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| Re: Free Rifftrax: Hulk episode "Final Round" [message #167541 is a reply to message #167422] |
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Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> writes:
> http://www.rifftrax.com/hulk
A whole episode free and riffed ... huh. This is ...
You know, remember back when Mystery Science Theater went off
the air and the group kept coming up with these ludicrously impractical
methods by which they could Keep The Riffing Going, like releasing their
own audio tracks to go with shows or making riffs without silhouettes or
without theater segments or so on to save production costs ... has the
world really changed *that* much since then?
--
Joseph Nebus
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Admittedly I also wonder if The Incredible Hulk isn't kind of
self-riffing, but it is from that golden era of TV dramas that aren't
trying too had to be dramatic.
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| Re: Free Rifftrax: Hulk episode "Final Round" [message #167546 is a reply to message #167541] |
Tue, 21 October 2008 15:42 |
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Originally posted by: dgates
On 21 Oct 2008 09:09:09 -0400, nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
> Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> writes:
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>> http://www.rifftrax.com/hulk
>
> A whole episode free and riffed ... huh. This is ...
>
> You know, remember back when Mystery Science Theater went off
> the air and the group kept coming up with these ludicrously impractical
> methods by which they could Keep The Riffing Going, like releasing their
> own audio tracks to go with shows or making riffs without silhouettes or
> without theater segments or so on to save production costs ... has the
> world really changed *that* much since then?
I'm sorry to be dense, (I'm actually not feeling well today), but I'm
not sure what you're saying, or which parts of your post are supposed
to be ironic.
Are you saying that the group's methods really were "ludicrously
impractical?" Or that, in fact, they weren't?
Are you now happy that the riffers are still out there, some of them
doing silhouette-free riffing?
Here's my take on the whole thing, irony-free:
1. I'm glad that Mike and his gang have found a way to do some
riffing.
2. I prefer the ease of use of the "Film Crew" method over the
self-synching effort of the Rifftrax method (although I think I might
have missed a phase in the Rifftrax evolution, where they provided
software to handle the synching, as long as you're okay with watching
the show on your PC).
3. I like that Joel & Trace & Frank and whoever are back, doing
riffing of their own -- again, with the riffing and movie combined for
me.
4. The number of movies being riffed, by both groups, seems to be
plentiful enough that I'm now able to choose based on the movie title
itself. From Joel's group, I bought the space one but not the wasp
woman one.
5. The idea of riffing an Incredible Hulk episode, "pro bono," as a
promotion both for Hulu.com and for Rifftrax.com, seems good to me.
6. The titles I have bought so far:
Film Crew - Wild Women Of Wongo
CT - Oozing Skull
CT - Doomsday Machine
I think that the only one I've watched more than once has been
Doomsday Machine.
7. I wouldn't mind if the technology got even better, allowing forless
expensive or easier distribution. It is still a little hard to spend
$15 to $20 for a DVD that's likely to be less funny than about 100
MST3k titles I already have on my shelves.
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| Re: Free Rifftrax: Hulk episode "Final Round" [message #167664 is a reply to message #167546] |
Wed, 22 October 2008 16:23 |
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Originally posted by: Tom Carberry
"dgates" <dgates@somedomain.com> wrote in message
news:9absf4prg1rphdiv8d78a4bv3gtik7m3nh@4ax.com...
> On 21 Oct 2008 09:09:09 -0400, nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
>
>> Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> writes:
>>
>>> http://www.rifftrax.com/hulk
>>
>> A whole episode free and riffed ... huh. This is ...
>>
>> You know, remember back when Mystery Science Theater went off
>> the air and the group kept coming up with these ludicrously impractical
>> methods by which they could Keep The Riffing Going, like releasing their
>> own audio tracks to go with shows or making riffs without silhouettes or
>> without theater segments or so on to save production costs ... has the
>> world really changed *that* much since then?
>
> I'm sorry to be dense, (I'm actually not feeling well today), but I'm
> not sure what you're saying, or which parts of your post are supposed
> to be ironic.
>
> Are you saying that the group's methods really were "ludicrously
> impractical?" Or that, in fact, they weren't?
>
> Are you now happy that the riffers are still out there, some of them
> doing silhouette-free riffing?
>
>
> Here's my take on the whole thing, irony-free:
>
> 1. I'm glad that Mike and his gang have found a way to do some
> riffing.
>
> 2. I prefer the ease of use of the "Film Crew" method over the
> self-synching effort of the Rifftrax method (although I think I might
> have missed a phase in the Rifftrax evolution, where they provided
> software to handle the synching, as long as you're okay with watching
> the show on your PC).
>
> 3. I like that Joel & Trace & Frank and whoever are back, doing
> riffing of their own -- again, with the riffing and movie combined for
> me.
>
> 4. The number of movies being riffed, by both groups, seems to be
> plentiful enough that I'm now able to choose based on the movie title
> itself. From Joel's group, I bought the space one but not the wasp
> woman one.
>
> 5. The idea of riffing an Incredible Hulk episode, "pro bono," as a
> promotion both for Hulu.com and for Rifftrax.com, seems good to me.
>
> 6. The titles I have bought so far:
> Film Crew - Wild Women Of Wongo
> CT - Oozing Skull
> CT - Doomsday Machine
>
> I think that the only one I've watched more than once has been
> Doomsday Machine.
>
> 7. I wouldn't mind if the technology got even better, allowing forless
> expensive or easier distribution. It is still a little hard to spend
> $15 to $20 for a DVD that's likely to be less funny than about 100
> MST3k titles I already have on my shelves.
>
Just MHO, but I really enjoyed the Wasp Woman. Those old Roger Corman
classics are a hoot.
Tom Carberry (#45505, and his cameo as the doctor shows why he never became
an actor)
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| Re: Free Rifftrax: Hulk episode "Final Round" [message #167665 is a reply to message #167546] |
Wed, 22 October 2008 22:32 |
nebusj-
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dgates <dgates@somedomain.com> writes:
> On 21 Oct 2008 09:09:09 -0400, nebusj-@-rpi-.edu (Joseph Nebus) wrote:
>> You know, remember back when Mystery Science Theater went off
>> the air and the group kept coming up with these ludicrously impractical
>> methods by which they could Keep The Riffing Going, like releasing their
>> own audio tracks to go with shows or making riffs without silhouettes or
>> without theater segments or so on to save production costs ... has the
>> world really changed *that* much since then?
> I'm sorry to be dense, (I'm actually not feeling well today), but I'm
> not sure what you're saying, or which parts of your post are supposed
> to be ironic.
I'm not trying to be sarcastic or ironic or anything in
particular. I'm just marvelling that there is this abundance of
Mystery Science Theater 3000-based comic-riffing material so long
after the original show went off the air. And wonder and delight
at how they're able to produce this stuff by selling the riff audio
separately from the movies, or doing live shows, or selling stuff
directly to the fans.
> Are you saying that the group's methods really were "ludicrously
> impractical?" Or that, in fact, they weren't?
I'm delighted that pretty much every plan to keep the flame
alive in 1999, apart from taking the show to American Movie Classics
for some reason, has turned out and happened and works reasonably
well enough. I don't think something like Rifftrax would have worked
in 1999, and I wouldn't have thought direct-to-video sales would have
worked, but ... I mean, isn't it wonderful that it is?
> Are you now happy that the riffers are still out there, some of them
> doing silhouette-free riffing?
Delighted. I miss the original, of course, but these are
comfortable successors.
--
Joseph Nebus
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