Myers has long said he'd be interested in another sequel, but been noncommittal if it would actually happen. He has said he'd like it to focus heavily on Dr. Evil.
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.
Tbh I’m glad I saw yours and the other replies saying how much you like these movies. They’re some of my childhood favorites, and we even saw the third one in theaters when it came out because my brother and I loved them.
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
It’s only cringe/sophomoric because it’s highlighting those aspects of the early bond films. They were wrapped in a serious and glitzy bow, but Austin Powers just sheds that, it doesn’t add anything newly problematic.
The entire point of austin powers was pointing out the problematic nature of the 60s-80s bond films and the generally sexist attitudes of society at the time that allowed that level of male power fantasy to be seen as not only okay, but good enough to be an essential movie franchise.
I’m entirely sure they’ll have plenty of material regardless of the 90s/00s trope that they pick; because Austin Powers was shockingly woke for its time it can just parody contemporary movies from the time it was released and still be just as relevant as before.
Its jokes also mostly hold up and while some are definitely crude to attract the younger audiences of the day, the overall plot of ‘guy with good intentions but now problematic cultural habits gets brought into a time period where those things are no longer acceptable and here’s why’ holds up great.
That or I’ve seen far too many youtube video essays doing serious critical analysis of movies that truly, truly shouldn’t have critical analysis done to them.
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?
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.
Tbh I’m glad I saw yours and the other replies saying how much you like these movies. They’re some of my childhood favorites, and we even saw the third one in theaters when it came out because my brother and I loved them.
I still love them.
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
I like the movies and would watch this one
It was about a man from the 60s struggling with the societal changes of the (at that time) modern times.
You don’t think there’s new stuff to struggle with from the last 20 years?
It’s only cringe/sophomoric because it’s highlighting those aspects of the early bond films. They were wrapped in a serious and glitzy bow, but Austin Powers just sheds that, it doesn’t add anything newly problematic.
The entire point of austin powers was pointing out the problematic nature of the 60s-80s bond films and the generally sexist attitudes of society at the time that allowed that level of male power fantasy to be seen as not only okay, but good enough to be an essential movie franchise.
I’m entirely sure they’ll have plenty of material regardless of the 90s/00s trope that they pick; because Austin Powers was shockingly woke for its time it can just parody contemporary movies from the time it was released and still be just as relevant as before.
Its jokes also mostly hold up and while some are definitely crude to attract the younger audiences of the day, the overall plot of ‘guy with good intentions but now problematic cultural habits gets brought into a time period where those things are no longer acceptable and here’s why’ holds up great.
That or I’ve seen far too many youtube video essays doing serious critical analysis of movies that truly, truly shouldn’t have critical analysis done to them.