Those movies are all dreck for kids, and media like that being filled with stale references is not a new phenomenon. Impressions of Peter Lorre infested cartoons and games all the way up to the 90s and beyond. The Simpsons made a joke about "really big shoe" in the 90s in reference to the Ed Sullivan show from that started in 1948 and people now reference the simpsons reference. There are references to looney toons jokes that aired on tv in the 80s, but were shown theaters in the 40s that were referencing events of the 20s, hack writers are unwittingly making 100 year old jokes right now.
media like that being filled with stale references is not a new phenomenon
Remember Black Panther with "What are those?!" when Shuri asked about the shoes? Even then it was picked apart for being dated. Some Deadpool references also suffer from this since it uses topical comments, like Jared and Subway in Deadpool 1, but still takes months, if not years, to produce.
That's reading too much into it. Movie has a goat. Someone says, "hey, remember that old goat video?" and someone else says, "Haha, yeah. That'd be a fun reference."
And it's goofy enough on its own to not require context to still be a "joke." At the time, I doubt they realized everyone else had the same idea.
Those movies are all dreck for kids, and media like that being filled with stale references is not a new phenomenon. Impressions of Peter Lorre infested cartoons and games all the way up to the 90s and beyond. The Simpsons made a joke about "really big shoe" in the 90s in reference to the Ed Sullivan show from that started in 1948 and people now reference the simpsons reference. There are references to looney toons jokes that aired on tv in the 80s, but were shown theaters in the 40s that were referencing events of the 20s, hack writers are unwittingly making 100 year old jokes right now.
Remember Black Panther with "What are those?!" when Shuri asked about the shoes? Even then it was picked apart for being dated. Some Deadpool references also suffer from this since it uses topical comments, like Jared and Subway in Deadpool 1, but still takes months, if not years, to produce.
Reminds me of the meme showing how Big Chungus ended up being more popular than Bugs Bunny
They could have salvaged the screaming goats thing if they had lampshaded it and introduced them only to have Mantis or Drax violently put them down.
"No, you didn't?"
Lampshading gets old really quick. Especially because half the time it's a metatextual excuse (another thing that gets old really quick).
Drax could have pulled it off and made it funny.
That's reading too much into it. Movie has a goat. Someone says, "hey, remember that old goat video?" and someone else says, "Haha, yeah. That'd be a fun reference."
And it's goofy enough on its own to not require context to still be a "joke." At the time, I doubt they realized everyone else had the same idea.
These movies are written in committees.