Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
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One thing they did in the movie before was how loudly they implied these guys are lousy at being musicians, following trends since the 1960's and trying to make it big playing whatever was popular at the time. It'd be hilarious if they kept that gag going, these middle aged men trying to play Grunge, seniors playing Nu Metal, House/EDM, boy-band pop, and absolute geezers trying to play whatever works today. The reunion would just be another ploy to try and get money off of what they were infamously remembered for in the first film.
Laspector
Master Member
I just hope this was shot in the same format as the original. Literally hundreds of hours of almost pure improv with just a thread of a script. That's what made the original seem so real. If this is purely scripted, I don't think it will fly.
But, God I hope this is good!! I remember my first viewing of this almost as much as I remember my first viewing of Star Wars. It was '1980 something' and that summer I was running sound and lights for my brother's band. They were fairly popular for a local band and we spent every weekend that summer on the road doing gigs. We knew all about road life and band mishaps.
We had just finished a gig, tore everything down, loaded up, and drove about two hours back to our hometown where we all gathered at the drummer's house to party. This is Spinal Tap came on HBO about 4am and none of us knew anything about it or ever heard of it. We didn't know if it was real or not. But, I knew I recognized Meathead from Archie Bunker and I thought David looked a lot like Lenny from Laverne and Shirley, but maybe he was just in a band before that show? At first we just weren't sure what was really going on.
But, WOW we were laughing our butts off!! Not only because it was genuinely funny, but because we could relate to it. Every time there was a gag, somebody there had a similar story. Our second guitar player even had Nigel's exact haircut and we ended up referring to him as Nigel from then on.
This movie means so much more if you have ever been in band or hung out with musicians. Everyone has a 'Spinal Tap' moment!
But, God I hope this is good!! I remember my first viewing of this almost as much as I remember my first viewing of Star Wars. It was '1980 something' and that summer I was running sound and lights for my brother's band. They were fairly popular for a local band and we spent every weekend that summer on the road doing gigs. We knew all about road life and band mishaps.
We had just finished a gig, tore everything down, loaded up, and drove about two hours back to our hometown where we all gathered at the drummer's house to party. This is Spinal Tap came on HBO about 4am and none of us knew anything about it or ever heard of it. We didn't know if it was real or not. But, I knew I recognized Meathead from Archie Bunker and I thought David looked a lot like Lenny from Laverne and Shirley, but maybe he was just in a band before that show? At first we just weren't sure what was really going on.
But, WOW we were laughing our butts off!! Not only because it was genuinely funny, but because we could relate to it. Every time there was a gag, somebody there had a similar story. Our second guitar player even had Nigel's exact haircut and we ended up referring to him as Nigel from then on.
This movie means so much more if you have ever been in band or hung out with musicians. Everyone has a 'Spinal Tap' moment!
ScourgiousJinx
Master Member
When I see this I hope the theater has the volume set at 11.
Analyzer
Master Member
It seems a lot of the gags were based on the escapades of real life musicians
You often hear in interviews how so and so would say that the one scene was based on them.
For example, Nigel looks an awful lot like Jeff Beck at that time. So much so that Beck had made some comments about it
Supposedly the Cleveland scene of them getting lost is based on a documentary film where it has a scene of Bob Dylan getting lost trying to find the exit
Of course, they nailed things so perfectly that even if not based on someone directly, there has been at least one or two famous musicians with the same story that felt like they were the ones being made fun of
Also the stonehenge scene.
Black Sabbath always claimed it was mocking them because at the time, they actually had a stonehenge set made for their tour, and a measurement error as well
But unlike Spinal Tap, there stones wound up being way too big
But with the timing of things, it was impossible to be based on Sabbath
'What Morons': 'Spinal Tap' Director Calls Out Black Sabbath
Rob Reiner, director of 'This Is Spinal Tap,' called Black Sabbath 'morons' for thinking his team stole the Stonehenge scene idea from them in June 2025.
ultimateclassicrock.com
And yeah, I am in the boat of going to see it no matter how bad it might be reviewed
Bloop
Sr Member
I'm a fan of the original, so I'll see it. But I still consider this television special they did in 1992 as the unofficial "Spinal Tap 2." It's mostly a concert film, but there's still some things that go "wrong" in true Spinal Tap style, and they also catch up with the band and other guest stars in documentary-style segments in-between the concert footage. Well worth watching if you're a fan.
PoopaPapaPalps there's a bit of what you're talking about in this special, particularly when they take "Sex Farm" in a different stylistic direction. And Analyzer , there's more Stonehenge along those lines in this:
PoopaPapaPalps there's a bit of what you're talking about in this special, particularly when they take "Sex Farm" in a different stylistic direction. And Analyzer , there's more Stonehenge along those lines in this:
JonahB
New Member
I toured as a roadie for a few bands back in the late '70s early '80. I've gotten lost in theater basements (and sub sub basements), had wireless equipment fail, stage props fail. I even had a lead singer/guitar player fall on stage two songs into the show and tore his knee so bad he went right to the hospital while the next band took the stage. With all of the new stage tech, there must be some spectacular failures these days (kiss cam not included).
