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Post by Mighty Jack on Jul 22, 2010 2:18:21 GMT -5
I Wwas at www.mst3kinfo.com/ and it looks like this Travolta movie will be the next Rifftrax. VOD Friday July 30th. I'm very happy to read this, as a source of many a riff it's right up there with Joel tackling Gymkata as something I've longed to see done. Here's hoping it lives up to expectation.
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Post by Krissette on Jul 22, 2010 4:47:24 GMT -5
Oh man. I am *really* excited for this one. This will be a fun one!
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Post by Skyroniter on Jul 22, 2010 6:29:25 GMT -5
I like it when they throw in obscure stuff. Up your nose with a rubber hose!
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Post by callipygias on Jul 22, 2010 8:51:28 GMT -5
This should be a good one. Here's the interview where it was announced; the rare good interview. Interesting Rifftrax info.
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Post by Skyroniter on Jul 22, 2010 15:03:00 GMT -5
Very interesting article. Thanks for that link.
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Post by Bix Dugan on Jul 22, 2010 18:19:30 GMT -5
Paul Williams, short shorts, Plastic Bubbles...this should be good.
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Post by mrmeadows on Jul 22, 2010 23:57:54 GMT -5
Cool...I recently suggested in a different thread that this would have been a good "Made-for-TV" movie experiment back on MST3K.
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Post by callipygias on Jul 25, 2010 10:52:40 GMT -5
www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/boy-plastic-bubbleThe past decade has not been kind to John Travolta. It began with Battlefield Earth, and ended with the movies about the middle-aged guys on motorcycles (Wild Hogs), the middle-aged adoptive fathers (Old Dogs), the middle-aged guy who found valuable dancing shoes (Gold Clogs), the middle-aged children's book author who runs at a medium pace (Roald Jogs), and the middle-aged guys who flip milk caps in a meat storage locker (Cold Pogs). It may seem like Travolta has gotten a raw deal from movie-going audiences. Despite the fact that he hasn't had a hit in a long time, believes some crazy things about Thetans, and is starting to resemble the batty aunt you've never seen wear anything but a muumuu, you still feel like maybe the guys deserves a fairer shake than he's gotten. Then you revisit The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and remember that, no, he in fact doesn't. His shorts alone in the 1976 made for TV movie render him undeserving of our sympathy til the end of time. Travolta plays Todd Lubitch, a boy who was born without any immunities and cannot venture outside his sterile environment, lest he slip on a banana peel and end up on America's Funniest Home Videos. He observes the girl next door's every move through his binoculars, and she responds how all females would in this situation: be finding this cute and falling in love with him. Along the way, we meet up with supporting characters Mr. Brady, a hybrid of William Katt/Ian Ziering, and an unaging doctor. The whole thing is set to a theme by noted orangutan dresser-upper Paul Williams, who makes modern day singers like Bon Iver seem like raging barrels of pure testosterone. Mike, Kevin & Bill insist that you please leave them alone in their one room shack in the country, so they can riff The Boy in the Plastic Bubble to their hearts content.
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Post by Skyroniter on Jul 31, 2010 16:07:25 GMT -5
This is available now. Am Downloading to Burn and plan to watch this sucker tonight. Skipping Goblet for the time being. It will be the first time I haven't watched them in order of release.
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Post by Skyroniter on Jul 31, 2010 22:07:19 GMT -5
Anyone watch this tonight besides me? Very funny until 12 minutes left on the DVD. The movie started over at that point. VTS_01_5.VOB appears to actually be the first part of VTS_01_1.VOB. At least it was with my download. Same picture on both files.
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Post by mrmeadows on Aug 1, 2010 0:15:27 GMT -5
uh-oh....well, mine is burning now. I hope it doesn't have the same issue.
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Post by Skyroniter on Aug 1, 2010 0:20:26 GMT -5
It's probably something I did. Though I'm fairly familiar with the process. I've email support and they are looking into it.
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Post by Trumpy's Magic Snout on Aug 1, 2010 6:50:13 GMT -5
I think there were a few issues with the site when everyone tried to download this. I went with the VOD and it took five attempts as it kept finishing halfway through. There was something on the Rifftrax Twitter feed about taking the site down briefly not long after I finally got it.
Oh and I've watched it and it's very funny!
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Post by Skyroniter on Aug 1, 2010 12:53:21 GMT -5
I downloaded part 5 again this morning. Same problem.
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Post by ElectricPeterTork on Aug 1, 2010 22:47:54 GMT -5
I DLed mine to burn very soon after it was put up on the site last Friday, and I had no problems... meaning, my copy made it all the way through to the final credits.
Oh, and it was hilarious. Loved it.
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