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[John Mosby]

Sarah Palin Vs the Fourth Reich. With spaceships. Eat her dust, Avengers!



Approached in the right way, this could be a lot of silly fun.... it's out in the UK in April.

http://www.impactonl...time-for-hitler

[Adam Wednesdays]

I'm already pretty sure this is going to be better than "Battleship"...

[craggy]

took me a while to twig that was meant to be Palin. Because I still think of the actress in the porn parody version instead of the real one.

I remember a trailer for this ages ago. And it seemed quite different. Still, seems like it'll be a decent laugh. Not sure I'll go to the cinema to see it, but could be a good eventual night in with the lads picture.

[steveuk]

I'm already pretty sure this is going to be better than "Battleship"...

I think it'll be madder. In fact the new 'Ghost Rider' film may be the only movie that approaches it on the "OMFG" scale of nuttiness.

But I fear it will also be slow, too long, confused, and painfully unfunny in places.

'Battleship' on the other hand will probably just be dumb, overly familiar and obvious.

So you will be able to pick which "bad" you prefer, but neither's going to be a classic, long remembered by adoring fans.

[Chris Fenton]

Just watched the trailer, looks brilliant and I love the tagline "The battle for Earth is going to be Nazi" genius....

[Adam Wednesdays]

I think it'll be madder. In fact the new 'Ghost Rider' film may be the only movie that approaches it on the "OMFG" scale of nuttiness.

But I fear it will also be slow, too long, confused, and painfully unfunny in places.

'Battleship' on the other hand will probably just be dumb, overly familiar and obvious.

So you will be able to pick which "bad" you prefer, but neither's going to be a classic, long remembered by adoring fans.

Yup.

[Christian U]

I think it'll be madder. In fact the new 'Ghost Rider' film may be the only movie that approaches it on the "OMFG" scale of nuttiness.

But I fear it will also be slow, too long, confused, and painfully unfunny in places.

Yeah, there's a good chance it'll not be as entertaining as it should be, with that concept. Still, I do love the fact that the movie was made at all. This is more or less funded by crowdsourcing, isn't it?

[brucegray666]

I really want this to be good but I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it sucked balls. I fully expect the Sarah Palin character to annoy the fuck out of me as the film progresses (she was the worst thing about the trailer).

[Steve Sensible]

This is more or less funded by crowdsourcing, isn't it?

It might have been originally, back when Steve posted that first trailer a couple of years ago, but it's clearly had a major cash injection since then.

Ironically, this much slicker version has lost much of its original amateurish charm.

[brucegray666]

The BBC ran a wee story about the movie today on their website which has some snippets from some reviews.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17046477

The Independent's Kaleem Aftab has praised Iron Sky, saluting its "over-the-top storytelling at its riotous and enjoyable best".

Yet The Guardian's Andrew Pulver called it "a giant damp squib" that was "not nearly as funny or cruel as its killer premise suggests".

London's Time Out magazine agreed with that assessment, calling it "a crude slapstick romp wholly lacking in charm, wit or excitement".

Not overly surprised. Shall probably check it out on DVD rather than going to the cinema.

[Steve Sensible]

Mark Kermode blogs about Iron Sky. It's not a full review yet, but he clearly quite liked it:




EDIT: And the first 4 minutes...