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Post by Frameous on Jun 28, 2016 21:59:02 GMT -5
Great show, lots of laughs. Warmed my shriveled, black heart to see them all together again. The Wives, Kay, and Shake Hands with Danger stretch was the best for me.
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Post by crowschmo on Jun 28, 2016 22:09:09 GMT -5
So... how, exactly, did that guy wind up bleeding profusely after hitting the thing with the sledgehammer? They had a sniper. Tonight was fun. I, too, wished the selections had been better though, but they did good with what they had. I love these people.
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Post by Torgo on Jun 28, 2016 22:30:22 GMT -5
I had no real problems with the selection other than two re-riffed shorts. That and Joel and Jonah's barber short just didn't have the wacky pizazz as the others.
I was wondering what they would have chosen for the big group riff, but when they started rumbling about Superman I knew it had to be Stamp Day for Superman. Who better for a huge reunion riff than Superman? (loved the Batman v Superman "Martha" jab). That said, when they went for the encore with the Grass short they topped Superman easily. There is no way they wouldn't hit a home run with that classic.
Huge step up from the lackluster Time Chasers. Top prize probably goes to More Dates for Kay, though The Talking Car and At Your Fingertips: Grass were no slouch either. I also greatly enjoyed Mary Jo and Bridget's, though the name escapes me. Frank and Trace really knocked one out of the park too.
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Post by Skyroniter on Jun 28, 2016 22:31:43 GMT -5
Superman was the only short that didn't have me in stitches. The rest rocked. Clips from ten years of RiffTrax were great. My theater was decently full of appreciative fans. Sound was perfect and no technical glitches. My son and I loved it. Couldn't ask for much more.
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Post by satmorning91 on Jun 28, 2016 23:09:06 GMT -5
was at rockaway mall in nj for it and the feed went down and never came back. had to get a refund.
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Post by SoCalChevy on Jun 28, 2016 23:30:25 GMT -5
I wasn't able to make this but definately want to buy it digitally. It sounds like it went pretty well! So who was teamed up with who? Did anyone riff together who didn't riff together on the show?
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Post by starschwar on Jun 28, 2016 23:40:29 GMT -5
I wasn't able to make this but definately want to buy it digitally. It sounds like it went pretty well! So who was teamed up with who? Did anyone riff together who didn't riff together on the show? We had two (non-consecutive) shorts by Mike, Kevin and Bill. One by Mary Jo and Bridget. One by Frank and Trace. One by Joel and Jonah. And finally two with everyone together.
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Post by Torgo on Jun 28, 2016 23:49:46 GMT -5
I wasn't able to make this but definately want to buy it digitally. It sounds like it went pretty well! So who was teamed up with who? Did anyone riff together who didn't riff together on the show? It started with Mike, Kevin, and Bill riffing a weird street safety short called The Talking Car. Then Bridget and Mary Jo took the stage for a goofy short on housewives. Trace and Frank followed with More Dates for Kay, think of it as a more nympho take on What to Do on a Date? Mike, Kevin, and Bill entered the ring again for a re-riff of Shake Hands with Danger. They then introduced Joel and Jonah who took on a dated and oddly sexist short about barbers. Mike, Kevin, and Bill then showed a few minutes of clips from the last ten years of Rifftrax. Then all nine riffers got up on stage to riff Stamp Day for Superman. When it was over they encored with a fully loaded re-riff of At Your Fingertips: Grass. And finé. There wasn't much about MST other than a very limited amount of memories from behind the scenes (mostly Joel's story of the answering machine), and Jonah pandered to the crowd a few times by using riffs from MST the Movie (but he's trying to get the fans to like him, so I didn't mind). But the entire production was meant to be a Rifftrax celebration, so the concentration was primarily on Rifftrax.
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Post by Triple_sSs on Jun 28, 2016 23:59:52 GMT -5
This was a thing of beauty. I was laughing constantly throughout all the shorts and it was so great seeing everyone together riffing up a storm. Absolutely loved it! Such a great time to be a MSTie.
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Jun 29, 2016 0:46:40 GMT -5
I foolishly figured that there'd be at least one seat available at the Regal Commerce, but it was SOLD OUT. And Fandango says the encore is also SOLD OUT.
AAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
So, on July 12th, should I buy a ticket for ID4 and sneak in, wait for the DVD to come out, or drive 90 minutes through crazy NJ traffic to Hazlet, where the only other theater in the state that's running it is located? YES. Lord, y'all, it ain't Rifftrax unless I laugh-cry all my eye makeup off, and my face is as nude as the day I was born! The new guy fits in perfectly, everybody clearly is having a ball, and my one goal in life is to write Bridget a one woman show because her squealy enthusiasm could power the world. I can't wait for the replay! ETA: Oh my God, kmorgan, that sucks AND blows! Please go to the repeat broadcast! That's right men; so when you see a woman on the street, let out a piercing whistle and command her to smile!
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Post by Crowfan on Jun 29, 2016 6:24:02 GMT -5
The show was simply great!!! My sides still hurt from laughing so hard, and it was good to see everyone onstage together riffing some really bad shorts. OUr theater was really packed, I'd have to say best crowd I've ever seen(and I've been to every live show, except Anaconda, when I had to do the rebroadcast). Getting there a half hour early my friend and I are usually the first ones there, and this time there were already 15 people there. Everybody had a great time and we were all laughing.
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Post by kmorgan on Jun 29, 2016 6:38:11 GMT -5
I tried again to get a ticket to the encore, and this time it worked. So, in a couple of weeks, I'll be able to read what everyone else has posted about the show.
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Post by Troy's Dad on Jun 29, 2016 10:27:12 GMT -5
Caught the show at the Showplace ICON in Chicago, the stadium seating portion was 100% full and the seats up by the screen were 3/4 full. So... 95% full theater?
Some doofus at the theater left on some second projector so we saw Windows shutting down during the intro and then a mouse pointer was projected on top of the show. Somebody finally complained (I'm always the first to leave the theater to complain to management, but for this show I was dead center in a packed house so leaving was difficult). Thankfully, they fixed it but only after turning off the second projector with the mouse pointer AND rebooting the Fathom feed. So we missed the introductions of the cast. Thankfully, we did not miss any riffing.
The usual Rifftrax trio were great, as usual, even if the first short was kind of one note in its craziness. I did love the badly paced diologue, with several shots of cars and the kid just staring in silence.
MJ and Bridget were excellent! I just recently got into their Rifftrax shorts, thanks to their Christmas special, and I love their chemistry. It's a bit more loose and giggly and chatty, feeling a lot less scripted even though it largely is. It helps that it's women covering shorts about women, something the guys on Rifftrax and MST3K could never quite nail due to being the opposite gender.
Frank and Trace were probably the highlight of the night, if only because I have never seen The Mads do their thing outside of the Cinematic Titanic stuff and because the short itself was awesome – both in creepy quality and the riffs themselves. I will have to catch The Mads when they roll through my part of the country again.
Joel and Jonah were not the strongest part of the night, if only because the short was kind of repetitive with the gags. But this was made up for because this was Joel on Rifftrax AND Jonah's first riffing. Jonah did a good job, I'm glad he does goofy voices and I thought his normal voice stands out from Joel and Mike's deliveries.
I wasn't bothered by the returning shorts, as I had never seen Shake Hands With Danger and missed out on seeing the Reefer Madness show, so both were highlights for me. The Superman short was alright, but the grass short was the perfect way to end the evening! Everybody got a chance to shine between the two shorts and it was all-in-all a great show! Can't wait for the blu-ray.
My only complaint: Mike didn't join Joel and Jonah for a short. I get that Joel and Jonah were repping the MST3K revival (just as The Mads and MJ & Bridget were repping their own projects), but why oh why did they miss the chance to get all three MST3K hosts together? Maybe they are holding off for the new season's final episode? I can only hope.
Stray thoughts: • Needed more reflections on the show, as mentioned • I wish we had some MST3K footage or a cameo from the bots • However, I totally get that this was just as much a Rifftrax 10th anniversary special as it was a MST3K reunion, so I totally enjoyed the montage • Frank clearly wanted to break that PG-13 rule • I've learned that there is this loud cackling woman that goes to every show I end up going to (aside from Time Chasers, as that was the repeat that I caught). I hate her. She bellow laughs and cackles at every joke, even ones that don't make sense or are flubbed, and she has a coughing fit when she laughs too hard. She also likes to interject with her own commentary from time to time (the cars short had her saying "What..!? WHAT!?" every time the cars spoke). Did I mention I hate this woman?
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Post by Cerrita on Jun 29, 2016 11:15:55 GMT -5
The show was amazing. I'm going to the encore just to see it again. <3
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Post by brandonakaxerxes on Jun 29, 2016 11:59:29 GMT -5
By the way, a higher quality video of the conference is now up: I love the fact that it's on the current incarnation of TV 23. Who'd have ever thought they'd do an MST3K reunion THERE?
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