Seriously. Are we not done with these parodies yet?
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doubleohfive
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I just don't get it. Why even bother complaining then? If you're not contributing to seeing it or to the profit of the studio, why do you feel the need to complain about it? How is it affecting your life? What did Epic Movie do to you that was so horrible?
I can't stand Grey's Anatomy, yet do I start threads bitching about it? No. I don't. I have better things to do with my time.
Come on Treker. Time for some P-E-R-S-P-E-C-T-I-V-E.
Because these movies represent an eroison of good writing, good comedy, and good parody.
As a fellow screen writer, no doubt, you should understand the frustration of struggling to sell a script and to see crap like this get churned out.
It's an abomination to the art form.
As a fellow screen writer, no doubt, you should understand the frustration of struggling to sell a script and to see crap like this get churned out.
It's an abomination to the art form.
doubleohfive
Fleet Admiral
No, its not. Its merely a tribute to good business skills. Someone with better business skills than you or I convinced someone else to sell the thing. Good on them.
First thing you learn out here is to never, ever begrudge someone their success.
First thing you learn out here is to never, ever begrudge someone their success.
Good for them for selling a script.
Shame, shame, SHAME on them for the script being a piece of shit.
That was the first thing that came to mind when I read his post.
Do you get dark glasses, and cigarettes too?
French ones?
doubleohfive
Fleet Admiral
Why should they be ashamed? If the movie makes money, then they've done their job.
Not every movie out there is going to be a masterpiece of cinema art. What's so awful about these guys doing a movie like this? How do you know the writers didn't just sign on to do it for the paycheck and street cred to be bankable writers so that they could procure support for their next project?
Don't get me wrong, Treker. I get what you're saying. I have no doubt they're subpar films... I just don't get the hate. Hollywood is just as much (if not moreso) a business today as it is a place for creating art. I know you know that, so its confusing to me why you take the very existence of this movie (and its siblings) so personally offensive.
The audience for these movies is 10-13 year old boys, most of whom probably find them funny enough that they'll keep going.
However, there are some absolutely fantastic spoof/satires out there for the adults as well. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story was an utterly brilliant sendup of the "music biopic" genre, while Hot Fuzz was a hilarious parody of the cop buddy movie.
People who find "Epic Movie" or "Meet the Spartans" unfunny will probably be smart enough to avoid these movies in the first place. So I don't see what the problem is, really.
However, there are some absolutely fantastic spoof/satires out there for the adults as well. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story was an utterly brilliant sendup of the "music biopic" genre, while Hot Fuzz was a hilarious parody of the cop buddy movie.
People who find "Epic Movie" or "Meet the Spartans" unfunny will probably be smart enough to avoid these movies in the first place. So I don't see what the problem is, really.
So if I have Date Movie, Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans under my belt, someone will go, "Hey! That's the writer I want for my Christopher Columbus movie" or "I'll gladly greenlight your proposed Superman project now"?
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Amaris
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Best parody I've ever seen? Blazing Saddles.
Mel Brooks would eat these guys alive.
J.
Mel Brooks would eat these guys alive.
J.
Mel Brooks ran out of steam after "History of the World Part I" and had to remake an old Jack Benny 1940s film after that! 
I wonder how much input he and Buck Henry actually had as "Executive Consultants" on "Get Smart" (something THEY originally created).
Probably...
none.
I wonder how much input he and Buck Henry actually had as "Executive Consultants" on "Get Smart" (something THEY originally created).
Probably...
none.
doubleohfive
Fleet Admiral
Who knows? The thing that gets you ahead here is when the people in charge see that you can create product that will sell movie tickets. Its why Uwe Boll and Michael Bay keep working and its why we keep getting these spoofs.
Again, I really don't see what the big deal is.
