Golden Age Of Parody ??

wheatgrinder · May 6, 2013

Thought for ya...

There are so many great parodies coming out every day. Seems within hours of something serious coming out, the parody is right behind. Parodies of Parodies are normal..

are we living in the Golden Age Of Parody?

2001 Productions · May 6, 2013

I'm not sure quantity is necessarily any indication of quality. To be honest, the vast majority of "parodies" I've seen in recent years are so lacking in creativity that they are just sad, with jokes that are blatantly obvious to anyone with half a brain. I miss the days of Mel Brooks, Zucker/Abrams/Zucker, et al. While I wasn't a fan of all their stuff, at least they were occasionally clever.

And the original Star Wars parody is still the best, IMHO: Hardware Wars.

"You'll laugh. You'll cry. You'll kiss three bucks(!) goodbye. :lol:

Cracker Funk · May 6, 2013

As far as feature films is concerned, we're definitely NOT in the golden age of parody (as 2001 has detailed).

But if we're just talking youtube, vimeo, and funnyordie, yeah I'd say we are. My favorite, so far, is the Bane outtakes -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkMPZ7WeDck

wheatgrinder · May 6, 2013

yeah, beyond film, music and music videos and things like golum sings Taylor Swift etc..

Dreadylocks · May 6, 2013

Not possible. Mel Brooks doesn't make movies anymore.

mus · May 6, 2013

Dready beat me to what I was gonna say

wheatgrinder · May 6, 2013

<sigh> old people never get it

Zensteve · May 6, 2013

wheatgrinder said:
Parodies of Parodies are normal...

Gimme some bro-hoof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN9MLa9q2Gc

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