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[TheMyron]

Mass Effect has quite a few spoofs scattered throughout the trilogy; Starship Troopers, Scotty the Engineer, Return of the Mummy, Dirty Harry, Lethal Weapon 1 and 2, etc.

Have anyone of you ever thought of throwing in your own spoof in certain parts of the story, or maybe instead come up with your own hypothetical situation where the whole scene is a rip-off from somewhere else?

If so, dump them here and let's do some guessing and discussing... just making sure they fit to one degree or another into the story would be preferable but not required.

Example #1

Scene: After leaving Earth during the initial invasion, James find Shepard sitting on Kasumi's couch having a drink.
He sits opposite of Shepard and after continuing his questioning of their orders to go to the council:

Myron Shepard: James, I suppose it never occurred to you, that while we're chatting here so enjoyably, a decision is being made by the Council and the remaining Top Brass of the Alliance in the War Room at the Citadel; and when they realize there is no possibility of ignoring the Reapers, there will be only one course of action open... Total Commitment. James, do you recall what this French politician, Clemenceau, once said about war?

James Vega: No, I don't, sir.

Myron Shepard: He said war was too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, two and a half centuries ago, he might have been right. But today, war is too important to be left to politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought. I can no longer sit back and allow Reaper infiltration, Reaper indoctrination, Reaper subversion and the interstellar Reaper conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

End Scene... No Idea?

Please don't destroy my topic, this is supposed to be a fun forum.

Modifié par TheMyron, 21 novembre 2013 - 09:37 .

[TheMyron]

To push the spoof further;

Megaton_Hope wrote...

Shepard is clearly necessary to the Reaper's schemes because of his/her purity of essence.

[TheMyron]

Hypothetical Situation: Normandy hanger, Several members of Arlack company are present, along with Grunt and Wrex, as well as a pair of Asari Scientists they rescued. Several Blood Pack members are also present, a few Krogan but mostly Vorcha.

Blood Pack Krogan: I'm starving, we ate nothing but ryncol and bugs for three (bleep) days!

Vorcha: Yeah, why can't we have some meat? (eyes the Asari) What about them, they're fresh...

Wrex: They are NOT for eating! We need them alive.

Grunt drags both the scientists over the Arlack's side.

Blood Pack Krogan: Why alive? (produces piece of reddish-purple leather) Do they give good sport?

Wrex: We need them alive for the war, they have valuable knowledge locked in their pretty heads.

BP Krogan: Oh, what about their legs? They don't need those... oh they look tasty.. (tries to advance)

Wrex: Get back scum!  (Arlack Company and Blood Pack prepare for standoff)

Vorcha who snuck up behind Asari scientists: Just a mouthful! A bit of the flank! (brandishes Omni-wristblades)

Wrex swings warlord hammer, the Vorcha's head goes flying.

Wrex: Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys! (Arlack company cheers)

End Scene

Anyone have a guess?  Video... skip to 1:00: How would you rate my spoof?

Modifié par TheMyron, 22 novembre 2013 - 10:59 .

[AlexMBrennan]

Wrex swings warlord hammer, the Vorcha's head goes flying.

Wow, Wrex must have spent ages sharpening blunt weapons...

[TheMyron]

AlexMBrennan wrote...

Wrex swings warlord hammer, the Vorcha's head goes flying.

Wow, Wrex must have spent ages sharpening blunt weapons...

 no, he's just that fast a swinger.

[Rasofe]

Strangelove? Really?

Well, okay.
What about a Mass Effect spoof of Scream?

[TheMyron]

Rasofe wrote...

Strangelove? Really?

Well, okay.
What about a Mass Effect spoof of Scream?

Oh, come on, I didn't plan on doing this all by myself, and I never watched Scream.

[Rasofe]

I'm not good with humor, I just know what it is.

For example, the bit with the Cerberus Robot could've easily been a Terminator spoof, but for some reason - probably to keep the tension - they didn't go that way.

[TheMyron]

Rasofe wrote...

I'm not good with humor, I just know what it is.

For example, the bit with the Cerberus Robot could've easily been a Terminator spoof, but for some reason - probably to keep the tension - they didn't go that way.

Besides, spoofs that really seem to "blend in" are preferable, Just as General Jack Ripper's words seem to blend in with the events of Mass Effect.

[TheMyron]

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Modifié par TheMyron, 22 novembre 2013 - 10:56 .

