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Roger LeLievre of AnnArbor.com interviews Joel ahead of this weekend’s Cinematic Titanic shows.

Cinematic Titanic Live Show Update

As you know, there will be two Cinematic Titanic shows (“East Meets Watts” at 7:30 p.m. “The Oozing Skull” at 10 p.m.) this Friday, July 2 at the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty St., in Ann Arbor, Mich. Get tickets here.

But here’s an update: On the night before, Thursday, July 1, there will be a panel with the Titans at the same theater at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and it’s first-come-first-seated.

Here’s a list of the upcoming Cinematic Titanic’s shows that have been announced:

• Tuesday, Aug 3: One show (“War of the Insects”) at 8 p.m. at the Castro Theater, 429 Castro St., San Francisco as part of SFSketchfest. General admission. Tickets are $25. Buy tickets here.
• Friday, Sept. 24: One show (“East Meets Watts”?), 7:30 p.m. at Club Nokia, 800 West Olympic Blvd., in Los Angeles. Looks like assigned seating! Tickets are $25 and $36.50.
• Saturday, Sept. 25: Two shows, 7 and 9 p.m., at the Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave. Looks like assigned seating. Get tickets here.
• Saturday, Oct. 16, at 8 p.m. at the Edwards Auditorium on the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston Campus (about 30 miles south of Providence). Reserved seating. Tickets go on sale Tuesday, June 29, on campus and at ticketmaster.com.
Tickets will be $35 each; on campus, $15 with a valid University of Rhode Island ID.
• Friday, Oct. 29: One show, 7:30 p.m. at the Wilbur Theater, 246 Tremont St., Boston. Looks like assigned seating. Tickets are $40.
• Saturday, Nov. 13, at the Family Arena, 2002 Arena Parkway, in St. Charles, Mo. More info when we have it.
• Saturday, Nov. 27 (that’s Thanksgiving weekend) two shows, 6:30 and 9:30 p.m. at the Victoria Theater of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, One Center Street, Newark.

• Also, the Titans will also be attending Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Sept. 3-6.

Weekend Discussion Thread: MSTed Movies You’d Like to See Redone

Alert reader Kenneth Morgan writes:

Re-makes are not new to MST, since the Gamera movies were first done on KTMA and CT did their own memorable take on “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”. I’m just wondering which movies would you like to see RT or CT take another crack at. My choice would be “Superdome”, originally done on KTMA. It’s an OK TV movie with a typical “Grand Hotel” multiple-storyline plot and a lot of riffable moments. The problem was that the KTMA version, being ad-libbed, has a fair amount of dead spots. At one point, Joel even says, “I can’t think of anything funny to say.” I think this one would work for a second try. An alternate choice would be “The Green Slime”, though I suppose that one would technically be a first try.

I’m going to go with “Invaders from the Deep.” I think a marionation movie could be very riffable. Which movie would you pick, and why?

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Update: CT Reviews, Interview

The reviews of Cinematic Titanic’s latest offering, “Danger on Tiki Island,” are coming in.

Update: Michael Rubino at DVD Verdict has a review.

Also check out reviews from Scott Weitz at FilmEdge.net, Andrea Speed at Comixtreme.com, from Brian Orndorf at DVDTalk, a short one by Casey Criswell at Cinemafromage.com and one from Nick Lyons at DVDCorner.

Meanwhile, Justin Bozung of the Mondo Film & Video Guide interviews Joel.