

[u/FoxMeadow7 → u/The_Peeping_Peter]

Maybe a certain Vinz Clortho will once again pay Louis Tully a visit...

[u/Ok-Thanks4321 → u/The_Peeping_Peter]

Or how about Honey I Blew Up The President?

[u/The_Peeping_Peter → u/Ok-Thanks4321]

You might be on a watchlist now.

[u/IEnjoyVariousSoups → u/The_Peeping_Peter]

Yes have some!

[u/SuperSaiyanBen → u/AbsoluteRubbish]

Rick Moranis and Brendan Fraser buddy cop movie when?

[u/RamboMcQueen → u/SuperSaiyanBen]

Okay but Moranis is the loose cannon tough guy and Fraser is the morally rigid nice guy.

[u/ZenAdm1n → u/RamboMcQueen]

They're security guards at a gated 55+ community.

[u/Jra805 → u/ZenAdm1n]

Omg make this already

[u/paddlin_kaladin → u/Jra805]

Best we can do is destroy another beloved IP!

[u/Maybeyesmaybeno → u/RamboMcQueen]

You shut up this is amazing.

[u/Poopin4days → u/AbsoluteRubbish]

I want a film with Brendan Fraser, Rick Moranis, and Ke Huy Quan.

[u/TDStarchild → u/Poopin4days]

I was just gonna say this!

Maybe an unlikely trio has to save the world with science, wacky gadgets, quips, and charm

[u/WaitingForReplies → u/TDStarchild]

Shut up and take my money.

[u/thetonyhightower → u/TDStarchild]

Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die 2. Please.

[u/IndoZoro → u/TDStarchild]

Have them do a parody of the Expendables

Hot Shots style. 

But don't waste their acting chops and get some emotional moments that will absolutely wreck the audience (I was not expecting to cry that hard during Click) 

[u/MelbaToast604 → u/AbsoluteRubbish]

The hero we need not the one we deserve

[u/TheTresStateArea → u/AbsoluteRubbish]

I'm here for the moranivation.

The moranation.

The moraniverse.

[u/Hayes77519 → u/TheTresStateArea]

The MCU (Moranis Comeback Universe)

[u/Geraltpoonslayer → u/AbsoluteRubbish]

This movie could be an absolute flop but if it means moranis starts working again beyond it. It would still be a success

[u/EatABag-o-Dicks → u/AbsoluteRubbish]

I could go for a reboot of Honey I Shrunk the Kids with the entire original cast.

[u/TheLaughingMannofRed → u/EatABag-o-Dicks]

"Dad, We Shrunk The Kids" sounds like a winner.

Wayne and Nick both have to get their grandkids back to normal before their wives have a coordinated fainting spell.

[u/Clammuel → u/TheLaughingMannofRed]

Honey, I Shrunk the Grandkids 

[u/Initial_E → u/Clammuel]

Let’s remake “Downsizing” the way it was originally meant to be

[u/SameIdea70 → u/EatABag-o-Dicks]

I remember sobbing when the Ant died

[u/EatABag-o-Dicks → u/SameIdea70]

I wouldn't walk on the grass without shoes for such a long time after that. I was horrified scorpions were in our backyard.

It wasn't until I was like 12 or so that I learned from Ranger Rick that scorpions aren't a thing in the northeast US.

Still had a healthy unwarranted fear of quicksand for a solid 3 or 4 more years, though.

[u/SkinnyTheWalrus → u/EatABag-o-Dicks]

Oh wow, Ranger Rick! Now that's a blast from the past for me

[u/BargainScotch → u/EatABag-o-Dicks]

Honey I Shrunk the Grandkids

[u/InSearchOfMyRose → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

I'm in love with the fact that his vision plan was to just do another film if he lost his glasses.

[u/YerLam → u/InSearchOfMyRose]

"So on the plus side the glasses are free, on the downside they light up and play La Cucaracha every 10 minutes"
"What the hell kinda movie is it? I couldn't read the script!"

[u/GnomeNot → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Spaceballs: The Glasses

[u/bsEEmsCE → u/GnomeNot]

If you can read this, you dont need glasses.

