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Our last thread was getting too long and the OP wasn't at all informative. So it's time for a new one. What is RiffTrax? RiffTrax are downloadable audio tracks that you play in sync with your DVDs. They are written and performed by Mike Nelson, former host and head writer of Mystery Science Theater 3000. What is RiffTrax Presents? RiffTrax Presents are like a regular rifftrax. The only thing missing is Mike. RiffTrax Presents features Matthew J. Elliot who while hasn't done a track with Mike, has done two on his own for RiffTrax Presents. What about these "Shorts"? What're those? Shorts are little bite size versions of Rifftrax. Usually spanning about ten or so minutes long, these are public domain videos that Mike and the gang have given the RiffTrax treatment. They only cost 99 cents and are already synched up! Wow! Why do they cost different amounts? There are different levels of RiffTrax pricing: RiffTrax starring Mike, Kevin and Bill are priced at $3.99. We also charge $3.99 for RiffTrax of longer-length films regardless of the number of people riffing them. RiffTrax of shorter length starring 2 people, such as Mike and a Guest Riffer, as well as solo Mike RiffTrax are priced at $2.99. And RiffTrax Classics, such as Plan 9 From Outer Space and Night of the Living Dead are priced at $1.99. Rifftrax for shorts may be as low as 99 cents. If you like RiffTrax, check these out! Cinematic Titanic - Joel Hodgson (the original host of Mystery Science Theater) is back in the riffing game. He's even brought a few of the original cast members including Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff and Mary Jo Pehl. Cinematic Titanic takes the silhouette feature from MST3k and stick with it. Occasionally the movie will slow to a stop for a sketch and then the movie will resume playing. There's a lot more interaction with the screen this time around with a lot of sight gags. http://cinematictitanic.com/wpmu/ The Film Crew - The closest you'll get to a new MST3k. Film Crew features Mike, Bill, and Kevin as they give B movies a commentary track for their boss, Bob Honcho. Each episode follows the formula of MST3k. Opening segment-movie-sketch-movie-closer. There are four DVD's out now. Important Sites http://www.rifftrax.com - Their site, duh. http://www.youtube.com/user/RiffTrax - You'll find samples and assorted other videos that they release here. http://www.rifftraxdiy.com - Take Youtube videos and give 'em the RiffTrax treatment! http://blog.rifftrax.com - Yup, a blog. But a blog written by the Rifftrax crew. Riffers Mike Nelson Kevin Murphy Bill Corbett Guest Riffers Lowtax Bridget Nelson Weird Al Yankovic Richard Cheese Chad Vader Neil Patrick Harris Fred Willard James Lileks Mary Jo Pehl Matthew J. Elliot Josh Fruhlinger "The Comics Crumudgeon" Cole Straton (?) Janet Varney (???) Available RiffTrax Available RiffTrax Presents Available RiffTrax On Demand Squallege fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Nov 18, 2008 |
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I just saw the Chamber of Secrets one last night, I can't recommend it enough
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Aug 19, 2008 20:01
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The Film Crew is actually a pre-Rifftrax venture and considering how much Rifftrax has taken off there won't be any more. It just took forever and a day to come out. They are available for free on Hulu.com. Although you have to have an account for Hollywood After Dark because it involves strippers and Rue McClanahan from Golden Girls as a stripper and she strips.
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Aug 19, 2008 20:01
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muscles like this? posted:Although you have to have an account for Hollywood After Dark because it involves strippers and Rue McClanahan from Golden Girls as a stripper and she strips. And it is throughly gross  If your new and looking to just wet your feet, some of the highly recommended ones have been: Transformers Spider-Man 300 Matrix Personally, I loved "I am Legend" and "Casino Royale" Savantegarde fucked around with this message at 21:29 on Aug 19, 2008 |
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Aug 19, 2008 20:16
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I've seen several of these and 'The Star Wars Holiday Special' is by far my favorite. It's beyond bad to begin with, but the RiffTrax crew finds hidden nooks and crannies of badness to drag, kicking and screaming, into the light.
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Aug 19, 2008 20:22
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Didn't Mike Nelson actually used to post on here?
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Aug 19, 2008 20:26
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On a related note I just heard the audio track that Brad Neely did for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I thought it was pretty darn funny and since I don't know if it's been mentioned around these here parts I thought I would mention it. He has only done one and it's free. http://www.creasedcomics.com/wpdr.php
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Aug 19, 2008 20:30
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How does a Rifftrax for Memento even work?
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Aug 19, 2008 20:47
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Niklas Kronwall posted:Didn't Mike Nelson actually used to post on here? Not outside of threads like this, I don't think.
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Aug 19, 2008 20:48
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The Harry Potter riffs are amazing. I cannot say how good those have been. Besides that: Star Wars Aeon Flux And I personally think the Batman and Robin one is good, largely because that movie is so terrible.
