What other sci-fi fantasy movies would make good parodies?

They've done "Willy Wonka", "Armageddon", "Titanic" - what others would make good parodies? . . "Smithers, have the Rolling Stones killed." "But sir, that's not..." "Do as I say!"

Any of the Star Trek movies, although ST:TMP had such a loony plot that it seems like it would make a perfect adaptation. Star Trek IV could work well, too.

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They could get Star Trek IV, Red Dwarf, ST:TOS, Dr. Who and every other time travel based story line in one fell swoop:

The Dr. appears at Planet Express when Fry and the Professor are there. Somehow Fry helps The Dr. out and he offers to take him for one trip in the Tardis. The Professor warns Fry not to go back to a time before he was frozen.

Fry decides to go back to Jan 1, 2000 after he was frozen so he could go get the stuff his ex-girlfriend left outside. The Professor tells him to get a copy of the original Single Female Lawyer show, in hopes of getting the immortality drug.

When Fry gets back to 2000 and returns to his old apt., he sees himself getting his 'stuff', mostly old comic books. The Dr. agrees to take him back one more day to Dec 31, 1999, once there he calls Penucci's and orders a pizza delivered to I. C. Wiener . . .

The Dr. must leave immediately or they won't be able to get back. Some kind of e-space instability, yadda yadda yadda, so he won't have time to get his stuff. He dashes into a video store with minutes to go, he finds the single female lawyer tape, but decides to buy an old Simpsons tape instead because he doesn't have enough credit or money for both.

Just for poetic justice, when Fry get's back to 3000, he finds out that the tape got erased by the time field in the Tardis.

-Larry

On Wed, 24 Nov 1999 14:16:58 -0700, "grosse" wrote:

Jurassic Park!

Star Wars!

I can think of several movies. One would have to be a parody of "Gattaca". After all, genetic history and microchips implanted in someone's skin (the first episode and "Mars University") have been featured throughout the series. The others would have to be "Lawnmower Man" (What if Fry suddenly had the capacity to be smart? That would be an interesting episode.) and "Mystery Men" (simply because I love the movie).

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DOCTOR WHO!

Heck, The Doctor has made an appearance three times in the Simpsons (the episode where Sideshow Bob gets the nuclear bomb, the scifi convention, and the recent halloween special (he was next to Xena)).

I figure The Doctor is going to make it into Futurama sooner or later.

DanH

You forgot "Star Wars" :-) How about War of the Worlds. Not the book persay but like that radio panic in the 30's when Orson Welles did his radio broadcast that caused world panic. What if Bender and Fry went into a radio station or some futuristic duplicate and for the heck of it acted out some sort of invasion and people began to panic...well it could be a tad predictable but hey its worth a shot.

MK

What about the "It Came From Planet Earth!" movie in 1ACV05? "In the end, he succumbed to this harmless sharpened stick!"

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that radio panic in the 30's when Orson Welles did his radio broadcast that caused world panic. JC <<

The British say the panic was limited to America, and they make jeering remarks about it.

And on my vinyl copy of the show, there are at least four mentions that it's an adaption by the Mercury Theater of the story by H.G. Wells. And the show was only broadcast in the States, there was no trans-Atlantic relay service at the time, it was more than two decades before Telstar.

The war of the worlds thing would be a little close to when aliens attack.

How about "Space 1999", The Moon gets blasted out of orbit while Fry and company are enjoying a day out at the tacky theme park.

Stargate could make for an interesting episode. The crew find an interstellar doorway that leads to the brainslug planet. Brain slug parasites standing in for the Gowa-oold (No idea how to spell that so spelt it phonetically)

Planet of the apes would be cool too. Don't ask me how to fit it into a story as I have no idea.

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Yes, it did announce that it's a play several times during the broadcast, and past the halfway point it switches from it's broadcast format to regular narrative format... BUT. Orson started dropping the Big Whammies (like the lengthy dead air following the screaming and ruckus) very deliberately when the show that most people were listening to went on commercial break. During breaks, folks would be prone to switching around the dial to see if anything else was on, and Orson was counting on this. Sure, if people had just sat tight for a little while it would make itself quite evident that it was just a radio play, but panicked mobs so seldom take the level headed approach.

I was playing with "Forbidden Express"

The gang has to deliver stuff to a expedition on a planet, find the only survivor is a scientist who falls for Leela and his daughter who Fry falls for, and of course Snobby the robot who basically starts hating Bender.

