Nostalgia Critic - Is Parody Dead

[@KneelB4Bacon]

Parody works best when the writer actually understands what they're making fun of and WHY it's funny. Just making a reference to it in a movie NOT parody. The movie "Airplane" works because it's based on all those "Airport" movies that came out shortly before it. The audience and the writer already have the shared experience of having seen those movies and know how they're "supposed" to play out. Humor works when it subverts our expectations. Having Peter Graves and Leslie Nielson in "Airplane" was hilarious casting because up to that point, they traditionally played straight, non-comedic characters. You don't EXPECT Peter Graves to ask little Billy/Timmy (whatever) if he's ever been in a Turkish prison or if he's ever seen a grown man naked. If you cast Jim Carrey in a parody movie, it's not funny because you EXPECT him to be funny.

[@meteosurreal]

Epic Movie... Epic Cliché, Epic Identical non-joke mega...

[@BiaXia]

Thanks for putting these up, his videos don't work on mobile and to be honest your the only way I can stay up to date

[@angryyogbuscus1578]

GalaxyQuest. I want more like that.

[@Logifanogi]

I loved Galaxy Quest! It wasn't as big as Space Balls because I think more people were into Star Wars than Star Trek at the time or something.

[@100nitrog2]

I can't believe Galaxy Quest wasn't brought up. One of the best in the genre.

[@crow2724]

This is your best video Critic. Parody will never be dead.

[@Carnivvhore]

What I like about this channel is that most of these Nostalgia Critic reviews I have never seen

[@TheSuperNyx]

Epic Movie, Disaster Movie, Date Movie, Dance movie...... they all are ugh.. Airplane = Gold Space Balls = Gold Scary Movie = Gold

[@TheSuperNyx]

Is it good?

[@hiddenwiiu8063]

Don't forget "Robin Hood: Men in Tights." That movie is also gold!

[@TheSuperNyx]

YES. But I didnt see that movie until AFTER I watched this video

[@bareakon]

***** I thought Scary Movie 1 and 3 were pretty good. 2 is okay. And the rest were a waste of time.

[@kevintown311]

I love it. I saw Walk The Line not too much before it and it was such a surprisingly funny spoof.

[@emihay9915]

Cabin in the Woods was an excellent spoof movie to me. The things Nostalgia Critic is describing makes a good satire were are present in it, an understanding of the genre especially. it's one of my favorite movies for its cleverness and obvious appreciation for the source material.

[@RupertMuch]

The timing is perfect. I was just wondering today why there haven't been any good parody movies in the last 2 decades.

[@TylerG13]

Pizza the hut is my favorite spoof character of all time! XD

[@assailant8722]

When I saw the title "is parody dead," I just said "TFS" and moved on. Then I came back.

[@eab1883]

I love spaceballs

[@rileyfreeman3621]

dr strangelove satirising the cold war is one of the best parodies of all time

[@TheBr00talhamster]

How ironic.

[@DrHotelMario]

love your profile pic I respect your squirely wrath

[@Englishdosser86]

Surprised this was a video about parodies without mentioning Austin Powers. Definitely one of the best parodies in my opinion.

[@ShyGuy83]

As much as I love all the old spoof movies, I only like a select few of the modern era from 1996 to present: High School High, Wrongfully Accused, Scary Movie 1-4, Not Another Teen Movie, and Date Movie.

[@puffleperson]

Why do people hate spaceballs so much?

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

I knew it- we're surrounded by ***holes!

[@Me2-eb2kz]

WHAT?

[@planescaped]

I liked Naked Gun, I loved Airplane and Robin Hood Men in Tights, and even liked Airplane 2... and yet I do not, and have never been able to like Spaceballs. The movie is just... really fucking stupid and dumb... and not even in an entertaining way. I really don't get it. It has it's moments, but it is the truest example of moments that are few and far between.

[@ocha-time]

Giving a nod to Badman at the end was definitely cool.

[@tisme6875]

Meet the Spartans had absolutely nothing to do with parodying Meet the Parents. It strictly parodied 300 as a main plot. Nowhere in that movie was Meet the Parents centered on, or even parodied at all to my knowledge. I'm beginning to wonder if N.Critic does any actual research or simply gives opinions on what he thinks is true.....cause i've seen alot of mistakes in these videos.

