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RIP Michael Pataki

North Hollywood, Calif. — Prolific character actor Michael Pataki died here Thursday, April 15, of cancer. He was 72.
MSTies will remember him as megalomaniacal bad guy J.C. in episode 202 – THE SIDE HACKERS and the suspicious Sgt. Ward in episode 1010 – IT LIVES BY NIGHT. He also played Tony in episode K15- SUPERDOME.

His Variety obit is here.
No other media organizations have done an obit that I can find yet. If more show up, I will add to this post.

Thanks to Kathy for the heads up and for the awesome photo of Michael.

Press for the Recent Cinematic Titanic Shows

Update: Matthew Love at Time Out New York’s “Own This City” blog also reviews the show.

Ben Spier at Entertainment Weekly’s Popwatch blog reviews the show in New York City.

Paul Anthony Ita at Masslive.com reviews Thursday’s show.

The advance press for the recent set of Cinematic Titanic shows included:

One from Joseph Brannigan Lynch at New York Magazine, who interviews Joel.

Matthew Love at Time Out New York, previews this week’s show.

The Leader in North Jersey, previews both the New York and Princeton shows.

There’s also a long consideration of CT by James Heflin of The Valley Advocate.

There was also recently a interview with Joel at Masslive.com by Paul Anthony Ita.

Here’s reminder of the upcoming shows:

• Friday, June 11: One show Showbox at the Market in Seattle, . Doors open at 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $36 in advance, $40 at the door. General admission.

• Friday, July 2: Two shows at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty St., in Ann Arbor, Mich., at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Tickets will be $20 per show or $30 for both shows (two different movies will be riffed). You can buy tickets at the Michigan League ticket office (911 N. University Ave.) online at annarborsummerfestival.org or by calling (734) 764-2538.

How Were the Shows?

An open thread for reports from this week’s Cinematic Titanic shows.

Weekend Discussion Thread: Continuity Errors in MSTed Movies

Alert reader Michael writes:

As I was watching “Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster” this last week, I noticed that the boat that the hero commandeered was named the Yahlen. Now that must have been a popular name for the Japanese or there was a continuity error, since the ship that was destroyed in the opening scene was also named the Yahlen. This started me thinking that the subject of continuity errors or goofs in the films MSTied might be a good weekend thread topic. My wife and I came up with about a half a dozen just off the tops of our heads. But, it might be interesting what our other erudite MSTies have discovered.

My all-time fave continuity error is in episode 423- BRIDE OF THE MONSTER, in which two characters have a conversation. When the one of the actresses is shot from one side she has a pencil behind her ear. When shot from the other side, she doesn’t. The pencil appears and disappears repeatedly as the scene goes on.

Other picks?