There is a scene where teh professor shows the gang a fantastic planet wide machine he discovers, ect. At the end the planet explodes and they leave with the scientist's daughter and Snobby. .

how about: "Some like it Bot"

Fry and Bender, after witnessing a mafia/type slaying, have to dequise themselves as girls so they can get away by joining an all girl bad. (Who's lead singer is Marilyn Monroe's head in a jar.)

Marilyn: Hey! Those girls are GUYS!!!...(I've seen this done in one of my movies...")

"The Black Hole" is ripe for some spoofin'

Doug

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That would work, the PE ship comes across a ship suspended near a black hole. I don't have a plot in mind but was for gags: Bender befriends two robots: P.R.I.C.E Programed for Relief thru Innocent Comedic Endeavors and B.O.B.

it could work...

Zax wrote in message ... Douglas Teike wrote in message ... "The Black Hole" is ripe for some spoofin'

That would work, the PE ship comes across a ship suspended near a black hole. I don't have a plot in mind but was for gags: Bender befriends two robots: P.R.I.C.E Programed for Relief thru Innocent Comedic Endeavors and B.O.B.

it could work...

We could make the ship a multigeneration/research ship, (used for reshearch lasting hundreds of years), poised on gthe tip of the black hole, (the one from Titanic episiode). Throw in a couple of wild mutants from the lower levels, (ala Space: 1999 ep "Mission of the Darians"). The good ship, (whatever it's name), could be coming home from a delivery when it get's into an accident and Leela decides to dock it at a huge derilic(sp) ship in order to salvage some parts.

(yeah, that's the ticket)

Title: "20,000 Light years in Space".

What about a 'tron' parody. Fry and Leela could get sucked into Bender's brain.

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 (RIP)!! Well, that's a show that spawned a movie, but it would make a nice funny little refference (like the Magic School Bus's appearence or something)

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Oh, wow - so many.

"Logan's Run" - easy to do, futuristic domed city - maybe we find out how old Leela is - she's turning 30 and Fry saves her

"Buck Rogers" the 1970's TV show - Bender falls in love with that necklace robot, Twiggy?

"The Final Countdown" - ship is thrown back into past to Pearl Harbor

"ST: Voyager" - Leela is in charge of ship after seemingly being thrown out of the galaxy

"Blade Runner"

"Escape from New York"

"Starship Troopers"

• and many others.

David Z Houston, TX

Howzabout: "Wizard of Oz", and any James Bond film (Double O Zero; Fry, just...Fry). Also, anything involving Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (though its a book series that isn't very popular in the U.S.)

Phreke

Hmm..let's just elaborate and see how unpopular Terry Pratchett is in the U.S.:

• Pratchett has won awards for both Reaper Man and Good Omens.

2. There have been 2 Discworld video games released on Sony Playstation in the U.S.

3. Good Omens was a joint effort between Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, famous for his DC/Vertigo comic series, The Sandman.

Feel free to add to the list. Next I'm gonna hear that Red Dwarf and The Young Ones aren't popular in the U.S.

DJ MaNiAk

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What awards?

In other words, beyond a select group, Pratchett is unknown in the US. I'm a voracious SF reader and I've never heard of him. I just took a quick look at amazon.com. He seems like another Terry Brooks/Robert Asprin clone.

Again, outside of a small but vocal minority, they aren't. I used to dig TYO when they aired on MTV but that was like 10-15 years ago. As for Red Dwarf, it's in a class with Dr. Who. Another British SF 'comedy' series with a limited following in the US.

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Well, yes, except that Pratchett writes well. (Ahem!) He's published - what? - nineteen fantasy novels in hardback in the US in the last twenty years. _Somebody_ must be buying them. Robert Jane: "Ah . . .back to the serenity of dreamland." Daria: "Yeah. . . hope that firebreathing cyclops hasn't caught me yet." "Daria" (c) MTV

What was the orgin of this thread? Pratchett is good! I can't beleive anyone would hate him. Even if you are not a fan of fantasy/comedy or even his "childrens" books you have to admire the actual QUALITY writing involved.

BTW who is Robert Asprin?!?

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he's also in the business of doing parodies of mythic/fantasy stuff. He does the M.Y.T.H. books.

Eh? No-one could hate Terry Pratchett! He invented Rincewind (from Discworld 1 and 2 for Playstation and the books based on Discworld!) He invented those witches, he's great! Whoever said Terry Pratchett is rubbish, then I hope they fall down a big hole and get buried alive.

