LOC- The 50 Most Requested Rifftrax of 2012

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Oh, ispep? The "any" choice was randomized.

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38. Starship Troopers - (1997) - 32 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #2 CJ Jones)
   
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
Starring Casper Van Diem, Denise Richards, Michael Ironsides and Neil Patrick Harris

Place on 11's list: N/A
Place on 10's list: N/A
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #38: Star Trek Nemesis - (2002)

Synopsis:
In this sci-fi adventure, fire-spitting, brain-sucking bugs attack Earth and obliterate Buenos Aires. Coming to the rescue are gutsy soldiers Johnny Rico, Dizzy Flores, Carmen Ibanez and Ace Levy, who head to the Klendathu system for a showdown.

Up Next:
Oh John, you provide such great screenshots...

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37. Con Air - (1997) - 32 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #1 DB Barnes)
   
Directed by Simon West
Starring Nicholas Cage, John Malkovich & John Cusak

Place on 11's list: N/A
Place on 10's list: N/A
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #37: Pearl Harbor - (2001)

Synopsis:
Newly released from prison, ex-con Cameron Poe finds himself on a transport plane that's been hijacked by some of the most dangerous inmates in America. Cameron just wants to reunite with his wife and daughter, but the thugs have other plans.

Up Next:
Boom.

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36. The Island- (2005) - 33 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #1 CJ Jones)
   
Directed by Michael Bay
Starring Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson and Sean Bean

Place on 11's list: #29
Place on 10's list: #15
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: #40
Last year's #36: Hackers - (1994)

Synopsis:
"Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly Utopian but contained facility in the year 2019. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to the "The Island" - reportedly the last uncontaminated spot on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about his existence is a lie. He and all of the other inhabitants of the facility are actually human clones. Lincoln makes a daring escape with a beautiful fellow resident named Jordan Two-Delta. Relentlessly pursued by the forces of the sinister institute that once housed them, Lincoln and Jordan engage in a race for their lives to literally meet their makers."

Up Next:
Simpsons haven't done this one yet, but Futurama did.

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35. Fantastic Voyage - (1966) - 33 points
(3 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #1 Compound)
   
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Starring Stephen Boyd, Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasence

Place on 11's list: #13
Place on 10's list: N/A
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #35: Street fighter the Movie - (1994)

Synopsis:
"The adventure of a lifetime occurs not in the outer reaches of space, but inside the human body. An elite team of medical and scientific specialists race to save a top government scientist who is suffering from a blood clot on the brain. Their mission: be reduced along with their submarine-like craft to microscopic size, enter the bloodstream of the ailing scientist, and journey to the brain to perform an emergency procedure. With only sixty minutes to complete their mission, the scientist find themselves fighting off an attack by white corpuscles, caught in a tornado-like storm in the lungs, and struggling to survive sabotage from one of their own."

Up Next:
Boom. Again.

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Made a slight change in the ranking once I realized that I'd calculated the standings wrong. (All point totals are fine, I just forgot how I was handling tiebreakers.)

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34. Pearl Harbor - (2001) - 34 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Compound)
   
Directed by Michael Bay
Starring Ben Affleck, Alec Baldwin and Jon Voight

Place on 11's list: #37
Place on 10's list: #47
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #34: Clash of the Titans - (1981)

Synopsis:
"The classic story of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is told through the eyes of two boyhood friends, now serving as officers in the Army Air Corps. Rafe is an energetic young pilot who is selected to fly with the British in Europe while America is still not at war. After Rafe is shot down and presumed killed, however, Danny comforts Rafe's former lover, Evelyn, and the two draw closer. But, when Rafe turns up alive, the two former friends become enemies, and it is through the turmoil of Pearl Harbor that the two may reconcile their differences..."

Up Next:
And, you know, the thing about them... they've got lifeless eyes. Black eyes. Like a doll's eyes.

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33. The Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage - (1985) - 34 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Gojikranz)
   
Directed by John Korty
Starring Warwick Davis, Eric Walker, Aubree Miller & Burl Ives

Place on 11's list: N/A
Place on 10's list: N/A
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #33: Howard the Duck - (1986)

Synopsis:
The Towani family civilian shuttlecraft crashes on the forest moon of Endor. The four Towani's are separated. Jermitt and Catarine, the mother and father are captured by the giant Gorax, and Mace and Cindel, the son and daughter, are missing when they are captured. The next day, the Ewok Deej is looking for his two sons when they find Cindel all alone in the shuttle (Mace and Cindel were looking for the transmitter to send a distress call), when Mace appears with his emergency blaster. Eventually, the four-year old Cindel is able to convince the teenage Mace that the Ewoks are nice. Then, the Ewoks and the Towani's go on an adventure to find the elder Towanis.

