PDA

View Full Version : MST3000 riff trax

b_squared
Aug 6th, 2009, 06:18 PM
Join the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 for the comedy event of the year!

Fathom Events presents RiffTrax LIVE: Plan 9 from Outer Space, an evening of LIVE riffing on the Worst Movie Ever Made beaming into movie theaters nationwide on Thursday, August 20th


I was thinking about going to this and was wondering if anyone here has been to one of these before. Is it worth it. I'm a fan of MST 3000.
Tadao
Aug 6th, 2009, 06:21 PM
Never heard of it before. Sounds like drunken fun.
b_squared
Aug 6th, 2009, 06:23 PM
I do plan on watching it drunk.
executioneer
Aug 7th, 2009, 09:52 PM
I AM SO GOING TO THIS
DevilWearsPrada
Aug 7th, 2009, 11:43 PM
the guy from somethingawful and the guy who made the 'still alive' song for portal are gonna do some stuff too
executioneer
Aug 7th, 2009, 11:49 PM
boo and yay?
ZeldaQueen
Aug 10th, 2009, 01:07 AM
If I can I'm going. Sounds like a MST3K goldmine.
Tadao
Aug 10th, 2009, 01:11 AM
I might have to ask mom for an early allowance to go see it.
Otto
Aug 12th, 2009, 07:40 PM
Already reserved my ticket!
Dr. Boogie
Aug 16th, 2009, 10:33 PM
I got a few of the On Demand ones because I didn't already have any of the movies needed for the accompanying rifftrax. It's almost exactly like the show, apart from the lack of silhouettes and no character roles to stick to.

When I bought them (the On Demand ones that come already synced to a video file), they attach them to an account you make, and then you have a choice to download them in a few different formats (divx, mpg, mp4, and wmv) along with the option to download just an MP3 of the rifftrax. Once you have them, I don't think there's a limit to the number of times you can download each one.
Krythor
Aug 17th, 2009, 07:23 PM
Ah cool, I didn't know they were selling them already synced up. I kind of lost interest in them soon after they started because I wasn't confident enough in the quality of them to justify all the hassle, and most of the fun of mst3k for me was the complete agony and/or insanity of the movies they did. A movie like Daredevil or Titanic doesn't seem silly enough to riff to me. But I might check a few of these On Demand ones out.
b_squared
Aug 18th, 2009, 12:04 PM
On the riff trax site they have a place where you can make your own voiceover riffs to pre-selected clips. One of the clips is funny without voiceovers..check out the clip "how to treat loose women". I can't link the clip directly but I can link the page just scroll down to find it.
http://www.rifftrax.com/cuts/videos
I thought it was an old PSA for the Military. But its much better.
LordSappington
Aug 19th, 2009, 01:08 AM
Being a fan of the original MST3K, I never liked the idea of Riff Trax. The terrible, terrible ads sure as shit didn't help.
http://www.rifftrax.com/files/imagecache/product/files/StarWarsIVWeb.jpg
'What the hell am I watching?'
10,000 Volt Ghost
Aug 20th, 2009, 09:38 AM
Just watched the ad for it last night. I'm def going to this because a bar and the cinema is in walking distance.
executioneer
Aug 21st, 2009, 01:53 AM
wooooooooooo
executioneer
Aug 21st, 2009, 01:54 AM
SORRY FORT WORTH
Dr. Boogie
Aug 23rd, 2009, 01:44 PM
The live event was a lot of fun, but I really could've done without the singing comedian they brought with them.
Otto
Aug 23rd, 2009, 07:02 PM
Had a lot of fun, even if a torrential downpour made the transmission fuck up a couple of times.

Are you talking about Jonathan Coulton, Dr. Boogie? The guy that sang those really annoying songs about zombies and the future? Yeah, I really wish the transmission had chosen to bug out when he was on screen.
Dr. Boogie
Aug 23rd, 2009, 10:17 PM
Yes, him. For me, the funniest part of his time on stage was when the cameras panned over the crowds, and only picked up on people looking bored and annoyed. Then they settled on the only two people who actually knew the words to his songs enough to sing along.

