Welcome (once again) to the Spot The Differences, in which we compare a movie and its supposed remake side-by-side, Highlights magazine style. In today's installment: last year's Blue Collar Comedy Tour military yuk-fest Delta Farce (aka This Ain't Iraq, It's Mexico, But Either Way: Git R Dun) versus Ben Stiller's upcoming military yuk-fest Tropic Thunder (aka We Ain't Soldiers, We're Actors, But Either Way: You're Supposed To Believe Ben Stiller Is An Action Star).
Of course, Tropic Thunder isn't a true remake of Delta Farce. Why would anyone remake Delta Farce, even as some kind of farce? It is 90 minutes of pure misery cloaked in gay panic while shaking maracas. Still, even though Ben Stiller's satirical guns are pointed directly at Hollywood, and Larry The Cable Guy's satirical guns are sitting dusty and unused in the rack on the back of his truck with the Peeing Calvin tire flaps, the plots of the two movies are roughly the same: a group of idiots pretending to be soldiers end up fighting a semi-real battle. Yuks commence. As for the differences, the trailers for both movies are below, so Let's Spot The Differences!
Delta Farce:
Tropic Thunder: