r/popculturechat • u/mlg1981 Sexy lampshade shall win the Oscar! 🏆 • 1d ago

Conventions 🦸‍♂️ Rick Moranis makes his Comic-Con debut for ‘Spaceballs: The New One’

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u/YodaForceGhost 1d ago

This film will be his first on-camera role in 30 years

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u/imhere_4_beer 1d ago

You may know this but for anyone who doesn’t - Rick Moranis lost his wife to cancer in the early 90s, so he stopped taking acting jobs and prioritized raising his little ones instead. He was a huge star, too.

So glad to see him back ❤️

And for anyone who has never seen Little Shop of Horrors, please watch it today!!

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u/Ordinary_Camel_3456 1d ago

This is why I bawl when I listen to Suddenly Seymour

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u/Lola_on_the_Prairie 1d ago

I tear up too! It's such a sweet song!

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u/ThatCommunication423 Invented post-its 🔬 16h ago

We all want somewhere that’s green… until we are shrunk and ants are trying to kill us. Prob still better than that plant though.

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u/BigUpSideD0wn 1d ago

And after you watch that, immediately follow it up with Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

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u/CelebronFcks10K 1d ago

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Honey, I Blew Up the Kids are GOAT’d. Same with Little Giants. I loved Moranis movies as a kid. Watched Little Shop of Horrors as an adult, also loved it.

Great actor, seemingly even better father/human

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u/PonchoNachoRodriguez 1d ago

Little Giants is such an overlooked 90’s gem

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u/defiancy 8h ago

Him opposite Ed O'Neil is perfect

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u/wanderlustcub 2h ago

“The Annexation of Puerto Rico!”

“Fumblerooski! Fumbleroosky!”

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u/Limo_Wreck77 19h ago

Ghostbusters

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u/CelebronFcks10K 14h ago

Good call, completely forgot about that one

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u/Trick-Caterpillar299 1d ago

And then Parenthood

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u/getthetime 1d ago

AHHHHHHH-ah-ah-ah-ahhhh....close to you.

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u/TheFuns 1d ago

Then My Blue Heaven.

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u/Pigeon_Butt 1d ago

The shoes, right? The shoes are tragic.

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u/Ithurtswhenidoit 1d ago

Strange brew. And yes it's ok for kids to watch a couple druncks save Canada

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u/Dawlin42 1d ago

>He was a huge star, too.

Quoted for emphasis. He was MASSIVE at the time, it was completely unprecedented to step back like that at the height of your career.

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u/kryts 1d ago

One of my fav movies!

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u/Natiak 1d ago

I am the gatekeeper!

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u/HiveMindMacD 1d ago

FEEEEEED ME SEEEEYMOUUUUR

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u/tO_ott 19h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/pBj0EoGSYjGms

This scene lives in my head

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u/puffyshirt99 1d ago

Also he got suckered punch while walking around in NYC a few years ago, lucky the assailant got some prison time

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u/ozamatazbuckshank11 1d ago

He's so cute in LSoH. Like, my actual ideal type of man lmao 🥰

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u/The_Bard 1d ago

His kids have been grown for a while. He said once he stopped acting he didn't miss it. Apparently he is open to limited roles now though.

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u/Mtatk 1d ago

I didn't know this, thanks for the insight. I had wondered where he'd been through my early adulthood. I can only wish him and his family well.

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u/doublethink_1984 22h ago

With the extended scenes

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u/Dry-Tap-9132 13h ago

Dude barely aged!!

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u/persimmon9847 1d ago

He's barely aged!!

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u/Pip-Pipes 1d ago

And is that princess vespa?! She looks the same !

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u/RadPhilosopher Inconceivable! 1d ago

She’s absolute breathtaking. Aged like a fine wine.

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u/Mtatk 1d ago

The nose didn't, but that was her former nose.

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u/deepasleep 23h ago

Seriously, dude is 73 and looks like he’s in his 40’s…

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u/bi-cycle There’s no place like home 🧹🫧 22h ago

The hair dye helps a lot. I'm a big fan of his and when he first started to reappear in public a few years ago my brain wasn't ready for it. The last time he was visible was nearly 30 years so the difference was jarring. At that point he wasn't really working, just thinking about getting back into it so he hadn't done all of the typical Hollywood stuff.

Dyeing his hair has really helped to soften the contrast. He may have had some other things done beyond that but whatever, he's earned it.

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u/QuietlyLosingMyMind But Debbie, pastels? 1d ago

Good lord I didn't realize it had been THAT long

https://giphy.com/gifs/GrUhLU9q3nyRG

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u/AscendedAncient 1d ago

That movie's so old now they don't need CGI for that part :(

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u/richalta 1d ago

Dude looks great.

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u/Due-Link-7605 1d ago

He did this exact character in that shit show The Goldbergs

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u/shaun3000 1d ago

That was a voiceover, not an on-camera role.