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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #45 on: February 27, 2009, 08:55:03 AM »
In addition, I suggest muting the riffs at 54:30, 1:17:19 and 1:32:09, out of respect for my grandmother who was herself a bowlegged woman.



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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #46 on: February 28, 2009, 09:18:19 AM »
This could very well be my favorite Rifftrax so far, and I've seen them all. It's easily as good as the best episodes of MST3K.


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #47 on: February 28, 2009, 08:56:16 PM »
Okay I'll give it a 10.

A rifftrax doesn't need to be perfect to be a 10; it just needs to be the best possible one for the particular movie. It's obvious that the guys brought their 'A' game to Jaws. Consistently funny jokes, toned down internet comments and dated references, and compliments the film without taking away from its native merits. It's rare that I get to bring one of these to the weekly dinner with my mother and brother so that was appreciated.

I'd also put this one on the same level with the best MST3K episodes. Kevin even included an audio version of a sketch at the end.

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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #48 on: March 03, 2009, 01:14:57 PM »
I myself found this one High-larious. It was verry enjoyable.

I for one really like the riffs of movies I like.  The only Rifftrax of a movie I enjoy that dissapointed me was Raiders of the lost ark. For some reason, I didn't find it very funny.

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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #49 on: March 17, 2009, 08:03:23 AM »
I have to agree with Gamera, although I didn't give it a two. It could have DEFINITELY been better. I get the feeling you guys are rushing to meet deadlines. The intro and outro were great, but the in-between not so much. Far too many references, and a general lack of creativity. There were under ten laugh-out-loud moments, which is pretty sad for Mike, Bill, and Kevin.


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #50 on: March 17, 2009, 09:02:51 AM »
I have to agree with Gamera, although I didn't give it a two. It could have DEFINITELY been better. I get the feeling you guys are rushing to meet deadlines. The intro and outro were great, but the in-between not so much. Far too many references, and a general lack of creativity. There were under ten laugh-out-loud moments, which is pretty sad for Mike, Bill, and Kevin.

Over the past three years we have figured out how much time it takes us to comfortably produce a RiffTrax and since we set our own deadlines, it's unlikely that we would intentionally pick a date that would make us have to rush.  Just because some may come out a week apart doesn't mean that they only took that long to create. I'm sure everyone would like to know what we've been working on the past few weeks...

And personally, I counted twelve laugh out loud moments.


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #51 on: March 17, 2009, 09:04:51 AM »
I'm sure everyone would like to know what we've been working on the past few weeks...

Why, Yes! Yes We Would! :o


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #52 on: March 17, 2009, 09:08:33 AM »
I'm sure everyone would like to know what we've been working on the past few weeks...

Why, Yes! Yes We Would! :o

Exciting stuff!  But you'll have to wait a little longer.


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #53 on: March 17, 2009, 09:10:26 AM »
I'm sure everyone would like to know what we've been working on the past few weeks...

Why, Yes! Yes We Would! :o

Exciting stuff!  But you'll have to wait a little longer.
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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #54 on: March 18, 2009, 03:34:35 PM »
I gave it a six, but I thought the first half was really good. There were a lot of references and gay jokes, some of which were good but some of which were filler.


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #55 on: March 18, 2009, 04:59:02 PM »
Here's hoping for Twilight.


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #56 on: March 20, 2009, 09:51:22 AM »
The problem with riffing really good movies is one tends to zone in on the movie and ignore the riff.   I really did not have a problem with Jaws.   

Really nice riff guys.

Yeah I started doing that, particularly because I'd never seen this one before.  But then I decided to stop the trax and watch it raw first.

Haven't seen the full Rifftrax yet (just about the first 15 minutes).


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #57 on: March 28, 2009, 11:46:57 AM »
We really enjoyed it.

Although the Indianapolis scene was kind of depressing in itself, I thought the riffing was funny and helped defuse the tension. I didn't feel that it was disrespectful in any way.


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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #58 on: April 29, 2009, 12:19:12 PM »
I would have liked to see them riff some of the DVD extras as well. It's not every day you get Chappaquiddick references and young curly-headed Spielberg all in one tidy package.

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Re: Rank a 70's Shark Attack!
« Reply #59 on: June 12, 2009, 02:58:46 PM »
Finally watched it last night. I gave it an 8! Really funny, and quite easy to watch since it's such a great movie. I think the only thing that doesn't push it higher for me is I kinda like the venom and jabs at a bad film better.

Still - great work!