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Late Franchise Buffoonery is a phenomena whereby a series of films starts out seriously but gets sillier and sillier as later installments go for the cheap laughs. | Late Franchise Buffoonery is a phenomena whereby a series of films starts out seriously but gets sillier and sillier as later installments go for the cheap laughs. | ||
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== Live and Let Die (1973) == | == Live and Let Die (1973) == | ||
| − | + | * Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cODPt3T0cHE</ref> | |
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| − | * Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues. | ||
== Superman II (1980) == | == Superman II (1980) == | ||
| − | + | * Citzens of Metropolis are blown around comically by super-winds. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBm90DQ38o</ref> | |
| − | * | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQTRfj7UdZ8 Superman trying not to Laugh] |
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== Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) == | == Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) == | ||
| − | + | * Movie stops to let Rancor's keeper weep and be consoled for his deceased charge. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmkGkSG1-d0</ref> | |
| − | * Movie stops to let | + | * Chewie swings on a vine on the Endor moon while making the "Tarzan" yell. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm1OaKO_fzw</ref> |
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| − | * Chewie swings on a vine on the Endor moon while making the "Tarzan" yell. | ||
== Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) == | == Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) == | ||
| − | + | * Marcus Brody transforms into a buffoon, completely un-doing the character we met in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN6eDHaniB0</ref> | |
| − | * Marcus Brody | ||
== Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) == | == Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) == | ||
| − | + | * Uhura, Chekov and Scotty are transformed into bumbling idiots madly leafing through Klingon translation books. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avH2K1iR8Oo</ref> | |
| − | * Uhura, Chekov and Scotty | ||
== Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998) == | == Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998) == | ||
| − | + | * Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove this action franchise further and further into the buffoonery zone. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOHQnXZ45-w</ref> | |
| − | * Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove | ||
== Batman & Robin (1997) == | == Batman & Robin (1997) == | ||
| − | + | * Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkTHtWX7CCY</ref> | |
| − | * Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns. | ||
== Terminator 3 (2003) == | == Terminator 3 (2003) == | ||
| − | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfdXZ4sFLU "Talk to the hand."] | |
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== Spider-Man 3 (2007) == | == Spider-Man 3 (2007) == | ||
| − | + | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVmXsBNfwHY Peter Parker Evil's Dance] | |
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