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Dr. Strangeman or: How I learned to stop worrying and plant the bomb

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Polizei:
I don't have time, I'm too busy looking up bullshit not taught in class and not even in the textbook which my anthropology professor is testing us on anyways. I spent >$100 on material for this class and I have to look half of the test up on wikipedia. SKOOL IZ KOOL!111

Xanatos:
WEAK.

MetalLizard:

--- Quote from: Polizei on September 21, 2007, 06:41:49 am ---I don't have time, I'm too busy looking up bullshit not taught in class and not even in the textbook which my anthropology professor is testing us on anyways. I spent >$100 on material for this class and I have to look half of the test up on wikipedia. SKOOL IZ KOOL!111

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If you watch it, you will feel better. Strangeman > Education

Shaken not Stirred:
It was....decent at best.

(Full review coming soon)

VC:
Making a parody of a sarcastic comedy that is itself a parody is a challenge.  For it to work, it needs to be a parody of the original topic (the cold war) and of the subject (Dr. Strangelove) without becoming a clone of the subject.  Overall, Strangeman did well, but it is heavily damaged by a number of scenes that just didn't work.

To ensure freshness and lack of bias, I review the Google version with timestamps as I re-watch it.

"Just go for it!"

Preface
1:08 -- The "why" cue is off by a second.  Other than that, and the laggy physics on the skull, the scene is great. 8 points.

Scene 1
The voice acting feels a little stilted.  Mandrake doesn't sound quite genuine, and Ripper was over-enunciated on a few lines. 9 points.

Scene 2
Epic fails for the voice selecton on Kong.  You couldn't find one real cowboy/redneck in the whole interwebs?  It isn't too jarring at first, but by the end of the film it's distracting as hell.
Good way to close the scene.  7½ points.

Scene 3
6:10 - If I recall, this was one of the dissapointments in the trailer... the Spaceballs reference was good while it was a reference, but ripping two lines from the script feels lazy, especially since Spaceballs is a farce parody and Strangelove is a sardonic parody.  This shot needed a rewrite that would assume the characters had seen Spaceballs, and kept it referential.  E.g., "...didn't see what I was doing, right?" "No, I didn't, Mr. Administrator. I..." [Abruptly] "Good!" would be enough to bridge the clunky farcical talking while keeping the reference obvious.
Excellent delivery on "GOOD!"  8½ points.

Scene 4
6:53: EPIC WIN. 11 points.

Scene 6
Ugh, more SureFine Kong speaking. "Outside radio transmissions disabled" guy probably could've done Kong just fine if he got fired up and in-character. 8 points.

Scene 7
10:40 - You mention the three-letter-code, but it's never actually important.
Scene flows well. 9½ points.

Scene 8
15:40 - Strangeman can valk!  Or at least, ständ vithout aßistance. -1 Get.

Scene 9
Vader for teh win. 1 point extra credit.

Scene 8 Resumed
18:20 - "jerkinnnnnnnngggh offfph"  Another stolen line, and delivered with suprise drunkenness on the 'ng'.  8 points.

Scene 10
Combat looks good, it stopped before it got boring, and Cicirega makes any imagination sequence rock. 10 points.

Scene 11
25:45 - Kong almost sounds like he's trying. No complaints.

Scene 12
27:04 - Preevert, not prevert. -1 Get.
I was disappointed there was no "i told u i was hardcore" reference.

Scene 13
30:XX - Tiny Tim and Power Point = Priceless. 10 points.
34:20 - Problem with the ragdoll I assume?  Not much of a wave, there.
OH YOU.  1 point extra credit.

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89.5 / 110

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