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Joel Hodgson’s CINEMATIC TITANIC Sets Sail Live And One Of Our Spies Was There!

SO...Has anyone seen my dad? by Bastard Son of Superman	Apr 28th, 2008 08:33:06 AM

The only problem I had with MST 3000... by DerLanghaarige	Apr 28th, 2008 08:34:21 AM
...was that they often made not fun of the movies because they were bad, but because they were OLD! Yeah, way to go, laughing at 30 - 50 year old Special Effects. :P Apart from that, it was most of the time funny!
They launched it here in Minneapolis back in February... by 433	Apr 28th, 2008 09:03:00 AM
...and it was great. All five of them did standup acts, including some of Joel's "why was Carrot Top ever popular?" prop comedy. They'll be doing a live CT show in October in the 2200-seat State Theatre downtown, and it'll be awesome.
So...it's basically MST3K without the robots and ship and shit? by HitchCock'n'Balz	Apr 28th, 2008 09:04:09 AM
Sounds Fanfuckintastically Awesome and Wonderfulrifical!
Um... Rifftrax by NeoMyers	Apr 28th, 2008 10:04:06 AM
Rifftrax has been at this for a year and a half now and AICN never talks about the new Rifftrax that come out on a semi-weekly basis or the live shows they've done. The two newest are "I am Legend" and "Cloverfield." If you're an MST fan, Moriarty, let's cover everything shall we.
A word about vandalizing cinema by 3 Bag Enema	Apr 28th, 2008 10:44:14 AM
Yes, that's what MST3K and it's two current iterations do. (Not to mention the unmentionable immitators, who should be avoided at all costs.) However, it doesn't ruin the original. The original Wasp Woman is still there for geeks like Harry to play at two in the morning at some festival at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, without Minneapolis comedians goofing on it mercilessly. However, there is absolutely nothing funnier to me than these guys ripping bad movies a new one. These are the professionals, folks. No one does it better. (I'm including Rifftrax and Cinematic Titanic.) There is only one warning to those hesitant to enjoy such brutal defacement of artwork: if you like a movie, do not watch them goof on it. It will ruin it for you forever. I watched Mike and the 'bots goof on Hamlet and laughed my ass off. Now, whenever lines from Hamlet stray into my mind, they're being goofed on by a big-headed mid-westerner and two robot puppets. In other words, of you loved The Phantom Menace(you poor bastard), skip the Rifftrax version. It will scar you for life.
It was an awesome show by ebolamonkey	Apr 28th, 2008 10:57:55 AM
Lucky enough to be there, and it was a fantastic show. Unlike RiffTrax, which takes on more modern films, this was a return to classic MST3K where movies that were slapped together in weeks without the least concern for plot, logic, or performances are mercilessly skewered. Today it takes major studios and million-dollar directors months to churn out films that are anywhere near as incoherent.
I like MST3K too but... by SEACHANGE	Apr 28th, 2008 12:41:26 PM
I never took it seriously and thought the guys hated the movies like the people in the audience clearly do. Groaning at Roger Corman's name on the credits? I'm sure alot of those same people paid to see the latest POS at the theater last week, but they need to diss an old low budget movie from the late 50s in unison? Theres def a line between poking fun in a good spirited way and hating movies.
MST3K: Harry hates it? by thegreatwhatzit	Apr 28th, 2008 12:42:17 PM
Good reason; if appended with some longevity, Mike & the 'bots would have trashed the films he endorses (GODZILLA remake, anyone?). Its cancellation from the Sci-Fi Channel venue further kindled my hatred for the network (which subsequently produced absolute garbage like FLASH GORDON). Anyway, be sure to sample MST3K's roasting of MERLIN'S SHOP OF MYSTICAL WONDERS, SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS, DEVIL DOLL, THE UNDEAD (which includes Mike's "Leonard Maltin" impersonation), you-name-it. It's a truly iconic show and its tagets well deserved the ribbing.
Danger: Diabolik by SEACHANGE	Apr 28th, 2008 12:46:02 PM
They had that film on MST3K too and its one of my favorite cult films. Its not a bad movie, in fact its awesome. Mario Bava def wasnt a hack.
First DVD was meh. by Optimus Primal	Apr 28th, 2008 01:08:45 PM
The first CT DVD was ok. Certainly not up to what I was expecting from the All stars behind MST3K. However I will give them a pass and chalk it up to being rusty. I eagerly await their next DVD installment.
I don't know how this will fly... by AnnoyYou	Apr 28th, 2008 02:24:53 PM
...without the framing device of the Satellite of Love. I mean, some of the greatest MST3K parodies were done outside of the theatre: Joel as Manos, Mike as Torgo the Pizza Guy, Mike as Mikey, the Weeping Fey Brother of Jimmy, etc. I suppose I'll just have to see this for myself.