[@edduke2045]

I laughed a couple times when my brother made me watch Meet the Spartans with him. Should I quit my job and go into the wilderness until I find myself? or am I going to be okay?

[@billfill4807]

666

[@edduke2045]

bill fill Word?

[@billfill4807]

Ed Duke well satan worshipers never done anything crazy while the god worshiping religions decide there good while those other people are bad... then they go around doing horrible things to the "bad people" maybe gods a dueche hypocrite

[@edduke2045]

bill fill Fuck em all.

[@Kato86]

I think MtS was the first of the terrible spoof movies I really... well not hated, but disliked. I kind of like Epic movie, or Scary Movie 1-3, or even Date Movie (sometimes) but that one was just... so unfocused and so.. gosh... So, yeah, maybe try to find yourself. And maybe I should, too.

[@ColeoIsCooleo]

God dang. I had to sit down and think about the explosion of genius that just got told to me after he signed out.

[@theheavenlyfb4071]

my computer froze just as the critic was about to say dead at the start like it didnt want to hear the words "is parody dead" lol

[@lifeisabigfun]

Hay algunas personas que tienen problemas con el formato Blip de la pagina de Nostalgia Critic. Por eso es que la gente lo sube aqui, por que son muy buenas personas! :3

[@alexlujan7390]

Spaceballs is my favorate parody movie.

[@JambleBramble]

So much truth. And so much Bad Meets Evil beat near the middle. Also, you forgot TeamFourStar

[@piratevs]

what you said is so true. i watched ur whole vid and totaly agree with you, bring back the good old comedy format. keep up the good work sir :)

[@motorcycleman115]

Scary movie 5 is sooooo over the top. You can't go two minutes in that movie without something weird.

[@aMAXanimation]

I think people don't think of the classics when mentioning parodies because they parody in a way where they parody just enough to still be their own movie.

[@RisingBeast00]

I never really thought of that before but yeah you're right. lol Me and my brother saw he, I am glad he enjoyed it.

[@thewayneflyinghigh9128]

For me, airplane (a.k.a Flying High) and Spaceballs are the only two good comedy spoof films ever. The naked gun and young Frankenstein is good aswell.

[@QueenPenelope100]

Monty Mythons. Don't ever forget Monty Pythons, folks. It's like one big hilarious parody. It's comedic gold.

[@AireVocalGravityDZ]

With parody, the truth has has never been so true. Thanks, Nostalgia Critic.

[@kxngNaki1252immortalsoul]

When he talked about scary movie. The song in the backround is scary movies by Eminem and Royce da 5'9 :D

[@Evilushunproductions]

you forgot Blazzing Saddles which is one of my favorites

[@TropicalHat420]

As long as Weird Al walks this earth, good parodies will live on.

[@chadjones967]

It does because the ones on the League of Super Critics are shortend while Leasuresuitrantfiends are full length.

[@snarkus63]

Anyone remember "Young Doctors In Love"? "Student Bodies"? "The Creature Wasn't Nice"? I deserted the sinking ship of spoof movies LONG before the Wayans got their claws into this genre.

[@johnroth]

Huh. This was a really good critical analysis of parody. Thank you.

[@GideonGleeful95]

Good musical parody also hasn't died. Obviously Weird Al is still going, and Lonely Island are really popular, but The Axis of Awesome are also very funny. How to Write a Love Song has such a handle on that genre that it's almost scary, while 4 Chords is just a massive statement about music (though How to Write a Love Song is funnier in my view, 4 Chords just makes your jaw drop at how many songs are on the list).

[@MarinoKadame1]

Let's not forget all the videogames parodies too.

[@lifeisabigfun]

Man, i used to have Spaceballs in my DVD collection, but i lost the disc and i only have Robin Hood Men In Tights. :(

[@triumph2992]

Funny that he mentioned Weird Al, Nostalgia Critic kinda reminds me of him.

[@KamisamanoOtaku]

I think there was a key angle that Doug missed; the boundary of what is acceptable keeps moving. So much of the humor in successful spoofs came from flirting with what can't be done... but the Scary Movie-era of spoofs really don't have much of a line they won't cross.

[@oliverqueen9886]

You should do a review of the spoof fatal instinct made back in the 90s. It mainly makes fun of basic instinct and fatal attraction.

