The 3 that come to mind for me are Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The Princess Bride. All three are poking fun at their respective genres but also are great examples of the genre. I’m curious if Lemmy has other such examples.
Galaxy Quest
I still say “Never give up! Never surrender!” occasionally to this day
There is a curse in the Star Trek movies where every other movie in the franchise is terrible. The first one is bad, the second is good, the third is bad, and so on. This almost fits perfectly, but it inverts from the 10th movie onwards. The 9th is bad, the 10th is bad, the 11th is decent, the 12th is bad…
However, if you add Galaxy Quest into the line up, then it’s the good Star Trek movie between the 9th and 10th, and the pattern holds.
TMP and Insurrection are great Star Trek films! Insurrection is arguably the most TNG of the TNG movies.
I prefer the explanation that the bad movies are those which are odd if you add up their digits. It would mean 19 and 20 should be both good.
It’s legitimately one of the best Star Trek movies.
The anime Knosuba.
Meant to be a parody of the whole “stuck in a fantasy world” genre, while being a great example of it.
No, it was never a parody. It’s only ever been a comedy isekai
They are definitely reversing so many tropes. Like instead of being a generic, nice and super strong protagonist (like 99% of isekais), kazuma is an asshole and weak.
Dude, almost of the good isekai do that. Look at Re:Zero. Subaru is pathetically weak and ruins his life over and over, but you don’t see anyone claiming that show is a parody.
Also look at Mushoku Tensei. Rudeus starts off as trash, but it gives him space for character growth and makes him more interesting as a character
Simply not being generic trash does not make a show a parody. Being a parody requires a deliberate deconstruction of a genre. A good example of this is One Punch Man, where they completely toss out the idea of continuous growth and powerscaling that is core to the shounen genre, while also having stand-ins for character in other shows (Dragonball, Attack on Titan) pop up to get instantly demolished by Saitama.
‘The 3 Musketeers’ with Raquel Welch and Oliver Reed. Completely aware of how ridiculous all this nonsense is, and loving it.
This is such a quality question. But a lot of people are just naming their favorite movies in the comments.
What you want is Moore’s Watchmen. It is a deconstruction and reconstruction of the Superhero as an American trope.
What I loved about HBO’s continuation is that they focused on how white supremacy is intertwined with heroism, just as Moore wrote in his original IP.
Then you got the Zack Snyder movie which was mostly, “ooh, look at these people with powers fight crime”. None of the impending doom of the fall of society from nuclear war and/or fascism, and how the heroes were pointless because they were the ones pushing forward this doom. “Who watches the Watchmen?” etc.
Cool supplementary article: https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/books/watchmen-creator-alan-moore-says-superhero-genre-remains-a-white-supremacist-dream-of-the-master-race
The Orville. Homage more than parody I’d say.
Better Star Trek than a lot of actual Star Trek
After watching Season 2 of The Orville I’m of the opinion that Seth MacFarlane should be put in charge of the next mainline Star Trek series. The man truly gets Roddenberry’s vision.
Nah. I respect what MacFarlane is trying to do, but Orville is nowhere as good as TNG or SNW. It echoes TNG in a lot of ways but never rises above it. The writing is more heavy-handed and MacFarlane doesn’t have the gravitas or the acting chops to rise to these ambitions.
It was good while the only current Trek we had was Picard and the godawful Discovery, but I think the SNW creators got the Trek mainline back on the tracks.
Damn, really?? I never watched it because I can’t stand McFarlane but I have loved trek my whole life. I figured it would be a family guy version of Star trek.
It kinda starts out that way. People theorized that that’s what Seth needed to do to sell it. But by the end of Season 1 it becomes the Star Trek you’ve been wanting. Season 2 continues it and the last season absolutely kills!
Y’all getting me psyched now. I’m working out of town all next week so I’ll be in a hotel with nothing to do so I’m going to check it out for sure.
I’m excited for you, definitely the best show I had seen in a long time.
Season 1 leans into the comedy angle, Season 2 onwards is basically TNG. Seriously, its better than Discovery and Picard.
I didn’t like discovery or Picard, felt way off from Trek to me, but strange new worlds is amazing imo. I’ll check it out though, admittedly I never even gave it a chance.
Seriously give it a chance. Awesome trek
The humour in the first season can be a bit forced, and it can feel like they’re stopping the show for the scheduled joke, but it’s worth sticking with 👍
On that vein: Galaxy Quest
Pretty much every Mel Brooks movie
I love Mel Brooks movies, but I think they’re just straight spoofs. For example Blazing Saddles while great and did such a great job skewering Westerns that it has been argued it killed the genre, it just isn’t a Western in it’s own right.
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil. Starts fine and eventually becomes a horror. It’s great.
Can’t believe Hot Fuzz hasn’t been mentioned yet.
bruh it was literally mentioned in the OP
That’s why zalack can’t believe it. There’s solid evidence that it isn’t true.
He ain’t got time to read.
He was elected to lead, not to read
Lol, whoops
lmao
Glee. It started out as a parody of musicals and high school dramas in Season 1. Then went on to be a musical high school drama for the rest of the show.
The Simpsons started out as a parody of sitcoms and has since become the longest running sitcom.
The 1960s Batman was a campy satire of comics and itself influenced comic adaptations for decades after.
After many seasons, it turned out that Joss Whedon was secretly the Big Bad.
Anyone know what’s up with him?
Last I remember hearing allegations from the Justice League team… Nothing further.
He’s made some of my favourite movies, including both Avengers 1 and 2, and Cabin in the Woods… So it was disheartening to hear such stuff about him.
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Goddammit. We’ve both shattered each others “ignorance is bliss” moments lol.
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That’s a bummer.
I love her in so many things.
I haven’t seen Charisma so idk any of the rest but I’m sad that he created some of my favourite work and destroyed his reputation and my respect for him all at once.
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Dammit. Honestly, Allison Hannigan not saying anything hurt me more.
The Venture Bros is the only superhero adjacent anything I give a shit about. Greatest adult animation show ever. Making fun of comic books and old Hannah Barbara cartoons but better and more rich and consistent than any of them.
Not a funny watch but I’d consider Neo Genesis Evangelion a great deconstruction of the Gundam genre.
It’s been a while since I watched it, but I think Kingsman fits that description.
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It’s way weaker than the first, but… I still liked it.
I’m surprised The Big Lebowski hasn’t been mentioned at all.
What genre is this spoofing though? Crime/detective?
Yeah, well, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
The more I watch of ‘Succession’ the more I think it is close to perfect in terms of family/executive drama. It started almost as cringe inducingly funny as say ‘The Office’ but it has just become amazingly accurate and dramatic. Recommended.