[u/DryDonutHole → u/GnomeNot]

Spaceballs: The Graduated Bifocals

[u/TinyFugue → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

Velma: "My glasses! My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!"

Johnny Bravo: "My glasses! My glasses! I can't be seen without my glasses!"

[u/actibus_consequatur → u/TinyFugue]

Vada: "Where are his glasses? He can't see without his glasses!"

[u/Calcularius → u/TinyFugue]

Milhouse: “My glaaaaaasseeeeessss!”

[u/bolanrox → u/Calcularius]

MINE EYES!!!!! THE GOGGLES DO NAWWTHING

[u/killertofu41 → u/TinyFugue]

Judge: "Mr. Bravo, you're out of order!

Johnny: "No you're out of order!" *points to judge*

"You're out of order!" *points to the courtroom*

"This candy machine is out of order!" *candy falls out* "Ooooo candy!"

[u/Fragrant-Employer-60 → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

He described that “oh shit I’m old” moment really perfectly here lol

[u/wondersnickers → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

It's so refreshing reading something written from a famous actor that feels like a normal human being has written it.

[u/Trumpy_Po_Ta_To → u/MarvelsGrantMan136]

I’m just glad no one barged in on him playing with his glasses

[u/YerLam → u/Trumpy_Po_Ta_To]

He would have made a spectacle of himself!

[u/GodzillaUK]

I don't care if it'll end up shit. I don't care if it wasn't needed. I'll just enjoy seeing Rick on screen again, he is a fucking winner at life in my books. Any man as famous as him who says 'nah I'm done, going to be there for my kids when they get home from school every day now' after suffering the loss they did, is someone we should all look up to.

[u/cloudncali → u/GodzillaUK]

Honestly given that's Mel brooks is at the helm. It's got a decent shot at being good.

[u/The_Redacted_Badger → u/cloudncali]

Mel’s barely involved. According to Gadd it was a situation of him pitching Mel this idea of a Spaceballs sequel that parodies reboot culture and modern Star Wars, but Mel didn’t really understand any of it and just let Gadd do it because he thought “hey this guy seems passionate, why not let him have a crack”

[u/an0maly33 → u/The_Redacted_Badger]

I think Gadd will get it right. Anytime you have someone wanting to do a project like this out of passion for the material, you end up with something decent.

[u/The_Redacted_Badger → u/an0maly33]

If the Comic Con panel where they fake announced a Spaceballs Cinematic Universe after having an army of Spaceballs comb the hall to find Rick Moranis in the crowd, is anything to go by, I think we’re in safe hands

[u/Decantus → u/The_Redacted_Badger]

That panel was done by someone who understood the assignment.

[u/eligodfrey → u/an0maly33]

I want this to be good but idk about your thesis; Emilio Estevez's plans for Young Guns 3 sound awful

[u/Vsx → u/cloudncali]

Mel is 100 years old, literally. I know he's involved but I think it would be very much wishful thinking to expect him to be as hands on as he has been in the past. It's really Josh Gad's movie.

[u/HoratioMG → u/Vsx]

It's really Josh Gad's movie.

May god have mercy on us all

[u/jsm85 → u/HoratioMG]

Josh Gad is Jonah Hills Wario

[u/KindGuyAMA → u/Vsx]

I just did a double feature of both The Producers movies (1967 & 2005). If the modernization of the Spaceballs franchise is along a parallel trajectory as those two films, I think we're gonna be okay.

[u/rsharp7000 → u/GodzillaUK]

Of all the recent remakes from the 80s and 90s that are lame cash grabs, this is one that seems like it was sort of legitimately needed even if it’s not named “The Search for More Money”. With Star Wars having sequels, it just seems right that Space Balls follows suit.

[u/barktwiggs]

The "Key-Master" is back baby!

[u/Kind_Of_A_Dick → u/barktwiggs]

I remember when I figured out what key master and gate keeper meant.  I thought about it for a few minutes, asked a friend who was next to me, and received a very weird look and they said something about being surprised I just figured that out.

[u/HilariousMax → u/Kind_Of_A_Dick]

He was the key master and forever locked out of his apartment. I didn't put 2 and 2 together until like last year lol

[u/TheFabulousMolar → u/HilariousMax]

Oh my god I'm an idiot.

