Comments | lotus0kid: Was this building designed by TV writers or what?

lotus0kid

Was this building designed by TV writers or what?

Jan 22, 2012 10:42

*desperately trying to think of something to do that isn't grocery shopping or cleaning or writing* Ah HA, I have it! fannish5!

5 greatest (or favorite) examples of breaking the fourth wall, or canon material going meta.

( Piss on you, I'm workin' for Mel Brooks! )

watchmen, movies, tv, meme, fringe, middleman, sherlock, books, grimm

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guanin January 22 2012, 17:59:27 UTC

5. I love Blazing Saddles so much. Breaking the fourth wall at the end was one of my favorite things about it. It was so delightfully silly.

lotus0kid January 22 2012, 20:49:36 UTC

I think I only like Young Frankenstein more, and that only by a hair.

guanin January 22 2012, 20:53:27 UTC

It is tough to choose between those two. And Igor is so wonderful. Mel Brooks is pure brilliance.

lotus0kid January 22 2012, 20:58:02 UTC

Oh Igor. "You take da' blonde, an' I'll take da' one in da' toi-ban."

Young Frankenstein also has one of my favorite beta couples, the Monster and Elizabeth. "Seven always was my lucky number..."

hermione_vader January 22 2012, 20:21:58 UTC

5. This is the only one I've seen (except for the runners-up), and I agree with you completely. I love when Hed(le)y says that while his minions are risking their lives, he's risking something greater: an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. The ending of Monty Python and the Holy Grail might not have worked as well because they didn't have that awesome shot of Devil's Tower like Blazing Saddles did.

lotus0kid January 22 2012, 20:52:29 UTC

You do yourself a massive disservice to deprive yourself of 1-4, FYI. Anyway, I love how at the very end it kind of snaps back to normalcy with Bart and Jim riding off into the sunset... until they ditch the horses and hop into that car and drive away. Seriously such a weird, wonderful movie.

hermione_vader January 22 2012, 21:24:20 UTC

Maybe I'll get around to seeing them after I graduate. I'm so busy right nwo.

My parents recently said they hate the moment where Bart and Jim get in the car. That does strike me as a little too weird, but how can they complain about that when a portion of the climax took place in a movie theater? I love that they interrupt an overblown Old Hollywood musical number with top hats and everything. It's probably one of my favorite parodies ever.

lotus0kid January 23 2012, 00:13:06 UTC

Ugh, been there. Well, they'll wait.

Heh, well, if you've been cool with everything else that's happened, a car carrying them off on their happily-ever-after seems a small thing to ask, but okay. Just that long shot when they pull back and reveal the set and the buildings around it- amazing.

gingerberrysnap January 24 2012, 07:11:15 UTC

I think Blazing Saddles is the ultimate example of this! I really want to rewatch that movie now.

lotus0kid January 24 2012, 23:34:47 UTC

It's amazing. You're sitting there watching, and suddenly the camera pulls back and you're seeing buildings, and then there's a musical number and a food fight, and then Hed(le)y goes to see Blazing Saddles, and then Bart and Jim drive off in a fancy car THE END! Dazzling.