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| Doing a TNG parody on spec for Mad Magazine (which is still publishing btw) by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 01/22/2021, 11:06pm PST | ||||
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| The first hurdle is coming up with satirical names for everybody. So far I've got: Patrick Stupid, Jonathan Cakes, LeVar Birdbrain, Brent Spineless, Michael Dork, Marina Sourpuss, and Gapes McFaggot. Jonathan Cakes isn't that great until you remember he got really fat after the series ended. So there's a little bit of foreshadowing in that one.
The second hurdle is choosing an episode to satirize. It should probably be one of the famous ones so more people will get the jokes about it. The first episode I thought of was the one where they became Robin Hood because of the holodeck, but that was already kind of a parody of itself. I remember Worf said something along the lines of "I'm not happy about this" and I chuckled. So maybe I can just steal that line and put it in one of the more serious episodes, like the two-parter with the Borg (who, I just thought of this, I will call the Bored). The third hurdle is actually writing the thing. That's easier than it sounds because Star Trek is pretty formulaic to begin with. Start with "Cretin's Log, stardate 46091.1, it is the one thousandth anniversary of 9/11 and everybody is pretty bummed about it. The one thousandth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is coming up in like .7 of a stardate and that's not going to be a barrel of laughs either." Then a couple of people are walking down a corrishaft and a energy thing happens. But what makes it a parody is all their dialog is commenting on how gay and predictable their TV show is. I think the secret to a great Mad Magazine parody, and I would know about this because I've been writing one for over an hour now, is to remember that 99% of media is people pissing down your back and trying to tell you it's raining. Imagine explaining 9/11 to a Klingon, or Hurricane Katrina to a robot, or complicated space math to a woman. We are living in a The Matrix of bullshit and satire is the pill you give people to make them get out of The Matrix. That is why the world needs Mad Magazine, and also why Mad Magazine needs me. |
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Doing a TNG parody on spec for Mad Magazine (which is still publishing btw) by 01/22/2021, 11:06pm PST  The preceeding was a forgery. If you keep this up... by 02/17/2021, 3:03am PST We want the seal. Give us the seal. NT by 02/17/2021, 6:21am PST Re: The preceeding was a forgery. If you keep this up... by 02/17/2021, 7:14pm PST I’m bringing back the SEAL by 02/18/2021, 10:40am PST Re: I’m bringing back the SEAL (a forgery) by 04/06/2021, 11:23am PDT How's it hanging, buddy? NT by 04/06/2021, 6:47pm PDT |