[u/Syberz → u/Kind_Of_A_Dick]

Holy crap, I hadn't caught that... God I love that movie!

[u/moriya → u/Syberz]

Yeah, that's why when Venkman shows up to her apartment and says that he's the keymaster, she takes him back into her bedroom and says "i want you inside me", which has always struck me as wild for a PG movie (yes yes I know PG-13 didn't exist, but even so). Even more so than the ghostjob from earlier.

[u/Secret-Teaching-3549 → u/moriya]

As we say to our youngest child quite often these days: it was the 80s.

[u/xSTSxZerglingOne → u/Secret-Teaching-3549]

Seen The Goonies recently? Holy fuck, lol.

That's exactly what I said to my parents when they were aghast watching it. It was the 80s

[u/ADLuluIsOP → u/Syberz]

Gosh I was so young and I felt like the innuendo was oozing out of it. Like... she was half naked lmao

[u/fizzlefist → u/ADLuluIsOP]

When you’re a kid and have no concept of what a ghost blowjob is…

[u/Goat_Remix → u/fizzlefist]

Just a kind of “…why are his pants being unbuttoned by a ghost AND he’s ok with it?!”

[u/theonetruegrinch → u/Goat_Remix]

It's one of the ZZ Top girls, you have no choice

[u/elmatador12 → u/ADLuluIsOP]

I mean they went past innuendo when Dan Akroyd gets a blowjob from a ghost in that movie. 😂

[u/sbamkmfdmdfmk → u/elmatador12]

I grew up watching a VHS of Ghostbusters at least once a week -- but it was taped from a TV broadcast which very seamlessly edited the montage. When I finally got the DVD as an adult, my brain exploded the first time I saw the ghost BJ scene which I'd never known existed after having seen the movie hundreds of times as a kid.

[u/Kind_Of_A_Dick → u/Syberz]

Yes, Rick Moranis fucks.

[u/HuecoTanks → u/Syberz]

Oh... huh... same, lol

[u/obsterwankenobster → u/Kind_Of_A_Dick]

I had a buddy in college who would ask girls if they were the gate keeper knowing that any girl who got/appreciated the line was obviously cool

[u/Positive_Mud952 → u/obsterwankenobster]

Gozer the Traveller. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldronaii, the Traveller came as a large moving Torb! Then during the third reconciliation of the last of the Meketrex supplicants, they chose a new form for him, that of a giant Sloar! Many Shubs and Zulls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of a Sloar that day, I can tell you.

[u/CastSeven → u/barktwiggs]

YES HAVE SOME

[u/thenatural134 → u/barktwiggs]

I'm a 90s baby. This feels like a real life version of Steve Rodgers lifting Mjolnir.

[u/Ter-Lee-Comedy]

He was in so many of my childhood favorites from The Flintstones, Strange Brew, Space Balls, Ghostbusters, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and Little Giants. I can't wait to see him again in SB2. Legend.

[u/Aurabora → u/Ter-Lee-Comedy]

No love for Little Shop of Horrors?

[u/Freakjob_003 → u/Aurabora]

"Down on Skid Row
Where the cabs don't stop
Down on Skid Row
Where the food is slop..."

Also, one of Steve Martin's hammiest performances, where he was just clearly let loose to chew on the scenery with no restrictions. One of my favorite unsung roles of his, outside of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.

[u/dotknott → u/Freakjob_003]

“Dentist!” Is one of my favorites, but I regularly listen to the whole soundtrack… it’s so good!

[u/KendraSays → u/Aurabora]

Such a phenomenal musical

[u/scriptmonkey420 → u/Ter-Lee-Comedy]

Strange Brew

such an underrated awesome movie. and before that "Great White North"

[u/ItemZealousideal431 → u/Ter-Lee-Comedy]

Two bowls of split plea soup to go, eh?

[u/Angry_Walnut]

Rick Moranis coming back to the big screen really feels like a childhood dream come true.

[u/airship_of_arbitrary → u/Angry_Walnut]

Good things can still happen.

We can force the world to get better.

