The Rifftrax Playoffs!

[mrbasehart]

The individual suggestions are good, but I don't want the list to represent one person's thinking, otherwise it's not a forum choice.  I'll remove the OOP DVD's and see what we're left with.

OK.  I've removed the OOP ones and we're left with 145 titles.  Perhaps we should look at removing titles that are a bit too similar to previous rifftrax...?

Here's the amended list:


A.I.
Alien vs Predator
American Ninja
Amityville Horror (REMAKE)
Anaconda
Armageddon
Batman & Robin
Batman Forever
Battlefield Earth
Big Trouble in Little China
Blair Witch Project, The
Cabin Fever
Capote
Caravan of Courage
Commando
Conan The Barbarian
Contact
Core, The
Daredevil
Dark City
Day After Tomorrow, The
Deep Impact
Deep Blue Sea
Dick Tracy
Die Another Day
Dirty Dancing
Donnie Darko
Doom
Double Dragon
Dreamcatcher
Driven
Dungeons & Dragons
Elektra
Equilibrium
E.T.
Event Horizon
Fast and the Furious
Few Good Men, A
Flight of the Navigator
Fog, The (NEW)
Footloose
Friday the 13th : Part VIII
Gigli
Gladiator
Godfather III
Godzilla (AMERICAN)
Hackers
Harley Davidson & the Marlborough Man
Highlander
Highlander II
Hulk, The
Independence Day
Into the Blue
Jaws: The Revenge
Jingle All The Way
Johnny Mnemonic
Judge Dredd
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park II
Jurassic Park III
Kindergarten Cop
Knock-Off
Krull
Last Action Hero
Last Dragon
Legend
Leprechaun
Lost Boys, The
Lost in Space
Mannequin
Masters of the Universe
Matrix Revolutions
Maximum Overdrive
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
Minority Report
Mission to Mars
Monkey Shines
Mummy, The (NEW)
Omega Man
Pearl Harbour
Phantom of the Opera (SCHUMACHER)
Planet of the Apes (HESTON)
Planet of the Apes (BURTON)
Poltergeist
Postman, The
Predator
Prince of Darkness
Purple Rain
Red Dawn
Red Eye
Ring, The
Robin Hood: PoT
Rocky 4
Rollerball (REMAKE)
Rosemary's Baby
Running Man
Saint, The
Seabiscuit
Shadow, The
Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow
Sound of Thunder, A
Speed
Speed 2
Stargate
Starship Troopers
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Streetfighter : The Movie
Superman III
Superman IV
Tango & Cash
Terminator 2
Terminator 3
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: TNG
They Live!
Thing, The
THX-1138
Timecop
Time Machine (REMAKE)
Titanic
Total Recall
Toys
Trainspotting
Tremors
Troll 2
Tron
Troy
Ultraviolet
Van Helsing
Village, The
Volcano
View to a Kill, A
Wall Street
WarGames
War of the Worlds (REMAKE)
Warriors, The
Waterworld
Waxworks
When a Stranger Calls (REMAKE)
Wild Wild West
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Wizard of Oz, The
Xanadu
X-Files, The Movie
X-Men 3
Zardoz

[Pak-Man]

If they're similar to previous rifftrax, they've got the right ingredients. Maybe if we split them up by Genre, we can get some managable brackets going on...

[mrbasehart]

And by "we", you mean "you", don't you?   

*sigh*  I'll add another column to my spreadsheet...

[BBQ Platypus]

My list of 32 -

Anaconda
Armageddon
Batman & Robin
Battlefield Earth
Congo
Core, The
Daredevil   
Deep Blue Sea 
Dirty Dancing
Dungeons & Dragons
Elektra  -  (Never saw the movie and it probably sucks...but good commentary to a bad movie, combined w/Jennifer Garner in various stages of undress fighting idiotic villains sounds like fun to me)
Fast and the Furious
Footloose
Gigli
Godzilla (AMERICAN)
Highlander
Independence Day
Jingle All The Way
Jurassic Park   
Leprechaun
Predator
Purple Rain
Red Dawn 
Showgirls 
Starship Troopers 
Titanic
Total Recall
Troll 2
Village, The
Waterworld
Wild Wild West
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

