Create Your Own Parody Film

[That-Guy]

With the rise of the horrid "movie" movies by those insufferable *****ebags, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, I realize that the parody genre has become something that most modern movie fans would rather avoid. However, I do think that it is only because of mediocre films like the aforementioned crapfests that we, as a whole, have given up on said genre.

In recent years, there haven't been many good parody-style films, but the ones that have been good have truly stood out. In fact, I would argue that Black Dynamite might be one of the best parody films ever made. That was a film that truly understood the genre it was making fun of.

It is my hope that this genre could make a return to its heyday, back when films like Airplane! and High Anxiety were the norm, as opposed to trash like Meet the Spartans. What are some parody films you'd like to see?

One I would love (that won't happen now, since the A-Team movie wasn't a hit) is a parody of that film and TV series:

The D-Team: An inept commando unit gets framed for a crime they didn't commit by an elite commando unit. Now on the run, they must find the men responsible (and somehow outwit them, even though they don't have a shot in hell).

Jim "Cannibal" Schmidt: Leslie Neilson
Stimpleton "Assman" Feck: Chris Evans
B.O. Maracas: Craig Robinson
H.M. Murschlock: Will Ferrell
Amy Angela Alowishus Anderson-Allen: Amy Adams
Colonel Roddick Dicker: Christopher Walken

 

[Judge Holden]

How about a parody of those crappy new parody films?

Two aspiring writer/directors struggle to get work and popularity making artsy, thought provoking movies. With critics labelling them too pretentious for their own good.

So they decide to go the complete other way. Making idiotic spoof movies with lame, tacky pop culture references and become global superstars and critically acclaimed oscar winners.

In the end we find out it was all the dream of a young Jason Friedberg.

 

[That-Guy]

LOL, yeah. They could call it A**hole Movie: The Story of Friedberg & Seltzer.

 

[Doctor Jones]

I always had an idea I've been pushing around for a few years. It's basically a parody of Hollywood and what it does to actors. I use actual actor potraying themselves but are parodies.

Leo DiCaprio - washes up child star. His final film was Titanic. He spent all his money on buying weed. Then became a drug dealer and pot head. He lives in a dingy apartment in LA. He helps his friend Tobey try to win back the role of Spider-Man.

Tobey Maguire - He is suddenly fired by Sony and Raimi for the fourth Spider-Man film. They think he's too old and chubby to be playing it and that they should get someone younger. He will not accept it. But he occasionally puts on the Spider-Man costume and pretends he's actually Spider-Man in his bedroom. He enlists the help of his best friend Leo to devise a plan to win back the role. He sneaks into the Sony backlot and sees Shia Labeof in his trailer who is the new Spider-man. He gives him advice on how to play it, but Shia politely declines. Tobey punches him in the face and escapes.

George Clooney - is a bit crazy now. He blew up his Italian villa and has landed himself in jail many times. He never really knew if he was really straight. he dated women for show. He helps Brad Pitt who has a mid life crisis. The two go on a cross country road trip and outrun police from robbing a gas station on the outskirts of LA.

Brad Pitt - is going through his mid life crisis. He is not the hot young stud he used to be. Angelina has left him with nothing. George pursuades him to come along with him on a road trip. He does so. It's an eye opening experience for him as he's been the most alive as he's ever been. George plans on an "Ocean's 14" heist, but it's actually at a gas station. They rob it and are pursued by the police.

Cameos by Michael Keaton sneaking into Tim Burton's house in wanting for them to do Beetlejuice 2. Samuel L. Jackson complaining why he hasn't gotten an Oscar yet. And Javior Bardem actually killing a gas station attendent and hiding him in the freezer.

 

[That-Guy]

LMAO, I love it. That's actually a really good idea. It sounds like something that those stars (at least a few of them) would do for minimal money as long as the script was tight.

 

[Judge Holden]

That's fantastic Doc. :

 

[Doctor Jones]

Thanks guys!

Yeah, that's the problem. The script has to be damn good for all of these people to be willing to make fun of themselves. I should write it, but I'm not sure I can write a script that can get all these big actors on board.

It's the perfect time to make it. This was before the Spider-Man reboot that I had this idea. So it's a good time.

 

[scifiwolf]

Doctor Jones, your post reminded me of the Chad Schmidtt movie that never happened. Anyone hear anything beyond that project being stuck in development hell?

 

[Doctor Jones]

I've never heard about it. I'll look it up.

 

[Thundarr]

I keep trying to come up with a good parody to post on this thread, but just about everything's been done already (either competantly like Airplane and Naked Gun or incompetantly like the Seltzer & Friedberg movies).

Horror? Scary Movie

Karate/Kung Fu/Ninja movies? Kung Pow & Kung Phooey

Robin Hood? Men In Tights

Disaster Films? Airplane 1 & 2

War Movies? Hot Shots 1 & 2

Westerns? Blazing Saddles

Sci-Fi? Space Balls

There's very little that hasn't been done. Here are a few that either haven't been done or haven't been done very well.

1) An "End Of The World" disaster flick. One of those "An asteroid/comet the size of a small continent is heading towards Earth and threatens to wipe us out" disaster flicks, like Armageddon, Asteroid, Deep Impact, and the recent direct to DVD movie Impact.

