We’ve arrived, boys!
Superheroes have so saturated the movies that they are deserving of their own parody.
I can’t WAIT to see this movie.
I love Zucker movies. I hate the Scary Movies. (Well, to be fair, I only saw the first one.)
But you know I’ll be first in line. Or second, behind middleman. 
Nah. You’ll be ahead of me. I’m kinda lazy.
I’ll bring lawn chairs.
First two Scary Movies were by the Wayans Brothers. Zucker stepped in with Scary Movie 3. Might be worth a rent for you, it’s definitely different than the first two. 
More to the point, superheroes are taken seriously enough that a parody is distinguishable from the real thing. Hooray!
You mean like Mystery Men? Batman (TV show)? Or how about Mad Comics, back in the 1950s?
Or is it only a parody if the Zuckers do it?
Not to mention Marvel’s Not Brand Ecch! and Spoof! from the 1960s/70s, and DC’s wonderful Ambush Bug from the 1980s.
That would explain the infantile humor, then.
Hong Kong Phooey? The Tick? Sesame Street’s Super Grover? If I thought about it long enough, I could probably come up with a dozen more examples of superhero shows, movies, etc. that parody, play with, or poke fun at the conventions of the superhero genre. It was already old hat by the time Mystery Men came along.
There have been a few parodies. I should have used the word “spoof”.
Heck, Mad did Superduperman as early as its fourth issue. They’ve even compiled their various parodies.
I mentioned Mad in my post – Mad Comics, which was the name of Mad Magazine when “Superduperman” was published.
Kids these days.
Yes, and I expanded on it and included a link to where the various Mad parodies could be purchased.
My reason for quoting Cal and not you is because his reference to Marvel’s Not Brand Ecch! reminded me of Mad’s longtime use of the catchphrase “Ecch!”
Incidentally, the actual early title of the comic, including when issue #4 was published, was Tales Calculated to Drive you Mad.
Take me on, willya?!
You got me, but even that wasn’t the earliest: there were superhero parodies as far back as 1942 (also this, this, and this).
And Not Brand Ecch refered to DC comics (or any other Marvel Competitors of the 60s), not Mad. Stan Lee used the term extensively to refer to DC.
what does the OP call movies like The Specials, or Sky High?
That must explain why Scary Movie 3 actually seemed a bit funnier then the first two(and I really can’t sit through the first two).
That and it’s a better movie then “Signs”. Yeah, you heard me.
I’ve never seen the specials, but Sky High wasn’t a straight parody.
Either way, I correct myself in Post #11 and use the word “spoof”.
I am also open to farce…
Batman and Robin, now there’s a joke of a movie!
Heck, The Incredibles was even part superhero spoof.