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Dissapointed Owl posted:Starship Troopers is a bad choice though. That movie has its tongue firmly in its cheek. The only satirical elements seem to be the explicit parodies of propaganda, though. Everything else feels like it's played pretty straight, which is why ST is such a failure compared to something like Robocop.
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Wonder how they will handle the sex scene that happens midway into the movie. Or since this movie is R, they might just not worry about it?
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May 22, 2013 21:59
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They usually go off into some unrelated skit. Hopefully they do something better than the awful Disembaudio stuff in the Room riff.
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May 22, 2013 22:02
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The nude part in Psycho II was pretty fun.
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May 22, 2013 22:14
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I haven't seen Starship Troopers so I don't know how graphic anything is, but since they don't need to worry about people syncing the commentary at home they could just use the TV version of the movie if they wanted.
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May 22, 2013 22:26
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They also do a skit of sorts for 300. Saying how it's unfortunate that "guy" has fatty male upper torso tissue or something.
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bobservo posted:The only satirical elements seem to be the explicit parodies of propaganda, though. Everything else feels like it's played pretty straight, which is why ST is such a failure compared to something like Robocop. The only thing played straight at the performances, everything else is very over the top. It's one of my favorite movies so I'm sort of excited just to see it on the big screen. I imagine they'll find plenty to make fun of too. I wish they had gotten Mario Bros or something like that, but whatever.
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May 22, 2013 22:44
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It's a satire but it's quite easy to miss. Much like other films, you can still appreciate it while making fun of it, like Casablanca, Star Trek II, and Highlander.
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May 22, 2013 23:12
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Well that's disappointing. The only thing I know about Starship Troopers is that it's a satire that nobody seemed to understand (or accept?) which seems terrible for Rifftrax. It'd be like making fun of Spaceballs. At least I'll have Norman.
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May 23, 2013 01:30
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Eh, not really. While Starship Troopers has satire its not really a "joke-y" movie. It plays everything so straightfaced that this will be pretty funny.
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May 23, 2013 01:39
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Yeeeeah, I'm not sold on this. Starship Troopers' satire is your-milage-may-vary (I personally think it's pretty obvious, but I know a lot of people who don't see it), but it was still designed as a satire that's equally taking potshots at the original novel, military propaganda and bloated action movies. It's only a few steps away from riffing on Tropic Thunder.
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May 23, 2013 03:26
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The Fifth Element also has tongue-in-cheek moments and that Riff is perfectly fine too (and just Mike). Hell, I'll say that movie is practically a comedy scifi movie. "Uh oh, the soundtrack's getting whimsical again".
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May 23, 2013 03:39
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My favorite moments in Riffs is when the guys don't even bother making a joke, just laugh (Aro's laugh in Twilight, Norman offering a sandwich via shovel). Also nice when you hear them chuckling at each others jokes.
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May 23, 2013 19:38
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Olivia42 posted:At least I'll have Norman. Like a balloon full of sadness slowly deflating. UGHHHHHH...
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Halfway through the Doctor Who one, it's pretty great! A movie most deserving of a riffing, goddamn..
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Kojiro posted:Halfway through the Doctor Who one, it's pretty great! A movie most deserving of a riffing, goddamn.. No kidding. It certainly doesn't hurt that it sounds like Bill in particular is a big Who Fan. edit: Something comes to mind, why do they always use the name Carl? Ensign_Ricky fucked around with this message at 23:49 on May 23, 2013 |
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May 23, 2013 23:00
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I've bought the Doctor Who one, only the second VOD I've ever bought. (#1 was Setting Up A Room)
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BrooklynBruiser posted:I've bought the Doctor Who one, only the second VOD I've ever bought. (#1 was Setting Up A Room) I think it's time for you to Shake Hands With Danger, dum dum dum.
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BrooklynBruiser posted:I've bought the Doctor Who one, only the second VOD I've ever bought. (#1 was Setting Up A Room) Make your third Guy From Harlem.
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May 24, 2013 00:26
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No, get yourself Santa Meets The Ice Cream Bunny. It has little to do with Christmas (or sanity).
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May 24, 2013 00:29
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I just saw the previews for the Daleks and god I love references to MST3K. "Look at this, two stupid robots sitting in front of a dumb movie"
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My God, I'm not sure I can make it through this terrible Dr. Who thing. The walking trashcan robots are talking so slow that I think I'm going to end up insane. This is my first exposure to anything involving Dr. Who and Holy poo poo I don't ever want to watch another second of this crap. At least the riff is funny but man this is some terrible stuff.
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May 24, 2013 11:32
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Deadpool posted:My God, I'm not sure I can make it through this terrible Dr. Who thing. The walking trashcan robots are talking so slow that I think I'm going to end up insane. This is my first exposure to anything involving Dr. Who and Holy poo poo I don't ever want to watch another second of this crap. At least the riff is funny but man this is some terrible stuff. My first exposure to Dr. Who was in the late 70s on PBS. The TARDIS was invaded by some sort of monsters in poorly fitting rubber suits with crotches that hung down to the knees. They walked slower than a Romero zombie. This is probably going to be as bad.
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Deadpool posted:My God, I'm not sure I can make it through this terrible Dr. Who thing. The walking trashcan robots are talking so slow that I think I'm going to end up insane. This is my first exposure to anything involving Dr. Who and Holy poo poo I don't ever want to watch another second of this crap. At least the riff is funny but man this is some terrible stuff. You wouldn't judge all of Star Wars by the holiday special, would you? Non-canon, different creative team, cynical cash-in... I'd say that the situation is pretty similar. I'll just say that when people say they're a fan of Dr. Who, they're definitely not talking about this movie (or its sequel, yes it somehow got a sequel).
