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       The Parody Movie Thread
       By: Neumatic Date: August 17, 2014, 6:00 pm
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       Because we need some good spoofs and parodies.  Let's kick off
       the convo with this video from The Nostalgia Critic:
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       Re: The Parody Movie Thread
       By: Chiprocks1 Date: August 23, 2014, 5:50 pm
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       When it comes to Parody flicks like Scary Movie, Airplane or
       Young Frankenstein, it has been hit or miss for me. I lean more
       toward those that are making fun of a genre like the later two
       than I do with Scary Movie which is more about making fun of
       specific movies. Why don't I like that? If I want to see the
       actual scenes they are ripping off, I rather just watch the
       original flick instead. But there are a few instances where they
       do nail the scene and it gives me a good laugh. But that's one
       scene and it usually doesn't make up the movie as a whole. Now a
       movie like Airplane, Naked Gun, Silent Movie
  HTML http://pennycan.createaforum.com/dvd's-blu-rays/silent-movie-(1976)/msg21269/#msg21269,<br
       />High Anxiety
  HTML http://pennycan.createaforum.com/dvd's-blu-rays/high-anxiety-(1977)/msg21285/#msg21285<br
       />and Young Frankenstien
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       />I can watch all day because even though it's a parody, what th
       ey
       are doing is not ripping off any one thing in particular. Okay,
       High Anxiety is definitely guilty in that department, cribbing a
       lot of Alfred  H i t c h c o c k. But it's the fact that it's
       Genre Parody > Movie Parody that makes it work for me on a
       personal level.
       BTW, awesome idea for a thread! Why I didn't think of it before?
       Ack!
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       Re: The Parody Movie Thread
       By: Mac Date: August 23, 2014, 9:29 pm
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       Ack... Is right
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       Re: The Parody Movie Thread
       By: Neumatic Date: August 23, 2014, 9:53 pm
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       If I recall correctly, Hitch donated some ideas and guidance to
       High Anxiety, and Mel Brooks did the same for Hitch's current
       project.
       I wonder if the Wikipediafication of Fine Arts
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       />(an idea I'm constantly referring back to) plays into this as
       well.  Back in the day, we had the same narrow pool of knowledge
       we all drew on, and you could turn that into parody.  Now our
       attention is so widespread and unique, it's hard.  The one thing
       we have in common is the variety, which could be why parody
       movies have to do as many references as possible.
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