Spinal Tap II (2024) (1 Viewer)

[Jeffrey D]

Maybe that will be the focus on this sequel....to poke fun at all the old rock stars that are still out there doing it.

Yes I think it’s a lock that there will be jokes about 70 something guys still touring, and there are a good amount of them (Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, just to name a few). Those improv geniuses can likely come up with some funny, if not cringe-worthy stuff about aging.

 

[WillG]

McKean, Guest and Shearer certainly have more talent even at their ages than most today, but I’m in the “please don’t do this” camp. The odds that this IP could still be allowed to be funny in this day and age is 1000-1. Even if this becomes 100% than coming to America 2, that still multiplying by an infinitesimal factor.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Yes I think it’s a lock that there will be jokes about 70 something guys still touring, and there are a good amount of them (Alice Cooper, Sammy Hagar, Aerosmith, Deep Purple, just to name a few). Those improv geniuses can likely come up with some funny, if not cringe-worthy stuff about aging.

Well, I just went to a Geezer Rock show last week, The Who, and I can say Pete Townsend definitely is in on the joke. He thanked the crowd and said it was good to be anywhere at his age and his banter throughout the evening was very Spinal Tap. They should probably have Pete and Roger appear in the film.

I will say though, Roger (78) and Pete (77) look and sound great at this stage. Pete probably looks better at 77 than he did at 27 and Roger is seemingly ageless and has to be in the best shape of any of the Geezer Rock singers still out there doing it.

So, a new Spinal Tap film has plenty of material to work, it is really about how they work it.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I really see a gag centered around the band being told they can't play Big Bottoms as probably being hilarious but should be pushed way out into that area of being hilariously inappropriate.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

"Now that we've achieved actual maturity there is no reason to try to fake it with a film." - David St. Hubbins

 

[Capt D McMars]

Like the original but these guys are way too old now (mid to late 70s) to be still playing rock stars. Plus I think they've already milked this shtick as far as it'll go.

Yeah, agreed...are you listening Jagger?!!!

 

[Capt D McMars]

I don't think it matters because the people you're talking about would never have any interest in seeing this movie.

The Trolls would just to have something to

cry about it!!

 

[Capt D McMars]

Maybe that will be the focus on this sequel....to poke fun at all the old rock stars that are still out there doing it.

 

[titch]

Like the original but these guys are way too old now (mid to late 70s) to be still playing rock stars. Plus I think they've already milked this shtick as far as it'll go.

A few thoughts from someone who actually saw This Is Spinal Tap on its theatrical release. The news of a sequel 40 years later instills a combination of excitement and terror in me. Anchorman 2 and Ghostbusters 2 - how absolutely rotten, as sequels for comedy classics. In 2024: Spinal Tap 2. The concept is quite good, actually. It uses the idea that Christopher Guest uses in all his films (Guffman, Best In Show and Mighty Wind), which is that the drama builds towards a performance. So, the structure of Spinal Tap 2, is going to be that the manager, Ian Faith, who's died in the film (in real life, the actor Tony Hendra has died), his wife has a contract which says that Spinal Tap were contracted to play one more show and she will sue them if they don't. The three members have to therefore reunite and perform a show.

Part of the reason they are doing this is that they get huge credit for Spinal Tap. Every time one of the members goes on a chat show, somebody eventually wants to talk about Spinal Tap. None of the actors made any money out of it the first time round, because of they way it was done. It was done on a minuscule budget, there was no script. They knew what the "in" was for each take - the part of the plot they had to allude to was - and they knew what the "out" was, and the rest in between was completely improvised. However, this time around, they're going to get a 2022 deal for streaming and the audience will be there.

I think there's rich comedy potential for what they've been doing in the last 40 years. The great joke of Spinal Tap, is that once you've seen it, the idea of it just lodges in your mind. You see these pictures of these men, who clearly have middle-aged faces in 1984, trying to play for teenagers. They look as though they ought to be over the garden wall with their neighbours, discussing lawnmowers, or traffic calming issues, but instead, they've got these ridiculous wigs and are wearing leopard spandex trousers. It's the contrast between these haircuts and old faces. Does that get funnier when they're in their 70's? The biggest challenge will be them dealing with the passage of time, in making the film work.

They're still terribly funny and terribly talented people. It might work.

 

[Jeffrey D]

So the group is contractually obligated to play another show. OK, but where this film could turn ludicrous is their explanation for why anyone would want to see the group now. I guess there’s going to be a lot of talk and hand wringing about ticket sales for the show.

 

[Greg.K]

Maybe that will be the focus on this sequel....to poke fun at all the old rock stars that are still out there doing it.

Seems pretty likely that would be the case.

 

[Capt D McMars]

So the group is contractually obligated to play another show. OK, but where this film could turn ludicrous is their explanation for why anyone would want to see the group now. I guess there’s going to be a lot of talk and hand wringing about ticket sales for the show.

 

[Carlo_M]

I am an enormous fan of the original and am usually very dubious when it comes to sequels...

That said, I'm looking forward to see how the band's weathered the years. These guys (actors and directors) have all done good-to-great work in the intervening years so I will give them every opportunity to impress.

 

[Clark Green]

I plan to see it in the theater like I did when the first one hit theaters in the 80's !

 

[Carlo_M]

He would have been in his seventies, but I'm sad that Bruno Kirby isn't around to reprise his role. There was so much cut footage with him in the first one that made it onto various releases, and it was all so funny.

 

[Clark Green]

"Yes I Can, if Frank Sinatra says it's ok"

"F'n limey's"

 

[Carlo_M]

Imagine being picked up by the same limo driver only to receive another Sinatra lesson. I’d have died in my seat. And yes I will be there on day one in the theater.

 

[Capt D McMars]

Spinal Tap 2: The Wheelechair World Tour - sponcered by Colon Blow cereal

 

[Joe Wong]

Sounds like a 12!

Rob Reiner to Film ‘This Is Spinal Tap’ Sequel in February, Says Paul McCartney and Elton John Will Appear

Rob Reiner revealed new details about his upcoming sequel to ‘This Is Spinal Tap,’ which will shoot in February and feature music legend Elton John.

variety.com

 

[Carlo_M]

I hope Sirs Paul and Elton are made to smell the glove.