The Rifftrax thread

The new pope has not been chosen.

Still remember a slew of friends absolutely dying at this one first time I made 'em see it (including our own Elvis Telecom):

http://initforthekills.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/manos_painting.jpg

"It's a Frank Frazetta of Frank Zappa."

Taken from this clearly superior essay:

http://initforthekills.com/2011/09/27/who-would-win-the-master-manos-the-hands-of-fate-vs-lord-summerisle-the-wicker-man/

I had to put my glass of water down just now

it KILLS me

"You can have the top up or a birthday present. It's your choice, honey."

As noted above, MANOS is almost here

http://boingboing.net/2012/08/13/michael-j-nelson-interview.html

The only live Rifftrax video I've seen was Jack the Giant Killer, and I was surprised how well it worked (which doesn't come across in the badly selected sample clips). Thought this was right up there with the very best of the MST3K sword & sorcery movies such as Jack Frost. One of my all-time favourite Rifftrax.

yeah that was fun. Bummed that I ended up missing Manos

It was a blast. They're doing Birdemic live this week!

I'm watching the Dark Knight one, and there's a scene where Bruce Wayne is analyzing the bullets with a computer, and they say "Try AUTOEXEC.BAT!" I LOL'd.

Hi, does anyone have an idea how to fix this problem: Few years back I downloading pretty much all of the rifftrax movies using bittorent, (salving my conscience by purchasing all the B-movies and 'shorts' from their site as well). These were all saved onto a hard-drive in the flat I was renting at the time.

But due to unforeseen circumstances I was dragged away at short notice to begin working on an urgent reconstruction job. Took longer than anticipated but all turned out well in the end. Except for one thing - my treasured hard-drive was nowhere to be found. No problem- I'll just download them again - but apparently not, at least for Virgin users. This was one of my most cherished possessions - I could handle losing an mp3 collection that I could gradually rebuild, but my rifftrax collection seems irretrievable!

Is there any conceivable way I could retrieve these? (I can still access some sites that claim to have them, but they aren't the type which inspire confidence)

After looking for weeks, and only half a day after posting the above, I seem to have finally found one that has zero pop-ups, including those worrying pop up boxes that ask you to click ok without it being clear what exactly you're about to click - this one's just direct download of any or all the entire collection. Couldn't be happier (at least till I find out tomorrow my pc's infested with malware)

Hi, Bob Executive. Which way is business?

Finally been delving into a lot of these when it comes to the random/trashy movies they've been doing that you can just buy the full package for -- suits me! When it comes to recent efforts, Superargo and the Faceless Giants was definitely amazing in a 60s/spy/superhero combination, and Ruby was some 70s exploitation pain.

bunch of these on amazon prime....the Chuck Norris CB radio/trucker fad vehicle "Breaker Breaker" is really great

Yeah Hulu's got a slew as well. I like kicking them the cash directly but it's nice to have some fallbacks too.

Apropos: http://www.avclub.com/article/exclusive-rifftrax-takes-another-hitchcock-clone-d-248249

“One of the things that delights us from the James Ngyuen canon of films, is that all of his characters are Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who are dumb as rocks and deal with very round numbers,” explains Corbett. “The main actress in this one is a super-genius scientist who built a clone in a few months, but she seems more like a waitress at Chili’s.” Nelson adds, “She mentions to our hero that she started up the company several months before and they just finished their first clone. Good lord, that is rampant progress. They clone a human being two months after starting their cloning company. They got a little VC capital and went right to work.”

I appreciate this:

So why do filmmakers like Ngyuen and Wiseau let the RiffTrax guys have their way with their art? People like getting their names out there,” explains Murphy, “especially if they’re not the best filmmakers in the world. There is no such thing as bad press.” “It’s all in good fun, and there’s an enlightened self-interest at work,” adds Corbett. “Not to be too crass, but the enlightened self-interest does sometimes come in the form of money.”

And holy hell, Mike mentioning wanting to do a Neil Breen film! That would be gold. For the unknowing:

Neil Breen, filmmaker

i'm surprised they havent already!

Quick note that their Kickstarter for live shows this year wraps up in a few hours:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-live-17-samurai-cop-beach-party-and-myste

Even if you kick in only a dollar, you get ten shorts plus a couple of standalone riffs soon to come, so there's that.

This could be good.

https://www.fathomevents.com/events/rifftrax-live-doctor-who

Just posted on their Drip feed by one of the key behind-the-scenes staffers:

Hello everyone, Conor here. We recorded a new RiffTrax last week, and it's one of my favorites in a long time. An utterly ridiculous movie starring Mario Lopez called The Journey: Absolution. There is a lot to say about it, and we will have more for you soon, but one of the first things that stands out is that The Journey: Absolution is quite possibly the most shirtless movie we've done since Top Gun. Since a healthy portion of this shirtlessness takes place in a military locker room, this does not go unacknowledged by us throughout the riffing.

"It's an Eric H. fantasy!" < / Servo >

Live riffs for the years -- Space Mutiny gets a revisit, then...Krull. I can't wait for THAT one.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-live-2018-space-mutiny-and-krull