Seriously. Are we not done with these parodies yet?

[Trekker4747]

I saw a trailer tonight for "Disaster Movie" infront of Get Smart.

It's another funny* movie from the same great minds* that brought us cinematic classics like Date Movie, Meet the Spartans, Epic Movie, and so forth.



The trailer for this even includes movies that have yet to come out at the time of the trailer thus making the parodies in it nonsense because they've not yet time to become parodable. (For example the trailer has parodies for The Sex in the City movie, Iron Man, Hancock and Zohan.)

What the fuck.

Seriously. What in the hell is going on with these pieces of shit? Who is making them? Who decides they want to BE in them? Who decides to spend millions of dollars making, marketing, and distributing them?

This is getting old, tiresome and stupid.

 

[Aragorn]

They cost nothing to make, they take no effort to make (as seen by previous attempts), and stupid people pay money to see them. Call thse movies a stupidity tax, if you will. I think there's even one called "Sci Fi Movie" coming out.

The biggest problem is that they miss the entire point of spoofs and parody. The only thing missing from these clueless writers is a clueless director like Uwe Boll to complete the circle of hell.

And cameos aren't funny if you have to say who they are as they appear.

 

[Trekker4747]

I realize they're cheap to make but... Damn.

I wish *some* degree of artistic merit would sneak in and say, "This is shit, don't make it."

I also think people who line up and pay to see these things get gassed.

Maybe it's my age, maybe it's my sense of pride and artistic merit or maybe it's my intelligence. But I see *nothing* in those movies worth watching, worth paying $10 to see.

I mean, shit!

 

[Lindley]

And cameos aren't funny if you have to say who they are as they appear.

I don't know, I thought the "Hey kids, it's Mark Hamill!" bit in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back was pretty funny.

Special case, maybe.

 

[M'rk son of Mogh]

Maybe it's my age, maybe it's my sense of pride and artistic merit or maybe it's my intelegence. But I see *nothing* in those movies worth watching, worth paying $10 to see.

It's obvious, then, that these movies aren't created for you. Or for me, for that matter. Or for probably most people.

But as long as kids are dropped off at the theatre with 20 bucks in their hand to meet with a group of friends and watch anything that looks remotely interesting, these movies will probably keep making some money.

Just don't watch them. It's easy. So easy, you're probably not watching them right now.

 

[Kelso]

maybe it's my intelegence.

That's probably it.



Sorry, I couldn't resist.

 

[Aragorn]

Good parody -- Charlie Sheen boating down a river, heading toward battle and reciting his Platoon narration; Martin Sheen coming the other way on a boat reciting his Apocalypse Now naration. Then they see each other and say "I loved you in Wall Street" to each other.

Bad parody -- "Look out! It's a twister! On Independence Day!"

Will Smith lookalike comes flying in drunk and saves the day, then says, "Now that's what I'm talking about."

"Thank you, Han-penis!"

 

[Cutter John]

I suspect the geniuses who buy tickets to these crapfests are too busy giggling with their friends, kicking the backs of seats, and sending text messages to even notice how much they suck.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Good parody -- Charlie Sheen boating down a river, heading toward battle and reciting his Platoon narration; Martin Sheen coming the other way on a boat reciting his Apocalypse Now naration. Then they see each other and say "I loved you in Wall Street" to each other.

Hot Shots movies rule.

 

[Bob The Skutter]

I suspect the geniuses who buy tickets to these crapfests are too busy giggling with their friends, kicking the backs of seats, and sending text messages to even notice how much they suck.

I went to see Date Movie, and Superhero Movie, because a friend wanted to see it, and the giggling seat kicking morons did my head in.
What confuses me about these sorts of parody films is why do they parody comedies? Surely there's no point in making fun of something that's already supposed to be funny?

 

[Trekker4747]

maybe it's my intelegence.

That's probably it.



Sorry, I couldn't resist.

I said I was intelligent. Not that I was a good speller.

 

[Kryton]

One in maybe 10 or so of these parodies seems to click...and quite humorously so.

