I love a good parody.

I love a good parody even more than a good whatever it is it's parodying. Lo these many years ago(9 to be exact), Being John Malkovich had a great parody site for the company that provided the journey, JM Inc. - thank you , Way Back Machine:

http://web.archive.org/web/20000229141541/www.jmincorporated.com/

Now Pixar has a very robust site for Wall-E:
***10/08 update: They took it down. What a pity.***


http://www.buynlarge.com/

It was great while it lasted.


Both feel real, contemporary, and even mundane. That's attention to detail. It's this level of detail that makes it an experience you can sink into, rather than a just a little joke. Of course the JM inc. site looks dated now, but a decade ago there were many sites that looked and felt just like that. The same is true for Buy n Large today. There are many attempts to come up with good parodies, but most fail because they're not detailed enough. A good parody demands even more work and better content than a "real" site. These two are among the best.