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[–] WhisperingEye@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago

Did he say: "There'll be an Austin Powers 4. Oh yes, there will be an Austin Powers 4?"

[–] BucketBong@p.hobo.social 6 points 2 hours ago

Does there have to be?

[–] PumpkinSkink@lemmy.world 5 points 2 hours ago

I had always wondered if we'd get one, the end of Goldmember pretty strongly implies there would be another with Scotty as the bad guy. Maybe it'll be a riff on Thunderball.

[–] espentan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

There are 3? I would've sworn there were two, and I really only remember the first one.

[–] Einskjaldi@lemmy.world 2 points 39 minutes ago

It has a lot of physical comedy gags most of which you've forgotten that fill upthe time.

[–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago
[–] themoken@startrek.website 15 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

I'm not watching an ad or a Twitter post to get a read on this but does anyone actually want this? I watched the first one many times because I was 12 and then grew out of it by the sequel. A lot of this late 90s/early 00s comedy seems cringe at best and problematic at worst and now needs to compete with infinite sophomoric YouTube videos.

Not to mention, the Bond franchise got way serious in response to Austin Powers, and the 60s spy he was parodying doesn't seem nearly as culturally relevant to the kids this would need to appeal to to be successful.

... Or is this pure cash grab?

[–] makeshiftreaper@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

I think there's actually a really interesting opportunity here. The late 60s/early 70s bond that Austin Powers was parodying would mean that a new one would be parodying late 90s/early 2000s movies and culture. Plus Austin Powers has been portrayed as "woke", he refuses to sleep with women who can't consent, is sexually open, and advocated for women in power. It'd be a very fine line to do well but I could definitely see a modernized Austin Powers hitting millennial nostalgia while also staying true to the character and being entertaining

Yes cant wait!

All three were fun comedies. An updated take will be fun too!

We have capitalism. Everything is a cash grab. At least this is a fun one. Fun.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

I like the movies and would watch this one

[–] BilboBargains@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Autism Powers 4

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 6 points 4 hours ago

Wonder if plans on playing and aging spy who getting to old for the game or something.

[–] monkeyman76@fedinsfw.app 2 points 3 hours ago