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by AlexandrB 1805 days ago
Yup.

I think the problem is that a lot of the humor in Airplane has aged like sour milk - it's not a comedy made to stand the test of time. Consider "Blazing Saddles", which does not suffer from this problem nearly as much and is 6 years older. I could see it getting made today just fine with a few tweaks.
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jimbokun 1805 days ago
Airplane will always be hilarious, fight me.

And Blazing Saddles is the poster child for "could not get made today" arguments.

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dragonwriter 1805 days ago
> And Blazing Saddles is the poster child for "could not get made today" arguments.

Blazing Saddles was the poster child for that when many of the movies that argument is now made about were made, too.

Because its the kind of movie that could never be made, except that it was. And if there was a Mel Brooks-in-his-prime now, the modern equivalent (which, presumably, Blazing Samurai this year will not be) could get made today.

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Apocryphon 1805 days ago
Going from a cowpoke to a bushido setting? How very Westworld.
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dragonwriter 1805 days ago
> Going from a cowpoke to a bushido setting?

That's not the biggest change:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Samurai

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