# Movie genres that haven't been spoofed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233 "2004-06-08T04:25:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/1 "2004-06-08T04:25:55Z")
Was thinking about movie parodies… Seems almost every genre has been spoofed at one time or another. Airplane movies, slasher flicks, blacksploitation movies, documentaries, summer camp movies, romantic comedies, teen movies, alien invasions, Star Wars, Star Trek, Westerns, etc. Started to wonder what there was left to satirize. So I ask: How about the giant monster movie genre? I know the genre’s almost a spoof unto itself, but I can’t think of any movie that has satirized it. Other movies certainly have made jokes about Godzilla and his over-sized comrades. One Crazy Summer has a memorable scene, for instance. But I know of no full-length films that were devoted to turning the genre on it’s head. So has one been made? Are there other movie genre’s ripe for the picking that have remained unscathed? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/2 "2004-06-08T06:15:09Z")
Has there ever been a feature movie that spoofed the action movie genre; the whole Arnold/Willis/Stallone/Rock/Seagal/Van Damme “big man with a bigger gun” type movie? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/3 "2004-06-08T06:17:02Z")
Now I remember: _Hot Shots_ and _Hot Shots Part Deaux_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/4 "2004-06-08T06:18:59Z")
> [@Little Nemo](#): > > Has there ever been a feature movie that spoofed the action movie genre; the whole Arnold/Willis/Stallone/Rock/Seagal/Van Damme “big man with a bigger gun” type movie? The Hot Shots movies, maybe. I’ve never seen a real parody of an epic. There was a recent thread where this was touched on, but there were few definitive answers. I think a parody of ‘new epics’ (LOTR, Gladiator, Troy) would be really timely since they’re back in fashion. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/5 "2004-06-08T06:48:06Z")
Wouldn’t _History of the World, Part I_ qualify as a parody of an epic? There were some truly horrendous films put out by a company called Sunn Classic Pictures, such as _In Search of Historic Jesus_ and _In Search of Noah’s Ark_. These pictures actually had theatrical releases. :rolleyes: I don’t think this type of Scriptural archeology documentary has ever gotten the parody treatment it deserves. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/6 "2004-06-08T07:08:33Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’ve never seen a real parody of an epic. The Holy Grail? ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/7 "2004-06-08T07:33:15Z")
> [@seriousart](#): > > Was thinking about movie parodies… Seems almost every genre has been spoofed at one time or another. Airplane movies, slasher flicks, blacksploitation movies, documentaries, summer camp movies, romantic comedies, teen movies, alien invasions, Star Wars, Star Trek, Westerns, etc. > > Started to wonder what there was left to satirize. > So I ask: How about the giant monster movie genre? I know the genre’s almost a spoof unto itself, but I can’t think of any movie that has satirized it. > > Other movies certainly have made jokes about Godzilla and his over-sized comrades. One Crazy Summer has a memorable scene, for instance. But I know of no full-length films that were devoted to turning the genre on it’s head. > > So has one been made? Are there other movie genre’s ripe for the picking that have remained unscathed? Actually… [Kaiju Big Battel](http://www.kaiju.com/home.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/8 "2004-06-08T07:38:29Z")
Has there ever been a parody of the “chick flick”? There are a bunch of versions of Cinderella coming out this summer, but none of them features Ella as a gun-crazed ex-marine partnered with Janeane Garofalo to fight crime and terrorists in LA. And dammit, that’s a movie that needs making! ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/9 "2004-06-08T14:43:38Z")
Or, how about a parody of disaster films? I don’t think that’s been done, has it? ---
**Author:** ![pyrrthon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2acd7d/32.png) [@pyrrthon1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pyrrthon1)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/10 "2004-06-08T15:03:47Z")
> [@seriousart](#): > > Or, how about a parody of disaster films? I don’t think that’s been done, has it? Airplane? ---
**Author:** ![seriousart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@seriousart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seriousart)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/11 "2004-06-08T15:46:39Z")
> [@pyrrthon1](#): > > Airplane? Well, yes, I suppose you’re right. Though I was thinking more along the lines of “natural” disaster films like Twister, Day After Tomorrow, Deep Impact, Volcano, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/12 "2004-06-08T15:52:43Z")
> [@seriousart](#): > > Or, how about a parody of disaster films? I don’t think that’s been done, has it? It may not count, but check out _Disaster '76_, the movie playing at the drive in in _Drive-In_. It parodies all the Irwin Allen/Airport disaster movies popular when the film came out… ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/13 "2004-06-08T16:02:36Z")
Hmmm. Merchant-Ivory-type period dramas? Biopics? Disney cartoons? (or would the Shrek movies count?) ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/14 "2004-06-08T16:03:42Z")
> [@seriousart](#): > > So I ask: How about the giant monster movie genre? Attack of the 60-foot centerfold? And for disaster movies, there’s also The Big Bus. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/15 "2004-06-08T16:11:16Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Biopics? This is Spinal Tap. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/16 "2004-06-08T16:25:13Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Hmmm. Merchant-Ivory-type period dramas? It predates Merchant-Ivory, but the historical drama within _Singin’ in the Rain_ perhaps…I might be reaching, though. Definately trying to avoid a writing prject past a deadline, though! Maybe _Lisztomania_? Although I’m not entirely sure how anyone would categorise that film! ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/17 "2004-06-08T16:53:39Z")
_Zelig_ (and to a lesser extent, _Sweet and Lowdown_) spoof biopics, and _The Last Remake of Beau Geste_ spoofs epics. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/18 "2004-06-08T18:01:12Z")
> [@Thudlow Boink](#): > > Biopics? Zelig ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/19 "2004-06-08T19:10:27Z")
I can’t imagine anyone even _trying_ to do a parody of a Holocaust movie (_Schindler’s List, Life is Beautiful,_ etc.). …Though Mel Brooks might be able to take a stab at it… ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/20 "2004-06-08T19:34:01Z")
> [@](#): > > So I ask: How about the giant monster movie genre? I know the genre’s almost a spoof unto itself, but I can’t think of any movie that has satirized it. Are you kidding? What about the relevant sections in **Everything You Always Wanted to KNow About Sex**? Or **American Tickler**? Or virtually all of **Honey, I Blew Up the Kid** , or a dozen others? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233.md?page=2)