[mrbasehart]

OK.  I've played a bit loose with the genres so there's not tons to choose from, and here's what we have:


A.I.                         Science Fiction
Alien vs Predator            Science Fiction
American Ninja            Action
Amityville Horror (REMAKE)         Horror
Anaconda            Horror
Armageddon            Action
Batman & Robin            Action
Batman Forever            Action
Battlefield Earth            Science Fiction
Big Trouble in Little China         Action
Blair Witch Project, The         Horror
Cabin Fever            Horror
Capote                         Drama
Caravan of Courage         Science Fiction
Commando            Action
Conan The Barbarian         Action
Contact                         Science Fiction
Core, The            Science Fiction
Daredevil                         Action
Dark City                         Science Fiction
Day After Tomorrow, The         Action
Deep Impact            Action
Deep Blue Sea            Horror
Dick Tracy            Film Noir
Die Another Day            Action
Dirty Dancing            Drama
Donnie Darko            Drama
Doom                         Science Fiction
Double Dragon            Action
Dreamcatcher            Horror
Driven                         Action
Dungeons & Dragons         Fantasy
Elektra                         Action
Equilibrium            Science Fiction
E.T.                         Science Fiction
Event Horizon            Horror
Fast and the Furious         Action
Few Good Men, A            Drama
Flight of the Navigator         Science Fiction
Fog, The (NEW)            Horror
Footloose            Drama
Friday the 13th : Part VIII         Horror
Gigli                         Comedy
Gladiator                         Epic
Godfather III            Drama
Godzilla (AMERICAN)         Action
Hackers                         Drama
Harley Davidson & the Marlborough Man   Action
Highlander            Fantasy
Highlander II            Fantasy
Hulk, The                         Action
Independence Day            Science Fiction
Into the Blue            Action
Jaws: The Revenge         Horror
Jingle All The Way            Comedy
Johnny Mnemonic            Science Fiction
Judge Dredd            Science Fiction
Jurassic Park            Science Fiction
Jurassic Park II            Science Fiction
Jurassic Park III            Science Fiction
Kindergarten Cop            Comedy
Knock-Off            Action
Krull                         Fantasy
Last Action Hero            Action
Last Dragon            Action
Legend                         Fantasy
Leprechaun            Horror
Lost Boys, The            Horror
Lost in Space            Science Fiction
Mannequin            Comedy
Masters of the Universe         Fantasy
Matrix Revolutions            Science Fiction
Maximum Overdrive            Science Fiction
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers      Action
Minority Report            Science Fiction
Mission to Mars            Science Fiction
Monkey Shines            Horror
Mummy, The (NEW)         Action
Omega Man            Science Fiction
Pearl Harbour            Action
Phantom of the Opera (SCHUMACHER)      Drama
Planet of the Apes (HESTON)      Science Fiction
Planet of the Apes (BURTON)      Science Fiction
Poltergeist            Horror
Postman, The            Science Fiction
Predator                         Science Fiction
Prince of Darkness            Horror
Purple Rain            Drama
Red Dawn            Action
Red Eye                         Action
Ring, The                         Horror
Robin Hood: PoT            Action
Rocky 4                         Action
Rollerball (REMAKE)            Science Fiction
Rosemary's Baby            Horror
Running Man            Science Fiction
Saint, The            Action
Seabiscuit            Drama
Shadow, The            Action
Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow      Action
Sound of Thunder, A         Action
Speed                         Action
Speed 2                         Action
Stargate                         Science Fiction
Starship Troopers            Science Fiction
Star Trek: The Motion Picture      Science Fiction
Streetfighter : The Movie         Action
Superman III            Action
Superman IV            Action
Tango & Cash            Action
Terminator 2            Science Fiction
Terminator 3            Science Fiction
Texas Chainsaw Massacre: TNG      Horror
They Live!            Action
Thing, The            Horror
THX-1138            Science Fiction
Timecop                         Science Fiction
Time Machine (REMAKE)         Science Fiction
Titanic                         Drama
Total Recall            Science Fiction
Toys                         Drama
Trainspotting            Drama
Tremors                         Comedy
Troll 2                         Horror
Tron                         Science Fiction
Troy                         Epic
Ultraviolet            Science Fiction
Van Helsing            Action
Village, The            Horror
Volcano                         Action
View to a Kill, A            Action
Wall Street            Drama
WarGames            Drama
War of the Worlds (REMAKE)         Science Fiction
Warriors, The            Action
Waterworld            Science Fiction
Waxworks            Horror
When a Stranger Calls (REMAKE)      Horror
Wild Wild West            Science Fiction
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory      Comedy
Wizard of Oz, The            Drama
Xanadu                         Drama
X-Files, The Movie            Action
X-Men 3                         Action
Zardoz                         Science Fiction

