Watching the one for 'Firewall'. CHRIST what a horrible movie; I had to stop it at 20 mins in b/c the actual flick they were ripping on was too horrible to watch.
― kingfish, Sunday, 3 May 2009 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
'Casablanca'. This oughta be interesting.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 28 May 2009 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
So...the latest mailout is about their riff on The Room and I'm all, 'Wait, what?'
Then I read this.
Then I saw this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCj8sPCWfUw
My world is changed.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 20 June 2009 03:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, The Room has been the viral beer/weed-fest staple for awhile now (I passed by the billboard every day on my way to work). This will finally get me to go see it.
Still, the best of these is Dangerous Men which HAS to be riffed on if there's ever a proper DVD release. Check out these:http://www.stomptokyo.com/movies/d/dangerous-men.htmlhttp://www.laweekly.com/2007-04-19/film-tv/born-to-be-rad/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JfeDPRJ9IM
― Carroll Shelby Downard (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 20 June 2009 06:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Watching the "Transformers" one now, which was actually kind of ho-hum until all the Autobots make their appear (and hour in!) and then:
"It's like the Village People meets Radio Shack!"
― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 28 June 2009 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
"Transformers!....Robots in Disguise....huh? Guys I hate to say this but I could use a pod race right about now, a montage of Stallone washing his truck, anything!"
― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 28 June 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
Watching "The Sixth Sense" one tonight. So far, kinda enhhhh
― Elvis Telecom, Sunday, 28 June 2009 08:14 (fourteen years ago) link
looking forward to Red Dawn
― happy to be asked to do anything these days (latebloomer), Sunday, 28 June 2009 08:18 (fourteen years ago) link
The Star Wars III one is awesome. So is the Crystal Skull. It's funny and something I never thought of before but maybe it's because they still capture that ol' cheesy b-movie magic that Lucas always said he wanted back in the original trilogies.
― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 28 June 2009 22:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I really feel for the people who had to watch Crystal Skull without Rifftrax, but it is an awesome experience w/the Rifftrax.
― Detroit Metal City (Nicole), Sunday, 28 June 2009 23:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha, I feel the same way about Twilight.
― baleen, the krill queen (Abbott), Monday, 29 June 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Batman & Robin rifftrax (which were supposedly fan-written online) has the jokes very few and far between and it makes the whole experience just slightly less painful than watching the movie without. I think there are a few points where maybe a full minute goes by without a single quip. It's a pity cos that movie is begging for it.
The first Lord of the Rings one is hilarious though. But these are really turning out to be hit or miss. Crystal Skull still my favorite.
― Adam Bruneau, Sunday, 5 July 2009 18:50 (fourteen years ago) link
OK, the one for the Star Trek reboot has been the best in awhile.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 4 December 2009 23:52 (fourteen years ago) link
"Oh Hai old Spock, welcome to San Francisco!"
"Marvel at the exotic set pieces of the Star Trek universe!""Filmed on location at a self-storarge complex that was shut down after the owner followed a female customer home."
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 4 December 2009 23:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Their recent spoof of a short on illiteracy ended up really depressing me. It was so sad that those kids couldn't read that even the lols of Mike & co. could not cheer me up.
― frozen cookie (Abbott), Monday, 24 May 2010 19:05 (fourteen years ago) link
I was also really sad when they used the word "beaner" in their "Drag Me To Hell" track.
― frozen cookie (Abbott), Monday, 24 May 2010 19:09 (fourteen years ago) link
They did? I wonder if Mike living in San Diego is starting to bring out a wronger side to things.
That all said, great interview with the three about the live Reefer Madness in a couple of days. A selection:
Beaks: Thinking about movies you're going to get to in the future, movies that are richly deserving of the RiffTrax treatment... have you seen THE LAST AIRBENDER?Murphy: I have. I was drooling in the theater as a matter of fact. I think it's going to be delightful fun for us. M. Night just can't make movies fast enough for me right now.Nelson: I'm hoping for THE HAPPENING 2, but I'm not keeping my hopes too high.Corbett: I'm thinking of bankrolling that one myself.Murphy: I'm thinking of going to the theater to see CHARLIE ST. CLOUD. It might also be perfect. It's the kind of movie that might appeal to our TWILIGHT audience.Beaks: Absolutely.Corbett: What is this?Murphy: It's Zac Efron, and he's moony and teary-eyed, and he's got a little brother who's a ghost. And he's got a teary-eyed girlfriend. It's all teary-eyed. And Zac just gets to moon at the camera with his giant bushy eyebrows. What else do you need?Corbett: Now you're talking!
