Sentences with phrase «parody something»

You can't use it to parody something else.

Nonetheless, I parodied something John Milton had written to tell the story of a the birth of an online discussion group.

Not exact matches

After all, «a functional sign would have sufficed, but by adding humor to the copy and celebrity voiceovers to the (loudspeaker) announcement, they've become something of a cult hit, parodied around the world.»

Of course, television channels need something to fill their schedules, and even a blank parody of football tends to draw the eyes.

And all are singing something called The Big Freeze, a gridiron parody on President Nixon's economic game plan.

Gangname Style: finally there's something to replace all of the «Call Me Maybe» parodies.

As entertaining as this perpetual aviation self - parody can be, there is something deeper here that needs to be addressed.

I don't want to say anything about the story: it is obvious that the language used in game is worthy of a writer, yet there is no story - and the reason is obvious: it is a parody and a homage (all in one) to Classical RPG, so a deep Story in this game would probably be spoiling it rather than giving something to it.

«Tummy Trouble», «Rollercoaster Rabbit», and «Trail Mix - Up» are all included here, but while the opening of Who Framed Roger Rabbit functions as both wild cartoon slapstick and hyperbolic parody of same (as well as something of a precursor to the even more satiric Itchy and Scratchy of The Simpsons), the subsequent shorts, beyond lacking the deft, fluid touch of the movie's animation director Richard Williams, are less clever: orchestrations of mayhem that occasionally pause to wink at themselves.

It's important to remember that these films are more than just spoofs or parodies of the genres they emulate as each film has a powerful emotional core with something to say about friendship, growing up and more.

The Dr. Doom costume looks like something from a low - budget, sci - fi parody film.

TMS: There's something about the Carolyn role that could have very easily been a parody, but you bring a lot of tenderness to her character and I feel like a big part of that was the supporting performances with Uzo Aduba's character and Carolyn's husband.

You either see it as a rumination on art and the creative process through the prism of this kook who makes a bad movie, but at least he still makes something, or you can look at it as a flight of fancy where a bunch of famous people do a shot - for - shot parody of a bad movie and throw in some window dressing to make it seem like a fully fledged movie.

There's a fine line between being a parody of something and just being an actual thing, and Fred Armisen and Bill Hader may have crossed it with «Final Transmission,» their latest Documentary Now!

«Jack» is... yes, an adaptation of «Jack and the Beanstalk,» and if that sounds like something out of a parody trailer on «Saturday Night Live,» I would agree with you.

Despite that wonderful parody of typical action climaxes, it ends with something like that.

There are many different subgenres of the comedy genus, including screwball, black comedy, parody, anarchic comedy, and gross - out, a subgenre that has become increasingly popular with films like «There's Something About Mary» and «American Pie.»

Not quite spoof or parody but something in that vein.

His car has the ability to turn invisible, something the cast try to parody with a couple of disbelieving gags, but the fact that James Bond has the arsenal of a superhero team is just too hard to simply laugh off.

Large sections where the script relies on the chemistry between the comedians to keep the movie ticking over, something that might work for a more traditional comedy, but in a film that opened with a Michael Bay - parody explosion, you crave a more immediate thrill from your laughs.

Also, something I found when playing this game is the fact that, in parodying other games, Saints Rows IV is constantly highlighting itself as a flawed game.

Something about Jennifer Lawrence just works really well with Bad Lip Reading parodies.

Yet Pirates is in many ways just what he intended: «something of a parody of the genre.»

(or something to that effect) that could be a panel from the MAD MAGAZINE parody of Reichardt's work, and I nearly fled the theatre until Laura Dern's reaction to Harris's wailing produced some titters in the audience, alerting me to the possibility that I had missed something crucial by not watching Reichardt's movies in public.

After drifting close to self - parody with his indulgent, referential grindhouse entry «Death Proof,» Tarantino came roaring back with «Inglourious Basterds» like he had something to prove, which of course, he did.