[@LAZZAMCPE]

So true

[@nicovanos]

Spaceballs was the best. I laughed so hard that it hurt.

[@Bitis11nasicornis]

I notice no one talks about Loaded Weapon, that Lethal Weapon spoof that was as good as Airplane, Spaceballs, Naked Gun and Scary Movie.

[@mrtohonoart]

One of my favorite spoof movies that I feel is very underrated is Top Secret. That movie was hilarious!

[@Bitis11nasicornis]

Welcome back LeisureSuitRantFiend

[@Nightsyder1]

Hey here's a not very well known fact: Airplane was not in fact a spoof of Airport as everyone thought but actually a spoof of the 1957 movie "Zero Hour."

[@Gasmaskkiller123]

"The Cabin in the Woods" to all of that.

[@TheMattman1313]

Kinda sad that he didn't mentioned the abridged series genre in the internet parody bit, but eh they're not that popular and you usually need to have seen the source show beforehand to really get the jokes. Still some of the best parody work I've seen online.

[@timrob12]

I have a little question: Can I agree with what's said in this video, but still enjoy movies like Epic Movie and Disaster Movie?

[@nitehawk86]

+timrob12 You are allowed to enjoy whatever you want. But really, those movies suck. Try watching one of them now that the jokes and references have all grown stale.

[@snarkus63]

Let's not forget Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright...true,their movies are more tribute than straightforward parody...but I haven't seen any better spoofs of zombie movies or high-intensity-buddy-cop-action flicks.

[@godzilla964]

I didn't even know that "Airplane!" was a parody.

[@LAZZAMCPE]

Last few years of parody movies sucked so much

[@UnivingIshiro]

Movie parodies are dead,but parody itself still goes on.

[@catchampjade]

best one ever

[@Malicient]

Oh my God, someone who actually remember Don't Be a Menace in south Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood! I think that was actually the Wayans Brother's first spoof movie.

[@dominicbeaudoin2762]

Is this channel related in any way to ChannelAwesome or is it just ripping off Doug's videos?

[@snarkus63]

Anyone remember "Young Doctors In Love"? "Student Bodies"? "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1"? I deserted the sinking ship of spoof movies long before the Wayans got their claws into the genre.

[@KamoaChannelYT]

A haunted house is a good flick :)

[@MissBarker93]

Parody is also still alive on TV. Just watch an episode of "MAD".

[@HeyInternetErichere]

He makes so many valid points

[@theredhabagatshow]

NEW EPISODE!! HI DOUG!

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

This is the end is meant to be a great spoof too.

[@goodjpngoblin]

Am I the only person who didn't hate meet the spartans? Maybe I only liked it because I was young?

[@maximumrisk2004]

I guess the Eyecandy is what saved this movie from being trashed to much. If it makes you feel any better, I hate it as well.

[@snarkus63]

Don't feel too bad...when I was in high school,I actually thought "Young Doctors In Love" was hilarious.

[@SIRslipperyasp91]

"Meet The Spartans" is a lump of coal in a pile of shit. so no you're not the only person.

[@KetwunsGamingPad]

To be fair, Scary Movie was always basically a parody of Scream. It was a first, and they were trying hard to make it work. It did spoof alright. But the later ones just tried to do everything, which is why they all started to suck.

[@DJwolfpack122]

the penguin can dance !!!

[@Logifanogi]

Galaxy Quest too.

[@TheCeejReturns]

Airplane! was a spoof of Zero Hour, not Airport. It was also the first feature-length direct parody in the film industry. Airplane II: The Sequel was more of a spoof of Airport. The sequel was not a Zucker brothers film.

[@johnholmeswebb8162]

1993's "Fatal Instinct" was Damn funny. If your under like 26 you'd have to watch alot of movies to find this funny. But for what it spoofed it was hilarious. It was a spoof of "Basic Instinc, Fatal Attraction, Cape Fear, and Sleeping With The Enemy. " If you have watched any of those movies, try to find "Fatal Instinct", its really worth it. Im mad it wasn't mentioned anywhere on here though.

[@violetwrath5173]

There is a difference between Monet and a house painter.

[@getmario64]

My classic parody films that are so funny and makes it memorable like: 1. Hot Shots, Part Deux 2. The Naked Gun Trilogy 3. Don't Be a Menace.....in South Central (MESSAGE!) These parody movies are dead, but parodies grow on Robot Chicken, Mad, and so on.

