If he was frozen at the very end of the 60s he spent 28 years frozen and was defrosted in 1997… which was 28 years ago this year.
Want to get a hint of what Austin went through being defrosted, go check out how poorly some of those jokes aged.
If he was frozen at the very end of the 60s he spent 28 years frozen and was defrosted in 1997… which was 28 years ago this year.
Want to get a hint of what Austin went through being defrosted, go check out how poorly some of those jokes aged.
I rewatched the first one a couple years ago and thought it had aged pretty well. I don’t remember any of the jokes being mean or really punching down on anyone.
I could be forgetting something and I haven’t watched the sequels since they first came out though. My guess would be that Fat Bastard is probably the part of the franchise that aged the worst. Even when he was introduced the whole joke was “hey it’s a fat guy!”, which was one of the weaker jokes.
I also watched The Pentaverate when it came out and thought that was great. It’s a Netflix miniseries sith very similar humor where Mike Meyers plays like half the characters. It’s a parody of conspiracy theories like the Da Vinci Code, not spy movies, but still pretty good.
it was scatological, gross out and lowbrow when it came out, it stayed the same.
also the 3rd movie gives fat bastard more charactization. but uhhh he does mention following the jared fogle way of the subway diet
…. A minor detail…
The Pentaverate is solid. It’s no Austin Powers or Wayne’s World, but it’s solid. It was great to see Mike Meyers back in form, even if it wasn’t his best work, just really good.
My hope is that he was just out of practice and he’s working on some great stuff behind the scenes. I know The Love Guru was a big miss for him and it really cut him down. He thought he’d created the next Austin Powers and it just fell flat. It wasn’t the worst film, but definitely a huge step down.
Long way if saying if you’re a Mike Meyers can, the Pentaverate is probably worth your time.
And, you know, an absolute shit ton of sexual harassment.
Were there many characters that didn’t flirt back with him though? He was considered a sex icon in the movies. I don’t recall any characters being put off by his constant attempts to have sex. Not that it’s something people in real life should try to reenact, but I don’t know if I would say it’s sexual harassment. It’s a bit different compared to Johnny Bravo or Pepe Lepew.
The mean comments about fat people far outweigh the sexual harassment, obviously