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GreenNight posted:They do practically every big movie that comes out. I don't see how anyone is surprised. Don't loving buy it if it bothers you. I'm not really surprised, but it does bother me a little. I'm still going to buy it and probably enjoy it, but I do feel that their better work is with the movies that are really bad. That's the whole appeal of the thing. Let's watch a really lovely movie, and marvel over how lovely it is, while still being able to enjoy it because of all the jokes. When it's a movie I actually like, I pay more attention to the movie than the riffs, and by the end, I want to just shut up the riffers so I can watch. The only exception to this was Jurassic Park. I love that movie, and I love the riff, but I think that's a rare case. They need to do more movies like Transmorphers or something. Movies that are truly turkeys.
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I'd love to see them do more horror or Kung Fu movies.
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Plavski posted:Who shat in your cereal? People aren't allowed opinions now and can't actually discuss rifftrax in any light they choose?
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fenix down posted:You are taking this a little too seriously.
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Plavski posted:I think you'll find when I posted that I had a novelty jesters hat on and rainbow suspenders, so don't pretend to know how I'm taking things. Batman and rifftrax both own, so it's gonna be a winning combo anyway bro.
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GreenNight posted:Don't loving buy it if it bothers you. I've been watching MST3K since God only knows when. I like to hear Mike and the guys rip into a bad movie, which they do all too infrequently these days. Seriously, think of your five favourite Rifftrax. I'll be loving surprised as hell if your list is made of good movies rather than poo poo like Roadhouse and the Happening. Plavski posted:For example, I couldn't get into the Raiders of the Lost Ark riff, because god damnit, the movie is too much fun. It has a real sense of humour about itself and doesn't take itself seriously at all. Hence it's a loving awful target for riffing. I didn't hate the Lost Ark riff, but I really wish they'd do more bad movies. I don't mind them riffing on big budget DVD releases, but god drat - there are BAD big name DVD releases out there. Do them. It's like going to an art gallery to laugh at a Van Gogh because some of the faces look funny while there's a furry art convention next door. Every bad movie connoisseur knows schadenfreude is at it's finest when the target really tried his best and still failed. It's not nearly as much fun if they're being bad ironically or just goofing around. EDIT: oh and don't go to the Rifftrax forums. Currently they're fighting about the riff being in poor taste because Heath Ledger died. What 
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I'm not pissed that they're doing Dark Knight, I just wish they would move away from the superhero genre once or twice a year. I just saw "The Strangers" the other day and thought how much it needed a good riffing. The Grudge was one of their first riffs and it was hilarious and it seems that they didn't do any other horror riffs after that. And that's a perfect genre to plug away from. And I wish people would move away from a good move = bad riff mentality, I'm pretty sure that rule has been violated enough times that it no longer can be considered valid. quote:EDIT: oh and don't go to the Rifftrax forums. Currently they're fighting about the riff being in poor taste because Heath Ledger died. Some of those people are loving insane.
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Savantegarde posted:Some of those people are loving insane.
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Savantegarde posted:And I wish people would move away from a good move = bad riff mentality, I'm pretty sure that rule has been violated enough times that it no longer can be considered valid. I can only speak for myself, and I can honestly say I didn't think the riffs based on good movies (Memento, Iron Man etc) are as enjoyable as the ones based on turkeys (Star Trek V, Roadhouse, I am Legend, The Matrix Reloaded). I'm not saying it's impossible to make a good riff about a good movie, but I will say that choosing a movie that actually has something worth mocking will improve the odds.
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Der Shovel posted:I can only speak for myself, and I can honestly say I didn't think the riffs based on good movies (Memento, Iron Man etc) are as enjoyable as the ones based on turkeys (Star Trek V, Roadhouse, I am Legend, The Matrix Reloaded). 
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I just watched a RiffTraxed Battlefield Earth and it really brought me back to the MST3K days. I have a question about one of the riffs though. During a meeting among the bad guys of the film a fat dude walks in and Mike and company all simultaneously yell "NORM!" I'm almost positive that this is a reference to something but I have no idea what. Would anybody know?
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The old sitcom Cheers, I imagine. I haven't seen it myself but there's a character called Norm who's a big fat man, and when he enters, people yell "NORM!"
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Der Shovel posted:The old sitcom Cheers, I imagine. I haven't seen it myself but there's a character called Norm who's a big fat man, and when he enters, people yell "NORM!" That's exactly it.
