HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoWhat parody surpassed what it was trying to parody?message-squaremessage-square100fedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down12
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhat parody surpassed what it was trying to parody?HobbitFoot @thelemmy.club to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square100fedilink
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down2·12 hours agoThe best parodies are humorous takes that treat the source material with repect. Shaun of the Dead Galaxy Quest Army of Darkness (person out of time becomes a leader against evil)
minus-squareMagicShel@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39arrow-down2·12 hours agoGalaxy Quest belongs at the top of any such list. It’s widely considered to be one of the best Star Trek movies.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·12 hours agoBy Grabthar’s hammer, what a movie.
minus-squareshittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·12 hours agoWHAT’S MY LAST NAME??!?
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 hours ago…Maybe I’m the plucky comic relief…
minus-squareMajorHavoc@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·edit-23 hours agoYeah! The wild part is that many hardcore Trek fans - myself included, of course - just take it for granted that Galaxy Quest will be included, and toward the top end, of any ranking of Trek films.
minus-squareEch@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·12 hours ago Army of Darkness (person out of time becomes a leader against evil) So an isekai
minus-squarecowfodder@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·12 hours agoHow dare you‽ You’re right, but how dare you‽
minus-squareproudblond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·12 hours agoHot Fuzz is up there for me too
The best parodies are humorous takes that treat the source material with repect.
Shaun of the Dead
Galaxy Quest
Army of Darkness (person out of time becomes a leader against evil)
Galaxy Quest belongs at the top of any such list. It’s widely considered to be one of the best Star Trek movies.
By Grabthar’s hammer, what a movie.
WHAT’S MY LAST NAME??!?
…Maybe I’m the plucky comic relief…
Yeah! The wild part is that many hardcore Trek fans - myself included, of course - just take it for granted that Galaxy Quest will be included, and toward the top end, of any ranking of Trek films.
So an isekai
How dare you‽ You’re right, but how dare you‽
thanks i hate it
Hot Fuzz is up there for me too