Murphy: I have. I was drooling in the theater as a matter of fact. I think it's going to be delightful fun for us. M. Night just can't make movies fast enough for me right now.
Nelson: I'm hoping for THE HAPPENING 2, but I'm not keeping my hopes too high.
Corbett: I'm thinking of bankrolling that one myself.
Murphy: I'm thinking of going to the theater to see CHARLIE ST. CLOUD. It might also be perfect. It's the kind of movie that might appeal to our TWILIGHT audience.
Beaks: Absolutely.
Corbett: What is this?
Murphy: It's Zac Efron, and he's moony and teary-eyed, and he's got a little brother who's a ghost. And he's got a teary-eyed girlfriend. It's all teary-eyed. And Zac just gets to moon at the camera with his giant bushy eyebrows. What else do you need?
Corbett: Now you're talking!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 17 August 2010 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Classic
High School MusicalJawsThe Matrix TrilogyIndiana Jones & the Kingdom of the Crystal SkullDaredevilCloverfieldFantastic FourTwilight / New MoonLOTRJurassic ParkCrossroadsOver the TopTerminator 3AlienHarry Potter & the Chamber of SecretsHarry Potter & the Prisoner of AzkabanThe Dark KnightThe Wicker ManMissile to the MoonTroll 2Road HouseTransformersOcean's 11Drag Me to HellThe HappeningThe X-FilesThe Boy in the Plastic BubbleFast & Furious 2009The Day After TomorrowStar Trek VXxX
Dud
Pirates of the CarribeanIron ManAvatar Batman & RobinCocktailThe Island of Dr MoreauFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver SurferHarry Potter & the Sorcerer's StoneHarry Potter & the Goblet of FireFirewallPlan 9 from Outer SpaceMementoReefer MadnessParanormal ActivitySwing ParadeTransformers: Revenge of the FallenBattlefield EarthDragon WarsEragonClash of the Titans
(most of the rest fall somewhere inbetween)
― slb, Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
avatar was really, really weak.
will check out the indy one, though, hopefully it can redeem that POS
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I think the Twilight one is the funniest I've seen. And the shorts are almost always great!
― Flavors: Onions and other flavors (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Twilight is definitely the best so far
― glengarry glenn danzig (latebloomer), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 17:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Batman & Robin was so weak, and its kinda inexcusable because that movie deserves a massive riffing. There are so many stretches where they just don't talk and you're forced to watch this horrible film.
The Indy one is classic, so funny ive watched it multiple times, which i would've never done wo the riffs.
The LOTR ones are great, and I like the Harry Potter ones too. I think both Transformers ones were successful, and in fact, I kinda hope they do more Michael Bay movies.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:01 (thirteen years ago) link
LOL I basically wrote the exact same post a year ago.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 10 November 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link
A lot of bad things have come “from the mind of M. Night Shyamalan,” but we feel it’s safe to say that this one came straight from his colon. What is there to say about The Last Airbender that isn’t already said by its Rotten Tomatoes rating of 6%? A whole lot, as it turns out. It’s becoming apparent that the true genius of M. Night is finding a way to make the wrong creative decision at any given moment. Dialogue, casting, music cues, every choice in the film suggests that the once-acclaimed director has given up Alfred Hitchcock as his inspiration, and replaced him with a certain T. Wiseau. And, frankly, we couldn’t be happier. But, Mr. Shyamalan: we worked with Tommy Wiseau, we know Tommy Wiseau, and you, sir, are no Tommy Wiseau.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
The first time I saw Transfomers was with the Rifftrax riff...and I am so glad I had that because I don't think I would have made it through without them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H15TT8CKltM
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I am really psyched for the Last Airbender rifftrax, and I would otherwise never watch that movie.
― romoing my damn eyes (Nicole), Wednesday, 17 November 2010 01:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Watching X-Men 2 tonight...
"I just can't get over four simple words: 'John Stamos was here.'"
