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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?

RiffTrax Presents: “Poltergeist”

Sketchfest’s Cole Stratton and Janet Varney, who did terrific riffs of “Dirty Dancing” and “Ghost,” move beyond Swayze with a riff of…

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Cinematic Titanic Appears on MSNBC

Joel, Trace and Josh were interviewed on Countdown with Keith Olbermann Wednesday.

The Titans were very well spoken and funny. I could grumble that Olbermann was a bit long-winded and self-congratulatory, but reports are that the appearance quickly crashed the cinematictitanic.com server, so if all this translates into sales, that’s the most important thing, I’m sure.

Comments are closed to avoid political arguments.

“Hate Mail” in Italy

HATE MAIL, the play written by Bill Corbett and Kira Obolensky, will be performed on Saturday, May 1 from 9:00pm – 11:30pm at the Teatro Araldo, Via Chiomonte 3, in Torino, Italy. You can get more details on Facebook — if you can understand Italian.

Thanks to alert reader Sam for the tip!