The 3 that come to mind for me are Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The Princess Bride. All three are poking fun at their respective genres but also are great examples of the genre. I’m curious if Lemmy has other such examples.

      • yukichigai@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 年前

        After watching Season 2 of The Orville I’m of the opinion that Seth MacFarlane should be put in charge of the next mainline Star Trek series. The man truly gets Roddenberry’s vision.

        • KingJalopy @lemm.ee
          3·
          1 年前

          Damn, really?? I never watched it because I can’t stand McFarlane but I have loved trek my whole life. I figured it would be a family guy version of Star trek.

          • Tippon@lemmy.world
            5·
            1 年前

            The humour in the first season can be a bit forced, and it can feel like they’re stopping the show for the scheduled joke, but it’s worth sticking with 👍

          • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
            3·
            1 年前

            It kinda starts out that way. People theorized that that’s what Seth needed to do to sell it. But by the of Season 1 it becomes the Star Trek you’ve been wanting. Season 2 continues it and the last season absolutely kills!

          • Yendor@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            1 年前

            Season 1 leans into the comedy angle, Season 2 onwards is basically TNG. Seriously, its better than Discovery and Picard.

        • 1bluepixel@lemmy.world
          1·
          1 年前

          Nah. I respect what MacFarlane is trying to do, but Orville is nowhere as good as TNG or SNW. It echoes TNG in a lot of ways but never rises above it. The writing is more heavy-handed and MacFarlane doesn’t have the gravitas or the acting chops to rise to these ambitions.

          It was good while the only current Trek we had was Picard and the godawful Discovery, but I think the SNW creators got the Trek mainline back on the tracks.