Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.

  • Aedis@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I didn’t see this one in the list, but UNN newscast from Starcraft 2 is one of my favorites! Particularly Donny Vermillion.

    • frunch@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Thank you!!! I was going to post this but figured I’d make sure nobody else had already. Terrific taste, Twin Peaks is my all-time favorite tv show 😗🤌

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

    by Douglas Adams is a book about a book called “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I haven’t finished the book, but I have to give it to the “Navidson record” in “House of leaves”.

    House of leaves is a book about a guy who finds a manuscript about a movie that doesn’t exist. So there are multiple layers on the narrative, from near to far you have:

    • The editor who’s editing the book
    • The writer of the book (Johnny) who tells his story and what he finds in the manuscript
    • The person who wrote the manuscript (Zampano) and his views on the movie
    • The documentary “The Navidson record” which the manuscript is describing. Filmed by Navidson (who’s, as far as Johnny can tell, a fictional character in a fictional movie that never existed)

    The reason why I have to give it to that particular piece of media within media is that everyone else in the book is a pain in the ass that feels that you have to drag yourself to in order to get to the next chapter of the Navidson record. So in a way it’s a fictional media within a fictional media that’s better than the fictional media it belongs to.

    And in case you haven’t heard of house of leaves, I’ll leave you with a page from the book:

  • hihi24522@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    “Scary door” from Futurama

    It’s a play on the twilight zone and it’s quite something.

    “A casino where I’m always winning? This must be heaven!” “A casino where I always win… I must actually be… IN HELL!”

    “No Mr. smith. You’re not in heaven or hell. You’re on an airplane!”

    “Help! There’s a gremlin destroying the plane! You’ve gotta believe me!”

    “Why should I believe you?! You’re Hitler!”

    For those interested: The Scary Door