I went ahead and bought the ICWXP Season 2 Collection 1 set. It has 201, 202, 203 and 204 episodes. The DVDs will take a few days to get here, but the episode 203 'Great American Chocolate Factory' I was able to get immediately as a download.
Overall it was just okay. The big problem here is that there is so little actual riffing going on. They are in the theater from 24 minutes to 49 minutes in the runtime. So of the 66 minutes (including credits) there only 25 minutes of actual riffing. That's not even half the time! Heck, at the beginning they recap the events and it takes 3 minutes! When this is only your 7th episode, and your plot recap in a silly puppet show is over 3 minutes long, I think your plotline is a little too complicated.
I think at this point the plot related stuff has consumed their real interest, and I need to come to grips with the fact it's moved farther and farther from being just an MST3K clone. In some ways that's a good thing as it gives them more of an identity of their own, even moreso than just their premise being different. But since this is ultimately a comedy show, those elements need to be funny. And it only gets the occasional laugh or chuckle. There were a few bits that I liked (one or two of the SEVERAL inventions the mad scientist did were funny, the silent alarm being the best). But most of it just fell flat. Which is a shame, because I like the robots' personalities. And as I said in the previous review, they are very well done. In fact, since Zed wasn't in this one, he was the only thing I thought wasn't up to par (puppet creation wise) previously.
Everything about this show looks AMAZINGLY good! It may be low budget, but they know what they are doing filmwise.
And the theme song is still TERRIBLE!
Oh right, the riffing. Can't imagine why that slipped my mind. My assessment from last time stands. It's good. It's not up to par with Quiptracks or Cinester Theater or anything, but I will still check out more.
I think the important thing with ICWXP is to go in knowing that the riffing takes less time than you'd think, so the outside the theater plot related stuff will take more sitting through. If you can get into that stuff, you'll love it. And the riffing is good. But if you're there just for the riffing, find out when it starts for each episode and skip ahead.
Okay, the line about Guillermo del Toro directing Gremlins 3 with no CGI ...I just darthed my geek.
Did R2D2 just have an anurism?
Ah, so this is where yellow snow comes from.
"This is where it all began" (showing Hershey factory) - The reason for the American Dental Association
(singing) Oompa Doompa Doopity Dell. Making chocolate is boring as hell.
Man, I didn't realize so much work went into making dog poison.
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