[Rasofe]

TheMyron wrote...

Rasofe wrote...

I'm not good with humor, I just know what it is.

For example, the bit with the Cerberus Robot could've easily been a Terminator spoof, but for some reason - probably to keep the tension - they didn't go that way.

Besides, spoofs that really seem to "blend in" are preferable, Just as General Jack Ripper's words seem to blend in with the events of Mass Effect.

Brevity is the soul of wit. In Strangelove, that dialogue was an important plot development. Spoofs can't take as long and be done with the same pacing, so for a monologue like that you'd lose what actually made that scene funny but not get anything in return except a reference.

[TheMyron]

Rasofe wrote...

TheMyron wrote...

Rasofe wrote...

I'm not good with humor, I just know what it is.

For example, the bit with the Cerberus Robot could've easily been a Terminator spoof, but for some reason - probably to keep the tension - they didn't go that way.

Besides, spoofs that really seem to "blend in" are preferable, Just as General Jack Ripper's words seem to blend in with the events of Mass Effect.

Brevity is the soul of wit. In Strangelove, that dialogue was an important plot development. Spoofs can't take as long and be done with the same pacing, so for a monologue like that you'd lose what actually made that scene funny but not get anything in return except a reference.

hmm... you have major point...

Still, I (and plenty of other people I'm sure) find that "getting" the reference is itself funny.

As for this forum, even the most legendary producers and directors take major losses at the box office from time to time.

Modifié par TheMyron, 21 novembre 2013 - 09:40 .

[Obadiah]

Catalyst: Shepard, I am your father!

Shepard: No, it's not true. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!

[Shep jumps into the beam]

Modifié par Obadiah, 21 novembre 2013 - 03:01 .

[TheMyron]

Obadiah wrote...

Catalyst: Shepard, I am your father!

Shepard: No, it's not true. THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!

[Shep jumps into the beam]

LOL, I should've thought of that one!!

[The Sarendoctrinator]

Yeah, I've thought of a few. It's fun to imagine my Shepards doing stuff like this.

Here's an example from The Rock (slightly altered to fit the context of Mass Effect) -  

"These last few hours have been the longest and darkest of my life. How does one weigh human life? Countless civilians against our armed forces? And in the middle of it all, Commander Shepard. That we have ignored, marginalized, and abandoned a great hero like Shepard - and that Alliance soldiers have paid for that neglect in blood - is equally real, and equally tragic. We are at war with the Reapers. Fighting a war means casualties. This is the worst call I've ever had to make. Air strike approved."

Personally, when I think about that scene, it's one of my Shepards saying this about another in a re-imagined version of the ending, but it could be done in a way that works into the game as it is, said by Anderson or Hackett maybe.

Another one, different scene from the same movie -

Catalyst: "How do you like your choices?"
Shepard: "I don't."
Catalyst: "That's what I thought."

Modifié par The Sarendoctrinator, 21 novembre 2013 - 10:29 .

[Stroke1986]

Sovereing: - "Our numbers will darken the sky of every world."
Shepard: - "Then we will fight in the shade"

[ShallowlLife9871]

 Sheaprd * Standing before his /her squad Before the final assult*

"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. a day may come, where our courge will fail. but it is not this day. this day we fight! In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the galaxey. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. “Mankind.” That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests.  you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist.  Today... At the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. Today there is not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door and bring the fight to them. Today, we are cancelling the apocalypse!"


*cue epic music.* 

[dorktainian]

a few mass effect lines...

"Starjar, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore."

"Reaper Slusho is people!"

"You don't understand! I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I could've been somebody, instead of a lazy deus-ex-machina, which is what I am." Starjar

"That's what I like to hear. But I got a word of warnin' for all you would-be warriors. When you join my command, you take on debt. A debt you owe me personally. Each and every man under my command owes me 100 reaper scalps. And I want my scalps. And all y'all will get me 100 reaper scalps taken from the heads of 100 dead reapers. Or you will die tryin'."   inglorious b...........s

Modifié par dorktainian, 21 novembre 2013 - 03:37 .

[ElSuperGecko]

(Joker's frantically working on the Normandy's Omni-interface when Hackett's voice comes over the comm:)

Hackett: "All fleets! The Crucible is armed. Disengage and head to the rendezvous point. I repeat, disengage and get the hell out of here!"

