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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 192583" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Here's why I don't like modern spoof movies...they are nothing but "hey remember that funny YouTube video from last year? Well here it is again!" They are so reliant on current pop culture, that the joke is often stale even by the time the movie is released. There's little thought into setting up the joke proper. You might still laugh, but usually not at the joke they are telling, but because of the original situation. Airplane and Naked Gun also relied on pop culture, but it was wrapped around the joke.</p><p></p><p>For example, the disco dance in Airplane is obviously a take on Saturday Night Fever. Watch it today without reference to that movie, and most of it still plays funny. That is because it was telling it's own joke, and then giving a nod and a wink. For that matter, I never saw Airport '77 or whatever other airplane disaster movie they were mocking, nor did I need to. These modern spoofs? If you don't know the source material, you won't laugh once.</p><p></p><p>And then there's Young Frankenstein. Maybe what bothers me is that it gets ranked within the top 10 comedies on all these lists. I can think of a dozen movies without even trying that can make me laugh without even trying. Nothing in YF made me laugh. The only time I smiled was when they did the big knockers joke, and that was because I knew what the punchline was because it was so obvious. Is it a loving homage? Sure. Funny? Nope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 192583, member: 134"] Here's why I don't like modern spoof movies...they are nothing but "hey remember that funny YouTube video from last year? Well here it is again!" They are so reliant on current pop culture, that the joke is often stale even by the time the movie is released. There's little thought into setting up the joke proper. You might still laugh, but usually not at the joke they are telling, but because of the original situation. Airplane and Naked Gun also relied on pop culture, but it was wrapped around the joke. For example, the disco dance in Airplane is obviously a take on Saturday Night Fever. Watch it today without reference to that movie, and most of it still plays funny. That is because it was telling it's own joke, and then giving a nod and a wink. For that matter, I never saw Airport '77 or whatever other airplane disaster movie they were mocking, nor did I need to. These modern spoofs? If you don't know the source material, you won't laugh once. And then there's Young Frankenstein. Maybe what bothers me is that it gets ranked within the top 10 comedies on all these lists. I can think of a dozen movies without even trying that can make me laugh without even trying. Nothing in YF made me laugh. The only time I smiled was when they did the big knockers joke, and that was because I knew what the punchline was because it was so obvious. Is it a loving homage? Sure. Funny? Nope. [/QUOTE]
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