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Aug 19, 2008 20:57
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Rifftrax has been doing amazingly good work thus far, some of the best thus far being Transformers, Independence Day, Casino Royale, both Fantastic Fours, and Matrix Reloaded. The shorts are something I've yet to get around to, but I can't imagine them not being great as well.MajorB posted:How does a Rifftrax for Memento even work?
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Aug 19, 2008 21:01
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drat I love Rifftrax. I have a group of buddies come by every week, and we almost always end up watching one. I've bought almost everything available on rifftrax.com...I can't stop. Troll 2 is awesome, Matrix was great, and despite how much I hate Harry Potter those are some of the best riffs for some reason. Warning to those who start the addiction: think about how it's going to look walking up to the counter with Glitter, Crossroads, Top Gun, and Cocktail. I think I'd rather be seen buying Lemon Party DVDs.
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Aug 19, 2008 21:08
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Glitter's up there on my favorites list. That and Next. We need more Mike and lady riffs.
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Aug 19, 2008 21:17
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Let's not forget the comedy that is Chihuahua. Maybe their channel could/should be added the OP?
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Aug 19, 2008 21:19
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I actually own more of the shorts than anything else. I like that they come pre-synced and since they're shorter the jokes are usually tighter as well. I own all the shorts and while all of them are good here are my recommendations for best: "The Trouble with Women" kind of short at 6 minutes but utterly hilarious workplace short telling supervisors not to be so goddamn sexist. "Skipper Learns a Lesson" mainly for the subject matter of the short which is RACIST DOG. "Patriotism" Bob Crane talks to little kids about patriotism. Oh and just about everything is patriotic according to him. "Drugs Are Like That" two inane kids blathering on and on about what drugs are like. "One Got Fat" this is that classic short film about monkey bicycle safety. "The Terrible Truth" the harrowing tale of drug use that shows how a woman can go from kind of plain to smoking hot through a handy heroin addiction. "Act Your Age" Jim vandalizes a desk and gets a lesson from the world's creepiest principal.
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Aug 19, 2008 21:19
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I've been watching these on occasion and the best one by far is Roadhouse. Did not stop laughing.
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Aug 19, 2008 21:21
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muscles like this? posted:I actually own more of the shorts than anything else. I like that they come pre-synced and since they're shorter the jokes are usually tighter as well. Those are all good and also the Petaluma Chicken/Why doesn't Cathy eat breakfast? combo is excellent as well. The Petaluma Chicken in particular is just so absurd, I don't think it even needed a riff to be funny. It could have just been a track of them laughing because they have no idea what's going on and it still would have been pretty good.
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Aug 19, 2008 21:34
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muscles like this? posted:The Film Crew is actually a pre-Rifftrax venture and considering how much Rifftrax has taken off there won't be any more. It just took forever and a day to come out. The Film Crew's 1st DVD was released after Rifftrax were already available.
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Aug 19, 2008 21:36
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liquorhead posted:The Film Crew's 1st DVD was released after Rifftrax were already available. I think they had filmed all of them pre-rifftrax though. When Rifftrax first came out I remember they were having the vote to see which filmcrew would be the first to be released. I think barring some major shift in interest, film crew is pretty much done.
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Aug 19, 2008 21:44
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Roadhouse and The Island of Dr. Moreau have to be two of my favorites.
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liquorhead posted:The Film Crew's 1st DVD was released after Rifftrax were already available. Right, but they were all filmed well before Rifftrax even started. There were just some issues that kept them from coming out for a while. There was a message from one of the guys when the DVDs were first made available saying how you shouldn't get excited because they were all like 2 years old at the time and Mike and the gang had moved on. If I had to guess I'd say the whole Film Crew experience was what caused Mike to come up with Rifftrax. Its pretty much the same idea except without the live action story bits. Also Rifftrax neatly sidesteps any rights issues which have plagued every other riffing project.
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Aug 19, 2008 22:09
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Chai Hulud posted:Roadhouse and The Island of Dr. Moreau have to be two of my favorites. I've watched Roadhouse several times. Damned funny and a good way to get into Rifftrax. Frank (the Double Deuce owner upon hiring Dalton (Swayze)): "I'd thought you'd be bigger." Mike Nelson: "And I thought you'd be less flamingly gay." Mister Kingdom fucked around with this message at 22:25 on Aug 19, 2008 |
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Aug 19, 2008 22:21
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Roadhouse is a good one, but Top Gun and Reign of Fire are my favorites.
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Aug 19, 2008 22:34
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As I said in the last thread, I'd nominate the Rifftrax for The Matrix Reloaded and Transformers as the funniest I've seen, and I've seen 20-something of them.
