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Sunday, July 29, 2007
Mentioned in Book of Revelations, Part II
"Steve Martin delivered his vows sporting an Inspector Clouseau mustache he let grow in for his appearance in the upcoming sequel to 2006's 'Pink Panther' remake." The alarming thing about Martin's connubials was not that his bride was 26 years his junior--whatta surprise!! As George Burns once said of younger women--"Their skin fits!"--no, the hope-destroying, spiritually devastating information here is that they're GONNA MAKE A SEQUEL of his first Pink Panther film, which had a sucking power of never before monitored magnitudes!It seems that Hollywood is now on its fourth level of decline Ist Level-- Great films; 2nd Level-- Great films , with a passable, but in some cases superior, sequel. (Discuss amongst yourself!)3rd Level-- Great films , with innumerable sequels, each one progressively inferior to its predecessor--a weakening of the cinematic gene pool, if you will; 4th Level-- Bad movies , of which are spawned even more execrable sequels--I give you, The Pink Panther II-- and Peter Sellers, I , for one, am sorry.
1 comment:
I had thought the "Panther" remake bombed at the box office, making me really wonder (aside from the obvious) why anyone would even suggest a sequel.
There are some things in the biz you just shouldn't try.
Singing Johnny Mathis hits and re-making Pink Panther movies are two such things.
Sellers made Clouseau his own a long time back, and I can only surmise Martin was offered a paycheck he couldn't refuse.
Or, understandably tired of playing straight man to Queen Latifah in one of those dismal "whitey tries to act like black man to knee-slapping yocks" pieces of shit that were unexplainably popular a few seasons back.
Maybe with a new bride he needs another such paycheck.
It's truly sad to see a comic with the unique talents Martin possesses, spending his latter years as a pale shadow of a legendary performer.
The best of Martin's screen work always involved a carefully-tailored script and role to fit his peculiar brand of humor, so stepping into a knock-off of someone else's success seems almost suicidal.
Especially when the someone else is Peter Sellers.
And, probably worst of all - no Blake Edwards, a good 50% of the reason the originals were such delights.
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