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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Dec 24, 2007 4:02:51 GMT -5
I'm fine with any direction they go in as long as it's funny. Hopefully they don't go in the "Excessive Food Jokes" direction that Mike, Bill, and Kevin are going in. Oh, that guy's face looks like a plump meatloaf? Wait, you're telling me that his gut is shaped like a beef tenderloin? Let me get this straight, this joke is still not funny no matter how many times you repeat it in slightly different ways? Nah. I'm sure they'll find their own unfunny running gags. I think it's impossible not to come up with a few, no matter who you are. It happens.
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Post by Roz on Dec 24, 2007 7:07:07 GMT -5
I hope that's the case. Besides the movie, I just will never understand why "dirty humor" is funny. I loved the style of MST in the Joel years, the feeling was just being goofy and fun. Almost everybody could and still can enjoy them, and me and my family love to watch them together. That's what turned me off to some of Rifftrax and The Film Crew. It takes no talent to use cheap themes and shock. I just hope by "gentle riffing" Joel means gentle for all. I agree with all of this. You know, we're adults, so the riffers can actually go for subtle, and we'll get it. I also don't have any interest in gross-out movies or gross-out riffing. I hope that CT will eventually branch out into other types of movies, too. You know, films without things oozing or bleeding. You know, that's the most intelligent thing I have heard someone say as a follow up to "We're adults". You can go deeper then just fart jokes or genital jokes. Somehow people think that being an adult just give you a free pass to anything, and you should be thrilled! Meaning the lower the better, because you CAN! Anything else is kiddie humor, I guess. Though maturity is certainly a state of mind, isn't it?
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Post by Mod City on Dec 24, 2007 16:13:44 GMT -5
I agree with all of this. You know, we're adults, so the riffers can actually go for subtle, and we'll get it. I also don't have any interest in gross-out movies or gross-out riffing. I hope that CT will eventually branch out into other types of movies, too. You know, films without things oozing or bleeding. You know, that's the most intelligent thing I have heard someone say as a follow up to "We're adults". You can go deeper then just fart jokes or genital jokes. Somehow people think that being an adult just give you a free pass to anything, and you should be thrilled! Meaning the lower the better, because you CAN! Anything else is kiddie humor, I guess. Though maturity is certainly a state of mind, isn't it? Well, it's certainly a point of view, in any case. This thread is testament to that. I'm just saying I find it sad that a four-letter word or an adult reference not hidden under layers of overwrought innuendo is immediately blocked out by an entire audience because it makes their ears burn. Anything other than humor that's safe for your average church social is immediately labeled as going for a fart joke or going for the easy laugh. I disagree with that. This is part of the reason American television is so stale and puritanical. As an audience we're just oh so sensitive to everything these days. OK, now that that's all said, I'm guessing I'm going to enjoy CT regardless of the kind of humor they do. That includes the friendly, hand-holding humor that so many seem to enjoy. I should learn to use more smileys. I'm really not as much of a jerk as I sound
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Post by Mighty Jack on Dec 24, 2007 20:10:13 GMT -5
You don't sound like a jerk at all Mod and I agree
I'm not filth monger or anything but I do think a dirty or low brow joke can be funny and I think their can be a talent to using them, I get tired if there's too much of a reliance on them. Then it comes off like cheap or lazy work. I also think you can be clever with them as well, as with the "Onan" line in "Terror From ther Year 5000"
Movie wise I don't care if they go with PG-13 or R rated material, though I'd prefer the 50s style films along the lines of "Bride of the Gorilla", "The Invisible Invaders" or "The Hideous Sun Demon". All three would be perfectly riffable and they are fun to watch as well.
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Post by wilson on Dec 24, 2007 21:19:06 GMT -5
Ideally , they're a subject like any other . . no ? Part of the human experience. We , as a global organism , will have finally matured when topics can range from missing your bus to soiling your shorts // from the price of gas to a "nice rack" , without alarms going off.
Certain subjects will always have a smarmy , forbidden aura to them when we Keep them in the smarmy, forbidden basement !! ( behind Grampa's naughty magazines ).
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Dec 24, 2007 22:11:54 GMT -5
I'm not filth monger or anything but I do think a dirty or low brow joke can be funny and I think there can be a talent to using them; I get tired if there's too much of a reliance on them. Then it comes off like cheap or lazy work. I agree with this, too.
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Post by Roz on Dec 25, 2007 0:57:05 GMT -5
I'm not filth monger or anything but I do think a dirty or low brow joke can be funny and I think there can be a talent to using them; I get tired if there's too much of a reliance on them. Then it comes off like cheap or lazy work. I agree with this, too. Agreed!
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Post by ciredark on Dec 25, 2007 8:45:43 GMT -5
I'm just saying I find it sad that a four-letter word or an adult reference not hidden under layers of overwrought innuendo is immediately blocked out by an entire audience because it makes their ears burn. Anything other than humor that's safe for your average church social is immediately labeled as going for a fart joke or going for the easy laugh. I disagree with that. One Name: George flapjacksing* Carlin Enough said, God-Damnit. *flapjacksing wordfilter
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Dec 26, 2007 1:59:14 GMT -5
I'm not filth monger or anything but I do think a dirty or low brow joke can be funny and I think there can be a talent to using them; I get tired if there's too much of a reliance on them. Then it comes off like cheap or lazy work. I agree with this, too. Also agreed. Over-reliance on almost anything is cheap and often a sign of weakness, in my opinion.
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Post by Donna SadCat Lady on Dec 26, 2007 21:57:14 GMT -5
See, maybe that's why it's called salty language. Because it should be used sparingly, to enhance flavor...? That sounded better in my mind.
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Post by Hugh Beaumont on Dec 27, 2007 3:08:47 GMT -5
And it sounded pretty good on the internet, too.
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Post by wilson on Dec 27, 2007 4:35:22 GMT -5
What launched me into starting this in the 1st place was the couple of shots from the "Oozing Skull" trailer where we see plates of guts and/or brains , plus a scalpel slicing shot. That, plus the overall look of the film got me thinking "uh-oh , we're heading into raunchier areas perhaps" They're certainly less constrained now. The thread had become more focused on language & other R-rated matters on their own, and left out the impression I got of the Titans film choices veering that way. On one hand it looks to be a more classic MsT type choice , yet they may well casting a wider , looser net.
thoughts ?
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Post by Miss Interoceter on Dec 27, 2007 10:54:40 GMT -5
Honestly, it didn't look that much worse that The Brain that Wouldn't Die, except for the fact it's in color. The "skin" that wrinkled up when they tried to take a scalpel to it looked a lot more like a latex bald cap than skin. I was worried before watching the promo, now I'm thinking it's going to be really campy rather than gory. That said, these are NOT my types of movies, so I hope it's not an indication of the kind of films they'll be focusing on.
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Post by Roz on Dec 27, 2007 11:16:09 GMT -5
Yeah, I doubt it's, though we go on about a minuet, going to be more then, dare I compare, but only in content, not qaulity, a mid late sixties Hammer Horror film, silly gore and girls, who by the way, somehow lost a substantial part of their blouses.
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Post by GersonK on Dec 27, 2007 11:28:35 GMT -5
If the IMDB's parental warnings page is complete, www.imdb.com/title/tt0068313/parentalguide, it looks like the preview actual covers most of the nastiest bits, so it isn't that sleazy by their standards. It got a GP rating, which tracks to what, somewhere between a PG and PG-13 by modern standards?
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