Spinal Tap revisited

[Idesofmarch69]

Good news and bad news. It seems there will be a follow up to "This is Spinal Tap" with most of the original band. Cinema release in 2024.

Sadly, it seems that the drummer in the original film, Ric Parnell, has passed away but the Guardian did not provide details of the circumstances. However, we must assume that he choked on somebody's vomit or spontaneously combusted.

 

[BLUEYESTU]

One of my all time favourite films. I’m always wary of sequels to classic films because they’re usually a disappointment, but I’ll be looking forward to this

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

I may have mentioned this already on another thread, but I have a woman friend (now in her 50s) who put potential male mates into two camps: "love and can quote Spinal Tap", and "cannot quote Spinal Tap and/or does not love it."

She refused to date men in the second camp.

Probably needless to say, but I have a bit of a crush on her. However, I was already (happily) married when I met her :) and now she's getting (re)married to a bloke who can, you guessed it, quote nearly the entire film verbatim.

 

[flook]

It's been more than 20 years since I last saw the original pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms (yes I googled it), I'll have to search it out in the near future

 

[journolud]

Have never seen it, not available on Netflix or Amazon as far as I can tell. Would be happy to be told otherwise

 

[Corky]

Working title "Lumbar Puncture".

 

[joe123]

Tap lives!

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

I may have mentioned this already on another thread, but I have a woman friend (now in her 50s) who put potential male mates into two camps: "love and can quote Spinal Tap", and "cannot quote Spinal Tap and/or does not love it."

She refused to date men in the second camp.

Probably needless to say, but I have a bit of a crush on her. However, I was already (happily) married when I met her :) and now she's getting (re)married to a bloke who can, you guessed it, quote nearly the entire film verbatim.

That really is taking pickiness to 11.

 

[City Hobgoblin]

“This much talent”

 

[Idesofmarch69]

"They were still booing him when we were on."

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

That really is taking pickiness to 11.

I like that she used it as a line of demarcation. But of course, it’s such a fine line between clever and stupid.

Any, she thinks if you don’t think ST is funny, you have an underdeveloped sense of of humo(u)r in her eyes. And she’s right.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

“Fuckin’ limeys.”

 

[malg]

Original film is an absolute work of genius. Hopefully they won't fuck it up.

 

[Meatbag]

Should’ve recorded the album in doubley though.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

How very timely.
BBC 2, 10.40 pm TONIGHT
This is Spinal Tap

 

[somapop]

Wanted to watch it with the kids but not sure how they'd take it given its age.

I don't think I've seen anything so consistently funny as this film.

Any mis measuring situation I find myself in I always refer to the stonehenge scene....

 

[kippaxwarrior]

Smell the golve

 

[BlueMoonAcrossThePond]

Good news and bad news. It seems there will be a follow up to "This is Spinal Tap" with most of the original band. Cinema release in 2024.

Sadly, it seems that the drummer in the original film, Ric Parnell, has passed away but the Guardian did not provide details of the circumstances. However, we must assume that he choked on somebody's vomit or spontaneously combusted.

The drummer died?

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

The drummer died?

In the movie, yes. But they brought him back to life via his "identical twin" for the post-film performances.

 

[Idesofmarch69]

The drummer died?

They're showing the film as a tribute to Rick Parnell, the actor who played drummer, Mick Shrimpton, in the film.