MST3K and Beyond!

[BoB3K]

With all the new-age riffng in full force, I wonder what the MST3K fanbase has made of the world post-MST3K.

There are three sets of questions above. (Hopefully I've set up the poll correctly so that you can select 3 choices.) Each choice has 5 options. I've used percentages, but I think a fair translation would be:

0-20% = none, or next to none.
20-40% = some, not a lot
40-60% = some, about half
60-80% = quite a few, maybe not all but alot
80-100% = lots, even all


EDIT: Forgot about The ill-fated Film Crew. I would lump those in with RiffTrax.


(Note: The dashed lines are spacers. If you vote on them, you're not cool, you're a dork. It's up to you to decide if that is a deterrent or an incentive.)

[MonsterX]

Good poll, I’m interested to see what the results are going to look like.

[quinnmartin]

80%+ of riff viewing still comes from MST3K. I've bought every CT episode. The only Rifftrax I've bought is a few of the shorts, and I'll be buying the Shorts DVD, so probably 0-20% for that question.

[Mighty Jack]

Honestly I have''t watched much MST of late (aside from the Shout set) because I've seen them a thousand times over.

Most of what I've watched this year has been Rifftrax and the Titans, and I've purchased everything from both (and since they offered the rifftrax player I've been getting trax the day they release 'em).

[Queen Shadowrama]

The majority of my riffing still comes from MST3K, but that's also because I haven't seen all of the episodes so there's so much more for me to discover.

I've purchased every Cinematic Titanic that's been released. I love what they're doing and I'll buy ever single one.

I probably own about ten Rifftrax films, not including the shorts I've purchased. So I put myself in the 20-40% range for that, though that's probably being very generous. It's certainly not out of dislike for the product that I've purchased so few of them, it's just that they come out so fast that it's hard to keep up! I reauthor the discs too, so my turn around time to view a Rifftrax is very slow. But I love what they're doing just as much as CT so I will own all of them someday!

[Captain Hygiene]

I still watch a lot more MST than anything else, partly because I still haven't seen them all either.

I stopped keeping up with every Rifftrax release ages ago, so I just pick and choose from the better-reviewed movie commentaries occasionally. Shorts are an exception, I'm almost always on top of those.

CT is getting left behind now that they're releasing more, only because of cost. I love to pay small operations like CT more than big studios, but I just can't spend the money to keep up with all of them. I'm stuck at maybe half the releases, although I'll probably download the Christmas film soon.

[Skyroniter]

MST3K <20%
Rifftrax = 100% (including the Shorts DVD as a gift)
CT = 100%

Good poll. Time is tight so MST is mostly out of the loop for now. Unless money gets tight(er) I plan to keep up with both CT and Rifftrax.

[Creepy Girl]

I also have yet to see every available episode, so I still enjoy the majority of my riffing via good ol' MST3K.

[pablum]

80-100% of my Riff viewing still comes from MST3K (It's a sickness, I'll admit.)

I buy/watch 0-20% of RiffTrax's offerings (I've got my reasons, plus I got all the Film Crew DVDs so its not like I haven't given Mike a post-MST3K shot. Maybe I should pick up the shorts, but riffing on newer big budget stuff just isn't my thing. Especially if I don't already have the DVD.)

I buy/watch 80-100% of Cinematic Titanic's offrins (CT has worn a little thin on me given their choice of horrible movies three out of five times so far, but as long as they continue to make material along the lines of Wasp Woman and SCCTM, I'll be buying.)

[mrsphyllistorgo]

I've only seen two Rifftrax and no CT yet.

I'm sorry, this makes me a bad person, I know, but I just haven't gotten 'round to it. I plan to purchase some CTs with my birthday/Christmas loot, but until we update our computers Rifftrax has to wait until our techie friends come over again. Loved the Star Wars one to pieces.

Oh, that's just Anakin coming to whine and do nothing.

[callipygias]

I buy all the Rifftrax (excluding iriffs) and all the CT, but I can't re-watch any of them nearly as often as I do MST, so about 90% of what I watch is still MST.

[fanliorel]

It's kind of confusing. It starts off:

"X% of my Riff viewing still comes from MST3K"

but then it goes to:

I buy/watch X% of RiffTrax's offerings
I buy/watch X% of Cinematic Titanic's offerings

Those things are exclusive to each other. If I do a certain percentage within both the RT and CT categories, they are not relevant to my overall viewing of all riff formats. It's a percent of each individual format for the RT/CT, but it's a percentage of my overall riffing viewing in the MST3K category. I assume that's the way this poll is supposed to be, but I just wanted to point it out for someone who might be trying to force their numbers to add up to 100%.

Also, and more obviously, it's pretty easy to have a high percentage of CT and a low percentage of RT, even if that doesn't truly portray how you view them. For me, I've bought/watched 3 of CT's 6 available offerings (I'm including the live, since I paid to see it, and it will be released soon as well). That's 50%. Meanwhile I've seen 3/4 Film Crews, and probably twenty Rifftrax episodes. I don't know their exact catalog, but I'm guessing that puts me around 33% give or take. So even though I've seen almost 8x as many RT/FC episodes, my percentage is lower.

Also also, when I'm in a certain mood I love posting confusing posts with pointless points, just because I can.

[BoB3K]

Actually, none of the the numbers have to 'add up.' They're seperate but related questions. Although, if you answer 100% to the first one it strongly suggests that you're answers to the others would be 0%, because why would you be buying a bunch of CT and RT and not watching them.

On the other hand, as some have stated, they still do watch tons of MST3K, which would put their answers in the 80-100% choice, but they still buy and watch an occasional CT or RT, or even buy lots of them, but only watch them once as callipygias stated.


I do agree that it is relatively easy to own 80-100% of CT whereas only the die-hard RT fan has 80-100% of RT. It took a little time for RT to grow on me, but now I like it for what it is, but I still only have half of them at most. On the other hand CT has disappointed me so far and yet I own all of them up to SCCTM (which I'm not getting). [[BTW, I own all 4 Film Crews and I would highly recommend them to all MSTies.]]

[mrmeadows]

Mostly watch MST3K. I own all of CT's offerings, and think they have gotten better and better with each release. RT, on the other hand, I just can't get in to. I don't particularly care for the delivery system, but even then I think a lot of the charm is lost when riffing on big-budget Hollywood movies. While I think most of these movies are certainly bad in their own way, everyone has seen them or at least knows about them. Part of MST3K's (and CT's) appeal for me is the "discovery" aspect of watching some weird, almost other-worldly movie that they've dug up to riff on. In most cases, it's a movie you'd never watch in any other circumstance. And they somehow not only make it entertaining, but make you come back for repeat viewings! I've probably seen CATALINA CAPER more times than I've seen CADDYSHACK. . .and I love CADDYSHACK! To me, that's a good part of the beauty of MST3K/CT. This somewhat important aspect (for me) is missed with RT, with all respect to Mike, Kevin and Bill. It's different--and funny--but it's just not quite for me.

[mummifiedstalin]

I'm still primarily MST. I've watched most of Rifftrax, but I've rarely repeated any of them. (Lord of the Rings is an exception.) I'm of the camp that the true riff experience comes with a dose of bad movie. Hollywood productions, while fun, just don't offer the same vibe.

And there are so relatively few CT offerings that it can't really add into the percentage for me.

Besides, I'm one of those people for whom the host segments are something of a necessity. Recent stuff just doesn't offer me those warm comfy feelies.