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Ninja The Mission Force
''Ninja the Mission Force'' is a 2012 parody web series written by Meagan Rachelle, directed by Ed Glaser and produced by Dark Maze Studios. The series is a Homage (arts), homage to the 1980s Z-movies, Z-grade ninja films of Godfrey Ho and was made by splicing original ninja footage into redubbed scenes from unrelated classic films in the public domain. It won a 2012 Telly Award for Comedy. A new season of ''NTMF '' was announced in 2013. Background In 2012, director Ed Glaser decided to create a comedy web series based upon director Godfrey Ho's 1980s concept of using dubbed footage from existing ninja genre films to make and release new films. He shot ninja scenes which featured himself, and actors such as Brad Jones and Allison Pregler, and spliced his scenes together with scenes from public domain films cut and pasted to fit in with his newer plot concepts. Principal cast * Brad Jones as Bruce (20 episodes, 2012–2013) * Alex Mitchell as Ninja (18 episodes, 2012–2013) * Mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
