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Post by starschwar on Oct 28, 2016 19:54:28 GMT -5
No topic on this one yet?
Good show. Even with riffing, that was a rough watch. I understand it's something of a horror classic, but... I'm really not sure why. Clever twist, but not much is done with it. There's some okay spooky shots in there, I guess. What an empty movie. Could make for a mind-numbing marathon with the likes of the Coleman Francis trilogy and Starfighters. The opening shorts were the real highlight. They made another short about grass masks?! How? Why? Why?!
Favorite riff of the evening: "You wanna know how I got these scars?"
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Post by Torgo on Oct 28, 2016 21:44:41 GMT -5
Ultimately it was a spotty show. There were some high points and very dry points. Same with the shorts: the witch one was good, the mask one not so much as there seemed to be too many openings without a riff.
Not a fan of the movie, but was disappointed that they used the colorized version (which looked hideous on a large screen). I thought they weren't working with Legend anymore? Why did they use this print?
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Post by mrsphyllistorgo on Oct 29, 2016 0:53:34 GMT -5
I wondered that too! They've riffed this before and used the colorized print, so I guess that's why. The movie is much, much better in black and white.
I thought this one was quite good! Not the gutbuster that Manos or Birdemic were but a good solid entry. My favorite laugh: Bill's "Dead guy, we can see you" in the doctor's office, because he said it right when every person watching the movie would be muttering that exact thing.
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Post by majorjoe23 on Oct 29, 2016 7:34:04 GMT -5
I would guess that a younger audience will respond better to a color film than a b&w one. I'm drawing a blank, but haven't all of the RiffTrax Live events been in color?
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Post by Torgo on Oct 29, 2016 7:49:42 GMT -5
I would guess that a younger audience will respond better to a color film than a b&w one. I'm drawing a blank, but haven't all of the RiffTrax Live events been in color? Night of the Living Dead was in its original black and white. |
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Post by travis on Nov 3, 2016 5:40:59 GMT -5
I enjoyed the show overall, but I hate hate HATE the RiffTrax theme song. It makes me cringe every time. Couldn't Mike, Bill & Kevin have come up with something better?!
I'm sure the film would have been much more atmospheric in b&w, colorized versions always look grotesque and UN-natural IMO. It was the first time I've seen CARNIVAL OF SOULS, and despite dragging in some spots, was quite riffable.
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