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[–] spitzzball@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Thagomizer, it’s the end of stegosaurus. There was no scientific name for the spiked end, the paleontology side decided the Farside comic called it Thagomizer so let’s use that

[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 12 hours ago
[–] burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world 8 points 11 hours ago

people keep saying Idiocracy but i wouldnt consider it a parody, but a satire, and also i cant help but complain that the film makes more of an accidental pro-eugenics statement than anything about authoritarian politics

[–] TheFANUM@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Not_Dav3@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

What were they parodying ?

[–] SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee 4 points 12 hours ago

Saturday Morning cartoons, super heros and stuff.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Idiocracy is at least more entertaining

[–] 5parky@lemmy.world 7 points 13 hours ago

Remember when Idiocracy was a farce instead of a documentary?

[–] discostjohn@programming.dev 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I think the Documentary Now! episode, "Juan Likes Rice and Chicken" is better than Jiro Dreams of Sushi

[–] Objection@lemmy.ml 5 points 13 hours ago

Might not be exactly what you're asking for, but if you've seen ever seen Rocky and Bullwinkle, you'll know the villain "Boris Badenov," but you might not know his name is a pun of a historical figure, "Boris Godunov". Old cartoons like that are great because they're full of these super obscure references and jokes that completely fly past you until years later when you encounter something in a history class and suddenly burst out laughing. Another example I remember from that show is "The Ruby Yacht of Omar Khayyam," a reference to "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."

[–] recentSloth43@lemmy.world 19 points 20 hours ago

FourStar Dragon Ball abridged parody

[–] dlhextall@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 day ago

The Onion is way better than real life, especially currently.

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 8 points 20 hours ago

On Cinema has better story telling and character development than most of Hollywood.

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

As an animation nerd I gotta mention Shrek. As a parody of "Disney princess movies" it killed the entire genre dead.

The only time Disney tried to play the tropes somewhat straight again was the Princess and the Frog, and THAT was a major flop (though racism probably also played a part in that).

Since then Disney only made remakes or titles like Frozen that spend 70% of their runtime mugging at themselves and poking fun at their own tropes (... While still circling back to them anyway and failing to make any point or commentary)

On a less "this made a major cultural impact" note and more of a "this personally completely altered my entire sense of humour and replaced the original in my heart" -- SnapCube's Realtime Fandub Games Sonic Adventure 2

Oh oh ohohoh! Just remembered JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Very much a manga that was poking fun at contemporaries like Fist of the North Star... And while it didn't outlive or outdo them per se, it definitely gained a life of its own, continuing to this day and actually being quite influential in its own right.

[–] BigBananaDealer@lemm.ee 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

princess and the frog had no chance, disney wanted it to fail so they had an excuse to never go back to 2d animation again

[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 4 hours ago

That part I didn't know but it doesn't surprise me either.

Still, "Disney wanted to kill off their traditional animation department" might explain why every movie since has been CGI/Live Action. -- It does NOT explain why every movie since has been so metalinguistic and self-satirising. THAT can be laid at Dreamworks' feet entirely, with the influence of Shrek et. al. on the cultural zeitgeist.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 4 hours ago

Wrong game, but I always appreciate SnapCube regardless.

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