What if Hitler and Jesus starred in an indie comedy?
January 30, 2007 3:13 PM Subscribe
"Second Coming" answers the question. (Links to Video).
I was really expecting that to be funny at first, and then be one of those things where they carried the joke for too long. Which it was, but somehow they played it so straight that it went back to being funny again. I'm reluctantly impressed.
posted by macmac at 3:21 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by macmac at 3:21 PM on January 30, 2007
I thought for sure it was going to have something to do with this guy.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:26 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by mr_crash_davis at 3:26 PM on January 30, 2007
Man, the soundtrack for this movie is so going to get me laid.
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:32 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 3:32 PM on January 30, 2007
This would have been funnier at 1/3rd the length. Meh.
posted by MythMaker at 3:44 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by MythMaker at 3:44 PM on January 30, 2007
That's a lot of effort for so little funny.
For moderately humorous modern Jesus films, see also The Second Comeback.
posted by tallthinone at 4:08 PM on January 30, 2007
For moderately humorous modern Jesus films, see also The Second Comeback.
posted by tallthinone at 4:08 PM on January 30, 2007
Personally, I think Mel Gibson should go back to making Mad Max movies.
posted by hal9k at 4:14 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by hal9k at 4:14 PM on January 30, 2007
MY IDEA! I will sue the shit out of them.
Only in mine Hitler, secretly preserved in a South American Nazi Lab and accidentally thawed out in the eighties, becomes a stand-up comic. But nobody in the PC 1980's will laugh at Nazi jokes. So he and Jesus, who has returned in Winamucca Nevada, end up having to share a ride to the New York Comedy Festival. Where Jesus is going to announce that he is back at the UN. They find out that they need each other. It was gonna be awesome.
posted by tkchrist at 4:16 PM on January 30, 2007
Only in mine Hitler, secretly preserved in a South American Nazi Lab and accidentally thawed out in the eighties, becomes a stand-up comic. But nobody in the PC 1980's will laugh at Nazi jokes. So he and Jesus, who has returned in Winamucca Nevada, end up having to share a ride to the New York Comedy Festival. Where Jesus is going to announce that he is back at the UN. They find out that they need each other. It was gonna be awesome.
posted by tkchrist at 4:16 PM on January 30, 2007
Who asked the question?
posted by kuujjuarapik at 4:22 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by kuujjuarapik at 4:22 PM on January 30, 2007
A lot funnier than I expected (the choice of soundtrack was particularly good as was the mimicry of some of the usual movie trailer tropes) - but I think this still pips it ever so slightly.
Who asked the question?
The title of the thread did.
posted by greycap at 4:30 PM on January 30, 2007
Who asked the question?
The title of the thread did.
posted by greycap at 4:30 PM on January 30, 2007
You know who else asked the question? That's right: Steve Ditko
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:36 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:36 PM on January 30, 2007
completely unfunny, trite, one basic joke (not that funny), incoherent, and pointless. Other then that, good.
posted by cell divide at 4:39 PM on January 30, 2007 [1 favorite]
posted by cell divide at 4:39 PM on January 30, 2007 [1 favorite]
Thank you.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:40 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:40 PM on January 30, 2007
yes - I know
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:40 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:40 PM on January 30, 2007
Mildly amusing when the premise was introduced, then was just too long. I was expecting Rob Schneider.
posted by mattoxic at 5:14 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by mattoxic at 5:14 PM on January 30, 2007
See, and I was expecting Mel Brooks for some reason...
posted by miss lynnster at 5:32 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by miss lynnster at 5:32 PM on January 30, 2007
Amongst all the movies I've pitched, Jesus and The Buddha's Excellent Adventure is possibly the best. It's like Jay and Silent Bob - sex and drug jokes only with beloved religious icons! Casting the invisible man as Mohammed was sheer, fatwa avoiding brilliance, and the scene where Guatama "Buddha" Siddhartha takes massive amounts of MDMA and it has no effect is comedy. fracking. gold.
But Stalin? That's just stupid.
posted by Sparx at 6:05 PM on January 30, 2007
But Stalin? That's just stupid.
posted by Sparx at 6:05 PM on January 30, 2007
The site mistakenly thinks I don't have flash installed, so instead of commenting on the viedo I'll just wonder whether yupster there got his metafilter account to promote the movie, or whether he works for broadcaster.com. If he's actually "Matt Mangs of Broadcaster.com", occupation "information facilitator", perhaps it's both.
posted by sfenders at 6:33 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by sfenders at 6:33 PM on January 30, 2007
I know that woman but can't figure out from where. Dontcha hate it when that happens?
posted by fungible at 6:34 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by fungible at 6:34 PM on January 30, 2007
I hate how the previews always show you the whole story... what's the use in even seeing the movie now?
Vintage comedy.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 9:23 PM on January 30, 2007
Vintage comedy.
posted by Samuel Farrow at 9:23 PM on January 30, 2007
The line "I'm sick of living in my father's shadow!" redeemed the whole thing.
posted by figment of my conation at 10:04 PM on January 30, 2007
posted by figment of my conation at 10:04 PM on January 30, 2007
The comments on that page are depressing.
posted by Target Practice at 12:00 AM on January 31, 2007
posted by Target Practice at 12:00 AM on January 31, 2007
The comments on that page are depressing.
Really? There is a fascinating conversation about quwerks on there, which according to google is some wow player. I dont really know how this quwerk is related to quantum physics, but I think the argument was that god plays wow.
Hey, that was funner to do than this post.
posted by Kudos at 1:41 AM on January 31, 2007
Really? There is a fascinating conversation about quwerks on there, which according to google is some wow player. I dont really know how this quwerk is related to quantum physics, but I think the argument was that god plays wow.
Hey, that was funner to do than this post.
posted by Kudos at 1:41 AM on January 31, 2007
fungible: I know that woman but can't figure out from where. Dontcha hate it when that happens?
Funny you should say that. I've been trying to place the guy playing Hitler for the past two days. I'm pretty sure I've seen him as a child in something, but can't ... quite ... figure it out.
So yes, I hate it when that happens. IMDB no help on this one either.
posted by itchylick at 9:18 AM on January 31, 2007
Funny you should say that. I've been trying to place the guy playing Hitler for the past two days. I'm pretty sure I've seen him as a child in something, but can't ... quite ... figure it out.
So yes, I hate it when that happens. IMDB no help on this one either.
posted by itchylick at 9:18 AM on January 31, 2007
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