Comments on: MacFarlane Doesn’t Expect Paramount To Allow Family Guy Trek Parody – Includes Trek Refs In “Something, Something, Dark Side”

By: ChurchHatesTucker

ChurchHatesTucker — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:06:19 +0000

“Unfortuneately, as I stated in an earlier thread on this topic, the reason that Paramount will NEVER allow a rival studio like Fox to do a parody of “Star Trek II : The Wrath of Khan” is because of severe legal and financial issues.”

If you have no idea how copyright, trademark, and fair use works, then just don’t comment on such things.

By: TheBigCW

TheBigCW — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:08:25 +0000

Worth mentioning again…

You don’t need ANYONES permission to parody something.

It’s our constitutional right! MAD MAGAZINE has been doing it for decades, and so has THE NATIONAL LAMPOON and SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.

McFarlane and Fox are trying to play it safe.
What are they so friggin’ afraid of?
Last time I looked, FOX was bigger than Paramount :)

By: Jeffery Wright

Jeffery Wright — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:33:37 +0000

SSSDS was even funnier than the first SW parody. I love when Fam Guy and American Dad do Trek references, so why is Paramount so uptight?

Have some fun, Star Wars is way more ubiquitous and loved than Trek, this would be a big step towards making Trek more mainstream and part of western culture.

Denying the guys permission would be another example of Paramount shooting themselves in the foot.

Let the fans create.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:39:00 +0000

Paramount needs a sense of humor when it comes to Trek parodies. After all, isn’t imitation the best type of flattery?

By: Spock Of Ages

Spock Of Ages — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:34:44 +0000

PLEEEEEASSE!

PLEEEEEEEEASE!!!

By: Phil

Phil — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:13:39 +0000

Why allow writers to make fun of the show???…..Why not, everyone else does….a little self depreicating humor would do the fan base some good, as they take themselves way to seriosly…..

By: DS9 IN PRIME TIME

DS9 IN PRIME TIME — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:23:31 +0000

Paramount would be stupid not to let Family Guy do a trek eppisode

By: CmdrR

CmdrR — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:58:40 +0000

Family Guy’s riffs are cute. They are not something magnificent.

Great parodies:
Dr. Strangelove
Young Frankenstein
(many more, but my brain is stuck in the 60’s/70’s — you guys add your favs)

My point is, that the above stand on their own or side-by-side with the originals. Family Guy only really works if you know the original references. (My 15 year old son loves Blue Harvest, but scratched his head at the 80s ‘Grey Poupon’ reference.)

rant over

By: Chris Fawkes

Chris Fawkes — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:14:44 +0000

Good.

I don’t think Family Guy would bring anything worthwhile to the world with a trek parody.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:50:10 +0000

God knows I love season 1-5, 6 & 7 less(& own them on dvd), and the current season is not good. It’s taken a dive in funny to just stupid. It’s not as imaginative anymore. Some bits are funny, but fewer per episode.
I thought the first SW parady was pure crap. I won’t buy the new one either.
Seth may be able to make Trek funny, but ya never know. So how can SNL do 4-5 Trek parodies and get away with it? 3 w/ classic cast, 2 w/ TNG.
How did Fox’s other cartoon, now defunct, get away w/ doing the classic cast parody using the actors heads and real voices?
I have dozen’s of HOURS of tv w/ Trek being parodied.(live action, animated and sitcoms)
What makes Family Guy omited?