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Watching The Wonderful Land of Oz - what in the living gently caress am I looking at?
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Mar 12, 2017 01:53
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Basically a local theater quality production Barry Mahon filmed and released as a movie. At least one cast member he forgot to get their name and no one knows who they are. His son plays Tip so that's why he probably did it.
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Mar 12, 2017 02:07
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Tars Tarkas posted:Basically a local theater quality production Barry Mahon filmed and released as a movie. At least one cast member he forgot to get their name and no one knows who they are. His son plays Tip so that's why he probably did it. I have to wonder if anybody thought they were doing a good job in this mess.
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Mar 12, 2017 02:57
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I watched Fever Lake and man, what the gently caress was up with that ending?
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Mar 12, 2017 03:54
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Follow-up question re: Oz. Did his son do double-duty as the young Queen?
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Mar 12, 2017 04:08
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RandomPauI posted:Follow-up question re: Oz. Did his son do double-duty as the young Queen? No, that was another kid who couldn't act.
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Mar 12, 2017 04:13
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RandomPauI posted:Follow-up question re: Oz. Did his son do double-duty as the young Queen? “All right, son, now I’m gonna make a movie about how you were supposed to be a girl.”
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Mar 12, 2017 07:46
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Lemme just pay to get script advice from the writer of Meet Dave, hold on.
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Mar 12, 2017 14:13
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Has anyone seen Replica? Just watched it after not following Rifftrax for a while, and while it isn't as funny as Birdemic, somehow the movie itself manages to be even more incompetent. This time it's not just the birds, they're using entirely CGI sets for no good reason, which are predictably horrible and used mostly in lieu of filming in, like, an office or a meeting room. They also consistently cut to people who are supposedly walking half a second too soon, and there's a least convincing car crash ever filmed. Really, great stuff from our favorite auteur director.
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Mar 12, 2017 16:36
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Dissapointed Owl posted:Lemme just pay to get script advice from the writer of Meet Dave, hold on. Bill speaks.
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Mar 12, 2017 17:37
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I got all the way to the end of that before I even remembered/realized which movie Meet Dave actually is, hahaha.
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Mar 12, 2017 18:53
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"Clone-atron" - Wasn't that a Parliament/Funkadelic album from the 70s?
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Mar 12, 2017 22:56
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mobby_6kl posted:Has anyone seen Replica? Just watched it after not following Rifftrax for a while, and while it isn't as funny as Birdemic, somehow the movie itself manages to be even more incompetent. This time it's not just the birds, they're using entirely CGI sets for no good reason, which are predictably horrible and used mostly in lieu of filming in, like, an office or a meeting room. They also consistently cut to people who are supposedly walking half a second too soon, and there's a least convincing car crash ever filmed. Really, great stuff from our favorite auteur director. That's the weird thing about Nguyen, his films somehow get less competent as he goes on. Julie and Jack is a batshit insane mess to be sure, but it's also somehow better made than Replica or Birdemics 1 & 2, even in terms of story. Yeah the computer ghost thing is loving stupid, as is the VR twist, but you can see the beginning of an idea there. I'd hate it less somehow if they'd made it clear from the outset that it was a virtual reality dating service in the near future, as opposed to just surprising the audience with it.
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Mar 13, 2017 03:06
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Wait, replica and was made after birdemic? I figured it was his first film, like before Jack and Julie...
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Mar 13, 2017 13:20
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It was his second IIRC, after Julie and Jack, but before Birdemic.
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Mar 13, 2017 18:03
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I wonder what the flaw was that made that his only unreleased movie.
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Mar 13, 2017 18:54
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ACRE & EQUAT posted:I wonder what the flaw was that made that his only unreleased movie. It exists.
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Mar 13, 2017 22:45
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I just watched Yambao for the first time and holy poo poo is this movie bonkers and kind of good in a lot of very strange ways. It seems racist as all gently caress, but this is the most predictable thing about it for being 1957. And in more than a few ways it is racist as gently caress. However, there's something else going on here if you look underneath the surface. First, the music is treated with such reverence and authenticity. I listen to a bit of Western African music (yes I'm one of these dumb nerds) and this is exactly it. It's not a dumb Westernification and glossing over of it. It's straight up and legitimate. And it's good! Second, the plot could be seen as a metaphor of the European / West African dialectic as it existed in the mid-1800s. It's kind of a warts-and-all telling of how it was back then while neither condescending to nor pumping up either side. The shittiest thing about it is the "Master" is way too beneficent and understanding to be real. It sort of plays into a "slaves had it pretty good" racist trope. I guess some credit should be given for even using words like "master" and "slave" in a movie from the '50s, but still it's a lovely notion.
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Mar 17, 2017 04:53
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So, uh...Birdemic. First Rifftrax I don't think I'll ever be able to finish. I only made it to to the highly localized forest fire escape. And I'm no stranger to schlock, either. I've seen and loved Samurai Cop, ROTOR, Rock n' Roll Nightmare, Dangerous Men, etc. I think Neil Breen is an absolute treasure. But Birdemic is so loving excruciating to watch that I literally cannot understand the following it has. It isn't even entertaining bad. It's just trash.
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Mar 17, 2017 08:07
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Big Mean Jerk posted:So, uh...Birdemic. Recommend watching Rollergator next.
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Mar 17, 2017 09:57
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2DCAT posted:Recommend watching Rollergator next.
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Mar 17, 2017 14:11
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Big Mean Jerk posted:So, uh...Birdemic. On one hand, you're so close to the end. On the other hand, you've seen all there really is to see. The movie really peters out in the last ten minutes or so. Anyway, I hear a mountain lion...
