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    South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration

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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/13/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    Saw this last night and loved it. I was more in it for the Glen Beck mockery, but the Avatar stuff was a nice bonus. #avatar
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/13/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    i tink they may be poking fun at James Cameron getting sued over Terminator for ripping off I Robot and Demon With The Glass Hand #avatar
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    Image of Bill-Lee Bill-Lee
    11/13/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    This episode could just as easily be mocking all those silly lawsuits you hear about where some desperate writer sends in an unsolicited script before registering it with the WGA or the copyright office. Years later they sue when some producer creates a movie based on a similar premise but they have no real proof that they came up with the idea first.
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    Edited by Bill-Lee at 11/13/09 12:19 AM Bill-Lee was starred Bill-Lee was unstarred
    Image of Dresan Dresan
    11/12/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    Ok maybe somebody already mentioned it but I think Avatar copies even more from Clifford Simak's "Desertion", which basically covers the same concept.
    I think Avatar adds war to the mix and that's about it (from what I see from the trailers)
    That's kind of sad because it assumes that all alien species thinks like us. #avatar
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    11/12/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    Reminds me of what a great John Barry score DANCES WITH WOLVES had. #avatar
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    Image of cylon_conspiracy cylon_conspiracy
    11/12/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    South Park is the most effective social commentary out there, everyone gets nailed, left-right, as it should be. I'm really happy they put the episodes up for free now, I'm watching lots of ones I've missed over the years.

    Personally, I think the part where Cartman was flipping off the movie theater was a jab at us sci-fi fans that are impossible to please, and are always pointing out that something is derivative (as if anything wasn't).

    Sometimes I think that's more a case of bragging about your "genre knowledge" than being willing to accept a piece of entertainment on its own terms.
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    Image of Rasselas Rasselas
    11/12/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    Cartman, you complete me. #avatar
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/12/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    I'd say mostly mocking. Both Avatar and Hollywood's remake culture in general.

    SP always loves to go after anyone with a huge ego, so Cameron's a prime target. The scene above is totally mocking Avatar.

    Plus, any excuse to squish Smurfs is [Cartman voice] totally cool and awesome.[/CV]
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/12/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    Southpark's social commentary is awesome. I loved the ending of the episode "Whale Whores"..

    ""Good job, son. Now the Japanese are normal, like us.""
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    Edited by Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. at 11/12/09 2:49 PM Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was starred Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/12/09

    In reply to South Park Reveals Avatar's True Inspiration
    The shocker ending of last night's episode was so beautiful.

    "Dances with Smurfs was MY idea!!! EFF YOU! EFF YOU!!" #avatar
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/04/09

    In reply to Girl Stalks Fake Vampire in Harvard Lampoon's Twilight Spoof
    I really liked DOON and loved "Bored of the Rings" (rereading the originals, I often think of the parody names), but since I've avoided this Twilight crap, I'll skip this one since I won't get the jokes.

    Maybe pick it up in paperback for the laughs at the deliberately-bad prose; some of the lines in this excerpt are pretty funny. #nightlight
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    11/04/09

    In reply to Girl Stalks Fake Vampire in Harvard Lampoon's Twilight Spoof
    soon there will be a nat.lampoon movie version i am sure. #nightlight
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/04/09

    In reply to Girl Stalks Fake Vampire in Harvard Lampoon's Twilight Spoof
    Hmm... I'm somewhat interested in reading this, but I barely know anything at all about the source material, so I don't know if many jokes will hit home. I'm also not even remotely interested in reading Twilight... maybe watching the movie would be enough. #nightlight
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    Image of booleanFTW booleanFTW
    11/04/09

    @atrus123: I've never read Twilight nor do I ever plan to, but this book has caught my eye too.
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    Image of Invisible Circus Invisible Circus
    11/05/09

    @atrus123: if you watch the movie, the book won't be any funnier because the movie in it of itself is a joke #nightlight
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    11/04/09

    In reply to Girl Stalks Fake Vampire in Harvard Lampoon's Twilight Spoof
    I have the same problem with this idea that I had with that Da Vinci Code parody that someone did a while ago.

    A parody of bad style is funny, yes, but it's also bad style. After about ten pages, when the joke's grown cold, you're basically just reading another shitty novel. #nightlight
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    11/04/09

    In reply to Girl Stalks Fake Vampire in Harvard Lampoon's Twilight Spoof
    I think Cracked had a better parody going:

    [www.cracked.com]

    Granted it's only a parody of a couple scenes from Twilight rather than the entire book, but it has dragons! And Fisting! #nightlight
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