In other Rifftrax news, coming April 8, the next full Rifftrax will be “Spiderman 3” and, as predicted here a couple of weeks ago, Mike will be joined by author James Lileks.
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It’s the weekend and time for another Rifftrax short: “Are You Popular?” DRM free! Order it here.
After several weeks of quiet, Cinematic Titanic just sent out a boatload of news to its email subscribers:
• You can now download their first episode for the price of $9.99. So if there was somebody out there who simply hates commercial DVDs, here’s your chance to burn it yourself! Some news for you folks that live in the U.K….
The gang at Sci-Fi-London are holding another all night MST3K marathon this year, and this time they’re including a RiffTrax film. See the RiffTraxed (is that a word?) version of “Battlefield Earth” along with MST3K stalwarts “Merlin’s Mystical Shop of Wonders,” “The Creeping Terror” and “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.” The event takes place on Saturday, May 3rd, beginning at midnight. Visit their web site for more information. Reader Andrew has informed us of an error over at amazon.co.uk. It’s listing the MST3K Collection, Vol. 12 DVD set as being region-free. It’s not. It’s coded for Region 1. So keep that in mind before you shell out that £33.12. Who says we don’t look out for our British friends? A guy in Pittsburgh interviews Mike.
Okay for the next four weeks were are choosing from among those massive 24-episode seasons, so we’ll expand your options: You are allowed to choose a top 10 with an honorable mention, and you can also pick a worst segment if you like. Once again SEASON THREE ONLY. Here’s mine, basically in episode order: • New Age music from Some Guys in Space. — 303- POD PEOPLE: Topical (at the time), witty and has great interaction between Joel and Crow. • Marketing mad dogs around the water cooler. — 307- DADDY-O: bright and funny and still fresh today. • Song: “Hike Your Pants Up.” — 307- DADDY-O: One of the show’s great songs, and Joel just goes completely off the rails with it. • Joel agonizes about being a 50-foot man. — 309- THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN: Aah! It’s a hilarious parody of a ridiculous moment in the movie! Aah! • Old Joel Robinson had a farm? — 310- FUGITIVE ALIEN: One of those classic “Joel vapor locks” moments. Help us! • Sarcastic banter over dinner. — 311- IT CONQUERED THE WORLD: They took the catty dinner scene from the movie and amped it up juuust a notch. Brilliant. • J&TB read through Crow’s screenplay, “Earth vs. Soup.” — 313- EARTH VS. THE SPIDER: Funny from about four different angles, and everybody’s performance is letter-perfect. • “Catching Ross.” — 315- TEENAGE CAVEMAN: One of those wonderfully chaotic looney toons moments on MST3K, and of course deeply cathartic. • Mr. B. Natural: man or woman? — 319- WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST: The classic debate, as a much a parody of debates as it is a commentary on the short. Great stuff. • J&TB read their Christmas essays. — 321- SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS: Landmark moment on the series, always hilarious and heartwarming, even after a dozen viewings. • Honorable mention: Tom pairs detectives with their appropriate pets. 324- MASTER NINJA II: The kind of sketch I always love: it makes no sense at all and nobody seems to mind. • Worst segment: Joel attempts a spit-take lesson, but the dumb guy from the movie keeps appearing on the Hexfield. — 307- DADDY-O: Sometimes those hexfield visitors just kind of went nowhere. Have at it! |
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