Difference between revisions of "Examples of Late Franchise Buffoonery"
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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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| + | == Son of Godzilla (1967) == | ||
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| + | * The gritty, apocalyptic tone of 1954's Godzilla has been abandoned in favour of silliness. | ||
| + | * Writer Shinichi Sekizawa is credited with adding a lightweight, "fun" tone to the Godzilla films of the 1960's. | ||
== Live and Let Die (1973) == | == Live and Let Die (1973) == | ||
| − | * Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues. | + | {{#ev:youtube|cODPt3T0cHE||inline|||}} |
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| + | * Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues. | ||
== Superman II (1980) == | == Superman II (1980) == | ||
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| − | * | + | * Citizens of Metropolis are blown around comically by super-winds. |
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| + | {{#ev:youtube|KQTRfj7UdZ8||inline|||}} | ||
| + | * Superman trying not to laugh | ||
== Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) == | == Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) == | ||
| − | * Movie stops to let Rancor | + | {{#ev:youtube|WmkGkSG1-d0||inline|||}} |
| − | * Chewie swings on a vine on the Endor moon while making the "Tarzan" yell. | + | * Movie stops to let the Rancor keeper weep and be consoled for his deceased charge. |
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| + | {{#ev:youtube|Qm1OaKO_fzw||inline|||}} | ||
| + | * 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 | + | {{#ev:youtube|QN6eDHaniB0||inline|||}} |
| + | * Marcus Brody is now a buffoon, completely un-doing the character we met in "Raiders of the Lost Ark". | ||
== Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) == | == Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) == | ||
| − | * Uhura, Chekov and Scotty | + | {{#ev:youtube|avH2K1iR8Oo||inline|||}} |
| + | * Uhura, Chekov and Scotty have become bumbling idiots madly leafing through Klingon translation books. | ||
== Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998) == | == Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998) == | ||
| − | * Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove | + | {{#ev:youtube|cOHQnXZ45-w||inline|||}} |
| + | * Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove what started as a gritty action franchise further and further into the buffoonery zone. | ||
== Batman & Robin (1997) == | == Batman & Robin (1997) == | ||
| − | * Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns. | + | {{#ev:youtube|YkTHtWX7CCY||inline|||}} |
| + | * Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns. | ||
== Terminator 3 (2003) == | == Terminator 3 (2003) == | ||
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| + | * Killer cyborg now cracks wise with "Talk to the hand." | ||
== Spider-Man 3 (2007) == | == Spider-Man 3 (2007) == | ||
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| − | + | * Peter Parker Evil's Dance | |
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Latest revision as of 12:54, 6 August 2020
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.
Contents
- 1 Son of Godzilla (1967)
- 2 Live and Let Die (1973)
- 3 Superman II (1980)
- 4 Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)
- 5 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
- 6 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
- 7 Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998)
- 8 Batman & Robin (1997)
- 9 Terminator 3 (2003)
- 10 Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Son of Godzilla (1967)[edit]
- The gritty, apocalyptic tone of 1954's Godzilla has been abandoned in favour of silliness.
- Writer Shinichi Sekizawa is credited with adding a lightweight, "fun" tone to the Godzilla films of the 1960's.
Live and Let Die (1973)[edit]
- Sheriff J.W. Pepper shows up and hilarity ensues.
Superman II (1980)[edit]
- Citizens of Metropolis are blown around comically by super-winds.
- Superman trying not to laugh
Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi (1983)[edit]
- Movie stops to let the Rancor keeper weep and be consoled for his deceased charge.
- Chewie swings on a vine on the Endor moon while making the "Tarzan" yell.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)[edit]
- Marcus Brody is now a buffoon, completely un-doing the character we met in "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)[edit]
- Uhura, Chekov and Scotty have become bumbling idiots madly leafing through Klingon translation books.
Lethal Weapon sequels (1989 to 1998)[edit]
- Adding the Leo Getz character to the sequels drove what started as a gritty action franchise further and further into the buffoonery zone.
Batman & Robin (1997)[edit]
- Mr. Freeze's never-ending series of puns.
Terminator 3 (2003)[edit]
- Killer cyborg now cracks wise with "Talk to the hand."
Spider-Man 3 (2007)[edit]
- Peter Parker Evil's Dance
