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May The Schwartz Be With You!! Win The 25th Anniversary Edition Of SPACEBALLS On Blu-ray!!
The Kidd here...
I'm going to fly through this at ludicrous speed, so pay careful attention.
I've got ONE copy of SPACEBALLS: THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, courtesy of MGM, and I'm putting it up for grabs to you, the fine readers of Ain't It Cool News.
So how do you stake your claim on adding this one to your home collection?
That's simple. What I want you to do is come up with the best piece of SPACEBALLS mechandising that never existed. In the movie, there's a pretty funny scene where Yogurt explains all the tie-ins they could possibly have with the franchise: SPACEBALLS the T-shirt, SPACEBALLS the Coloring Book, SPACEBALLS the Lunch Box, SPACEBALLS the Breakfast Cereal, SPACEBALLS the Flame Thrower, etc. Come up with your own original piece of SPACEBALLS merchandise, and the best one takes it. Suffice to say, SPACEBALLS action figures aren't going to cut it this time around, so get creative.
In the body of the email, send your name, mailing address and piece of merch to Contests@AintItCool.com with the following subject line exactly (in all CAPS):
THE SEARCH FOR MORE MONEY
If you're missing any of the information I'm asking for, then it's as if you don't even have an entry, no matter how good it may have been.
Entries will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. EST on Friday, August 10.
Only one entry permitted per person, and this contest is only available to residents of the U.S.
May the Schwartz be with you!!
-Billy Donnelly
"The Infamous Billy The Kidd"
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us canadians get the shaft along with the rest of the world. thumbs down.
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can u say "prequel"!! joan rivers looks exactly the same.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 10:10 a.m. CST
Mel Brooks' movies really don't benefit from the Blu-ray treatment, imo
by AlienFanatic
I bought the set from Amazon and it's abundantly clear that Brooks' movies just aren't terribly cinematic. The lighting is too bright, the framing is more like watching a stage play than a movie, and the film they used isn't particularly sharp. It's not that I hate having spent what amounts to $4 apiece, it's just that they're not what I'd use to show off my HDTV.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 10:31 a.m. CST
Prefer Blazing Saddles and High Anxiety. Spaceballs: Where my testicles used to be.
by higgledyhiggles
Rock Ridge Rock Ridge, Splendid.
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Do you want a description of the item, or a Photoshop mock-up?
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Aug. 9, 2012, 10:32 a.m. CST
boy this really let me down when i saw it in theaters... "hardware wars" was funnier
by MST3KPIMP
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AIC is anti-Canuck. Oh well, the blu-ray is only about $15 at Futureshop right now. With how many times I've watched my DVD copy, I'll be picking this up soon.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 10:36 a.m. CST
Is Gremloids available on BLu-Ray. That movie was pretty funny.
by higgledyhiggles
In a very so bad it`s good kind of way. The shopping trolleys, The car chase, The silly Hat. Awesome.
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Laurel and Hardy handshakes all round..
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Aug. 9, 2012, 10:51 a.m. CST
I actually just learned that George Lucas was the one that prevented them from ever actual merchandising this movie.
by JediRob
Mel Brooks said it in this weeks EW. Lucas gave his blessing on the movie, but said no merchandising. Which makes sense I suppose, and explains why we never got Spaceballs dolls!
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rather than a photoshop job.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 11:12 a.m. CST
So caught a bit of Jaws 3 in HD the other day...
by Clarence_Boddickers_Optometrist
Am dumbfounded that Louis Gosset Jr. didn't haul away an Oscar for his portrayal of Calvin Bouchard. Talk about charismatic and mesmerizing!
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Color me shocked.
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Do you need a picture or photoshop work up for the idea? or just the name of the product and a description of it?
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Aug. 9, 2012, 11:48 a.m. CST
Choppah, you'd think that the artwork would have been rejigged to include Paxtons name?
by paul burnett
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Or some such?
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Did you ever post American Reunion winners? Will you post the winner of this contest?
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Probably completely uninteresting to anyone, but Spaceballs is one of my favourite movies growing up, so I vistited the IMDB page (again). Turns out, king Roland's castle is actually Schloss Neuschwanstein in Germany, which I visited with my family just two weeks ago. I did not recognise it at the time. That is all.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 12:18 p.m. CST
Clarence, I too watched Jaws 3-D the other day. Louis deserved the Oscar! "I'm in charge, I sell the tickets, I make the decisions, MOVE THE FISH!"
by notcher
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That's why he's giving it away!! LOL!!!
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My wife loves Neuschwanstein, has pictures all around her office. We even went there on our honeymoon. Now I'm going to laugh whenever I see it. I love SPACEBALLS and just never noticed they used it for King Roland's castle.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 1:06 p.m. CST
Yes only US, it wouldnt be fair to compete with the rest of the world
by Ricardo
The average response will be "Spaceballs Dildo! Huh huh huh!!"
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Aug. 9, 2012, 2 p.m. CST
why isn't AICN talking about Bryan Singer's H+ digital series, now out on youtube?
by georgecauldron
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i visited Neuschwanstein around the time that the movie came out (but well before ever seeing the movie) so i recognized the castle when i watched it... it's also the inspiration for the sleeping beauty and cinderella castles used by disney theme parks, those two castles being merged to form the disney pictures logo.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 2:33 p.m. CST
Did you see anything??" "No sir, I didn't see you playing with your dolls, sir." "Good. That's good.
by Dogmatic
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Aug. 9, 2012, 3:14 p.m. CST
How come they never made Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2
by gridlockd
or even Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money? They coulda spoofed the prequels. God knows they deserved it.
