"Hi! I'm Barf! I'm a mog...half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend."
I judge this movie on it's own merits..Comparing it with his past movies is like comparing an artists sculpture or painting based on what they did before. I don't know if it's valid to do that or not, I just prefer not to. I love Mel Brooks' movies, and I too have my favorites, but wouldn't say Spaceballs falls flat. It's just different than the movies he made with Gene Wilder, who starred in both Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. Those moveis, had Gene not been in them, wouldn't be heralded as high as they are today, IMO.