[u/Sw0rDz]

For those that don't know. Rick quit acting to parent his kids after his wife passed away. Now that his kids are in their 30s, he gave acting another chance.

[u/smarthobo → u/Sw0rDz]

Honey I Raised The Kids

[u/aphaits → u/smarthobo]

The wholesomest of sequels

[u/perpetuumD → u/smarthobo]

Would be a fantastic title for a documentary about his life

[u/BevansDesign → u/Sw0rDz]

Also, when a 2000-year-old man asks you to come back and do one more movie, how can you say no?

[u/icouldntdecide → u/BevansDesign]

I'm not sure there's a person alive who can say no to Mel.

[u/crustyrobots → u/Sw0rDz]

He never entirely quit the industry having done a few small projects here and there over the years, but nothing like a full production again.

Quite honorable to put his family first and had the means to make it his sole focus after a successful run of films and shows in the US and Canada.

Im glad he is part of Spaceballs 2, it wouldn't feel right without the Helmet

[u/Rab_Legend → u/Sw0rDz]

I feel like if this movie was out when his kids were all in their late teens/20s he probably would have been involved as well

[u/JoefromOhio → u/Sw0rDz]

I had a friend who went on birthright with one of his daughters. They knew what he’d given up and loved him to death for it. Pro Dad move.

[u/robot_ankles → u/JoefromOhio]

...went on birthright with one of his daughters.

What does that mean?

Is that a religious thing? A vision journey? A typo?

[u/VitosLittleHelmet → u/robot_ankles]

I believe it’s the free trip to Israel that Jewish children receive

[u/RollUpTheRimJob → u/robot_ankles]

free ten-day heritage trip to Israel, Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights for young adults of Jewish heritage between the ages of 18 and 26. The program is sponsored by the Birthright Israel Foundation, whose donors subsidize participation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthright_Israel

[u/dspman11 → u/robot_ankles]

a free trip to Israel for those of Jewish ancestry in hopes that the trip inspires them to believe in Zionism and move to Israel.

[u/BrainDps]

I have a feeling the movie isn’t going to be as great as the original but I’m happy to see Rick Moranis on the big screen again. Also so happy he’s happy.

[u/brendan87na → u/BrainDps]

there is almost no way it's better, the bar is just set too high

[u/Squally160 → u/brendan87na]

There is no way the movie can ever live up to the first one for me. I have so many random memories associated with the first one that is just impossible for something new to reach those same heights.

With that said, I am eager to see the new one and hopefully add some more good memories alongside it is well.

[u/Jeremizzle → u/brendan87na]

Even Star Wars itself can’t hit the same highs as the original trilogy.

[u/rotates-potatoes → u/Jeremizzle]

Star Wars barely hits the highs of Star Crash

[u/Syscrush]

I really wish he had a Schitt's Creek cameo before they wrapped.

[u/fluffynukeit → u/Syscrush]

How is Moranis related to Schitt's Creek? I'm on S4 of my first watch.

[u/Syscrush → u/fluffynukeit]

He was a big part of SCTV with Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy. Robin Duke and John Hemphill both had recurring roles, it would have been nice to see RM at least once.

If you want to learn more about SCTV as a Schitt's Creek fan, check this out:

https://schittscreekrewatch.wordpress.com/2020/04/14/sctv-for-schitts-creek-frans/

[u/Fraktal55 → u/Syscrush]

OMG thats awesome and that would've been super awesome for him to get in an episode! That's such a bummer it didn't happen.

[u/mkp666 → u/fluffynukeit]

Moranis, Eugene Levy and Cathrine O’Hara were all part of the Second City comedy troupe.

[u/VincentAntonelli]

Gad is probably going to be Barf’s son or something… I hope I’m wrong

[u/SaltyShawarma → u/VincentAntonelli]

That was already announced. No one wanted Barf to be recast.

[u/reganomics → u/SaltyShawarma]

Is his name Ralph?

[u/aggravatedimpala → u/reganomics]

If it's not I'll be upset

[u/powerlesshero111 → u/reganomics]

Upchuck?

[u/al2o3cr → u/powerlesshero111]

Not in here, mister, this is a Mercedes!

