Awesome Parodies

Nora Ephron’s 1998 film You’ve Got Mail is regarded as one of the best romantic comedies of the ’90s. But as Wisecrack points out, there’s more to the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan flick than meets the eye, and it has more in common with Orwell’s 1984 than you’d think.

(SPOILERS) How It Should Have Ended plugs up the Aquaman movie’s loopholes and points out the problem of having an origin story after the hero has already joined a super team. Because Superman is the answer to everything.

Screen Junkies skewers Netflix’s adaptation of the sci-fi thriller novel Bird Box. Watch and laugh at the emotionally abusive mom, the long cliché setup, the bad guys who have vague abilities, and that freakin’ impossible boat ride.

What’s more horrifying than The Horde’s carnivorous The Beast? How about a weatherman with an IQ of 48 who loves lamps and can summon a trident? Funny or Die is onto something with this Anchorman and Glass mashup.

(PG-13: Language) “Before that.” Comedy duo BriTANicK come out of their online hibernation to give us a skit about a wise detective and a client who turns out to have astounding memory under pressure. The latter needs to work on his parody skills though.

They Shoot It AND Edit It! Portland commercial production company Droptree pitches their services in a hilarious way – instead of a traditional showreel, they shot an infomercial packed with every cliché in the book. Be sure to check out their Angelfire website too.

Chris and Jack poke fun at a sci-fi/horror trope, as a dangerous alien creature hides within one member of their exploration crew, and the leader decides it’s a good idea to do try old blood test method from The Thing… but not everyone agrees with his methodology.

Meet David Dunn, a man who can see your evil deeds with a touch, lift heavy weights, has a badass immune system, and can make long pauses mid-sentence. Screen Junkies pokes fun at M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable, just in time for Glass to hit theaters.

A bit from a 2012 Central Park performance by Reggie Watts in which he replicated the esoteric and offbeat sounds of Thom Yorke and the gang from Radiohead. It’s so spot-on that some are calling it a “cover” rather than a “parody.” Download or stream the track here.

Artist Dito von Tease turned classical portraits into selfies, alluding to the opposite backgrounds of the commissioned portrait and the digital self-portrait. The former was a privilege of the rich, while the latter is available to anyone with a phone.

“Now let’s talk about the Apple Hole. This is indeed a mini black hole so it could have many uses.” Bad Lip Reading takes on Apple’s product launches, inventing products such as the Skin Twist, Lickamaforbus, and Handsome Anthony.

“‘Twas the night before Christmas, all through Mother Base, not a genome was stirring, not even Skullface.” Solid Snake voice actor David Hayter teams up with Liquid Snake voice actor Cam Clarke to read a Metal Gear-themed variant of A Visit from St. Nicholas.

Girlfriend Reviews is a YouTube channel that offers a fresh take on video game reviews. Instead of analyzing the game itself, it looks at the value of a game from the perspective of a girlfriend who’s often relegated to watching her boyfriend play the game.

(PG-13: Language) We’ve seen some pretty impressive skateboarding videos over the years, but it turns out that it’s not always about the skill of the boarder. Jeff Won Song and guys at Thrasher Magazine share a little behind the scenes footage of how it’s REALLY done.

Screen Junkies jumped into the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse hype train in the best way. Presenting Toei’s officially-licensed take on Spider-Man in the 1970’s. He shoots guns, he summons giant robots, he says he’s from hell. Japan has weird spiders.

While many of us thought The Office was a great series while it was on the air, Gus Johnson has a very different opinion. Over the next 4+ minutes, you’ll learn about all of the really basic things the show did wrong during its nine ill-advised seasons on NBC.