Either way, the movie tries to work his awkwardness into something like shtick, but it doesn't really commit to reconceiving him as a bizarre self - parody.

One of the signal hits of 2017 was a fiendishly clever horror parody that put mainstream audiences in the mind of a black man uncovering the conspiracy theory of his life; even the thickest moviegoing Mr. Jones knew there was something happening here.

Dandy Mott might be a parody of this type of affluent sociopath but there's something much more terrifying to du Pont's long silences and labored breathing, especially when it holds up against archival footage of the man himself.

Zombie Brigade: No Brain No Gain (Cypronia, $ 4.99 Free for Cube Life owners until 1/8)-- Touted as the only parody styled runner on the Wii U, Zombie Brigade is basically Meme Run, but much less tolerable (and that's saying something).

Hall however adopts a different method for the role, avoiding parody and creating something unique.

There's something ineffable going on in Entertainment, and it moves beyond parodying the bankrupt nature of comedy and into something more surreal.

Jason Statham's character of Rick Ford was something of a parody of many of the roles we've grown used to seeing Jason Statham play.

And then there's a scene where Laura finds two little blind brothers in the middle of the wasteland that seems to want to evoke a Jodorowsky mindscape (Herzog has said the film is meant to be a «daydream» that follows no cinematic rules), but because there's all that awful and redundant talking, it becomes something like a parody of Herzog's documentaries.

In fact, it almost plays like a parody at times — something you'd see in a show within a show that mocks bad TV.

Every scene is an exercise in drawn - out affectation, with the characters» silent stares at each other, gazes off into nothing, and pauses between dialogue exchanges — all set to meaningful piano twinkles and drum beats — so distended as to intimate parody, an impression exacerbated by William twice telling enforcer Vincent (Martin Donovan) that his comments sound like something from a movie.

Friedberg and Seltzer give no indication they've actually watched most of the movies they're parodying: the gags, so to speak, invariably involve some character (like, say, No Country For Old Men's Anton Chigurh) abruptly showing up, quoting a few lines from the trailer, and then scurrying offstage before anyone might have to write them something original.

Instead, thanks to poor acting, painfully slow pacing and embarrassingly simplistic writing, we get something that takes itself so seriously it comes across more as a Saturday Night Live parody.

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Parody / satire: In order to create an imitation or exaggeration of something, you must possess a keen awareness of its style, format, and effect.

Parodies encourage students to transform something familiar into something comedic and fresh.

Unfortunately, parodies still have to bring something original to the page, and both Fifty Shades and Pride & Prejudice have been taken on in so many different ways that it's possible to ask if there is anything new to be done.

Well, again, my original intent was to do something way more parody - focused.

There's something exhilarating about the scope of this story, which is either an iconic tale of female empowerment or a parody of our jock - obsessed world.

As something that openly parodies the RPG genre it needs to do those selfsame things that it pokes fun at well, else risk coming across as idiotic, a pitiful attempt at comedy which is no better than that it attempts to mock.

Parody is something even Nintendo hasn't ever really pushed back against.

It may launch and do well (but not in» 18) But I currently see it more as a parody or tragedy of game development than something to be taken seriously.

On the downside, I think the Sugar Rush segments of the movie outstayed their welcome and had mismatched art — Sugar Rush is supposed to be a cutesy Japanese Mario Kart parody but instead of looking Japanese, it looked like someone trying to make something look Japanese and failing badly with the result that it just looks like a Dreamworks take on the classic board game, Candyland.

Beyond being a parody of gaming as a whole, the crew at IF and Compile Hearts also use Neptunia as something of a soapbox to comment on issues in gaming.

This parody of game styles meant when part of the game did something different than the rest of the game, it didn't feel completely out of place.

Whilst not pushing new boundaries with its story or being a straight up parody, the world building and subtle humour woven throughout make this IKEA - flatpack narrative something special.