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 10:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, I couldn't even then...when my husband was watching these I kept going in and out of the room, compelled by the funny but repelled by the fucking pain of Transformers a movie.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 12:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Their Megan Fox riffs dulled a lot of the pain, tears into laughter etc
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 30 November 2010 14:53 (thirteen years ago) link
The rifftrax for the Last Airbender is hilarious HOWEVER this movie is so soul-destroyingly awful that the rifftrax can't make up for how horrible this movie is. And I say this as somebody who loves both Transformers rifftrax. This may be the worst movie I have ever seen in my life -- you have been warned.
― THX THO... (Nicole), Thursday, 9 December 2010 13:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Boy in the Plastic Bubble Rifftrax is great
― latebloomer, Thursday, 9 December 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
OMG I have to see that! I was briefly fascinated by that movie when I was little.
― one pretty obvious guy in the obvious (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 December 2010 17:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Twilight: Eclipse Rifftrax was excellent per usual. Twilight: Eclipse was more leaden and annoying than I remembered.
― literally the worst thing that ever happened on this planet (reddening), Friday, 10 December 2010 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://kat.ph/rifftrax-grey-s-anatomy-t4570433.html
Here's a previously hard-to-find but classic couple of Rifftrax
Mike Nelson & Bridget Jones's do the first two episodes of Grey's Anatomy.
The first one especially is great fun.
― Campari G&T, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:10 (twelve years ago) link
BTW in August they're doing another live in theaters event … MANOS.
http://rifftrax.tumblr.com/post/20014970615/rifftrax-live-manos-the-hands-of-fate
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
omgomgomg *pees on rug*
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
Hahah given the imminent Blu-Ray of the workprint, how appropriate.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
I wanna go now! Can we go now?
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
No, we have to wait until the Master returns.
― jpattzlovevampz 2 hours ago (Phil D.), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, so you take care of the place.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
can I just post this whole thing...
it makes me cry laughing every time...
So... so I told Gary that I was going on this vacation so he goes "well then I'm going hunting with Jeff next weekend." well that's when we were at Knives and then Lou sang 'Fernando' and then Gary oh he sings so good oh you should meet Jeff some time do you like Barry Manilow songs I know the farmers need rain but when it's damp like this my hair just explodes just ex-PAH-LO-des ooh ooh feeling kinda gassy McNuggets you know they make me so gassy all that grease and all it really helps if you drink eight-ten glasses of water a day did you know that sometimes I drink five sometimes I drink nine just to make up for the other three I didn't drink coffee and diet drinks don't count either you know this is pretty country isn't it you know it's really kind of a blessing in disguise that I didn't get accepted to college you know I'm going to have to revise my twenty-year plan but did I tell you about my 20-year plan okay well okay listen here in year one this is the year when I'm going to take off those extra seven pounds you know that's equal to seven pounds of butter haha so it's like I'm wearing seven pounds of butter ha and well uh oh where was I oh oh yeah so my aunt and uncle here they did celebrate their twentieth anniversary and my uncle wanted to sing 'Sunset Sunrise' and he wanted *me* to sing it and I haven't sung that since Cindy's wedding and well she never thanked me for that... well she's really busy and all.
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:24 (twelve years ago) link
Hahahah. I love the silent counterpoint to that while Tom is going off -- Crow and Joel looking awkwardly around trying to ignore it and then Joel twirls his finger in the 'cuckoo!' gesture.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
yes!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:26 (twelve years ago) link
So many endlessly great lines in the original riff!
"Look, can we drop off Tim Weisberg now?"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
He's got Earl Campbell thighs
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
Arise my wives...and iron my work shirt!
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
"Arise my wives...and hear the will of Manos!"
*pause*
*gabbling*
"What was I THINKING?"
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 2 April 2012 22:29 (twelve years ago) link
hahahah
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 2 April 2012 22:31 (twelve years ago) link
The new pope has not been chosen.
And holy hell, Mike mentioning wanting to do a Neil Breen film! That would be gold. For the unknowing:
Neil Breen, filmmaker
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 11 January 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
i'm surprised they havent already!
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 11 January 2017 20:15 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 March 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
This could be good.
https://www.fathomevents.com/events/rifftrax-live-doctor-who
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 27 March 2017 22:03 (seven years ago) link
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.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 8 January 2018 21:41 (six years ago) link
"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
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 20 February 2018 21:46 (six years ago) link