Austin Powers - great.

Wayne's World - great.

So I Married An Axe Murderer - very underrated.

Jesus, what has this guy done to piss people off? Can't carry a live action film? What the hell are you talking about?

P.S. Darth Fabulous - you're not THE Darth Fabulous, are you?

I don't get this attitude toward Myers at all. It's like there was a meeting while I was out - "Sorry, Frank, we all voted. Mike Myers sucks now."

How can Dr Evil suck??? That guy is HILARIOUS.

We've gone over this point in the Barbarella talkback. If two movies are based on the same literary property 40 or fifty years apart, that doesn't make the new version a "remake" or the old version "the original". With "Mitty", they're just two films that both happen to be based on the same celebrated short story.

After "Goldmember" and "The Cat...", didn't Congress pass a law to stop Mike Myers from making any more movies? and, if not, what are my tax dollars being wasted on?

Also, Napoleon Park, my eight year old nephew LOVED Cat In The Hat, and that's who that film is for. Me, I liked Goldmember, although Seth Green was the best thing about that one. Finally turning evil after all those years? Brilliant. I'd watch a whole spin-off series about Scott Evil.

I remember reading the original short story in frehman English class (or perhaps Sophmore) and adoring it. I really do think MM can pull this off IF Jay Roach doesn't direct it, or Shawn Levy. Competant comedy directiors but not having the subtle touch that this requires. I can't think of any director off the top of my head how cn do the subtle comedy touch that this requires, Ramis channeling the Ice Harvest maybe? The other bit of casting has to be who plays Walter's wife, also going to require someone who can totally play it stright.

See here's the diffculity in adapting this sotry as I see it now, you have to have two stright "men" reacting naturally not hamming it up to the situation going on.

You now that I think aobut it, this would be a great project for either Rainn Wilson (as someone mentioned above) or even Luke Wilson.

For that matter... Mike Myers trying to return to the Wayne Campbell character, at this point, would be even sadder that force feeding the world another Austin Powers.

Sure doing "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" presents an opportunity for failure; but so does the making of any film. I'd be more interested in seeing him play a character he hasn't already done. So long as he plays it straight, (or atleast not like a bunch of kids mugging for a TV news camera during a live shot) and he promises to give the Scottish accent a rest. It worked in his "All Things Scottish" sketch on SNL, it was effective in "So, I Married An Axe Murderer"; but somewhere in all the "Shrek" hype it just got really tired.

Oh and one other Myers note... they should make him agree that he can only have *one* role in "Mitty".

And to think this was once going to be a Spielberg and Jim Carrey film. I hope this doesn't get made by anyone except them. Because otherwise I'll see it and think "this was going to be so much better".

Now on the other hand, Jason Schwartzman looks like Moon and actually PLAYS drums. Somebody call a casting agent and make it happen.

I LIKED Austin Powers, International Man Of Mystery. The sequel was just the characters repeating all the catch phrases, and the third one was just crude and unamusing. Though it had it's moments, particularly the cameo filled fake movie opening sequence. "Spy Hard" was better, though.

If the flaw in Cat In the Hat was trying to stretch a short story into feature length, that does not bode well for this film adaptation of James Thurber's acclaimed and beloved short story "The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty", does it?

Non-comedic best pal supporting roles and a cameo in a Tarantino film is the career arc for Myers. His guest spot in that last Michael Myers slasher film was a good start.

Okay, got it... A talent like Mike Myers couldn't fill Danny Kaye's left tit-clamp.

Could Myers pull off a MITTY remake? Possibly -- as someone above noted, Myers can basically do the "common guy", no problem. Then again, why shouldn't he be able to? He's a short, slightly tubby guy with a squatty face (in short, he's NOT the Cary Grant or Tom Selleck classically good looking movie star type), so of course he can play the "common guy." He IS a common guy. So playing a "common guy" who has a desk job and who then daydreams assorted gag bits is hardly a stretch here.

But could Myers EVER pull off THE COURT JESTER? Sorry, not a snowball's chance in hell. What made Kaye so fantastic -- and COURT JESTER is the perfect example of this -- is that Kaye could go from slapstick comedy to dashing/heroic on the stop of a dime. Watching Kaye in THE COURT JESTER is a total blast because he CAN believably switch back and forth from being a total goof to a swashbuckler at the snap of a finger. Kaye had "movie star" looks and screen presence, which frankly Myers is severly lacking.

Besides, think of it this way: comedy aside, Kaye was also fantastic musical performer. Could you ever imagine Myers pulling off HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON? No, me neither!

The truth is, nice guy or likeable as he sometimes is on screen, Myers isn't even in the same league as Danny Kaye...

this is just like people thinking Carrey had no talent because Ace Ventura is over the top. separate the man from the part, guys. I know it's fun to hate, but come on. if you think Myers is a hack, you've lost the plot.