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Steady now.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 5:25 p.m. CST
The death brain squeeze grip of Satan. Squeezing out the good new thoughts and replacing them with bad edits and disemboweled characters like poor solo. Poor
by UltraTron
poor Han Solo. For the record Lucas set fire to this character. He literally reached back in time and destroyed the high def version of this film I now have to up convert from a DVD. It even destroys the timing of the music. It's fucked beyond anything anyone has ever heard of in the industry. It's too much control given to someone who does not deserve it. It's not like a single one of his decisions have been good. It's 100% fucked. He set fire to Vader in every conceivable way but what he did to Han is beyond it all. It's ret-con horror film making at the highest level. It's the biggest audience ET bukkake face blast of alien feltch ever shat from the penis asses of ET's family. It's one thing to be fucked in every hole by your government every day that even calls your social security that you bought a fuck you in the ass thing instead of this thing you bought. Follow me? Ok well then you are as fucking insane as I am.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 5:28 p.m. CST
Or maybe you are as sane as me(loud duh duh duuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnn music cue)
by UltraTron
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Just reading that line was a visceral experience!!!
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Aug. 9, 2012, 7:49 p.m. CST
Not a great movie, but probably the last watchable Mel Brooks movie. Nowhere near a classic, but amusing.
by dahveed1972
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We're doing it for a SHITLOAD of money!
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And no, you don't see the puppet rods (much) in the proper aspect ratio.
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Aug. 9, 2012, 8:12 p.m. CST
Problem is that everyone wants ALL his movies to be Blazing Saddles, and they just arent.
by Arcadian
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Brooks problem has always been he peaked too soon and was never given a chance since most always say, "well, it's not as good as Blazing saddles...." DUH... I think "High Anxiety" is criminally ignored when it's mostly inspired and always funny as fuck! I even dig "Life Stinks." Boy the Lucas digs have now become part of AICN crowd like drugs at Woodstock. Give it a rest you miserable children.
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never find out who the winner is? What a concept!
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Aug. 9, 2012, 10:23 p.m. CST
He should do a Special Edition and film new scenes with the actors obviously 25 years older.
by JediRob
Just make it as ridiculous as possible.
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Aug. 10, 2012, 12:41 a.m. CST
Zodlovesmaude: no it's just, ya see I accidently watched it recently. Anyways the real reason Brooks flew off a cliff is because he ditched wonka.
by UltraTron
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Aug. 10, 2012, 2:44 a.m. CST
This contest is only available to residents of the U.S.: THE MOVIE
by brokentusk
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Aug. 10, 2012, 3:32 a.m. CST
I would let twenty times twenty times twenty camels spit in my face if I could have just a miniscule percentage of Mel Brooks' talent
by I Max U Mini
You simply do not attain the heights Mel Brooks has reached through luck. Seriously, the vast majority of the so-called geeks that frequent these talkbacks have probably never "watched" or heard anything Mel Brooks did BBS (Before Blazing Saddles). He cut his teeth in the early days of television and pushed the boundaries of taste. His timing is always impeccable as witnessed by Corporal Melvin Kaminsky showed up on the shores of France … three weeks after the invasion of Normandy. He worked as a stand up on the Borscht Belt while also taking acting classes and performing in various off Broadway stage productions. His biggest break came when he was hired to be part of the writing team for Your Show of Shows and other Sid Caesar series and specials. Along the way he worked with Neil Simon and his brother Danny Simon, Woody Allen, Larry Gelbert (if you don’t know who any of these men are, you’ve already proven my point), Carl Reiner, Imogene Coca, and too many others to mention. However, I will throw you dogs a bone – the man who created Your Show of Shows was Pat Weaver, Jr. or as you might know him Sigourney Weaver’s late father. How many of you are old enough to remember his creations or co-creations for the small screen “Get Smart” or “When Things Were Rotten” (an early run through of Robin Hood: Men In Tights)? An even better question: How old must you be to appreciate the humor of the 2000 Year Old Man? He directed and produced his very first film, “The Producers”, and took home an Oscar as the writer. He first appeared in his own film in “The Twelve Chairs” which was based on a 1928 book written by two Russians about con men set in the Soviet Union. It was your standard, “a poor former aristocrat, a priest, and a homeless con-artist walk into a …” You know the story. The movie was replete with slapstick and a whole lot of heart. Beautiful! Then, in rapid succession came Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety and History of the World, Part I. That’s not luck, that’s a gift. As for Spaceballs. It was what it was for its time. Still, I will never forgive him for Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
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No sign, on the cover, of Bill Pullman, who happens to be the star of the damn film? Could this have not been corrected for the Blu? I mean, Mel already has a credit on the cover, as in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs. Come on peoples!
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I was twelve when I first saw Space Balls and I still laugh a lot to this day. Using a giant space vaccum to suck all the air out of a planet is much more believable than shooting a laser blast and blowing it up. I never bought that Alderon shit. Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein get all the accolades but The Producers is Mel's masterpiece. Even the dated hippie stuff is still funny. You could say the Broadway show gilded the lily a bit, but the movie still cuts.
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Aug. 10, 2012, 8:34 a.m. CST
I reallly wish the studio would have let Mel Brooks make this single movie into a triology. Just such a rich universe and so much story to tell.
by Drew
If only he had made the movie today, based it on a 250 page children book, and called it the Hobbit.
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I think Fox wanted to make a sequel at least. begged, i hear. but mel didn't want to cheapen the original i hear.
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