This is one of my favorite episodes of the show, this was bound to happen. Yeah, I remember this film, I remember seeing this as a kid and enjoying it. But as I said I was a kid, back then I was still too young to tell the difference between a bad and good film or in this case a bad and good parody.
I remember there was one visual joke about this film on either an episode of "Animaniacs" or "Tiny Toons" where the tiny good guys are trapped in a video store and the bad guys are after them. Just as the bad guys are in a certain position, the good guys then push down some VHS cassettes and they explode which were each the titles of box office bombs, guess where this film fell in.
Smeghead really tears into this one and almost looks like he's in pain just mentioning most things, yeah Sean we really feel your pain. He points out why this isn't just a failure of a parody but film in general. From certain facts like the actor playing Lenard's Butler Tom Courtney whom was a two-time Oscar nominee and three time tony award winner. I know what you're thinking and probably what most people years ago seeing the film thought, what the hell is he doing in this piece of crap!? It's common knowledge that not every film even A list stars star in is going to be a winner, but still you can't help but wonder how the hell their agents never saw this coming. Still Tom does good with what he has which makes him one of the only good things about the film.
I know this parody was going for absurdist comedy, but the absurdity goes straight to plain stupid and out of place, as for comedy it's just not funny. From one moment where a whole swarm of frogs kill an agent in an unconvincing way (not kidding guys), the stupidest thing about the scene isn't just the bad special effect but also the guy in it stays in the car and is still taking notes; seriously why didn't he get out of the car.
A scene where some hit men are taking shots at Lenard which he manages to avoid and everyone of the staff are still working, a scene that would have been funny had it been in a better movie and properly executed. Lenard using grade A beef patties as weapons against the evil Vegetarian henchmen and it burns them like acid, yeah, the list just goes on.
I just really like some of Smeghead dry sarcastic comments like a couple of scenes where are creepy and foreshadowing considering what's happened with Cosby now, which just amps the creep factors up. Or even how his eyes go a little wide and he once again as some dry sarcastic riffs mainly that scene with he Bird Men and the ballet, yeah, I know Smeghead what is up with that.
Avoid this film like Grade F meat. However, this episode gets a Grade A.
Rating: 4 stars
I remember there was one visual joke about this film on either an episode of "Animaniacs" or "Tiny Toons" where the tiny good guys are trapped in a video store and the bad guys are after them. Just as the bad guys are in a certain position, the good guys then push down some VHS cassettes and they explode which were each the titles of box office bombs, guess where this film fell in.
Smeghead really tears into this one and almost looks like he's in pain just mentioning most things, yeah Sean we really feel your pain. He points out why this isn't just a failure of a parody but film in general. From certain facts like the actor playing Lenard's Butler Tom Courtney whom was a two-time Oscar nominee and three time tony award winner. I know what you're thinking and probably what most people years ago seeing the film thought, what the hell is he doing in this piece of crap!? It's common knowledge that not every film even A list stars star in is going to be a winner, but still you can't help but wonder how the hell their agents never saw this coming. Still Tom does good with what he has which makes him one of the only good things about the film.
I know this parody was going for absurdist comedy, but the absurdity goes straight to plain stupid and out of place, as for comedy it's just not funny. From one moment where a whole swarm of frogs kill an agent in an unconvincing way (not kidding guys), the stupidest thing about the scene isn't just the bad special effect but also the guy in it stays in the car and is still taking notes; seriously why didn't he get out of the car.
A scene where some hit men are taking shots at Lenard which he manages to avoid and everyone of the staff are still working, a scene that would have been funny had it been in a better movie and properly executed. Lenard using grade A beef patties as weapons against the evil Vegetarian henchmen and it burns them like acid, yeah, the list just goes on.
I just really like some of Smeghead dry sarcastic comments like a couple of scenes where are creepy and foreshadowing considering what's happened with Cosby now, which just amps the creep factors up. Or even how his eyes go a little wide and he once again as some dry sarcastic riffs mainly that scene with he Bird Men and the ballet, yeah, I know Smeghead what is up with that.
Avoid this film like Grade F meat. However, this episode gets a Grade A.
Rating: 4 stars