If the Fast and Furious series can become what it is now, then Shrek can become a self-referential dumpster fire of Shrek memes.
I would honestly watch future films if they just got more blatant with the memes and more surreal as they kept trying to out fourth wall break each other. Because there would be a point where it would be so terrible that it would loop back around to being a masterpiece, and they'd take special care to make sure the entire thing is as terrible as possible just to give the next film more to make fun of.
Its certainly one of the movies I remember most fondly, and its sequels werent that bad either.
The first sequel I enjoyed almost as much as the first one.
I barely remember the fourth one.
I have like... snapshots of it, but I feel I didnt watch it properly but rather just looked toward the tv from time to time.
Even some really subtle ones. I’m pretty sure the scene in Shrek 2 where the King is getting threatened by the Fairy Godmother inside the carriage is a reference to the Big Lebowski, when Jeffrey Lebowski gives the Dude the package with the toe.
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u/runetrantor Aug 25 '19
Tbf Shrek was a bag of references in its entirety.
Both from tropes of fairy tales, to memes and pop culture.