“From the slaphappy minds behind Scary Movie, Date Movie, and Epic Movie, comes another spoof* comedy. This time, the laugh’s on Spartan soldiers as the likes of Kevin Sorbo and Carmen Electra skewer Zack Snyder’s 300.” [RT]
“Hey, remember how Britney Spears shaved her head?? We should TOTALLY do a joke about that! Oh my God, you’re too outrageous! And she’ll be all talking to the baby and stuff, and then the spartan guy will kick her in that hole, like they did in the spartan movie!! OH MY GOD, PEOPLE WILL SHOMIT IN ECSTASY WHEN THEY SEE THE HILARITY I’VE CREATED!!”
You know why Naked Gun, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Hot Shots, Top Secret!, Airplane!, et al were good? Because parody was just a jumping off point – the jokes themselves were original. Now they’re just regurgitating celeb news headlines. It’s like they spent 8 months making an unfunny movie adaptation of WWTDD from three months ago (so basically like an adaptation of PerezHilton from 3 months ago).
I have a better idea: how ’bout you do a parody of Dante’s Peak where you jump in the volcano? It might not be funny, but it’d be less depressing.
Classic Naked Gun clip to wash the taste of crap out of your mouth, after the jump.
*Slang for semen in Australia. How fitting.
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"I have a better idea: how ’bout you do a parody of Dante’s Peak where you jump in the volcano…"
Didn’t they already make a parody of that called "Volcano"?
Wait, that wasn’t supposed to be a spoof? A volcano under the Tar Pits? C’mon really?
HAHA "spoof" means semen!
I know this has been said before but I’d like to make a serious point.
We are always hearing that people don’t spend money at the movies anymore and grosses are down from previous years etc.
This post exemplifies why. There is absolutely no originality in Hollywood anymore. What’s the last movie you saw that was an original idea? It’s really hard to think of one, isn’t it?
It just makes me sad.
I thought up a scene for a spoof movie last night. It would be like HEAT in a way. It would envolve robbing an armored truck. They would go through all the motions, chasing the damn thing, shooting at it, until finally one of them slams into it in a stolen car to tip it over. Then, they would open up the doors and……….the accidentaly robbed the Shwann’s Man.
Bubba Ho-Tep, on DVD. last original movie i recall.
Even a big bitch cockroach like you should know… never, but never, fuck with the King.
How’s this for a jizz, er spoof…
Anything that ties in the WTC attacks, Columbine, and the L.A. Shootout. Just to top it off, as the credits are rolling, have outtakes from deleted scenes of the Branch Davidian debauchery ala Cannonball Run.
Smell that? That’s the aroma of box office gold.
Oh yeah, this movie is gonna have that timeless quality. Like, I’m sure, anyone from any other point in time will be able to watch this, get the jokes, and maybe even laugh. Shit, they might as well put "pop goes the weasel" by 3rd Bass in there somewhere.
Kevin Sorbo gets the Gasface.
Nice reference Nom. *nod*
Lance how do you know what Australian slang for semen is?
Burly Australian sailor: Do you like Spoof?
Lance: Yes. Actually I write a film blog…. AAAAARRRRGGGGHHH! Get it off! Get it off!!!!
It’s not just the regurgitation that bugs and falls flat with these "spoofs", it’s the lack of focus. Airplane! had a focus, a theme. Robin Hood, as well. Those movies didn’t try to describe the content in the title as to trick us into thinking there was some cohesive element, there actually was one.
The _____ Movies try to parody either every big pop culture moment or every single movie released in the previous year, or both. It’s a less funny, less linear, and all-around more confusing version of one of those VH1 recap shows. It’s like watching some cracked-out, Japanese children’s cartoon. If you try to follow along too closely, epilepsy will surely result.
I prefer Informer. That song really makes me want to boom boom down.
thank you much luch. 3rd Bass was SOOOO much cooler than vanilla ice. Well, until he was in ninja turtles 2. Oh, and that movie starring him. "Cool As Ice" I think it was called.
I fucking hate those VH-1 shows. See commentary from previous post:
They’ve basically turned into one of those shows on E! or VH-1 where people you’ve never heard of give your their take on the latest entertainment news. [News footage] *cut to hobo they found behind the studio* "When I found out Lindsay was going to rehab, I was like, ‘Wow!’, I mean, I nearly dropped my can of piss! I said to myself, ‘Laserbeam, the aliens in your underpants will never believe this one.’"
Lance, you must be Snow blind. I can’t believe you liked Robin Hood: Men in Tights. That movie was 4 hours of shit crammed into 2 hours.
GROTUSMAXIMUS NEED TO SHUT THE HELL UP ABOUT MEN IN TIGHTS.
no but really, i liked it. best mel brooks work since Spaceballs, which was the best since Young Frankenstein, which was the best since Blazing Saddles.
History of the World Pt. 1 was in there somewhere and great as well.
Wu Tang 4 Life!
R.I.P. Big Baby Jesus
Robin Hood: Men in Tights was alright. I’m suprised that Lance mentioned Hot Shots! and not Hot Shots! Part Deux. I thought it was much better. But, I really don’t remember anymore.
Oh, I never said those Vh1 shows were any good, I just said the movies were less funny. It’s no compliment to either, just grading on a curve. Carry on.
I think the biggest problem with Hollywood is they glorify the talentless individuals that make the headlines. The actual people with talent and intelligence that stay out of the headlines (and semen filled spoofs) are the ones making decent movies that tank at the box office…a la Jodie Foster. The people that actually make movies worth anticipating are so few in number that they just can’t make enough movies to keep us happy…a la Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe in American Gangster.
Not to mention the fact that great writers and great stories are harder to come by than great actors.
The end.
