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Author:  Shack [ Thu Dec 27, 2018 11:43 am ]
Post subject:  Superhero version of Blazing Saddles

I have heard westerns were like the superhero films of their era. The genre has gotten so formulaic that we are due for a self aware parody phase like Blazing Saddles or Scream/Scary Movie

What superhero tropes would you love them to make fun of?

Author:  stuffp [ Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:23 pm ]
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Just right before the Marvel boom, they already made Superhero Movie too.

Author:  Flava'd vs The World [ Thu Dec 27, 2018 1:46 pm ]
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Has to be Deadpool right?

Author:  Thegun [ Thu Dec 27, 2018 2:42 pm ]
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The genre has certainly been parodied before:

Blankman
The Ambigiously Gay Duo
Superhero Movie
Deadpool
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim

The problem with the genre is that they already do poke enough fun at themselves. Westerns were very serious back then. You need a genre like that and then go light hearted. Part of the reason why Tropic Thunder was the last parody to do really well.

That being said, I have been writing a comedy Superhero film, but more on the filmmaking process. So I've been working on a comic character that inhibits a lot of different backstories.

Author:  Shack [ Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Superhero version of Blazing Saddles

Thegun wrote:
The genre has certainly been parodied before:

Blankman
The Ambigiously Gay Duo
Superhero Movie
Deadpool
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim

The problem with the genre is that they already do poke enough fun at themselves. Westerns were very serious back then. You need a genre like that and then go light hearted. Part of the reason why Tropic Thunder was the last parody to do really well.

That being said, I have been writing a comedy Superhero film, but more on the filmmaking process. So I've been working on a comic character that inhibits a lot of different backstories.


That's a good point. Marvel already makes jokes so it's harder to turn it into a comedy. I still think superhero films are so such a big part of pop culture that if someone really nailed a parody movie, it could be big

Author:  Thegun [ Thu Dec 27, 2018 3:50 pm ]
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Well I don't think an original piece will ever be bigger than deadpool. 1.5 billion and counting and the Christmas version is pure genius.

Author:  Algren [ Sun Dec 30, 2018 8:27 pm ]
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If this thread was made in 2012, you'd have a point.

Author:  Thegun [ Sun Dec 30, 2018 10:28 pm ]
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There isn't much left that hasn't been parodied.

Is there a great comedy for each genre already? In some cases more than one, most cases many bad ones.

Author:  Algren [ Sun Dec 30, 2018 10:29 pm ]
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It's great when a franchise makes its own parody, such as with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Author:  MadGez [ Tue Jan 01, 2019 7:28 pm ]
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Algren wrote:
It's great when a franchise makes its own parody, such as with Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.


:funny:

Author:  Shack [ Tue Jan 01, 2019 8:13 pm ]
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Author:  Steve [ Thu Jan 03, 2019 7:31 pm ]
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Thegun wrote:
The genre has certainly been parodied before:

Blankman
The Ambigiously Gay Duo
Superhero Movie
Deadpool
Kick-Ass
Scott Pilgrim

+ Mystery Men !!!

also Sky High and TV versions of The Tick.... it seems the genre has been more or less spoofing itself for decades.

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