Blatant rip off of Star Wars
Did Lucas sue? There are way too many scenes and characters that are so obvious they copied Star Wars
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At least put forth some miniscule bit of effort...you peenas!
shareHe did sue.
He won only the case for the rights on some merchandise, he is owed 80% of he grosses from the flamethrower and the Dinky toys inside the cereals.
No dude, you have it all wrong. George Lucas saw this movie and thought it was funny, but decided to make a more dramatic version of the story. He recommended it to Ridley Scott who decided to make an Alien movie except his alien would be much taller and not into show tunes (however, he did decide to bring that William Hurt guy along because he was really impressed by his presence). And then, of course, this is how Pizza Hut got its name.
Come on, do your research.
That's not how it went.
No one sued.
Lucas APPROVED of this movie, and even let his effects team (Industrial Light & Magic) help A LOT with this movie, without any extra compensation, if Mel Brooks obeyed his most important rule; Mel wasn't allowed to MERCHANDISE.
That's _WHY_ the merchandise joke exists in the movie, and is so omnipresent. He couldn't merchandise OUTSIDE the movie, so he merchandises INSIDE the movie.
Knowing this, it makes the joke even funnier in my opinion - it's like Mel is snapping at Lucas a bit, like 'HA! I managed to merchandise anyway!'
George actually said something like it's a really good movie even if you don't consider it's a comedy, that it's a perfectly good space sci-fi story in its own right, even though it does parody his movies.
This movie had George Lucas' FULL BLESSING, so please stop making up ludicrous things.
BTW, I know you are trying to be funny, but do it after the truth has been told, not in its stead.
My professor says you are wrong.
shareLucas was so pissed off about it that he made his own company, ILM, do the special effects for Spaceballs.
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