History of the World part 1 is not only a great Mel Brooks masterpeice, but in my opinion one of the funniest films in history.. of the world... in general.
Now 40 odd years later, he's back presenting a sequel in 8 episodes.
I'm not sure if Mel actually had much hands on with the making of this, as he is part of the writing credits, but may have actually had as much to do with it as he did with Get Smart? The original, not that remake abomination.
First seeing the trailer, I thought everyone was gonna be in this, modern day actors I mean, but surprisingly it's mostly around 4 or 5 actors with various roles, to which at first thought I thought was stupid, but then I remembered, Mel himself did that too in the original. Speaking of, Mel does the intro to the show, then just voice over work throught the series as the narrator, but does appear in the final scene... sort of lol. So those expecting Mel to be IN this series, you gotta remember, he's getting on quite a bit, and we should be thankful we got this at all!
Being such a fan of the original, I was comparing a lot of this to the original, but got used to it kind of bring the same episodes continuing each episode. Infact, I don't know if it's just coincidence? But, IF Mel picked these actors, it wouldn't surprise me if he was a fan of Mad TV and Drunk History. As quite a few cast members in this played in both, and HOTW2 is made in very simmilar ways to Drunk History and presented in a Mad TVish style in parts.
There is quite a few moments i was laughing at, but questioned if it was Melz writing or not? But I must say, I'm by far any fan of Jason Alexander, but he presented a very Mel style scene that was perfect Brooks humor! The other suprising actor, or actress i should say, was Wanda Sykes. I've never liked her, only ever tolerated her in Crank Yankers, but she's actually very tolerable here! She's not her overly too loud self, she's quite calm and softer spoken for the most part, and I don't know why? But, if that was Mels influence, great job!
I dunno why so many people are showing hate towards this. I guess they expected Mel to reprise his role and they'd bring back all the deceased cast of part 1?! But this cast has done a great job, for the most part, and I'm satisfied that Mel has returned and made parody and slapstick watchable again. No thanks to those two guts who killed the genre after having nothing actually making it into the final script of Scary Movie, yet using that credit to destroy the genre by fluffing out all those terrible "(insert title) Movie" disasters.
Thank you for coming back Mel. No, it's not as good as part 1, but it's a sequel I'm thankful Mel has given us, which sadly may be the last, but let's hope Mel lives to 200 and we get 100 season of History of the World!
Now 40 odd years later, he's back presenting a sequel in 8 episodes.
I'm not sure if Mel actually had much hands on with the making of this, as he is part of the writing credits, but may have actually had as much to do with it as he did with Get Smart? The original, not that remake abomination.
First seeing the trailer, I thought everyone was gonna be in this, modern day actors I mean, but surprisingly it's mostly around 4 or 5 actors with various roles, to which at first thought I thought was stupid, but then I remembered, Mel himself did that too in the original. Speaking of, Mel does the intro to the show, then just voice over work throught the series as the narrator, but does appear in the final scene... sort of lol. So those expecting Mel to be IN this series, you gotta remember, he's getting on quite a bit, and we should be thankful we got this at all!
Being such a fan of the original, I was comparing a lot of this to the original, but got used to it kind of bring the same episodes continuing each episode. Infact, I don't know if it's just coincidence? But, IF Mel picked these actors, it wouldn't surprise me if he was a fan of Mad TV and Drunk History. As quite a few cast members in this played in both, and HOTW2 is made in very simmilar ways to Drunk History and presented in a Mad TVish style in parts.
There is quite a few moments i was laughing at, but questioned if it was Melz writing or not? But I must say, I'm by far any fan of Jason Alexander, but he presented a very Mel style scene that was perfect Brooks humor! The other suprising actor, or actress i should say, was Wanda Sykes. I've never liked her, only ever tolerated her in Crank Yankers, but she's actually very tolerable here! She's not her overly too loud self, she's quite calm and softer spoken for the most part, and I don't know why? But, if that was Mels influence, great job!
I dunno why so many people are showing hate towards this. I guess they expected Mel to reprise his role and they'd bring back all the deceased cast of part 1?! But this cast has done a great job, for the most part, and I'm satisfied that Mel has returned and made parody and slapstick watchable again. No thanks to those two guts who killed the genre after having nothing actually making it into the final script of Scary Movie, yet using that credit to destroy the genre by fluffing out all those terrible "(insert title) Movie" disasters.
Thank you for coming back Mel. No, it's not as good as part 1, but it's a sequel I'm thankful Mel has given us, which sadly may be the last, but let's hope Mel lives to 200 and we get 100 season of History of the World!