# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/41 "2004-06-09T06:53:44Z")
> [@mike1dog](#): > > What about superhero movies like Superman, Spiderman, and The Hulk? Along with the others already mentioned, there’s also [**Blankman.**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109288/) ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/42 "2004-06-09T07:24:04Z")
> [@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 Last Action Hero** with, appropriately enough, Arnie as the action hero. It was bad, even discounting the deliberate badness put in for parody’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/43 "2004-06-09T07:56:56Z")
Lifetime movies definitely constitute a genre that MUST. BE. SPOOFED. Although Lily Tomlin’s “Incredible Shrinking Woman” comes close. I think I’ve got a few more. Has there been a spoof of those serious “expose” movies that show a whistleblower/reporter taking on big business/government involved in a cover-up? I’m thinking China Syndrome, Silkwood, Erin Brokovich, The Insider, All The President’s Men, aspects of Three Days of the Condor… etc? I do not recall any movie that spoofs the hijinks and hilarity that follow preparations for a big wedding. (“Father of the Bride” or “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”) Those movies tend to be farce, and farce is hard to spoof. How can you spoof a genre movie that hinges on a gimmick – like all child actor cast (Bugsy Malone – gangster spoof) or all little people (Big Trouble In Little Town – western)? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/44 "2004-06-09T08:23:07Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > And don’t forget _Flesh Gordon_. Not a parody of pr0n movies - in fact, it started life as a pr0n movie before they got some cash injected for effects and decided to make a sex farce instead. > [@](#): > > I’ve always wanted to see GNFOS but it’s not exactly the kind of movie you find at your local Blockbuster. You’re in luck - someone just reseeded it on Suprnova a few days ago. 273MB, I think it is. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/45 "2004-06-09T10:22:47Z")
Has anybody ever spoofed parody movies? ---
**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 9, 2004, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/46 "2004-06-09T13:17:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Damn – I had another on the tip of my typewriter, but I forgot it. Remembered it! It was **Matinee** , that underrated look at William Castle movies, that features 1950s Mad Scientist-portrayed Cornthwaite as a mad scientist in **Mant!** , a sympathetic sendup of 50s Monster Flicks. There’s also: **Ape Rugrats in Paris Powerpuff Girls Nutty Professor** (Eddie Murphy version) and, oh, heck, go to the IMDB and just call up “Movie Connections” and “Spoofed in” on any Monster flick. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/47 "2004-06-09T13:44:33Z")
> [@Ms Boods](#): > > Maybe _Lisztomania_? Although I’m not entirely sure how anyone would categorise that film! Ah, someone else who’s seen that movie! What were your reasons? Big Who fan? I don’t know if _Lisztomania_ was intended as a spoof of anything…I’m not really sure what it was intended as at all, other than being truly mindbending. But if we’re going to consider it a spoof, I’d count it under “biopics” rather than “period dramas”. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/48 "2004-06-09T14:26:35Z")
> [@seriousart](#): > > 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. Is **Eight Legged Freaks** a parody? I haven’t seen it. > [@Otto](#): > > I don’t think Zelig or Spinal Tap count as spoofs of biopics. Biopics are fictionalized biographies and these would both be spoofs of documentaries. OK then, how about **Life of Brian**? ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/49 "2004-06-09T14:39:35Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > Is **Eight Legged Freaks** a parody? I haven’t seen it. No, it’s just another one of those modern horror movies that thinks it’s clever. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2004, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/50 "2004-06-09T14:40:31Z")
My recommendation for Epic Parody- BORED OF THE RINGS, directed by… Peter Jackson! ---
**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 9, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233/51 "2004-06-09T16:35:08Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Ah, someone else who’s seen that movie! What were your reasons? Big Who fan? > > I don’t know if _Lisztomania_ was intended as a spoof of anything…I’m not really sure what it was intended as at all, other than being truly mindbending. But if we’re going to consider it a spoof, I’d count it under “biopics” rather than “period dramas”. Ken Russell fan, actually! Crikey, what strange goings-on in that brain realised on film…for a while I was on a KR kick, trying to find on vid anything that was available…I just re-watched _The Rainbow_ the other night, but that was part of a long Paul McGann film festival that started with _Withnail and I_, and ended with _Paper Mask_… Although I had a mad crush on Roger Daltrey (was gutted to learn that even when I was in high school, I was taller than he was…kinda put the mockers on things…terribly shallow of me, I know.) I like the Who all right, but my loyalty lies with the Kinks…(they’re all taller than I am…just about… 🙂 ) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-genres-that-havent-been-spoofed/249233.md?page=2)