(Joker continues to work on the Omni-interface... Garrus puts a sympathetic hand on his shoulder as Traynor looks on, worried...)

Garrus: "Joker... listen... we have to go."

(Joker pauses... looking forlorn)

Joker: "...damn it."

(Vega pops his head into the cockpit)

Vega: "I just wanted to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you!"

[ShallowlLife9871]

Shepard: Saren is a traitor, he was behind Eden prime.

Asari Councilor: Surly, you can be serous commander?, he is one of our best agents.

Shepard: I've never been more serous in my life.... and It's Shepard...not Shirley *Under breath* Stupid Aliens..

[Hjklop]

I've got one that could happen in that interim where the entire squad leaves and the Normandy is attacked by the collectors.

(Joker's done what Edi wanted and is now in the Kasumi Bar, when a possessed collector walks in, Joker is pouring himself a drink)

Harbinger: Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity.
Joker: Uh...actually, I'm planning to threaten you.
Harbinger: You should have stayed in the cockpit for that.
Joker: Yeah, it's seen a bit of mileage. You're glowing yellow. Would you like a drink?
Harbinger: Stalling me won't change anything.
Joker: No, no, no! Threatening. No drink? You sure? I'm having one.
Harbinger: The Reapers are coming, nothing will change that. What have I to fear?
Joker: Us. We're sort of like a team. 'The Galaxy's Last Hope' type of thing.
Harbinger: Yes, I've met them.
Joker: Yeah, takes us a while to get any traction, I'll give you that one. But, let's do a head count here. A salerian scientist best in his field, figured out a way to breech collector swarms, Archangel, a great leader and one of the best shots in the galaxy, a professional bounty hunter with a reputation for accomplishing the impossible, the perfect krogan, a prodigy of tech even by quarian standards, the best theif in the galaxy, cerberus' right hand women, a former corsair, a master assassin, the savoir of the citadel and a couple of the galaxy's most powerful biotics, and you, big fella, you've managed to ****** off every single one of them.
Harbinger: That was the plan.
Joker: Not a great plan. When they come, and they will, they'll come for you.
Harbinger: I have a fleet.
Joker: We have Shepard.
Harbinger: I thought they'd all wandered off.
Joker: You're missing the point. There's no win, there is no version of this, where you come out on top. Maybe your fleet comes and maybe it's too much for us, but it's all on you. Because if we can't protect the Galaxy, you can be damned well sure we'll avenge it.
(Harbinger then moves to attack Joker)
Joker: EDI NOW!
(Joker is safe behind the bar as all the collectors are sucked out or whatever)

Modifié par TheJJBL, 21 novembre 2013 - 06:01 .

[FlyingSquirrel]

TheMyron wrote...

To push the spoof further;

Megaton_Hope wrote...

Shepard is clearly necessary to the Reaper's schemes because of his/her purity of essence.

Shepard to Wrex and Victus: Gentlemen! You can't fight in here, this is the War Room!

[FlyingSquirrel]

Rasofe wrote...

Strangelove? Really?

Well, okay.
What about a Mass Effect spoof of Scream?

"Never, EVER, under any circumstances, say 'I should go.'"

[TheMyron]

ShallowlLife9871 wrote...

 Sheaprd * Standing before his /her squad Before the final assult*

"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. a day may come, where our courge will fail. but it is not this day. this day we fight! In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the galaxey. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. “Mankind.” That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests.  you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist.  Today... At the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. Today there is not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door and bring the fight to them. Today, we are cancelling the apocalypse!"


*cue epic music.* 

LOL, I see Return of the King and Independence Day, what else is in there that I can't see?

[Obadiah]

TheMyron wrote...

ShallowlLife9871 wrote...

 Sheaprd * Standing before his /her squad Before the final assult*

"I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. a day may come, where our courge will fail. but it is not this day. this day we fight! In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the galaxey. And you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. “Mankind.” That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore. We will be united in our common interests.  you will once again be fighting for our freedom… Not from tyranny, oppression, or persecution… but from annihilation. We are fighting for our right to live. To exist.  Today... At the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen not only to believe in ourselves, but in each other. Today there is not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door and bring the fight to them. Today, we are cancelling the apocalypse!"


*cue epic music.* 

LOL, I see Return of the King and Independence Day, what else is in there that I can't see?

I think the end there was Pacific Rim.