And I can't help but think that they sent Kevin out during his zombie song because they saw how badly he was bombing.
FistfulOAwesome
Aug 30th, 2009, 12:06 AM
I am so freaking late to this.

I really loved getting to hear Mike, Kevin, and Bill riff like they did on the show. It's also the first time I saw Plan 9, so I did my best to riff to my brother (he hated the performance) during the parts when they were quiet. It was mildly disappointing that Mike didn't riff quite as much as Kevin and Bill, but they were all good..

About that Coultron guy, I agree. The guy was absolutely flailing out there. I was actually excited when they announced him since I know he's the one who wrote the Portal song, and how crushing it was that he turned out to be a one-hit wonder (who else but VH1 and me uses that phase?).

If they ever do another show, I'll be glad to see it.
Hangie
Sep 3rd, 2009, 07:10 PM
What are you talking about "one-hit wonder"? He didn't have ANY hits, and "still alive" is probably one of his worst songs. The only reason it's popular is because it's easy to play on the piano so all the valve fanboys sucked that shit down. I haven't seen him live, true, but from hearing his studio stuff he seems fine to me.

but of course I fucking hate Mystery Science Theater, so I probably am lightyears away from you guys in terms of likes/dislikes.
executioneer
Sep 4th, 2009, 12:49 AM
hangie you can die now ok
Dr. Boogie
Sep 4th, 2009, 03:29 AM
What are you talking about "one-hit wonder"? He didn't have ANY hits, and "still alive" is probably one of his worst songs. The only reason it's popular is because it's easy to play on the piano so all the valve fanboys sucked that shit down. I haven't seen him live, true, but from hearing his studio stuff he seems fine to me.

but of course I fucking hate Mystery Science Theater, so I probably am lightyears away from you guys in terms of likes/dislikes.

You've pretty much set yourself up as the opposite of everything in this thread.

You got bad taste, hombre.
The Leader
Sep 4th, 2009, 10:47 AM
The opposite of everything in this thread? He shouldn't even be on this forum. Hangie should have stuck with his myspace posse.
Otto
Sep 4th, 2009, 05:12 PM
Hangie, I seriously hope that the Satellite of Love crashes into your house and kills your mother.
AChimp
Sep 8th, 2009, 11:04 AM
I haven't enjoyed the Riff Trax stuff as much as I liked the original show. The show was scripted and it seems like they had more time to work with the material.

Having said that, the track for Battlefield Earth is hilarious.
shagomow73
Oct 12th, 2009, 07:42 PM
You know what they should do? A Rifftrax of MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE. Oh boy, wouldn't that be awesome hearing a new riff on that classic episode of MST?
LordSappington
Oct 22nd, 2009, 01:09 AM
Something tells me they'd get shitstormed for that. But it's just a thought.
executioneer
Oct 23rd, 2009, 04:26 PM
hey who knew that guy was a spambot!
FistfulOAwesome
Dec 16th, 2009, 07:18 PM
They are doing another one tonight (with encore showings tomorrow) called RiffTrax LIVE: Christmas Shorts-Stravaganza! guest starring Weird-Al Yankovic. It's exactly what I didn't not want for Christmas! Misties unite!
Dr. Boogie
Dec 16th, 2009, 07:38 PM
Well I'm still going. I'd better not see that shitty singing comedian there again.
10,000 Volt Ghost
Dec 16th, 2009, 09:48 PM
I was going to go but didn't. Might go to the encore tomorrow.
Dr. Boogie
Dec 17th, 2009, 01:18 AM
I enjoyed it. The skits in between the shorts weren't all that great, and I already saw two of the old commercials they had on the Doc Mock show.
MasterV
Dec 18th, 2009, 03:34 PM
Missed the live show :(

But I did get two of the video shorts. 'Shake Hands with Danger' and 'As We Like It' which is about beer and how it is the stuff of life.