With whatever definition of “success” this new generation of fart and boob gag related spoof movies has seems to have some desire to keep abusing us with these films. So since the Scary Movie franchise is getting tired, they figure branching out into different genres is the way to go. So now we are getting Superhero.
Written and directed by Craig Mazin (Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4), the ensemble cast includes Drake Bell (Nickelodeon’s “Drake and Josh”), Sara Paxton (Aquamarine), Christopher McDonald (Requiem for a Dream), Leslie Nielsen (Scary Movie 4, Scary Movie 3, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult), Kevin Hart (Along Came Polly), Marion Ross (“Happy Days,” The Evening Star), Ryan Hansen (“Veronica Mars”), Jeffrey Tambor (“Arrested Development”), and Brent Spiner (Independence Day, “Star Trek: First Contact”).
I am the first to admit that I used to LOVE spoof movies. Back in the day Spoof Movies just really knocked it out of the park with nonsense humour that was so clever. Movies like Airplane! and Top Secret. Classics that are still funny today.
Then they kind of peaked with movies like Hot Shots and the Naked Gun series. After that we got a near revival with Scary Movie and Not Another Teen Movie (both of which I enjoyed) then they started to grind out heaping piles of shit blended carefully with BList actors and whatever Wayans was available between failures. Scary Movie just keeps going and doesn’t get any funnier. Epic Movie?
These people have to stop.
The Coming Soon article also says that
Superhero will follow in the traditions of “Airplane” and “Naked Gun” in spoofing the conventions of the popular superhero movie genre.
If this is even somewhat accurate, then with any luck this movie might actually have some genuine humour to it instead of showing half naked stupid blond bimbos farting and giggling at each other.
Is there hope?
