Lions Led by Donkeys is a military history podcast. I enjoy the host’s sense of humor as much as the history.

That was the first episode of Doctor Who I iver watched, and nothing has really been able to achieve that high. Don’t Blink is probably my second choice.

It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness, that is life.

I don’t buy from them because their coffee is bad.

Again.

Funnily enough, I looked up self awareness vs parody, and the first movie based article specifically addressed those two movies.

https://slowburnhorror.com/2024/11/27/self-aware-but-not-self-conscious-how-tremors-and-maxxxine-write-love-letters-to-the-horror-genre/

To summarize, parodies show why those things being parodied are dumb, while self awareness is embracing the tropes while not taking itself seriously. Which answers my question.

I watched the original Scream years after seeing Scary Movie, and realized Scary Movie is just Scream on cocaine. A lot of the jokes are the same or just slightly different.

What’s the line between being self aware and a parody?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were originally a parody of Daredevil. I think they have surpassed it in popularity.