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Post by callipygias on Jan 21, 2009 16:43:00 GMT -5
I'm with you, I also don't give a rip about who wrote what riff. I'm a little more on the "show me boobs" side than you, but I don't have my own so that makes sense. Frankenstein may be my favorite so far. ...and i think this one had maybe the funniest break in the film, when trace tried to vocalize his thoughts on frankenstein. It was hilarious. Hands down my favorite film break/stop/whatever.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Jan 22, 2009 1:08:20 GMT -5
It’s really not a big deal who wrote what, it just gives me something to write about. Lol – I should put a disclaimer on my website about personifying the riffs (if you said it, I’m associating it with the quipster) Edit: Sol in regard to gaps in riffing. Speaking for my own review, It's merely a tool, a way of measuring the differences in episodes. Your right in saying that there will always be gaps in every show (in truth for me it's not so much gaps in riffing, it's long stretches where I'm not laughing), but there are times when it's more noticeable than others. For example I watched Doomsday a while back, compared to Frankenstein I got more bang for my buck with Dooms. I laughed more, there were fewer gaps.
It's not that I dislike Frankenstein, but in writing these things I have to find some way to express why I liked this more than the other. Noting longer than usual dry spells is one of several tools I employ. Anyhoo, I had a Question, was anyone else anticipating an Eegah reference? Evey time they were in the cave, lines from that episode would intrude in my skull.
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Post by Hellcat on Jan 22, 2009 1:33:54 GMT -5
I was hoping for an Eegah reference, and I was a little disappointed when it didn't happen. I even said "Eegah!" out loud during the first scene of Ook in the cave. It seemed like a perfect setup. But maybe the Titans thought it was too obvious?
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Post by dangfish on Jan 22, 2009 17:05:23 GMT -5
I was a little underwhelmed by this one. Yeah, I was feeling underwhelmed myself. I thought that I might have set my expectations too high since I like the movie so much, so I'm kind of relieved to see that others feel the same way. Count me among the underwelmed. In fact, this one was my least favorite so far. The only one I've been all that impressed with is the Santa Claus remake.
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Post by Chuck on Jan 23, 2009 22:05:17 GMT -5
I just wish y'all could have seen them do this live.
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Post by Crowfan on Jan 25, 2009 10:24:31 GMT -5
I was hoping for an Eegah reference, and I was a little disappointed when it didn't happen. I even said "Eegah!" out loud during the first scene of Ook in the cave. It seemed like a perfect setup. But maybe the Titans thought it was too obvious? Like you, I was thinking an Eegah ref as well. But then I got to thinking that some feedback from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians was negative because it had already gotten the MST treatment, and maybe the Titans just didn't want to go there. I'm just thinking off the top of my head here.
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Post by krokodyle on Jan 26, 2009 17:52:54 GMT -5
I was waiting for an Eegah reference, too.
Perhaps they could have done something indirect:
As Ook: "You think this bad? You should see neighbor's place...it filled with stinky relatives and bad paintings..."
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"Watch out for....oh, nevermind..."
But to be honest, for the most part I was unimpressed with this one. Perhaps it was because I was a little tired when I watched it, but I didn't feel FCoF was their best work...maybe even their weakest one. I dunno...some of the riffs were really good, but I came away thinking the script may have needed another re-write...but I'll have to watch it again and see.
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Post by quinnmartin on Jan 26, 2009 18:33:41 GMT -5
I was hoping for an Eegah reference, and I was a little disappointed when it didn't happen. I even said "Eegah!" out loud during the first scene of Ook in the cave. It seemed like a perfect setup. But maybe the Titans thought it was too obvious? Like you, I was thinking an Eegah ref as well. But then I got to thinking that some feedback from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians was negative because it had already gotten the MST treatment, and maybe the Titans just didn't want to go there. I'm just thinking off the top of my head here. Could be. But I thought Trace dropped a Posture Pals reference during the grave robbing scene.
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Post by Crowfan on Jan 26, 2009 18:39:04 GMT -5
He did. I missed that in the first viewing.
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Post by BEERxTaco on Feb 3, 2009 15:42:44 GMT -5
I liked this one a lot. They seem to be steadily improving.
Immediately after watching it I put on #405 Being From Another Planet, and I think I've finally figured out what seems so different to me. They don't seem to do nearly as much "dialogue riffing" as they used to. By this I mean responding to the dialogue in the film with their own riffy substitute dialogue, like adding to the film script. They still do it, sure, but not as much it seems, or maybe it's just me. #405 was loaded with some great dialogue riffs. The observational stuff isn't as funny to me.
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Post by dangfish on Feb 3, 2009 17:11:30 GMT -5
#405 was loaded with some great dialogue riffs. The observational stuff isn't as funny to me. I feel the same way. The dialogue riffs have always been my absolute hands-down favorites and neither CT nor Rifftax ever seem to have enough of them to suit me. Of course, I imagine I was spoiled by MST.
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Post by crowschmo on Feb 3, 2009 19:12:15 GMT -5
It would probably take too much time, but it might be funny if they put out two versions of the same movie on the same release : one the regular way they're doing it, and the other, with the sound of the movie completely off and just do a whole one with their own dialogue.
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Post by wedestroymyths on Feb 3, 2009 22:42:32 GMT -5
I finally finished watching this installment earlier this week (my busy, busy graduate school semester with First Year Exams and Intro to Graduate Studies (aka, research till your eyes fall out)) has kept me from watching TV in more than 20/30 minute chunks (it takes me an entire evening to watch an episode of Star Trek in the kitchen while cooking, washing dishes, cleaning and packing my lunch for the next day--I just wanted to give context on why I had to spread this out so much).
So anyway -- I was very pleased. When I watch MST and the like in installments, I tend to lose track of the jokes, but every night when I watched a bit of this before bed, I laughed out loud at least a couple of times.
I look forward to watching this one straight through, but as of now, I'd put it in my top 3.
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Post by dangfish on Feb 3, 2009 22:44:52 GMT -5
It would probably take too much time, but it might be funny if they put out two versions of the same movie on the same release : one the regular way they're doing it, and the other, with the sound of the movie completely off and just do a whole one with their own dialogue. Didn't Woody Allen do that with an old japanese movie called 'What's up Tiger Lilley?' And what was the name of that show that showed the Japanese game show (or whatever it was) and dubbed in their own dialogue (I think they did, can't really remember the details....).
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Post by strangefate on Feb 4, 2009 4:27:26 GMT -5
They don't seem to do nearly as much "dialogue riffing" as they used to. By this I mean responding to the dialogue in the film with their own riffy substitute dialogue, like adding to the film script. They still do it, sure, but not as much it seems, or maybe it's just me. #405 was loaded with some great dialogue riffs. The observational stuff isn't as funny to me.
I’ve noticed that myself. MST3K did a lot ad-lib style riffing, especially during the Sci-Fi years, and I think that’s the reason the in-theater segments from those seasons are my favorite. Just watch, say, Puma Man (the most recent MST3K episodes I’ve seen) and you’ll notice a huge number of the riffs are based around ad-libbing dialogue.
So I'm wondering if maybe it wasn't Mike and Kevin who wrote a lot of that kind of material? (Or even Paul...who isn't involved in either of the new projects). I’ve always figured Joel and Trace tend more towards pop culture references and the like.
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