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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 12, 2015 19:53:39 GMT -5
io9.com/rip-sir-terry-pratchett-1948-2015-1691042794When it comes to people I've never met, there have only been a handful of deaths that deeply affected me. Stevie Ray Vaughan was one when I was in high school. Neil Armstrong hit me hard back in 2012. And today, the news of Sir Pterry really shook me up. If you like MST3K, you're gonna love Discworld.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 8, 2015 16:24:01 GMT -5
Man, I love Snow. Spock's Beard V also gets repeated plays for me lately. For Neal's stuff since then, I'd say every Transatlantic album is a masterpiece, especially Bridge Across Forever and Whirlwind. His solo stuff is hit or miss, but even the weak stuff is pretty amazing.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Mar 8, 2015 1:27:44 GMT -5
Can't beat Spock's Beard. Neal Morse is my hero. I just saw him live here in Denver last week, and it was unbelievable. He played the Spock's Beard classic, "Harm's Way" in his set. The most recent SB album with their new lead singer is also very great. But here's the new Neal Morse that I can't get out of my head:
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 28, 2015 15:06:06 GMT -5
i don't know much about jonathan banks's career prior to BB, but becoming a part of that show had to be a major game changer for him. Banks has had an amazing career. He was in Buckaroo Banzai, Airplane, and Gremlins. His most memorable role for me was as the heavy in the first Beverly Hills Cop. In fact, one of my favorite things about BCS is that it features actors I love from other things (like Odenkirk and McKean) all together in one show.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 27, 2015 18:50:56 GMT -5
I'm enjoying the show, and I'm loving your write-ups. I'm one of those crazy idiots who still hasn't seen Breaking Bad. So this is my introduction into the world of Gilligan's Albuquerque. And even though I'm not getting any of the fan-service connections between the shows, I know they're in there, but I don't lose any of my enjoyment. Michael McKean is one of my all-time favorite comic actors, and he's amazing here.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Feb 27, 2015 14:35:02 GMT -5
The only feature we get is a documentary on the history of Satellite News with Chris "Sampo in Name Only" Cornell (everyone here knows who the REAL Sampo is). Damn straight.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 31, 2015 22:49:54 GMT -5
I always thought it was a reference to the stock dumb character in all those Looney Tunes cartoons. Wasn't there a dumb gangster that used to say, "duhh okay, boss"? Edited to add: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_and_Mugsy
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 21, 2015 17:22:10 GMT -5
Bump for a picture of two of my favorite comedic minds. Not sure where or when exactly Community will be back, but I do remember hearing that Yvette Nicole Brown is leaving the show and they're bringing in two new people. Will have to double-check that. In the meantime, here's a picture of good old Joel at Dan Harmon's wedding http://instagr.am/p/veJDGvg4On Mod, just TWO of your favorite comedic minds? The third is Mitch Hurwitz, creator and writer of Arrested Development. I'd go so far as to say this is a picture of the three greatest TV comedy creators of the last 25 years. Looks like season 6 will be up on Yahoo soon, one episode at a time. So no binge watching, but new episodes are new episodes. I didn't miss Chevy Chase, and I don't think I'll miss Yvette. But Community without Donald Glover is like The Andy Griffith Show without Barney Fife. And NewMads, I agree that season 4 has it's high points. Some of it is better than parts of season 3 and a lot of season 5.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 19, 2015 20:16:03 GMT -5
I loved that on any random night, you might tune in Craig Ferguson and get something like this:
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Post by Mr. Atari on Jan 18, 2015 17:49:34 GMT -5
Mod, why am I not surprised to find out you are a Ferguson fan? You always seem to have such good taste.
CF was a mad genius. His extemporaneous monologues and true conversation interviews were the best thing on late night for years. Towards the end, you could tell he was getting bored and seemed to lose his emotional edge, but he still was appointment viewing in the Atari house each night. I loved all the incarnations of the show, like when he used to have Dave Foley as a regular in skits, or the awesome puppets (especially Wavy Rancheros) and lip-syncing cold opens, or back when Secretariat was just a random dance party leader. But Geoff Peterson really sealed the crazy brilliance of CF's vision. Rumor has it that Craig is going to start a mid-afternoon syndicated talk show. If that's true, I really hope he brings Josh Robert Thompson with him.
As for your questions, based on his guest lists for the last 2 months of the show, I think the woman at 0:13 is Shailene Woodley and the woman at 1:04 is Marion Cotillard.
And if you haven't checked YouTube for the times Geoff makes Craig laugh uncontrollably, you're missing out.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 17, 2014 19:05:50 GMT -5
I don't doubt your honest assessment, but I stand by my thesis. Sorry. I still think that had J&TBs treated Fu Manchu like any other episode, it wouldn't have the bottom of the barrel reputation it has. If they had cried and whined like that during an equally bad/washed out/bad audio but passable movie like, say, "The Indestructible Man" then we'd remember that as being the worst ever.
But in the spirit of positive contributions, I'll mention an oft-overlooked worst ever candidate: "The Blood Waters of Dr. Z". That one's just unbearable, sargassum or not.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 17, 2014 1:55:33 GMT -5
I'd say Castle of Fu Manchu WAS a really bad movie, but I think J&TB's actually DID make that episode tolerable, so I'm not going to include that one. See, I thought the exact opposite of Castle of Fu Manchu. I've watched it several times, and it's really not that terrible of a movie. It's nowhere near as painful as the Coleman Francis trilogy nor as confusing as a Sandy Frank special. It's actually J&TB's reactions that make it seem worse than it actually is. I think the running gags about how horrible the film is are overdone and negatively influence what we, the viewers at home, think.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 17, 2014 0:42:17 GMT -5
The correct answer is season 4. I would like to cite episodes 411-424 as exhibits A-N. Every other answer is objectively wrong. Thank you, and good day.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 8, 2014 3:36:20 GMT -5
Yeah, my Rifftrax Live experiences are totally influenced by the size of the crowd in the theater. I've gone to all of the shows at a pretty big theater here in Boulder. Manos was standing room only and I found it hilarious. Birdemic and Starship Troopers were about 75% full and memorably funny. Santa Claus had about 30 of us in an otherwise empty theater, and I found it lacking. Having Mrs. Atari and the Atari kids there this time out made it somewhat better, but the lack of energy in the theater was palpable. We came home and watched the MST version the next night and we all agreed it was better (and having the host segments helped a lot on their short attention spans).
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Post by Mr. Atari on Dec 7, 2014 2:47:46 GMT -5
Busted this one out tonight, since NBC was showing the movie. Still the best. And a great video.
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