MST3K celebrates film by pointing out the shit by Osmosis Jones	Apr 28th, 2008 02:47:33 PM
Now, movies likr Meet The Spartans and TV shows like Family Guy genuinely hate the concept of entertainment.
Rifftrax a rip off? by kevred	Apr 28th, 2008 03:48:18 PM
Anywhere from one to three people spend hours, if not days or weeks, writing all the riffs for a feature-length movie. Then it's recorded, probably in a pro studio, mastered, all in absolutely flawless time-sync with the movie. Then all the related graphics and promotional stuff is created by designers and uploaded to their web site, which also hosts and handles the bandwidth of hundreds of downloads. Somewhere in there, someone processes payments and does payroll, paying everyone involved in the chain of creation. And for all that, $3 is a "rip off"? I was just downloading a few MP3s from Amazon last night (the Sinikka Langeland Ensemble, to be specific), and was marveling to myself at all the work and virtuousity that went into a recording that I was paying 99 cents for. When you're getting paid $3 for weeks of work, come tell us about rip offs!
Rip-off? by NeoMyers	Apr 28th, 2008 03:49:17 PM
How exactly is Legend Films going to make a profit on giving away Mp3 files? Besides, for the price of one CT DVD you can get 6 or 7 Rifftrax. And if you already own the movies, all the better. If not, half.com is your friend.
AnnoyYou, you have a good point. by kevred	Apr 28th, 2008 03:56:21 PM
I love MST3K, I was really glad to have the rest of the old crew back on CT, but no matter how much I enjoyed the first DVD (and I did), I couldn't help feel that something was missing, and that something was the framing device. Between the lack of a "concept", the lack of any sight of the performers' actual faces (they're in silhouette form exclusively), and the use of their real names, it felt reduced somehow. From what I've read on MST3K-oriented sites, it seems like that was the only real complaint from most fans, and Joel has said they plan to beef that up a bit. But until we see all of them, un-silhouette-d, in a 3-D setting, it will probably not quite reach that MST3K feel. Interestingly, the DVD project of the RiffTrax crew, called The Film Crew, did have a framing device and skits, but perplexingly, they weren't all that funny or well written for the most part (though the movie riffs were).
Rifftrax by INWOsuxRED	Apr 28th, 2008 04:37:24 PM
made Transformers worth watching.
um.... what? by omarthesnake	Apr 28th, 2008 05:47:12 PM
Gotham_night, are you trying to be a parody of a boneheaded whiney fanboy or is that just how it turns out? a $3 rifftrax is as long as say, two albums worth of music that costs 99 cents per track, meaning oh, maybe 20-24 bucks to make up the same amount of time. and then poor little baby has to watch the movie while listening to it rather than what, magically having the movie downloaded straight into your brain so you can enjoy it without bothering to experience it? What will you find to whine about next? sheesh.
AGREED..... THEREFORE.... by Super Moo	Apr 28th, 2008 07:09:10 PM
HARRY SHOULD BE SHOT!!!!!
Lack of bots by TheGreatHomsar	Apr 28th, 2008 07:23:09 PM
I'll admit, the bots were great and I missed them considerably while watching the first Cinematic Titanic DVD. But I can't convey how great it was to see the original crew in top form again (the laughter from one riff usually spilled over into the next one...I'm sure I missed quite a few good one-liners because I was too busy trying not to piss myself from a previous joke!) It does sadden me to find out that the Harry one isn't a MST3K fan...I would've thought this kind of show would be hugely popular on a site like this. Oh well. His loss.
MSTK is great. NEEDS (little) ROBOTS- by TomBodet	Apr 28th, 2008 07:47:50 PM
-Cro, Tom Servo and Cambot esp. Harold not like MSTK3? Harold needs to watch Gammera sometimes w/ these guys downfront-I forgot I was a handpuppet-pure GENIUS-
"Harry’s never been a fan, for example." by The Amazing G	Apr 28th, 2008 09:52:18 PM
what the fuck?
how could you not love MST3K? by The Amazing G	Apr 28th, 2008 09:52:38 PM

Over the Top by INWOsuxRED	Apr 29th, 2008 12:39:56 AM
Tonight we watched the Over the Top RiffTrax. I enjoyed it, although I think I would have laughed almost as much if the movie had no commentary. THIS IS A DOUBLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT...IF YOU LOSE ONCE, YOU ARE NOT ELIMINATED. YOU HAVE TO LOSE TWICE TO BE ELIMINATED!
we just came to beat everyone up we're leaving now! by Prossor	May 2nd, 2008 06:28:55 PM
WATCH BOND TAKE SHORT HAND.

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