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Mar 17, 2017 14:58
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2DCAT posted:Recommend watching Rollergator next. I can't emphasize this enough. Also watch Fun in Balloonland.
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Mar 17, 2017 19:14
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I sure hope the OST to Rollergator exists somewhere
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Mar 17, 2017 19:23
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All backer number stretch goals have been reached; there's going to be a new slate of them announced next week.
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Mar 18, 2017 00:23
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quote:Lowtax joins the fun! Interesting to see them collaborating again.
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Mar 18, 2017 00:30
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Guy Axlerod posted:Interesting to see them collaborating again. holy poo poo, I was not expecting that
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Mar 18, 2017 00:55
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2DCAT posted:Recommend watching Rollergator next. Holy poo poo I just watched it and... and... I have questions. Guy Axlerod posted:Interesting to see them collaborating again. Still waiting for that riff Lowtax said he was doing with them back around 2011. We all know it's Nukie, c'mon.
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Mar 18, 2017 04:38
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So on their twitter feed, they posted a link to the ideas page saying that one of them was coming soon. Now, what's interesting is that it links specifically to page 2...so we have the following contenders: Grizzly (1979) The Dark Knight Rises Mission to Mars (2000) Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Way of the Dragon The Shining (wait what) Varan: The Unbelievable Godzilla 2000 Dante's Peak Volcano Prometheus Mortal Kombat Knowing Transformers Age of Extinction DOA Dead or Alive Contact Blood The Last Vampire Gymkata Ninja Assassin KISS Meets Phantom of the Park Now, the clear frontrunners on that list are probably The Dark Knight Rises (after that BATS reference on their previous kickstarter update), and Transformers 4 (because Mike hates that franchise with a vengeance). But I have to hope beyond hope that it's Gymkata. Ensign_Ricky fucked around with this message at 06:24 on Mar 18, 2017 |
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Mar 18, 2017 06:20
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I've never seen their casablanca riff but I'd be interested to see what they'd do with the shining even though that's 100% not it.
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Mar 18, 2017 07:05
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Ensign_Ricky posted:So on their twitter feed, they posted a link to the ideas page saying that one of them was coming soon. Now, what's interesting is that it links specifically to page 2...so we have the following contenders: I'd be the happiest person ever if it was Gymkata
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Mar 18, 2017 12:36
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mobby_6kl posted:Has anyone seen Replica? ... Really, great stuff from our favorite auteur director. I saw Birdemic without Rifftrax first and laughed, then saw it with Rifftrax and it became my favorite, then saw it Rifftrax Live and bust a kidney laughing. Seeing all the exact same locations with poor dialog and people walking almost like humans again really made this one hit with me. The pacing is definitely better than Birdemic so I'll give that one to Nguyen. Re: Fun in Balloonland it starts off really slowly and creepy and I wasn't looking forward to a whole riff like that, but then it switched to a WTF Parade and it came out way on the plus side.
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Mar 19, 2017 00:00
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CapnBry posted:Re: Fun in Balloonland it starts off really slowly and creepy and I wasn't looking forward to a whole riff like that, but then it switched to a WTF Parade and it came out way on the plus side. That's when the mercury kicked in.
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Mar 19, 2017 08:21
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4 days left in the kickstarter, so new stretch goals based on numbers of backers just went up: 5,500 Backers: HUGE Multi-Riffer Tandem Just-the-Jokes Riff of a Blockbuster that YOU will help decide! (Mike, Kevin, Bill, Bridget and Mary Jo, Janet Varney and Cole Stratton, and Matthew Elliott and Ian Potter for whichever movie wins this poll): - Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice - Captain America: Civil War - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them - Avengers: Age of Ultron 6,250 Backers: MOTHRA Just the Jokes Riff! 7,000 Backers: SAMURAI COP Live show Blu-ray! 8,000 Backers: Just-the-Jokes WESTWORLD Riff! 9,000 Backers: STAR WARS - THE LAST JEDI Riff 10,000 Backers: IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Riff!
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Mar 21, 2017 18:45
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Kinda hope they do Batman. I mean Not-Harry Potter would be a good one too, but the Marvel ones probably won't be as funny if the past Marvel riffs is a indicator. Also why they doing a Last Jedi riff that won't happen until next year when they could do Rogue One and THEN do Last Jedi next year for the next Kickstarter?
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Mar 21, 2017 18:56
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Are the people listed after Mary Jo good riffers? Don't think I know them.
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Mar 21, 2017 19:00
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Breadallelogram posted:Are the people listed after Mary Jo good riffers? Don't think I know them. I have a riff (that I can't remember the name of now) that has Janet Varney and Cole Stratton. They're pretty good. I enjoyed it.
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Mar 21, 2017 19:38
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Breadallelogram posted:Are the people listed after Mary Jo good riffers? Don't think I know them. Little Janet Varney appears very frequently on Paul F. Thompkins' podcast, Spontaneanation, as well as a few other comedy podcasts I listen to. She is very funny and an accomplished comedic improviser so I expect her riffing ability to be quite good.
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Mar 21, 2017 20:17
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Overwined posted:Little Janet Varney appears very frequently on Paul F. Thompkins' podcast, Spontaneanation, as well as a few other comedy podcasts I listen to. She is very funny and an accomplished comedic improviser so I expect her riffing ability to be quite good. Yeah, she's easily one of the best improvisers on Spont, imo. The riffs that she and Cole do are the only non-MST3K alum riffs that I enjoy. (She also does voice acting, she was Korra in The Legend of Korra)
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Breadallelogram posted:Are the people listed after Mary Jo good riffers? Don't think I know them. Janet and Cole are good. The other two are unfunny fat British idiots.
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Mar 21, 2017 21:39
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