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Der Shovel posted:The old sitcom Cheers, I imagine. I haven't seen it myself but there's a character called Norm who's a big fat man, and when he enters, people yell "NORM!" This post made me feel old.
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Emmitt Nervend posted:This post made me feel old. It was like someone asking who this Macgyver character is.
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Emmitt Nervend posted:This post made me feel old. Well I mostly haven't seen it since I'm Finnish and to my knowledge the show wasn't aired here. EDIT: OK apparently it was but I guess I never paid attention to it v  v
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Der Shovel posted:The old sitcom Cheers, I imagine. I haven't seen it myself but there's a character called Norm who's a big fat man, and when he enters, people yell "NORM!" Is this sarcasm? Edit: Nevermind.
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For those interested in trying out the iRiffs, word a warning: don't touch the Spider-Man cartoon ones. Basically, some guy posted twenty Spider-Man cartoon parodies on the site for a dollar each. The sample shows it as a 30 second Fensler Film/Juggernaut Bitch knockoff with Spider-Man instead. Which I suppose could be decent for a full on episode at that price, depending on your taste. Only for that dollar, you're getting 30 seconds of the audio from that sample. You're supposed to find the episode off YouTube, find the specific scene and watch it that way. Only because he messed with the footage, it's impossible to sync up. So he's giving away something for free and then asking you to pay him a dollar to recreate it with pieces that don't fit.  (No, I didn't waste money on it. I waited for someone else to find out the hard way)
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I have to admit, the small section introducing the Dark Knight Riff is pretty hilarious.quote:
It reminds me of the thread we had a while back in which people were debating whether or not Dark Knight should get the best picture Oscar. And all the hyperbole remarks being made by some of the faithful.
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Including The Wankshank Redemption alongside the Godfather and Citizen Kain is screwed up. I'm really loving glad The Dark Knight spat in the face of that particular creme du crap.
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I have no problem with their riffs of decent films. I loved the Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, and Top Gun riffs. It's obviously harder to poke fun at a 'good' movie, but I'd like to think they only release riffs that they think are decent, not just those that make them money. I really can't think of a single track in my library that I was 100% disappointed with. Obviously I prefer some to others, but overall it has been a good run.
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rubics posted:I have no problem with their riffs of decent films. I loved the Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, and Top Gun riffs. It's obviously harder to poke fun at a 'good' movie, but I'd like to think they only release riffs that they think are decent, not just those that make them money. I really can't think of a single track in my library that I was 100% disappointed with. Obviously I prefer some to others, but overall it has been a good run. The only one I didn't particularly care for was Cloverfield. I can't blame Mike and company because they had a total piece of poo poo movie to work with. Otherwise, bad 80s movies (which I would never have watched before) like Road House and Top Gun are very rewatchable.
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It was almost a monthly ritual for my friends and I to have a "<Food Item> and Rifftrax" night, so I've bought a lot of these. Aeon Flux- This was probably my least favorite... even they couldn't make fun of it, it was that bad. Casino Royale- A solid riff. Not spectacular as other riffs but several laugh-out-loud moments. DareDevil- This was the first Riff bought and I loved it. Such a flawed movie, such a spot-on riff. The Day After Tomorrow- Nothing particularly funny in this track... sometimes the riffs feel like they're set on "cruise control." I Am Legend- I remember the riffers dropping a lot of names whose references seemed outdated, but I guess if you had heard of these people it would have been hilarious  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- Has already been said before but a mediocre riff. It started out great but then lost all of its steam... towards the end it picked up more but not enough to redeem it. Raiders of the Lost Ark- I really liked this riff. I know some people are against Rifftrax's making fun of good movies, but the convoy chase scene through the desert alone made it for me. Road House- Awesome riff Buy this one. Beef. Spider-Man- Not that great. Another "cruise control" rifftrax. Spider-Man 2- Awesome riff. Every Aunt May scene left my friends and I nearly crying laughing. Spider-Man 3- Awesome riff.This one is par with Spider-Man 2. Exactly what this movie deserves. Plus, James Lileks was an tremendous guest Riffer. Star Wars Ep 1- Strong beginning but the towards the end it was nothing but incessant jokes about the strange planet names. We get it, Naboo sucks. Continually mistaking its name for "Teddybear Candycane Gumdrop" didn't get any funnier after the first 20 times. Star Wars Ep 2- More of the "weird planet name" jokes and that's about it. Oh, and Chad Vader was useless. Star Wars Ep 3- Great Star Wars prequel riff. Once you get to Mustafar it's GOLD. Terminator 3- Cruise control. I found myself paying more attention to the movie than to the riff. Top Gun- Very good riff. My favorite gags are when the commentators extend a line of dialogue and there were plenty of those in this one. Transformers- Awesome riff. Don't you hate when your movie forgets about you? Troll 2- Awesome riff. Unlike Chad Vader, Lowtax solidly contributed to the humor (that is, he actually said things) 300- Good riff. Worth buying, but I think the scene in the VOD on the site may have been my favorite part. Wow, I've bought a lot off Rifftrax. This Friday will be Enchiladas and "The Happening," so I'm pretty excited since the buzz sounds more than favorable. The last Food and Rifftrax was Crystal Skull and that was a big let down.