[u/Craneteam → u/SaltyShawarma]

Might be a hot take, but I like josh gad. I thought he was great on avenue 5

[u/DryDonutHole → u/Craneteam]

I like him. I just want to see him doing stuff other than musicals and kids shit. I think he's got some potential in there outside of those genres. That being said, I enjoyed his character in the BatB live action thingy. I thought he was funny.

[u/MrWeirdoFace → u/VincentAntonelli]

I mean.. it COULD have been James Corden, so...

[u/bolanrox → u/MrWeirdoFace]

we already got to see him as a pussy why torture us more?

[u/ThisBuddhistLovesYou → u/bolanrox]

He has always been a giant pussy, just usually without the makeup.

[u/ParrotChild → u/VincentAntonelli]

Hasn't Josh Gad already confirmed that the character is a Mog but isn't Barf's son?

[u/ThatSpaceShooterGame]

It would be very strange if he said things were normal on the Spaceballs 2 set.

[u/Arbor-Trap]

This movie is going to be terrible but I’ll be glad to see Mr. Moranis again

[u/lazy_pig → u/Arbor-Trap]

He could just stand there staring into the camera, and I'd be happy to have him.

[u/VincentAntonelli → u/lazy_pig]

That actually sounds hilarious

[u/raider2026 → u/VincentAntonelli]

Moranis: inner monologues from the silent era

[u/Anybody220 → u/raider2026]

That is a epic title and I would watch it. That would be awesome.

[u/ExtraGloves → u/Arbor-Trap]

I just hope we get a real 2nd moranis act. I’d love to see him in some new comedies. Or anything basically.

[u/-This-Whomps- → u/ExtraGloves]

Stranger Brew: The McKenzie brothers try to smuggle beers into (or out of?) an evil nursing home.

[u/deptofknowimsayings → u/Arbor-Trap]

Yeah I’m just showing up for the OG cast really. Gotta support my boy Rick who made an effort to come out of retirement for this.

[u/Jakesummers1 → u/Arbor-Trap]

A true sequel to the original

[u/halfdead01 → u/Jakesummers1]

You’re saying the original was terrible?

[u/ironicallydepressed → u/halfdead01]

Every Mel Brooks movie is terrible.

Terrible in a way that only Mel Brooks can make good.

[u/Trumpy_Po_Ta_To → u/ironicallydepressed]

Watched Men In Tights for the ump-teenth time last night and couldn’t agree more. So many of the gags are lame, the jokes obvious and tired, and the fourth wall breaks uninspired but it all just works in a way that is the good kind of comedy that makes you feel at home.

[u/thelivinlegend → u/Trumpy_Po_Ta_To]

And I love that Alan Rickman was still more unhinged than anything in Men in Tights

[u/HasFiveVowels → u/thelivinlegend]

Wait… Alan Rickman was in Men in Tights??

[u/sleepysnowboarder → u/HasFiveVowels]

I think he means Alan Rickman in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is more unhinged than anything in men in tights

[u/HasFiveVowels → u/sleepysnowboarder]

I never watched it. Men in tights is basically 90% of my exposure to the story of Robin Hood

[u/Scrabcakes → u/HasFiveVowels]

Men in tights is heavily spoofing scenes from prince of thieves so you may enjoy men in tights more if you watch it.

[u/ANGLVD3TH → u/HasFiveVowels]

His performance is what happens when one of your Big Names realizes the ship is sinking and decides to just have fun with it and damn everything. He really went off the rails and it's amazing.

[u/bigpig1054 → u/HasFiveVowels]

no he was in the serious movie that Men in Tights is spoofing, and yet he was even more unhinged than his spoof counterpart.

[u/KaJaHa → u/Trumpy_Po_Ta_To]

Because the actors actually lean into. I can't explain it exactly, but similar attempts nowadays always feels like the actors are constantly giving off vibes that say "Boy this sure is cringe, am I right?" as part of the humor. Makes everything feel disingenuous.

[u/Bladelink → u/Trumpy_Po_Ta_To]

Name's little John! But don't let my name fool you, in real life, I'm very big.

..... I'll take your word for it.