I just tried to IMDB this shit heap to see who’s playing Leonidus, (He looks familiar) and there isn’t even an entry.
That’s promising
I haven’t seen a movie in a while that had notably "bad acting". It’s not the actors fault if his script doesn’t contain any contractions.
And the spooges we’re talking about aren’t like the shite we see now. Scary Movie 1-5, Date Movie, Teen Movie, Epic Movie, Shitty Movie, Etc. are all movies that are babby-batters or other movies! It’s insane!
As stated above, its like they have to squeeze in every pop-culture reference from the previous year into 120 minutes and thusly eliminate any chance of a story line.
A good satire/spoof/skeet-skeet movie was "Johnny Dangerously"
"or" in 2nd paragraph should be "of"
A good satire/spoof/skeet-skeet movie was "Johnny Dangerously"
I agree 100%. Johnny Dangerously was awesome. Fargin Icehole.
You shouldn’t hang me on a hook, Johnny. My father hung me on a hook once. Once!
i would like to see a spoof of "the diary of anne frank" – i bet that shit would be HILARIOUS!
Oh, shit! Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe are both in American Gangster!?! I really would have thought "Virtuosity" would still be causing a bad taste in their mouths, it is in mine. But I had a bad taste since I used this fancy toothpaste the old lady bought. Never use a toothpaste called "vegasil". All fucked up minty numby shit, if you ask me.
you think that’s bad Nommy. my wife bought this toothpaste once called. . . ummm. . . oh yeah, Preparation H. i couldn’t eat for 3 days, but i could whistle dixie like a mofo.
I use "vegasil" to clean my "vegetables"
Hustla uses Vegasil to clean himself after a long night at the Sin Bin. hmmm, he’s not here. that’s OK, he’ll get the chuckle later.
chodin, you always cross the line….in a good way though
Hustla is in the Really Real World right now gettin smokes and road beers.
take your shot, funboy. You got me dead-bang.
Jesus Christ? Stop me if you heard this one: Jesus Christ walks into a hotel. He hands the innkeeper three nails, and he asks… Can you put me up for the night?
goddamm italics fuckin up my line spacing. shite
thanks luch: you warm my cold heart.
but now that i think of it, the industry already did a spook of "the diary of anne frank" – they called it "the people under the stairs".
BOOSH!!!!!ÂÂ
Mother is the name for God on the lips and hearts of children.
Shit. Shit on me. Shit on me. SHIIIIT ON MEEE!
"spook" does not = "spoof".
Fire it up! Fire it up! Fire it up!
T-Bird! T-Bird!……That’s not T-Bird.
What stinks and lives in the attic?
The Diarrhea of Anne Frank.
JHC Can’t rain all the time….
"It’s like they spent 8 months making an unfunny movie adaptation of WWTDD from three months ago (so basically like an adaptation of PerezHilton from 3 months ago)."
I suppose a painfully unclever knob who tells the same jokes over and over again is slightly funnier than a hypocritical, self-important queen who gets paid to draw on photos with MS Paint. Not by much, though.
I thought he got paid by not posting anything bad about his Hilton fag hag?
I suppose a painfully unclever knob who tells the same jokes over and over again is slightly funnier than a hypocritical, self-important queen who gets paid to draw on photos with MS Paint. Not by much, though.
I may disagree with your dislike of WWTDD, but I fully support your use of the phrase "painfully clever knob".
i wish I could get that 30 seconds back. It bothers me that they are churning out these things so fast. I mean, Scary Movie actually was making fun of all the horror movies coming out around that time. Now, its lets put all our stupid jokes and references into a sort of parody of a popular movie. Johnny Dangerously was funny. I also liked Dead Men Dont Wear Plaid, but I have an unnatural love for Steve Martin. (when he was funny, not pretentious ala Shopgirl)
if anyone should read this, i am not saying scary movie was funny, just a least slightly topical
I think it’s a bad idea to make anything topical. Except my cream. What I like about, say, Naked Gun, is that I can watch it today and not have to figure out what the hell movie, or current event it’s talking about. As long as you know major history get any references. Other than that, it’s jokes. How far over everyones head would it be if, say, you saw a scene that was making fun of "Today’s Special" or something? I’m sure nobody understands a damn thing i’m saying, and are wondering where I learned to form paragraphs. Kansas Public Schools.
Oooh, I forgot Johnny Dangerously. Good call.
It’s sad that I can look at the most recent comments page, where it doesn’t tell you who said what, and I already know that Nominus made the topical cream refrence.
I think we need some time apart, Nom.
BTW, the first time I masturbated was to Today’s Special.
I could have saved them a lot of time with this 300 spoof… (which I think is well-done)
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I really liked Not Another Teen Movie, and I still haven’t seen a lot of the movies it was making fun of.
Nothing will be worse than Date Movie. It’s just not possible. Though The Comebacks looks fucking awful
I think there was a few more clues than just topical cream, Jack!. I, of course, am referring to how everyone goes silent when it’s almost time for me to speak. And the way they keep flicking me in the ear, eventhough I know they heard me say "stop it". But, yeah it is sad. Go ahead, pity away.
I agree with Frank, Not Another Teen Movie was actually funny and enjoyable despite all indications from the trailers pointing to horrendously unfunny. The fact that it was a funny spoof movie made in the era of unfunny spoofs made it’s enjoyablity all the more unlikely.
Seriously, before that when was the last
funny spoof made?
Sorry. Stupid computer!
Shaun of the Dead was kinda a spoof movie. And so was Hot Fuzz for that matter. But that’s not the catergory I’d put them in. Because I’m not stupid.
They were homages Nom, at least to me.
I can’t even find this flick on IMDB, who was the actress impersonating Britney in that trailer?