So to start I’m well aware that not everyone loved the new seasons of MST3K, but I enjoyed them overall (and some more specifically).
So some people here may know of MST3K but are unaware of the utter fucking majestic joy of Rifftrax. This is the single best production idea I’ve ever seen for the former cast of MST3K, they riff the movies and sell the Rifftrax which you can play with your phone as the movie plays.
This allows them to riff newer movies without having to pay out the nose for showing the film.
So, watched any of it? Old or new MST3K, Rifftrax… tell us about what you’ve seen and enjoyed.
And for those interested Shout Factory has a youtube with full MST3k episodes, MST3k also has a twitch channel doing the same and Amazon Prime video has a rotating selection of a fair number of rifftrax.
we should watch party a classic ep easily available to stream
That's not a bad idea.
I’ve watched Twilight because Rifftrax riffed it, and it was amazing. I’ve watched Solo for the same reason. Rifftrax became my way to watch shit movies that I knew I’d hate but was curious about because they had become popular.
Watching the Riff gave me something to enjoy of it.
In short I’ve attended near every rifftrax live event (multicast) and had the good fortune to see an episode live at the SF comedy fest.
Also being an old fucker I’ve seen every episode of MST3k that was available, usually a few times.
It's really unfortunate that they've strayed so far from blockbuster and major movies. Most of their stuff is now riffing crap that's old or unheard of
Well the last thing I bought was The Rise of Skywalker, so I'm not sure you're correct there.
The problem is 2-fold
they threaten to only do a major modern release in the Kickstarter. They claim that if they don't reach certain pledge value they won't do it.
they used to release multiple major releases every year. But now they only release maybe one or two to fulfill their ransom for the Kickstarter
Interesting... can't say I've ever looked at their kickstarters more than to see if they included tickets to see them live.
As I've gone to damn near every Rifftrax Live I've been able to.
Gamera (godzilla with a backpack) is one of my favs
Me too
I'm sad that Mike got #cancelled. He was a good dude
Not sure about cancelled but he definitely got cucked
Perhaps I'm a bad fan but I never actually heard what happened there.
He did a podcast with Doug TenNapel and there's this one guy who goes after all of Doug's friends.