2) Sword & Sorcery movies have never really been parodied (at least to my knowledge). I think they were touched upon in Epic Movie, but I never watched it so I don't know for sure.

3) In a similar vein, I'd like to see the novel Bored Of The Rings brought to life on the big screen. National Lampoon already owns the rights to the book (it was published by Harvard Lampoon), they just gotta get off their butts and make the movie. I think I've posted my dream cast for that movie on another thread on here somewhere. I'll post it here later if I can remember who I cast in which roles.

 

[<(o_o)>]

Robot Movie. Makes fun of movies like, Short Circuit, Power Rangers, Terminator, Robo Cop & Transformers ect.

 

[Thundarr]

Bored Of The Rings: The Movie

Starring:

Leslie Nielson as Goodgulf Greytooth

Phil Fondacaro as ***** Bugger

Warwick Davis as Frito Bugger

Verne Troyer as Spam Gangree

David Steinberg as Moxie Dingleberry

Danny Woodburn as Pepsie Dingleberry

Christopher Lloyd as Tim Benzidrino

Courtney Love as Hashberry

Jim Carrey as Arrowroot

Hornsoggle as Gimlet

James Marsters as Legolam

Randall "Tex" Cobb as Bromosil

"The Big Show" Paul White as The Jolly Green Giant

 

[Jochimus]

Personally, I'd probably be inclined to make a spoof of post-apocalyptic sci-fi dystopia flicks.

Failing that, hire someone with an ACTUAL sense of humor to write Shark Movie.

 

[Thundarr]

Personally, I'd probably be inclined to make a spoof of post-apocalyptic sci-fi dystopia flicks.

Failing that, hire someone with an ACTUAL sense of humor to write Shark Movie.

Mad and Cracked magazines used to have some really good movie parodies illustrated in their issues. Maybe someone could buy the rights to produce feature length movies based on their spoofs. I remember Cracked's spoof of The Blob was particularly funny. And Mad's spoofs of Jaws and Jaws 2 were also hilarious (I belive they were called Jawed and Jawed Too).

 

[Thundarr]

How about Not Another Zombie Movie? Spoofing all those George Romero zombie flicks. Return Of The Living Dead kind of does this, but that's more like a satire than a parody. This would be much sillier, less serious than Return Of The Living Dead Was.

 

[Thundarr]

Sledge Hammer

For those of you who are too young to remember, Sledge Hammer was a TV series back in the 1980s which spoofed those tough guy cop movies like Dirty Harry and Cobra in much the same way Police Files spoofed shows like Dragnet. I say bring back the original cast (at least any cast members who would be willing to reprise their roles, recast the others), and do for Sledge Hammer what Naked Gun did for Police Files. And unlike Police Files, which was only on TV for half a season, Sledge Hammer was on TV for two whole seasons (or was it three? I know there were at least two, they're available for purchase on DVD). If done right, like by the people who did the Naked Gun movies, this would be hilarious and could launch a whole new spoof franchise.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Has there been a sports spoof movie made yet?

 

[That-Guy]

How about Not Another Zombie Movie? Spoofing all those George Romero zombie flicks. Return Of The Living Dead kind of does this, but that's more like a satire than a parody. This would be much sillier, less serious than Return Of The Living Dead Was.

Well, Zombie movies were parodied pretty well in Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. But since I personally find the zombie genre to be one of the most overrated and uninspired genres in cinema, I'm all for more parodies. In fact, I'd rather watch a parody than an actual zombie movie.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Would it be overkill to have a soundtrack to a parody film done by Weird Al?

 

[batman11]

I always thought it would be really funny to take a method actor, and parody how deep he gets into the role. The premise (slightly explored towards the end of Tropic Thunder) is that the actor loses his identity, and begins to believe that he is every character he's played. He slips into his own mind where all of the characters inhabit the same universe and all have some sort of effect on each other.

For the longest time I've been planning to do a fictional trailer for such a movie using Bale. He has such a variety of roles under his belt that it just clicked perfectly. I started working on the trailer long ago, but I unfortunately stopped for a bit. When I get the chance, I'll definitely revisit it cause it's something I really want to complete.

This idea is somewhat similar to Jones's, as it would require a well-known actor willing to revisit places in his career and make fun of himself.

Depp, I think, would be a great choice for such a movie as well. Lord knows he's played a bunch of crazy (and not so crazy) characters that could blend together for a wild ride inside Johnny's mind. Just imagine a showdown between Edward Scissorhands, Captain Jack and John Dillinger that takes place in Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. t:

 

[That-Guy]

Would it be overkill to have a soundtrack to a parody film done by Weird Al?

Not overkill at all. Weird Al makes everything better.

 

[SuperFerret]

Would it be overkill to have a soundtrack to a parody film done by Weird Al?

Spy Hard.

 

[Thundarr]

How about C**k Puncher starring Steven Seagal? For those of you who haven't seen it, The Onion Movie had fake trailers throughout the film for that movie. I think it would be hilarious if Steven Seagal were to actually take those spoof trailers and turn them into a movie.

 

[Thundarr]

Has there been a sports spoof movie made yet?

There was one made a few years ago. I don't remember the title. They spoofed Remember The Titans, The Replacements, Radio, and probably a bunch more. I think it might have been done by those two *****es, which is why no one remembers it.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Spy Hard.

I had forgotten about that one.