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Western Backstroke posted:DareDevil- This was the first Riff bought and I loved it. Such a flawed movie, such a spot-on riff. The phrase "a freshly boned Ben Affleck" still pops into my head from time to time and if I'm in public, I have to try not to laugh.
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Western Backstroke posted:Wow, I've bought a lot off Rifftrax. This Friday will be Enchiladas and "The Happening," so I'm pretty excited since the buzz sounds more than favorable. The last Food and Rifftrax was Crystal Skull and that was a big let down. You are missing two essentials in "Over the Top" (my personal fav) and "Battlefield Earth". Time to double up the Rifftrax nights.
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I just bought my first RiffTrax, but now I'm getting a "Service Unavailable" error when I try to start the RiffTrax player and it just keeps downloading and installing the update over and over again.
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Rifftrax should do Loose Change or Zeitgeist. They could host it themselves, and it would be loving awesome.
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tvgm2 posted:Glitter is also pretty good. For me Glitter was the worst riff. I don't know if the movie was just that bad or if the Mary or Mike wasn't on her/his game or what but I couldn't finish it in one sitting.
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Savantegarde posted:For me Glitter was the worst riff. I don't know if the movie was just that bad or if the Mary or Mike wasn't on her/his game or what but I couldn't finish it in one sitting. It's a little of both. The movie happened to be more boring than bad, which is really saying something, and the riff doesn't help.
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Oh god, I nearly forgot. The Day After Tomorrow featured a female version of Disembaudio, whose voice was shrill and grating. Adding to that her volume was nearly double the Riffers' so every time she came on all of us viewing would jump in surprise and then cringe as she chose the longest lines of dialogue to mimic  I hope she's not waiting for me in any other riff.
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Western Backstroke posted:Oh god, I nearly forgot. The Day After Tomorrow featured a female version of Disembaudio, whose voice was shrill and grating. Adding to that her volume was nearly double the Riffers' so every time she came on all of us viewing would jump in surprise and then cringe as she chose the longest lines of dialogue to mimic
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Plavski posted:She seems to be in all the Rifftrax Presents riffs. See seems to be in just the Kevin and Bill RP riffs. I'm guessing they do those in Minessota so they have someone else fill in as Disembaudio since I imagine the real one is a Legend Films employee in San Diego.
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Western Backstroke posted:Wow, I've bought a lot off Rifftrax. This Friday will be Enchiladas and "The Happening," so I'm pretty excited since the buzz sounds more than favorable. How you could do "The Happening" and not do Hot Dogs as well is beyond me. Hhhhot dogs.
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The Happening was outstanding. I had planned to watch a bit of it and then go to bed, but I wound up watching the whole thing and laughing like an idiot.
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Savantegarde posted:For me Glitter was the worst riff. I don't know if the movie was just that bad or if the Mary or Mike wasn't on her/his game or what but I couldn't finish it in one sitting.
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My list in order from Best to Worst for any shoppers. I have a pretty short attention span these days but the top ones kept my interest. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer Predator Star Trek VI Over the Top Daredevil Troll 2 Top Gun I am Legend Aeon Flux Spiderman 3
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To get people excited for the Dark Knight riff, the guys have released the audio equivalent of an MST3K skit: http://blog.rifftrax.com/2008/12/08/the-dark-knight-audio-exclusive/
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