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And it looks like Rifftrax is releasing its newest creation iRiff http://www.rifftrax.com/iriffs rifftrax posted:Just create and upload your humorous commentaries on anything, set your price, and we'll do the rest by hosting and distributing your content. You'll even get your very own product page to promote your iRiff. Best of all, you share in the sales of your iRiff! We will feature the best tracks on the RiffTrax home page and the funniest stuff will rise to the top based on our user comments and star rating system. I'm actually pretty excited about this. The "Batman and Robin" fan written rifftrax, I thought, was excellent, (but most others were just all pissy because their jokes weren't chosen for the script). Hopefully, some others are able to create some descent riffs and the whole idea doesn't get inundated with poo poo performers. Ninja Edit: It's coming in October
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Aug 19, 2008 23:39
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FYI: The Film Crew movies on Hulu: http://www.hulu.com/watch/25596/film-crew-hollywood-after-dark http://www.hulu.com/watch/28489/film-crew-giant-of-marathon http://www.hulu.com/watch/28487/film-crew-wild-women-of-wongo And the version of Star Wars Holiday Special they used for the RiffTrax: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=323909610753051544
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Aug 19, 2008 23:47
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Savantegarde posted:And it looks like Rifftrax is releasing its newest creation
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Graham Wellington posted:A cool idea that could either turn out great or unbelievably and deliciously awful. I imagine there's going to be a lot of lovely, lovely entries, but I figure as long as the rifftrax people are listening to the content and deciding only to host the stuff they like, we could get some decent stuff out of this. It's a pretty clever scheme, everyone wins. The fans making the tracks get to be internet famous, get to make a little money, and possibly get to meet Mike & Co. The rifftrax people get to sell content that they didn't have to spend any time or money producing. Good for them, I guess!
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willcrouch posted:The Harry Potter riffs are amazing. They pale in comparison to "Wizard people, dear reader"
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Rageaholic Monkey posted:As I said in the last thread, I'd nominate the Rifftrax for The Matrix Reloaded and Transformers as the funniest I've seen, and I've seen 20-something of them. I'll agree on this, and add Independence Day, the Fantastic Four movies and the Spider-Man movies as runners-up. The Star Wars prequels are great too, especially the third.
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I mean no disrespect to the RiffTrax creators or anything but do they have any free tracks for movies people have heard of? I mean, I could watch the Film Crew version of the 'Wild Women of Wongo' but that would require me to watch 'Wild Women of Wongo', which I'm not going to do. I'd much rather get a free RiffTrax-track of a movie I own to see if it's worth buying more in the future. If they don't have any free tracks at all, I think they are hurting their potential sales. For example, I would buy just about anything Brad Neely creates because of Wizard People, Dear Reader. If WP,DR cost money, I most likely would not have heard it or even heard of Brad Neely.
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Aug 20, 2008 00:39
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That's so great they got Dick Cheese to do a guest riff.
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Aug 20, 2008 00:40
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Gambl0r posted:I mean no disrespect to the RiffTrax creators or anything but do they have any free tracks for movies people have heard of? I mean, I could watch the Film Crew version of the 'Wild Women of Wongo' but that would require me to watch 'Wild Women of Wongo', which I'm not going to do.
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Savantegarde posted:And it looks like Rifftrax is releasing its newest creation I MUST do this.
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Aug 20, 2008 01:20
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Just got Matrix: Reloaded. Can't wait to hear it torn to shreds. God what a piece of poo poo.
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Aug 20, 2008 01:23
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LividLiquid posted:Just got Matrix: Reloaded. Can't wait to hear it torn to shreds. They've got to do Matrix: Revolutions. Please, please, please!
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Aug 20, 2008 01:26
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Mister Kingdom posted:They've got to do Matrix: Revolutions. Hands down, Star Wars Holiday Special is the best riff. You get the best of both worlds, because they riff on commercials as well as the lovely special itself- it felt the most like MST3K to me, aside from the shorts (which are also great, I'd recommend picking all of them up, they're too cheap not to).
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Aug 20, 2008 01:41
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Crap, they've released tons of riffs since I last bought from them! I got a Matrix, LotR and Star Wars riff downloaded but took ages to watch the Matrix one and never got around to watching the others because my DVDs are packed away...I'm going to have to check out the one for 300 and several others now...
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Aug 20, 2008 01:50
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Roadhouse and Troll 2 are by far the best ones. I made this poll a while back to rate various Rifftrax's up and down: http://www.yayboo.com/vote/Movies-TV/Best_Rifftrax
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While in general, I view iRiffs as a terrible idea (unless the RiffTrax payment system finds a way to penalize every stoned college freshman who decides to use his X-Box Live microphone to record a bunch of incoherent mumblings and fart noises over the audio track to 'Pulp Fiction'), I do think that a bunch of goons could probably cobble together scripts for some pretty funny riffs... especially if Lowtax and/or a few other highly-skilled goons were willing to lend their lovely speaking voices to the actual recording side of it. Whad'ya think? Personally, I'm itching to take on Hawk The Slayer (an absolutely terribly 80's sword and sorcery movie featuring Jack Palance and that guy who played Jack's dad on 'Lost') but I'd be willing to pitch in on just about anything, as long as it was properly cheesy to begin with (the original 'Troll,' perhaps?). 
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