Up Next:
This was before he became the mayor of Steelport.

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32. In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale - (2002) - 35 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Pak-Man)
   
Directed by Uwe Boll
Starring Jason Statham, Ron Pearlman, Ray Liotta & Burt Fucking Reynolds

Place on 11's list: N/A
Place on 10's list: #42
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #32: National Treasure - (2004)

Synopsis:
"Set in the kingdom of Ehb, the story follows a man called Farmer (Jason Statham), who was adopted by his village. When Farmer's wife, Solana (Claire Forlani), and his son leave to sell vegetables at the town of Stonebridge, Farmer's farm is attacked by creatures called Krugs. With the help of his friend and neighbor Norrick (Ron Perlman) he travels to Stonebridge; however, the Krugs kill his son and capture his wife. With the help of Norrick and Bastian (Will Sanderson), Farmer's brother-in-law, he intends to find and rescue his wife."

Up Next:
No, Noah. Reb Brown shouldn't have been in this.

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31. The Expendables - (2010) - 36 points
(3 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #10 Monty)
   
Directed by Sylvester Stallone
Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li & Dolph Lundgren

Place on 11's list: N/A
Place on 10's list: N/A
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #31: Airport - (1995)

Synopsis:
Mercenary Barney Ross leads a ragtag band of hired guns charged with overthrowing a South American despot, a job no official military unit is willing to touch. But once on the ground, the team learns there's more to the mission than they were told.

Up Next:
#30-21! Giant Monsters! Insurance fraud! Folk singers! Evil twins! Even a wedding! Oh, and the main man shows up too. All this and more tomorrow!

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Bonus Entry!

This year, as a special treat, I contacted a number of people outside the Rifftrax community and asked them what they'd like to see tackled by Mike and the guys. And some of these folks were kind enough to reply. So, let's start with our first guest entry...

... Two that I’d especially love to see done:

-Star Trek: The Motion Picture

-Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (this one in particular is rife with riffing potential, in particular “EL TELEPHONO!” or just the constant bits of “Frankenstein” [AKA a robot named Frank] just stumbling around confused and malfunctioning.  Also included are very fey aliens in bad bald caps and girls getting shrink-wrapped)

Hope that helps, at least!

ST: TMP has, of course, been in prior years' lists. So, let's take a look at the other suggestion:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/O9It2mr5hP8?version=3" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/O9It2mr5hP8?version=3</a>

Yeah, that just might work. Thanks, Lewis!

Lewis' work can, of course, be seen at Atop the 4th Wall.

[Johnny Unusual]

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Simpsons haven't done this one yet, but Futurama did.

Actually, they did do it.  In a Halloween episode they go inside Mr Burns to save Maggie, who has been swallowed.

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37. Con Air - (1997) - 32 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #1 DB Barnes)

This movie is ridiculous on so many levels. In terms of riffing potential, this is what you would call extremely target-rich. Between the lame plot, cheesy one-liners,  and over-the-top characters/performances, this pile is just  begging to be riffed. Who else voted for it?

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/fWq-S1_1vnc?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank" class="new_win">http://www.youtube.com/v/fWq-S1_1vnc?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

36. The Island- (2005) - 33 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #1 CJ Jones)

Scarlett Johansson looks amazing in this movie. That's totally irrelevant to the topic. This movie wasn't even on my list.

33. The Ewok Adventure: Caravan of Courage - (1985) - 34 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Gojikranz)

Dammit! I spaced on this one. Totally should've put this on my list. It's always something!

49. Demolition Man - (1993) - 27 points
(2 of 17 lists. Highest ranking - #5 DB Barnes)

As much of a target as it is, Demolition Man seems completely self-aware, and aware of the fact that it's a really silly yet massively fun action movie. It actually kind of riffs on itself if you ask me.

I'm gonna stay away from the whole "self-aware" issue on this thread. It doesn't take away from the fact that I think this would make a great riff. You could make the same argument for Flash Gordon and Starship Troopers, and I'm sure there will several others before this list is done. Besides, there's plenty of that talk over in the Suggest-a-Trax thread.

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Cool! I love Linkara, he's awesome!

[Russell]

Cool! I love Linkara, he's awesome!

Although to be honest I can do without his cheesy story lines.