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[-] HorseRabbit@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 day ago

Probably not. I mean the whole movie was a psudo-satire about the war on terror. But there were lots of internal contradictions that made the second half age terribly. The main message of the second half was that Iraq definitely does have WMDs and America might be annoying and brash and dumb but someone has to invade the middle east to fight evil!

A sequel would either have to admit that there were no WMDs and the war on terror was open colonialism, or ignore the entire message of the first movie and pretend it never happened, or double down on saying actually it's cool for the US to invade other countries.

[-] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

You'd have to drag Matt and Trey kicking and screaming back into directing with puppets again

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

The making off of this movie is just as good as the movie itself. I fully understand why they would never do that again, but i'm glad they did. I remember that kimmy's glasses alone were like 20k. It's just overall a hassle and an expensive one at that.

[-] GCanuck@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

No. Trey and Matt have both said they’d never work with puppets again.

[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 day ago

I don’t blame them. I wouldn’t make deals with puppets either—they’ve always got strings attached!

[-] GCanuck@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Get. Out. 👉

(I admit. I chuckled. )

[-] Chewbaccabra@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

They swore to their fathers they'd never use it

[-] Sundial@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

America is still enforcing its own systems through military means, is it not? It most definitely would work.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

I watch this every 9/11. It’s a tradition. A whack one, but hey

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I enjoy this about you.

[-] njm1314@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

God no, that film did not age particularly well. It was funny at the time, sorta, but it no longer works.

[-] Zozano@lemy.lol 6 points 1 day ago

Counterpoint:

"Matt Damon"

[-] neidu2@feddit.nl 6 points 1 day ago

Yeah, that movie was a perfectly timed parody of the War On Terror(tm). For a sequel to work today, the background must be changed.

[-] BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Ever since america won the war on terror, the movie kinda just doesn't work anymore

Not much has changed, yet. Twenty years from now they might need to change the team logo. For me the whole dicks and pussies spiel is still resonating.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago
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