Why Mars Attack funny?
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Why Mars Attack funny?
I laugh at, but I don't know why...it seems like I should be horrified, but I just end up laughing.
Like when the Martians are slaughtering the soldiers during first contact, and when the martian leader is leering at the girl, and especially when the dog's head is attached to the girls body(LoL), I just find that funny for some strange reason...
Like when the Martians are slaughtering the soldiers during first contact, and when the martian leader is leering at the girl, and especially when the dog's head is attached to the girls body(LoL), I just find that funny for some strange reason...
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Re: Why Mars Attack funny?
I truly pity anyone that sits down to watch a movie called Mars Attacks! with the intention of taking it seriously.
Seriously, the whole thing is just a massive parody spliced with a massive Saturday morning cartoon. They go bowling with the Easter Island heads, they take a tourist photo in front of the Taj Mahal as they're blowing it up, they ward off a nuclear attack by sucking it into a balloon (then inhale it and talk with squeaky voices). . . It's a MST3K movie that doesn't require riffing!
Seriously, the whole thing is just a massive parody spliced with a massive Saturday morning cartoon. They go bowling with the Easter Island heads, they take a tourist photo in front of the Taj Mahal as they're blowing it up, they ward off a nuclear attack by sucking it into a balloon (then inhale it and talk with squeaky voices). . . It's a MST3K movie that doesn't require riffing!
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Re: Why Mars Attack funny?
I pity anyone who takes the movie 2012 seriously as well.Terastas wrote:I truly pity anyone that sits down to watch a movie called Mars Attacks! with the intention of taking it seriously.
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Er. . . Okay, that's different because 2012 actually was written with the intent of being taken seriously. Marks Attacks is to 2012 as SpongeBob is to Telletubbies.Morkulv wrote:I pity anyone who takes the movie 2012 seriously as well.
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Really?? Did you see 2012? I thought it was almost B-movie quality. The visuals are nice, but the script, the acting, and nearly everything else falls flat on its face. If it was actually written with the intent of being taken seriously, they failed miserably..Terastas wrote:Er. . . Okay, that's different because 2012 actually was written with the intent of being taken seriously. Marks Attacks is to 2012 as SpongeBob is to Telletubbies.Morkulv wrote:I pity anyone who takes the movie 2012 seriously as well.
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Yeah, that's the point. 2012 was intended to be a serious movie, and failed miserably, whereas Mars Attacks! was intended to be a joke. Mars Attacks! only failing was in that it's humor ended up being more weird than actually funny. Sort of like The Naked Gun for alien movies (only that The Naked Gun was actually kinda funny, while Mars Attacks! was just strange).
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*nods* Or what Austin Powers to action movies.Uniform Two Six wrote:Yeah, that's the point. 2012 was intended to be a serious movie, and failed miserably, whereas Mars Attacks! was intended to be a joke. Mars Attacks! only failing was in that it's humor ended up being more weird than actually funny. Sort of like The Naked Gun for alien movies (only that The Naked Gun was actually kinda funny, while Mars Attacks! was just strange).
The only reason Mars Attacks! failed at the box office, I'm convinced, is because I guess the advertising team thought the premises would sell itself as a comedy automatically so they mock billed it as a serious action flick. . . Successfully.
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Ironic failure neh.Terastas wrote:*nods* Or what Austin Powers to action movies.Uniform Two Six wrote:Yeah, that's the point. 2012 was intended to be a serious movie, and failed miserably, whereas Mars Attacks! was intended to be a joke. Mars Attacks! only failing was in that it's humor ended up being more weird than actually funny. Sort of like The Naked Gun for alien movies (only that The Naked Gun was actually kinda funny, while Mars Attacks! was just strange).
The only reason Mars Attacks! failed at the box office, I'm convinced, is because I guess the advertising team thought the premises would sell itself as a comedy automatically so they mock billed it as a serious action flick. . . Successfully.
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Re: Why Mars Attack funny?
I actually never found it funny.
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Mars Attacks!, The Naked Gun, or Austin Powers?
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Austin Powers
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Naked Gun.
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