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Adam Sandler's Fake Movies Should Send A Clear Message To Hollywood: No.

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:00:00 PDT

Similar to Ben Stiller's fake movies from Tropic Thunder, Judd Apatow has created a gaggle of science fiction comedies fake actor George Simmons has starred in, including a Mer-man epic, somewhere out there a screenwriter is crying.

Adam Sandler's fake comedian George Simmons appears in the latest Judd Apatow film, Funny People. I'm a fan of fake movies-within-movies, if only to tell people that their clever idea about a slacker janitor accidentally getting launched into space, is a bad idea — a BAD IDEA. Let this be a message to Hollywood, if there was any doubt that Little Man 2 is a crap idea, simply consult these posters. They're making fun of it for a reason.

Merman Clip:

Re-Do Clip:

George Simmons in "Re-Do" from Justin Long

Green Hornet Ain't Dead, But Full Of Adam Sandler

Meredith Woerner — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:30:00 PST

Seth Rogen spoke out against the rumors that his Green Hornet project has died, apparently it's doing quite well — as soon as they find a new director. And not only that it's garnering comedian cameos. New rumors are swirling that Adam Sandler will be appearing in the Green Hornet film, "Two different people in the industry told [the LA Times] that Adam Sandler has a brief but key role in the movie as a certain surprise superhero...I heard which one, too, but I don't want to ruin it. Sandler and Rogen have another project together as well." [LA Times]

Adam Sandler Sticks A Fork In Star Wars

Charlie Jane Anders — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:44:53 PST

Adam Sandler's new "comedy" Bedtime Stories looks like one 2008's worst films. But at least it proves that Star Wars has become almost too ridiculous to satirize, in this sequence.

Is it wrong that I sort of love the basketball turning into a kind of Death Star-esque space station? Maybe only because it reminds me of Hardware Wars, the first (and still one of the best) Star Wars parody.

It's a telling comment on the prequels that the moment we go into the "Senate debating endlessly" sequence, I had a twinge of recognition. It's not so much funny, so much as a painful reminder of all those long sequences in Attack Of The Clones and Revenge Of The Sith. Sandler is playing a one-dimensional Han Solo clone, but the rest of the sequence is pretty much generic "ha-ha-space-opera-funny" stuff.

A painful moment from a no-doubt-painful film — but it does prove, to my mind, that everything about Star Wars has become such a cliche, even Adam Sandler can stumble into mocking it. (Okay, I admit it — I do enjoy Clone Wars sometimes, just as a fun adventure cartoon. Fine.) [Ace Showbiz]

Gay Robot Will Not Be Silenced

Annalee Newitz — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:30:00 PDT

If you're one of those people who somehow missed the internet phenomenon known as The Gay Robot, now is your chance to brush up. Adam Sandler developed the character of a robot who goes gay when the professor who builds him accidentally spills a wine cooler on his creation. After doing a skit about Gay Robot for a comedy album, Sandler spun it out into a TV pilot that was never picked up. He released that pilot on YouTube last year, and it quickly became a cult phenomenon. There was talk of doing an animated version, and frequent Sandler collaborator Nick Swardson recently confirmed to Culture Vulture that a new pilot has been finished for Comedy Central. Gay Robot lives! Here's a clip introducing Gay Robot in that original pilot. [The Gay Robot Pilot via YouTube]