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May 24, 2013 12:39
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What's the production backstory for this thing anyway? Its Dr Who but not realy Dr Who?
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muscles like this? posted:What's the production backstory for this thing anyway? Its Dr Who but not realy Dr Who? Cheapy movie made to cash on that weird TV show. Also it's a great example of bad British cinema and why I, personally, simultaneously love and loathe it. Then again I watched Yellow Submarine a lot when I was younger. Anyway, MST3K has good examples of Bad British Cinema like Devil Doll, The Projected Man, The Deadly Bees, and Gorgo. A lot of them are just terribly dull. Then again, I have to say Rifftrax summed it up well Rifftrax posted:ATTENTION, WHOVIANS! (For the uninitiated, that is not something Jay-Z yells at the beginning of a song, it’s a name for Doctor Who fans) LP97S fucked around with this message at 13:08 on May 24, 2013 |
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Deadpool posted:My God, I'm not sure I can make it through this terrible Dr. Who thing. The walking trashcan robots are talking so slow that I think I'm going to end up insane. This is my first exposure to anything involving Dr. Who and Holy poo poo I don't ever want to watch another second of this crap. At least the riff is funny but man this is some terrible stuff. I watched "the best" Dr. Who (Christopher Eccleston) and it was like a high school theater production of Star Trek: The Original Series. So if this one is so bad the Dr. Who fans hate it, I can't wait to watch it.
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Just watch from when Matt Smith takes over in series 5, it's a big step up in production values. If rifftrax could do Condorman then that'd pretty much be my childhood film memories covered.
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Deadpool posted:My God, I'm not sure I can make it through this terrible Dr. Who thing. The walking trashcan robots are talking so slow that I think I'm going to end up insane. This is my first exposure to anything involving Dr. Who and Holy poo poo I don't ever want to watch another second of this crap. At least the riff is funny but man this is some terrible stuff. Although the Daleks still talk in those grating voices in the regular series, they don't do it nearly as slow. In the series, they pretty much bark out every word in a rage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZyHn3jWhyo
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Ensign_Ricky posted:Although the Daleks still talk in those grating voices in the regular series, they don't do it nearly as slow. In the series, they pretty much bark out every word in a rage. Is that clip supposed to sell me on the show being better? Because if so that's really unfortunate. It looked just as stupid and cheesy. I thought this was a fairly popular show, why does it have the budget of a grade school production?
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Deadpool posted:Is that clip supposed to sell me on the show being better? Because if so that's really unfortunate. It looked just as stupid and cheesy. I thought this was a fairly popular show, why does it have the budget of a grade school production? Dr. Who is stupid and cheesy. I've always found it charming, like watching original Star Trek episodes. I mean there was an episode where the monster of the week was an inflatable pool chair painted black. An inflatable pool chair painted black.  e: Found the clip! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXrAK6sUZ_0
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Deadpool posted:Is that clip supposed to sell me on the show being better? Because if so that's really unfortunate. It looked just as stupid and cheesy. I thought this was a fairly popular show, why does it have the budget of a grade school production? Do you realize that we're in a thread about the spiritual successor to mst3k, a show where the robots were literally puppets made out of garbage?
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SpaceGodzilla posted:Do you realize that we're in a thread about the spiritual successor to mst3k, a show where the robots were literally puppets made out of garbage? Of course, but having never really paid any attention to Dr. Who outside of hearing people profess their love for it I'd always assumed it was some kind of respectable Scifi show and not a goofy low budget mess.
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Deadpool posted:Of course, but having never really paid any attention to Dr. Who outside of hearing people profess their love for it I'd always assumed it was some kind of respectable Scifi show and not a goofy low budget mess. Should we tell Deadpool about Lost in Space? 
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Mister Kingdom posted:Should we tell Deadpool about Lost in Space? or Star Trek TOS
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Mister Kingdom posted:Should we tell Deadpool about Lost in Space? I was more referring to the newer clip that was posted. I kind of expect stuff from the '50s and '60s to be like that. That newer clip couldn't be more that 10 years old and it's just as low budget and terrible.
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Deadpool posted:I was more referring to the newer clip that was posted. I kind of expect stuff from the '50s and '60s to be like that. That newer clip couldn't be more that 10 years old and it's terrible. I think it's more a nostalgia thing with the Brits. At least, I hope that's it.
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There's also the fact that it's a BBC show, which has minimal budgets compared to American shows as well as a different sense of editing. Doctor Who has always been silly, and considered to be for children. But a lot of people on the internet take it too seriously, as nerds do with kids' shows.
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Deadpool posted:I was more referring to the newer clip that was posted. I kind of expect stuff from the '50s and '60s to be like that. That newer clip couldn't be more that 10 years old and it's just as low budget and terrible. What kind of shows are watching for budget? I mean the newer Dr. Who is filmed in Wales and back when it started in 05 it had a seasonal budget of around £10 million. Also, it's from the BBC and if you want to see low budget BBC sci-fi check out Red Dwarf, some of it's sets make MST3K look like a NBC production. 
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Deadpool posted:Is that clip supposed to sell me on the show being better? Because if so that's really unfortunate. It looked just as stupid and cheesy. I thought this was a fairly popular show, why does it have the budget of a grade school production? Seriously, I had a friend who loves Doctor Who so much and when I finally saw it I couldn't really reconcile the nerd love it gets from all quarters with the poo poo heap of a show. Awful unwatchable stuff.
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