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| Should National Lampoon Make Â’72 VirginsÂ’? |
| 2007-06-20 |
| For a little fun on a Tuesday morning, the folks over at National Lampoon need your help. They are considering making a feature length film that is basically a modern version of their successful hit from the ’70s “Animal House” with a terrorist tilt. However, they want the public's opinion as to whether or not they should make this film, and have created an online poll to assist them with their decision. Lampoon’s website describes the premise of the comedy (video link available after the break due to the somewhat crude and vulgar content, h/t Charles at LGF): Two idiot college students unwittingly join an Al Qaeda cell in order to get the 72 virgins promised to terrorists when they die. From the makers of Animal House, Van Wilder, and the Vacation movies. Those interested can view the preview available here, and vote here. Vote early, vote often! Post facto question: Regardless of the voting, would the folks at Lampoon dare making this film given the volatile subject matter? Just imagine the outcry from Islamic groups like CAIR. Would they risk such negative publicity? After all, this is not a population that has presented itself as being tolerant of jokes directed at it, or have you forgotten the violence in Europe subsequent to the publishing of a few comic strips? |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #7 Heh, looks like RB is a repository of movie-making talent. Just to find a way to utilize it.... |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-20 18:22 |
| #6 Spot on Bruce but a couple more. The terrorist should be shown praying to the moon, having 9 year old wives, having the Democrats constantly calling them for poll information, receiving big checks and bomb materials from Saudi Arabia, joking that they have been there for years without a visa and have a huge picture of Jimmy Carter nude over their beds. Two last things, they should have a running joke about being scared to the point of looking over their shoulders of Little Green Footballs and Rantburg. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-06-20 17:59 |
| #5 Moose, you forgot JOHN GOLDFARB, PLEASE COME HOME! My thoughts on this kind of movie is to have the terrorist comment on how the US gov't policies protect them. In my movie just when the bad guys are to be overrun by the gun toting Bubbas. They are rescued by the FBI and taken to GITMO for a tropical vacation. |
| Posted by: bruce 2007-06-20 17:44 |
| #4 Absolutely. This death cult needs all the ridicule we can possibly heap upon it if we ever expect it to go away like it should. Even if the theater has to be ringed with FBI agents. Even if the movie is dumber than dirt. And apart from the ridicule aspect, the right to free speech needs to be asserted. They need to understand that we can say whatever we want and if they don't like it they can FOAD. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2007-06-20 11:59 |
| #3 The only way they could pull this off and be funny would be to use caricature villains as comic foils to serious comedians. The problem as it now stands is both that their villains look realistic, and the two college boys aren't funny--they just act stupid and dull. The lead villain should look like Anton LaVey with a red silk turban and lots of "Bwahahas": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Szandor_LaVey with an accent like Bela Legosi. His henchman should be a cross between Marty Feldman and Peter Lorre, and his followers a collective of ninja-dolts like a moronic 'Foot Clan' version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who invariably injure only themselves, and ignorantly and accidently worship anything they think they are supposed to worship. All the bad guys are terrified of women and pigs. There could be all kinds of sight gags like Anton eating a ham sandwich while drinking MD 20/20 (cheap Mogen David kosher wine), and smoking a lot of drugs. The two Americans can only be a Dumb and Dumber team if they are being used as patsies by some super secret government anti-terrorist organization that is using just a sickening level of surveillance on the terrorists. Lots of scatological humor potential there. But the movie has to be more like a Zucker movie with multiple high-speed gags going on continually so that any jokes that don't work are quickly forgotten. The villains target has to be something equally ridiculous, such as the largest pureed pork products company in the US, owned by pig obsessed rednecks who are armed to the teeth with all kinds of heavy weapons. The background for the movie would be a mix of "The President's Analyst", "Airplane!", "The Man With One Red Shoe", "Hot Shots" and even "Scary Movie". They could have lots of comedy and horror movie homages and just make it as surreal and nonsensical as possible. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-06-20 11:54 |
| #2 Unfortunately, this is not a ready for Homeland Security event. They can't handle a few mall shooting, how are they going to handle a bomb threat in a movie parking lot? Doubt too many theater owners want that opportunity. Only safe on broadband internet. Facts of life created by your CYA |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-06-20 08:54 |
| #1 I think the Zucker bros would be happy to collaborate. I say GO! |
| Posted by: doc 2007-06-20 08:24 |