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It seems to happen to a lot of comedians, honestly. Dana Carvey, Mike Meyers, Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey... None of them have material today nearly as funny as when they started out.
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Is that were you start singing with the voice of Paul Simon?
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It seems to happen to a lot of comedians, honestly. Dana Carvey, Mike Meyers, Adam Sandler, Jim Carrey... None of them have material today nearly as funny as when they started out.
Aye, a shame.
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My uncle was honestly offended by that movie. He thought Martin tried to rip the character from Sellers, and failed miserably at it.
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There are some things you just shouldn't try to remake... certainly not while the original audience is around to make a comparison at least. With The Day The Earth Stood Still I can see why they are doing it - spiffy new effects, an updated story relevant to current issues, modern production values. It may not make it a good idea, but at least there's a case to be made.

But new Pink Panther movies... why? What can they possibly do that they expect to be even approach the original? Even at his very best they couldn't possible have thought Steve Martin or anybody could play Closeau and come off looking anything but a shadow of the original. Sellers owned Closeau.

I can only imagine the intended audience for these films is people watching out of sheer morbid curiosity.
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Tsukiyumi wrote:Rewatch The Jerk, and then watch any of his more recent stuff; the decline in quality is drastic, and rather sad. He's a bit like Eddie Murphy in that respect - they both used to be funny, and now settle for whatever work comes their way...
Bowfinger, anyone? :bangwall:
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mwhittington wrote:
Tsukiyumi wrote:Rewatch The Jerk, and then watch any of his more recent stuff; the decline in quality is drastic, and rather sad. He's a bit like Eddie Murphy in that respect - they both used to be funny, and now settle for whatever work comes their way...
Bowfinger, anyone? :bangwall:
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But new Pink Panther movies... why? What can they possibly do that they expect to be even approach the original? Even at his very best they couldn't possible have thought Steve Martin or anybody could play Closeau and come off looking anything but a shadow of the original. Sellers owned Closeau.

I can only imagine the intended audience for these films is people watching out of sheer morbid curiosity.
I think that's exactly why they made the new PP film. They knew they had a ready-made fan base that would go and see it, getting them a tonne of money with little effort. This new film is an attempt to cash in again.
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I don't know if this is true or not, but I read somewhere that Dennis Pennis, (a vile celebrity reporter charactor of the comedian Paul Kaye, kind of a precursur of Borat) stuck a microphone under Steve Martin's nose on a film premier red carpet about ten years back, and asked "why aren't you funny any more?" This alledgely sent him into a depression and therapy. If true, I guess he got over it.....
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Enkidu wrote:I don't know if this is true or not, but I read somewhere that Dennis Pennis, (a vile celebrity reporter charactor of the comedian Paul Kaye, kind of a precursur of Borat) stuck a microphone under Steve Martin's nose on a film premier red carpet about ten years back, and asked "why aren't you funny any more?" This alledgely sent him into a depression and therapy. If true, I guess he got over it.....
He must've made peace with his unfunniness. :?
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Enkidu wrote:I don't know if this is true or not, but I read somewhere that Dennis Pennis, (a vile celebrity reporter charactor of the comedian Paul Kaye, kind of a precursur of Borat) stuck a microphone under Steve Martin's nose on a film premier red carpet about ten years back, and asked "why aren't you funny any more?" This alledgely sent him into a depression and therapy. If true, I guess he got over it.....
It's definitely true that Dennis did that; I saw it. It wasn't up to his all time question, put to Demi Moore - "If the role demanded it, would you ever consider keeping your clothes on in a movie?"
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God, I HOPE not.
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They look like Phyllis Diller,
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