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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