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The Mads Are Booked!

Frank and Trace’s “The Mads Are Back” show is booked solid every weekend all over the country. Visit themadsareback.com for more info.

Here’s what’s coming up in the next two months:

March 31 and April 1, 7:30 pm, Alamo Drafthouse, 20575 East Hampton Plaza, Ashburn, VA

April 7 and 8, 9 pm, Alamo Drafthouse, 1400 Main Street, Kansas City, MO

April 14 and 15, 7 pm, Alamo Drafthouse, 12750 Westport Pkwy, La Vista, NE

April 21 and 22, 8 pm, Hollywood Theater, 1449 Potomac Ave, Pittsburgh, PA

April 28 and 29, 8 pm, Alamo Drafthouse, 100 South Central Expressway #14, Richardson, TX

May 4 and 5, 8 pm, Alberta Rose Theatre, 3000 NE Alberta St., Portland, OR

May 13 and 14, 6 pm, Alamo Drafthouse, 531 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX

May 20, 8 and 11 pm, The Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St, Phoenixville, PA

May 24 and 25, 7:30 pm, Riverview Theater, 3800 42nd Ave S., Minneapolis, MN

RiffTrax Live to Feature “The Five Doctors” on August 17th

Here’s the announcement:

And don’t forget that they’ll be riffing “Samurai Cop” on April 13th. Tickets are available here.

Weekend Discussion Thread: What Pop Culture Disappointed You?

I am going to steal a discussion thread from a great Facebook page called MST3K Revival League and a fellow named Josh Brock. It’s a little outside the box, but it has generated hundreds of responses over there and I am curious what you guys are going to say.

Alright, this might be fun. Here we go. So, new MST in April, and I know that this is a moment that is huge in everyone’s hearts here. I also think it will not disappoint. It’s gonna be great, maybe different than what is expected, maybe something that will take time to soak in, but great. But, what I want to know about is a pop culture moment in you peoples lives that did disappoint. Video game, tv, movie, whatever. What’s the thing that broke your heart the hardest. Also, I want this post to be a safe space, so anyone is allowed to have hated whatever they want without repercussions.
For me, the first thing that comes to mind is the episode “across the sea” of Lost. Us diehard losties knew this was going to be the origin episode we needed, and instead it was just more vague half-implied and half-hearted explanations and pretentiousness that was the foreshadowing of the polarizing ending of the series we got. Just a huge punch in the gut after spending the whole season waiting for it.
Anyways…. your turn.

For some reason the first thing I thought of was the first Tomb Raider movie. I loved the game (well, I loved the memories I have of playing it with my daughter) and I really wanted it to be good. And it just wasn’t.

I would also mention the Seinfeld finale. I was a big fan and it felt like somebody pulled the plug and all the comedy drained out.

One other: the terrible Hitchhiker’s Guide movie, which may be unfilmable but they could have done something better than this.

Have at it!

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