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heh, we should just smile and know that he lives in a "pratchett-less" world. ;-)

But as I said, I've NEVER heard of him, even though I've been interested in that genre for over 20 years. How popular could he be? Maybe he's a well kept secret, maybe he has a crappy publicist, who knows? Bot before this thread, I never even heard the name.

Tell you what. I'm gonna head over to amazon.com and buy me a Pratchett book. That way I can decide for myself. But it seems many of his books are listed as 'novels of Discworld'. I don't want to jump into a world I'm not familiar with, as I'd probably not understand it without the backstory. Why don't you, or anyone else familiar with his work, take a look at this list:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/query/%28keyword%20%3D%20%22pratchett%22%29/book/bq=1/102-1475481-4342432

And tell me which would be a good standalone representation of his work. Or maybe you could tell me which was the first Discworld book. That way if I like it, there's plenty more that follow.

Thanks.

BTW, is "The Fifth Elephant" supposed to be a takeoff on "The Fifth
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Try "Reaper Man" or "Mort" or maybe a "Guard" book like "Guards! Guards!" or "Men at Arms". The Discworld is a flat disc riding on the back of 4 elephants who, in turn, walk on the back of a giant turtle. Hence, 5th elephant.

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one word: MORT. Follow that with its "sequel", SOUL MUSIC.

BTW, you might want to lurk in alt.fan.pratchett for awhile, Pterry pops up there every once in a while.

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Translation. Terry Pratchett reads and responds on occaision (ie: One in 10,000 posts) in alt.fan.pratchett. Remember, if you go there and say something that stirs the pot just a tad the regulars will cry and whine and killfile you because you aren't conforming to their UK views. This is neither good nor bad it is just the way it is. :-)

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The first Discworld novel was The Color of Magic, but Pterry was still wroking out the dynamics of the Discworld, and it wasn't really until MORT that he seemed to get the tone and setting just right. WYRD SISTERS is another really good early one. Something to note is that the Discworld books follow about five or six different groups/characters, these being: The Lancre Witches, The City Watch of Anhk-Morpork, The Wizards of Unseen University, Rincewind and the Luggage, Death adn his relatives, and new, one-shot characters that often aren't heard of again. There is a lot of overlap, though, especially in the more recent ones.

I think he actually stopped going there altogether (Said he was too busy or something), but its still an interesting place to visit.

Phreke

Actually, he stopped reading the groups because of all the speculation. Folks would post "what I wanna see in an upcoming book" suggestions and would, once in a while, make a lucky guess at what was written in whatever book Pterry was currently working on. Later on, when that book was released, they'd come back and claim the he stole the idea from them.

There is a cartoon called "SOUL MUSIC" based on Pterry's "DISCWORLD" series. This being a newsgroup devoted to a cartoon and all, I'm sure some of you would now be eager to check it out.

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Yea my Friend just picked up the "WYRD SISTERS" cartoon set yesterday and freaked everyone out. Animation was lacking but they converted it well from the book.

It happens. One can only be hip to so many things. But i'd say he's quite popular. Darn near anyone i've ever met has been at least passingly familiar with him.

The discworld novels tend to work pretty well as standalone books. _Small Gods_ is a fine one, you don't need to be particularly familiar with the Discworld series to enjoy it. The Light Fantastic also is quite enjoyable and requires no previous exposure to the series. Good Omens is downright fantastic. It was a collaboration between Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, but is saturated with Pratchett's humor and style.

In fact, just read Good Omens. You may read other books, if you like... but Good Omens is a book that *everyone* should read and Terry Gilliam should make into a movie.

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Supposedly it's happening (which might have been your point), but TP and NG aren't involved with it. I can't imagine who they'd cast!

(from the proud owner of a copy of the book she got autographed by BOTH authors!)

Oh wow. Funny. This is the first update i've heard on this since Jan 28. At least the first update that's actually been confirmed by anyone... namely Gaiman.

Oooh. Lucky witch.

Anyway. Bender said the thing that was incredibly funny, i think fry and leela should hook up, and where is mr. burns. There. Now we're on-topic again.

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The short grey robot ("drone" on the show) was named Tweaky. His signature like was "Dibba-dibba-dip." The robot that was a glowing pendant around his neck was named Dr. Theophilus, if I'm spelling it right.

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Steve Cross

How about;

'Brewster McCloud'

'THX-1138'

'Beneath The Planet of The Apes'

'Midnight Cowboy'-I can imagine Bender saying 'Hey! I'm walkin' here!'

'Toy Story'

'Scanners'

AP Kieswetter.