LOC - Top 53 Most Requested Rifftrax of 2014

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You forgot:

http://www.rifftrax.com/iriffs/ronin-fox-trax/ronin-fox-trax-batman

No I didn't.  Ronin knows why. (glares at Ronin)

[Sugar Ray Dodge]

Excited for the Top 10.

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Okay, here we go. Top 10.

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10. Hackers - (1986) - 41 points
(2 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #1 C Jones)
   
Directed by Iain Softley
Starring Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie and Jesse Bradford

Place on 13's list: N/A
Place on 12's list: #17
Place on 11's list: #36
Place on 10's list: #38
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #10: Catwoman - (2004)

Synopsis:
"A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus!"

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9. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider- (2001) - 41 points
(3 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #6 Pak)
   
Directed by Simon West
Starring Angelina Jolie, Daniel Craig, and The Edge
 
Place on 13's list: N/A
Place on 12's list: #48 
Place on 11's list: #26
Place on 10's list: N/A
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #9: Dune - (1984)

Synopsis:
"Lara Croft is a wealthy, British archaeologist/tomb raider who tries to thwart a secret society/doomsday cult seeking two pieces of a mysterious device hidden in two different places of the world in order to use it during a rare planetary alignment to bring them unlimited power to control or destroy the world."

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8. King Kong - (1933) - 45 points
(2 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #2 Darth Geek)
   
Directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B Schoedsack
Starring Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot

Place on 13's list: #13
Place on 12's list: N/A
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 #8: Air Force One (1997)

Synopsis:
A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star.

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7. Billy Jack - (1971) - 46 points
(2 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #2 Mystery Poster)
   
Directed by T. C. Frank (Tom Laughlin)
Starring Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor and Clark Howat

Place on 13's list: #14
Place on 12's list: #20
Place on 11's list: #20
Place on 10's list: #7
Place on 09's list: #21
Place on 08's list: #19
Last year's #7: Super Mario Bros -(1995)

Synopsis:
"Billy Jack is a half-Indian/half-white ex-Green Beret who is being drawn more and more toward his Indian side. He hates violence, but can't get away from it in the white man's world. Pitting the good guys, the students of the peace-loving free-arts school in the desert vs. the conservative bad guys in the near-by town, the movie plays definitive late-60s themes/messages: anti-establishment, make love not war, the senseless slaughter of God's creatures, the rape of society (figuratively and literally), two-sided justice, racial segregation and prejudices, and basic socialist ideals."

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6. Watchmen - (2009) - 51 points
(4 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #4 Darth Geek & Sugar Ray Dodge)
   
Directed by Zack Snyder
Starring Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup and Malin Akerman

Place on 13's list: #11
Place on 12's list: #1
Place on 11's list: #3
Place on 10's list: N/A
Place on 09's list: N/A
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #6: National Treasure -(2004)

Synopsis:
"It's the 1980's and it's a different world. Superheroes have been outlawed, the only ones still in operation under direct control of the United States government. Suddenly, those heroes both still in action and retired find themselves targets by an unseen enemy, who wants to kill them one by one. A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, the film is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” – which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union – is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion – a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers – Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen?"

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5. Man of Steel - (2013) - 56 points
(3 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #2 Johnny Unusual)
   
Directed by Zack Snyder
Starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon

Place on 13's list: N/A
Place on 12's list: N/A
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 #5: Judge Dredd -(1955)

Synopsis:
“A young boy learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man, he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind.”

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4. Advanced Advanced Dungeons & Dragons - (2014) - 70 points
(2 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #1 Darth Geek)
   
Directed by Joe Russo
Starring Jonathan Banks, David Cross , Charley Koontz

Place on 13's list: #18
Place on 12's list: #11
Place on 11's list: #24
Place on 10's list: #48
Place on 09's list: #35
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #4: Demolition Man -(1993)

Synopsis:
“Hank's a knob. He doesn't have any hobbies or interests. All he does is play that – what do you call that crap with the dungeons and the dragons...?”

“Dungeons & Dragons?”

“That's the crap.”

“Oooh.”

“Guys, let's play D&D to help Hickey reconnect with his son!”

“Was everyone's takeaway from last time that we can use D&D to reprogram brains? Nobody feels that we almost caused a suicide?”

“We prevented one. Fa...bulous Neil felt like a nobody, and thanks to us he's still out there,  doing this and that in the background.”

“A satisfying sequel is difficult to pull off. Many geniuses have defeated themselves through hubris, making this the chance to prove that I'm better than all of them – I'm in.”

“All in favor of a game of Dungeons & Dragons to reunite Hickey and his son tomorrow night?”

“Aye!”

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My apologies. Apparently I've misidentified the appropriate film. I'll correct that in a moment.

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4. Dungeons & Dragons - (2000) - 70 points
(2 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #1 Darth Geek)
   
Directed by Courtney Solomon
Starring Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans and Jeremy Irons

Place on 13's list: #18
Place on 12's list: #11
Place on 11's list: #24
Place on 10's list: #48
Place on 09's list: #35
Place on 08's list: N/A
Last year's #4: Demolition Man -(1993)

Synopsis:
"Empress Savina Rules over the magical empire Izmer. The young thieves Ridley and Snails get involved with her quest to find the legendary Scepter of Savrille. With this most desirable magical wand she could have the power to rule over the Red Dragons and she would then be able to provide freedom and equality amongst all people. Ridley and Snails are closely followed by Damodar, the cruel assistant of Profion who is longing for the power of the Scepter. Profion wants to get into battle with the Empress. Whenever Profion would get his hands on the Scepter, the whole empire would then forever live in darkness. The future depends on the braveness of Ridley and Snails..."

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3. Super Mario Brothers - (1993) - 70 points
(5 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #5 Darth Geek & Pak-Man)
   
Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel
Starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper

 
Place on 13's list: #7
Place on 12's list: #2
Place on 11's list: #1
Place on 10's list: #8
Place on 09's list: #43
Place on 08's list: #12
Last year's #3: Showgirls - (1995)

 
Synopsis:
"This is the story of two hard working Italian plumber brothers named Mario Mario and Luigi Mario, who befriends a young paleontologist named Daisy. She uncovers a massive find of mysterious new dinosaur bones. While exploring the tunnels where dinosaur fossils lay, saboteurs hired by the Mario Bros. rival businessman, Anthony Scapelli, to break some underground pipes. Meanwhile, in a hidden world called Dino-world, King Koopa's land is running out of water and going through problems so he sends Spike and Iggy to kidnap Daisy! Now the Super Mario Bros. find themselves the only hope to save the Earth from invasion then challenge a diabolical lizard king and they must battle giant reptilian goombas, outwit misfit thugs and undermine sinister scheme by taking over the world!"

 
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Nyah. It didn't take first.

Night of the Lepus was 2 points short of also making the list, BTW.

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2. Pacific Rim - (2013) - 72 points
(4 of 11 lists. Highest ranking - #2 C Jones)
   
Directed by Guillermo del Toro
Starring Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam, Rinko Kikuchi

Place on 13's list: N/A
Place on 12's list: N/A
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 #2: G.I. Joe The Rise of Cobra -(2009)

Synopsis:
“When monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity's resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes - a washed up former pilot and an untested trainee - who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.”

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