[@jswfilm]

Don't be a Menace is also a good one too.

[@StarNate2112]

Great Episode!

[@Karonis124]

There's one thing the Critic didn't touch on: children. Kids'll always be amused as long as there's some physical and or body humor, and parody movies, as he pointed out, have those things out the wazoo.

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

Other great parodies: Austin Powers, conkers bad fur day, the simpsons, hot fuzz, Shaun of the dead

[@wolffe93]

There are 3 very funny German parody movies made by Michael Herbig: Der Schuh des Manitu (Karl-May parody) Traumschiff Surprise (parody a bunch of movies but mostly Star Trek and Star Wars) Lissi und der wilde Kaiser (parody of Sissi) the first two belong to the highest-grossing German films since WW2

[@GoneRampant]

With Google Instant, you literally just have to type "TGW" and it'll give you TGWTG!

[@Neossoldier]

Another fine example of a good internet parody that may be hit and miss depending on who makes it is the abridged series. (Yugioh abridged by littlekuriboh, ect

[@Sulin360]

Community series work well for reference-based humour as well.

[@stanbai5263]

This is why I love KZbin more than television. TV can die.

[@thejennadaisy]

Why do you guys upload 10 videos at a time every few months instead of uploading periodically?

[@LassetUnsSpielen]

it has happened. humor has nearly completely died out. they call it "making a joke" just showing a picture of rick astley

[@TheKeyser94]

Do you ever see Mitt Romney Style? That is a classic of College Humor.

[@vargasisking]

Actually the wayans "don't be a menace" was the first "modern" spoof movie and used the same formula as today's spoof but waaaaaaayyy more clever and funny

[@korrde]

I liked Scary Movies 3 and 4, they actually seemed to be going back towards the old formula, but other than those I'd have to say I agree with Doug. They get a lot of flack, and yes there are parts where they go too far in certain scenes, but overall they're still pretty funny movies that manage to avoid the excess a lot of other parody movies have done. I haven't seen SM5, so I don't know how it will be. Another good parody is An American Carol, I'd recommend checking it out.

[@kbdemonbain]

i didn't mind the first scary movie cause i am a big fan of the scream franchise and i know what you did last summer. loved them when i was growing up and i found the first scary movie pretty funny

[@o0cacoto0o]

The first one was hilarious due to all it did and how well they did it. They tried to make the plot differently, showing what could have happened and the motives, to the point it made you think on motives. But epic movie and the rest were just joke after joke making fun of many movies rather than just one good sequence telling you a good story.

[@70sman]

One thing: Airplane parodied Zero Hour, not Airport. Not the Zero Hour, Zero Hour. It's a common misconception.

[@gromcomando]

An argument could be made that Tarantino is keeping satire alive, true his last 5 films aren't necessarily spoof's as much as homages/satires of exploitation genres, same could be said of anything Broken Lizard makes.

[@Vuthara247]

You know, it's pretty damn hard to cover absolutely everything in a single video. Of course Doug is going to exclude some things, but he's not doing it on purpose. I don't think Doug mentioned CollegeHumor over Team Four Star deliberately, I think he just used CH as an example, not a preference. Just because he doesn't mention TFS doesn't mean he doesn't like them. Doug is a busy person, it shouldn't come as a surprise if he forgets certain things.

[@BigImaginationDoll16]

The 'parody' movies that are funny movies being semi-serious about a specific genre while laughing at the cliche's still works. Like 'Paul', that was an alien movie, semi-serious and full of taking the piss out of the original cliche's. Like Sigourney Weaver rocks up for a split second and an opening to a space ship drops on her. It was funny in the film trust me. But outright complete parodies these days almost always suck terribly.

[@densedrummer]

Wait, I thought you were 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Kidding.

[@jeehoonkim1214]

If you return, can you do Jack and Jill or After Earth??

[@Tstarr]

I'm shocked he didn't mention Robot Chicken.

[@k1ngN0rk]

I love MAFIA! So underrated...

[@whitneymcdonald794]

I love clever spoofs so naturally I'm annoyed that these stupid spoofs keep getting made and ruining one of my favourite type of comedies.

[@charliegareginyan9584]

Whitney McDonald same man, this review or whatever you call it was genuinely intelligent and interesting thank NC for me will ya?