TMNT being a parody of daredevil/comics

*discordiatookie* · 07-04-2009, 07:01 PM

I have never seen it as a parody. Doesn't 'parody' means 'to take the piss out off'? Eastman and Laird were massive Daredevil and Frank Miller fans. Eastman especially. Why would they want to rip into it? I've always seen it as a homage to Daredevil. Fair enough, some of it is a bit tongue in cheek, but I wouldn't go as far as to say parody.

Even Peter Laird has said that it wasn't a parody, as quoted by AndrewNDB. I think that if it was originally wrote as one, then wouldn't he know? (Laird that is, not ANDB...

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Stick = Splinter
Hand = Foot
The whole 'kid getting hit by a cannister and blinded' thing...

Isn't this a homage to Daredevil? I see it as an expansion of the whole Daredevil series. Wouldn't a parody of Daredevil be an inept blind crime fighter getting into hilarious japes and scraps every month, a superhero version of Mister Magoo? I'm not arguing that the comics were deadly serious or anything, some of it is quite cheesy and tongue in cheek. But parody? Not in my opinion.

07-04-2009, 07:01 PM	#14
discordiatookie facehugger Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 2,817	I have never seen it as a parody. Doesn't 'parody' means 'to take the piss out off'? Eastman and Laird were massive Daredevil and Frank Miller fans. Eastman especially. Why would they want to rip into it? I've always seen it as a homage to Daredevil. Fair enough, some of it is a bit tongue in cheek, but I wouldn't go as far as to say parody. Even Peter Laird has said that it wasn't a parody, as quoted by AndrewNDB. I think that if it was originally wrote as one, then wouldn't he know? (Laird that is, not ANDB... ) Stick = Splinter Hand = Foot The whole 'kid getting hit by a cannister and blinded' thing... Isn't this a homage to Daredevil? I see it as an expansion of the whole Daredevil series. Wouldn't a parody of Daredevil be an inept blind crime fighter getting into hilarious japes and scraps every month, a superhero version of Mister Magoo? I'm not arguing that the comics were deadly serious or anything, some of it is quite cheesy and tongue in cheek. But parody? Not in my opinion. __________________ Oh Discordia! Charyou Tree! Come, Reap! Don't tell us to grow up and out of it I got my cloak and dagger in a bar room brawl You actually trying to read this tiny text? Damn, you're dedicated! This is all just for effect you know... original TMNT art collection