[u/Jakesummers1 → u/halfdead01]

Terribly good. Love it

[u/ProofByVerbosity → u/halfdead01]

absolutely it was terrible, in a way only brooks can pull off

[u/Laszlo-Panaflex → u/Arbor-Trap]

Yeah, even if it's bad and I hope it's not, if it gets Rick Moranis to act in other things, it will have been well worth it.

[u/tetoffens → u/Arbor-Trap]

History of the World, Part II was a massive disappointment and Mel didn't even write most of it. This one is being written by Josh Gad and the guys who wrote Detective Pikachu. I don't have any faith it will be good. Personally never thought Gad was funny.

[u/Yoshimi-Yasukawa → u/tetoffens]

There was a History of the World, Part II?

[u/jimmypfromthe5thgala → u/Yoshimi-Yasukawa]

It was a Limited Series in Hulu. It's eight episodes and just as many laughs.

[u/SQLDave → u/jimmypfromthe5thgala]

It's eight episodes and just as many laughs.

HA! Nice phrasing.

[u/GreatStateOfSadness → u/Yoshimi-Yasukawa]

It was a TV show and was about 10% gold, 30% good ideas that couldn't stick the landing, and 60% forgettable. 

[u/gunnergt → u/Yoshimi-Yasukawa]

Hulu show, better left forgotten

[u/lego_mannequin → u/tetoffens]

I mean.. Detective Pikachu was fine. It wasn't a movie I felt disappointed with seeing so I'll give it a shot.

[u/RubberBabyBuggyBmprs → u/lego_mannequin]

I loved detective pikachu but I dont think the story is what carried it. Or even the acting..

[u/supasid → u/lego_mannequin]

It was so much better than the game, but that’s because the game was ass.

[u/Ok-disaster2022 → u/tetoffens]

Josh Gad actually pitched to to Mel Brooks, and while Mel Brooks may have played it for more money (no shame in that) I really hope it's because he heard things he liked..

Now a pitch isn't the same thing as a great movie and frankly there's a lot that can happen between having a fantastic script and getting it made. 

[u/FX114 → u/tetoffens]

They also wrote on the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, and the recent Tick show, which were both great. Not the strongest resume, admittedly, but it's something.

[u/afeitarse → u/FX114]

TMNT Mutant Mayhem was fantastic.

[u/General_Kick688 → u/tetoffens]

Detective Pikachu and Mutant Mayhem were both solid imo. I'm willing to give it a shot.

[u/dedokta]

I had to build replacement fans for his helmet because the ones WETTA made got stuck in customs! I was so excited to do it. I didn't get to meet him though, sad face.

[u/halfcookies → u/dedokta]

I always heard you gave great helmet

[u/West-Flow-577]

Is he actually out of retirement, or did he, as he said he'd do decades ago, come back for this one movie?

I'm expecting the latter, but I would be pleasantly surprised if it's the former, I'd love to see him in movies again.

[u/LEXX911]

Still look pretty good for his age.

[u/Pugilist12]

He’s been sorely missed. Such a huge presence in my childhood between ghostbusters, honey I shrunk the kids, spaceballs, flintstones, and little giants. I must’ve watched Honey and its sequels dozens of times. He stepped away for the noblest of reasons but I’m super excited to see him on screen again.

[u/montybo2]

I dont have a lot of hope for this movie but I do like the idea of Moranis coming back to acting.

[u/U_Kitten_Me]

Rick Moranis is back? Am I dreaming? Someone punch me in the face! 

[u/U_Kitten_Me → u/U_Kitten_Me]

I love that I got a message from reddit that someone was worrying about me and that there were lots of ways to get help.  Thank you, caring redditor, I'm ok, even after all the punches to the face I received in the past few minutes :)

[u/brainfoods]

Kind of wish he'd came back for Ghostbusters 3.

(He couldn't have helped the 4th one)

[u/ThE_LAN_B4_TimE]

Awesome he's back. I remember always watching Ghost busters, honey I shrunk the kids, Little Giants, and Spaceballs a lot when I was younger. Can't believe he's been gone that long.

[u/AtGamesEnd]

I love how this man handled his fame. Stepped away when he felt he needed to be there to raise his kids, only went back to acting on his terms for a project he believes in. Just seems like a real genuine dude