They're playing the odds and trying to hit the mark.

 

[Aragorn]

^ But when you have the Date Movie people making Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie, etc., they're guaranteed to suck and suck hard. They don't understand the concept of spoof and parody. There is no plot -- it's just a bunch of movie scenes and pop culture references poorly stringed together. It's like pretending the skits on Saturday Night Live or Mad TV are all connected.

And where's the parody if all they're doing is rehashing the movie scene? "Here's us rehashing the 300 pit of death. Now here's us kicking Britney Spears into the pit of death."

Plus when it comes to spoofing celebrities, they simply go down the Michael Pfleger/grade-school boy route with: "Look, I'm Dane Cook! I'm Dane Cook ordering food at Burger King! I'm Dane Cook getting kicked in the balls! Look at me making fun of Dane Cook!" Plus when they have to go out of their way to tell you who they're trying to make fun of, that says it all.

The days of The Naked Gun and Hot Shots are long gone.

 

[Starbreaker]

I suspect the geniuses who buy tickets to these crapfests are too busy giggling with their friends, kicking the backs of seats, and sending text messages to even notice how much they suck.

I want this quote immortalized.

 

[Super Grover]

I didn't see this trailer. But it is sad news indeed.

 

[Dusty Ayres]

Seriously. What in the hell is going on with these pieces of shit? Who is making them? Who decides they want to BE in them? Who decides to spend millions of dollars making, marketing, and distributing them?

You're tired of them; I'm not. I loved Superhero Movie. I wish, and hope, that these guys would start making a satirical picture about most of these independent films that the critics love so much (Welcome To The Dollhouse, Juno, etc.)

 

[doubleohfive]

I realize they're cheap to make but... Damn.

I wish *some* degree of artistic merit would sneak in and say, "This is shit, don't make it."

I also think people who line up and pay to see these things get gassed.

Maybe it's my age, maybe it's my sense of pride and artistic merit or maybe it's my intelligence. But I see *nothing* in those movies worth watching, worth paying $10 to see.

I mean, shit!

Don't go to see it then.

Look, I'm sorry to pop this thread's balloon, but the fact of the matter is that the only reason these movies keep getting made is because people will plunk down the sweet green to see them. The minute the studio feels like its a bad investment is the minute these movies stop being made.

Fight the power, Treker.

Stop paying to see these movies.

Don't go to the theater. Don't rent, blu-ray, tivo, netflix, dvr, pay-per-view, HBO, Showtime, or download them.

Stick it to them where it really counts.

I mean, shit!

 

[Aragorn]

You're tired of them; I'm not. I loved Superhero Movie. I wish, and hope, that these guys would start making a satirical picture about most of these independent films that the critics love so much (Welcome To The Dollhouse, Juno, etc.)

Well, the Superhero Movie guys are not the Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, Disaster Movie guys. The latter spoofed Napolean Dynamite... with a "Don't vote for Pedro" shirt. That's what they do.

 

[Super Grover]

I realize they're cheap to make but... Damn.

I wish *some* degree of artistic merit would sneak in and say, "This is shit, don't make it."

I also think people who line up and pay to see these things get gassed.

Maybe it's my age, maybe it's my sense of pride and artistic merit or maybe it's my intelligence. But I see *nothing* in those movies worth watching, worth paying $10 to see.

I mean, shit!

Don't go to see it then.

Look, I'm sorry to pop this thread's balloon, but the fact of the matter is that the only reason these movies keep getting made is because people will plunk down the sweet green to see them. The minute the studio feels like its a bad investment is the minute these movies stop being made.

Fight the power, Treker.

Stop paying to see these movies.

Don't go to the theater. Don't rent, blu-ray, tivo, netflix, dvr, pay-per-view, HBO, Showtime, or download them.

Stick it to them where it really counts.

I mean, shit!

I'm doing my part.

 

[Trekker4747]

I DON'T go see them. Or rent them or contribute to them in anyway.

Still doesn't mean I don't think they're unfunny abominations upon mankind and good movie making/comedy.