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Post by Shark on Apr 9, 2017 19:46:11 GMT -5
Let's talk about the second episode!
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Post by gerswin on Apr 11, 2017 13:29:19 GMT -5
So what was the deal with the cameo host segment? 6 million bucks and they couldn't rebuild the Widowmaker? I guess it would have only been for a single scene. Bobo's costume also looked pretty strange (mostly his face). And it seemed weird that nothing was explained in terms of why they're all together again. I also wonder why they weren't on set.
Overall this felt strange and forced.
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Post by PeteF3 on Apr 11, 2017 13:36:29 GMT -5
Spoiler-y discussion for later episodes: Apparently there are in fact multiple appearances for the Sci-Fi Mads crew--which would make sense considering how condensed all the filming was. So maybe there's more to the story. Also, Felicia implied in an interview with i09 that we will find out the identity of her mother.
Back to 1102: the stuff about things generally moving too fast still seem to apply, both from a riff and a sketch standpoint. But man, I have to put the last act of this movie up against any act in the history of the show. It was late and I was tired and I was still guffawing throughout. It helps that this movie is actually less competent than 1101 or even than the similarly-themed Pod People, which provides a lot of great material. "Baked Morgan, anyone?" was probably my favorite riff, or my favorite that stands out now.
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Post by gerswin on Apr 11, 2017 13:40:15 GMT -5
I thought the "liquid technology" bubbles during the mads opening segment was an interesting (albeit obvious) way to allow them not to have to do the entire scene in one take.
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Post by Troy's Dad on Apr 11, 2017 13:41:11 GMT -5
I'm only halfway through this one, but I will say that it is already a contender for favorite. I was a big fan of Boggy Creek 2, so I love a return to the Bigfoot genre. The callbacks to The Final Sacrifice (my favorite episode) and the MST3K Movie were fun, and I'm looking forward to the cameos given I prefer the Sci-Fi era. I'd also argue that this is the 200th when counting the MST3K Movie, but I get that they count episodes only.
Oh, also my name is in the credits.
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Post by Diet Kolos on Apr 11, 2017 13:41:23 GMT -5
I thought the "liquid technology" bubbles during the mads opening segment was an interesting (albeit obvious) way to allow them not to have to do the entire scene in one take. I thought it was distracting, and not really in the spirit of the show.
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Post by gerswin on Apr 11, 2017 13:44:04 GMT -5
I thought the "liquid technology" bubbles during the mads opening segment was an interesting (albeit obvious) way to allow them not to have to do the entire scene in one take. I thought it was distracting, and not really in the spirit of the show. Agreed. I was trying not to be too negative, haha. I guess they have to cut corners somewhere to maintain quality when they're on a limited schedule for shooting.
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Post by said43 on Apr 11, 2017 13:47:12 GMT -5
I thought this was better than 1101. The movie had a lot of good material for riffing. I enjoyed the cameo, and it made sense to me that they're still together (where else are they going to go?)
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Post by Diet Kolos on Apr 11, 2017 13:47:52 GMT -5
As I've said elsewhere, the riffing has relaxed, which is nice.
But the host segments are still going by way too quickly.
The example here being the woodland animals sketch. They start in the middle of the action, 30 seconds go by, Jonah begins to say something, "You know..." and then the sketch ends.
And there was another sketch like that in the first episode. The regeneration sketch. No set up, and no finish. And barely any real dialogue actually in the sketch. It's hard to get to know these characters and know whether or not I like them or what their defining traits are, if the host segments are only a minute long.
I'm sensing a general directive of "Don't take any chance that anyone might ever get bored!" When it comes to pacing these episodes. The movies themselves are cut and edited to ribbons. It seems like they're afraid that ADD millennials will see a brief lull in action on the screen or in a host segment and immediately get turned off.
Which is a shame, because the show never gets a chance to breathe, and neither do the movies. Everything is so fast-paced it's over before it begins. Hopefully more towards the end of the season they begin to relax and let their episodes stand on their own without having everything so highly edited down to a nub.
As it is, it comes off as too self-conscious. And goes against the mantra of "the right people will get it."
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Post by Diet Kolos on Apr 11, 2017 13:53:46 GMT -5
Also, what the hell happened with the editing in the theater at the one hour mark?
Some kind of rig comes into the shot from the right side of the screen, Crow says something to be effective "what are you guys..." and then it cuts off and the thing on the right side of the screen disappears in an abrupt edit. Am I crazy? Am I the only one that saw this?
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Post by majorjoe23 on Apr 11, 2017 15:07:04 GMT -5
Wow, three Boaty McBoatfaces in the credits. I wonder if they're related?
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Post by someoneinatree on Apr 11, 2017 15:49:36 GMT -5
Wow, three Boaty McBoatfaces in the credits. I wonder if they're related? Can't wait to see the hundreds of Torgos in the credits.
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Post by Troy's Dad on Apr 11, 2017 15:57:45 GMT -5
Wow, three Boaty McBoatfaces in the credits. I wonder if they're related? Can't wait to see the hundreds of Torgos in the credits. I actually didn't spot a single one! Weird.
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Post by Torgo on Apr 11, 2017 16:05:23 GMT -5
Wow, three Boaty McBoatfaces in the credits. I wonder if they're related? Can't wait to see the hundreds of Torgos in the credits. At some point I'm going to skim the credits for "Bob Johnson" and "Big McLargeHuge."
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Post by Waverly on Apr 11, 2017 16:39:02 GMT -5
When we were filming this, I instantly realized that the cinematographer listed in the credits lived upstairs from me in my first apartment. By chance, I saw him walking down the street a couple months ago and told him they'd be riffing this film and he flipped out. He said, "I didn't think anybody remembered that film." He said it was the first project he worked on in Hollywood and the whole crew thought that the director was going to be the next Spielberg...until they started filming.
This was the film that had all the puppeteers quoting lines from it. The gifts that Russ and I gave the other puppeteers after we wrapped had a card that read MERRY BIGFOOT. Many laughs were had during the filming of this one.
Mary Jo, Kevin and Bill were all on set in California. I play Kevin's virtual hands grooming Patton in that scene.
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