Yes meow! There are few properties in the world that need a sequel. Would a sequel be nice? Sure. But no one was crying out for another Paul Blart. Super Troopers, however, is not one of those movies. It needs a sequel. We need a sequel.
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With much love to Club Dread, Beerfest and The Slammin Salmon, but none of comedy troupes Broken Lizard's other films have come close to the mad cap insanity and ridiculous humor that their original 2001 (14 years ago!) comedy possessed. I laughed more during the trailer to that movie than I do to some full length comedies.
So, after far too long a hiatus - Slammin Salmon came out in 2009 - Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Erik Stolhanske, Steve Lemme, Paul Sofer and we hope to god Brian Cox are coming back with Super Troopers 2, which is damn near done with its Indiegogo campaign after a little more than a day. The guys are seeking $2 million to make the movie - don't worry, a distributor has been found and will get the thing out to us when it's done.
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The original movie was budgeted at $1.2 million, and we have to imagine most of that went to securing Brian Cox. $2 million is more than enough to make an effective comedy; all you need is a good script and great characters, of which Broken Lizard has proven effective at creating. Club Dread is an underrated masterpiece and had the unfortunate luck of being their follow-up film.
Super Troopers was a flash in the pan bona-fide cult success. It didn't make a lot in theaters, but found new life on college dorms on DVD after the fact. I want a sequel, but could one ever live up to the original? My friends and I not only quoted but watched this movie almost every single night during a three month period back in college. You can't replicate that kind of success. Every joke you write will be tinged with the 'will this live up to the original?'
But of course we'll all go see it. Super Troopers is an institution, a right of passage. Sports players routinely drop 'meow' into interviews, in tribute to the famous interrogation scene. Whenever somebody says Shenanigans, don't you immediately offer them your gun to be pistolwhipped? And how many of us have engaged in maple syrup drinking contests? It's okay to admit that you have.
Hell, the entire opening sequence with the stoned college kids - fun fact, the Snozberries guy went on to marry Christina Hendricks - is a veritable cornucopia of quotable lines. "I'm freaking out, man!" "He's pulled over! He can't pull over any further!" "You know how fast you were going?" and on and on.
"If we can raise a lot more, we can make a movie you'll love even more. More stunts, more famous actors who can actually act, more explosions and chase scenes, and more goddamn shenanigans that'll make the movie great. For 92 minutes!" says the official Indiegogo page.
If even half the jokes land as well as the first one, Super Troopers 2 will be well worth the investment. Donate today. They're almost at the finish line.
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