The total list gives us:

44 Science Fiction movies.
46 Action movies.
23 Horror movies.
32 Other movies.

Does this help anyone?  I'm thinking the easiest thing is to break things into tenuous groups (such as "superhero movies")and poll them before we start the bracketing. 

[MontyServo]

What would be really cool is if the Rifftrax folks gave us a list of 16 or 32 movies (movies they would be willing to do, but not necessarily something already scheduled), and then we do our little tournament with those titles.  Than they could actually do the winning film.  The first annual Rifftrax Roundtable Viewer's Choice Tournament!

What do you think, sirs?

[Variety of Cells]

What would be really cool is if the Rifftrax folks gave us a list of 16 or 32 movies (movies they would be willing to do, but not necessarily something already scheduled), and then we do our little tournament with those titles.  Than they could actually do the winning film.  The first annual Rifftrax Roundtable Viewer's Choice Tournament!

What do you think, sirs?

That sounds like a most excellent idea.  Completely solves the problem of possibly not wanting to do the movie.  It will also be a much shorter list.  I fully support this idea.

[Pak-Man]

Or, to keep things more open, we could have the Mods pick movies off our list that have no Snowball's chance in Hades (Keeping in mind that our selection is still never a guarantee. :^))

[MontyServo]

What would be really cool is if the Rifftrax folks gave us a list of 16 or 32 movies (movies they would be willing to do, but not necessarily something already scheduled), and then we do our little tournament with those titles.  Than they could actually do the winning film.  The first annual Rifftrax Roundtable Viewer's Choice Tournament!

What do you think, sirs?

That sounds like a most excellent idea.  Completely solves the problem of possibly not wanting to do the movie.  It will also be a much shorter list.  I fully support this idea.

I think the lists already compiled in this thread could be considered "nominated" films.  Let the Rifftrax staff choose the 16 or 32 films for the tourney from that.  I don't think it is beyond the realm of possibilty that Rifftrax would get behind this tournament by selecting the entry films and actually using the winning film for an upcoming Rifftrax.

The Fan of the Month says Make It So! 

please.

[Variety of Cells]

The only problem is that we'll have to wait quite a while for their picks.  They will have to consult Mike and everyone else, which will take weeks.  If we proceed with our fan made list it will get done faster, but we'll be unsure of its validity.  I'm all for waiting it out, but if there are those who just can't wait, we might want to continue forward.

[MontyServo]

The only problem is that we'll have to wait quite a while for their picks.  They will have to consult Mike and everyone else, which will take weeks.  If we proceed with our fan made list it will get done faster, but we'll be unsure of its validity.  I'm all for waiting it out, but if there are those who just can't wait, we might want to continue forward.

I'm sure the mod's would be able to give us an answer tomorrow, meaning they should be able to tell us one way or the other if this is something they would want to do.  It would be worth waiting a week or so for their picks, just to know that the winning film was a definite Rifftrax.  If not, then the fantasy tourney would still be fun.  And who knows, they might still be willing to do the winning pick.

I also like Pak's idea of asking the Mod's to help trim the master list of films they would never do.  Assuming they don't want to just select a Top 16 or 32 for us to use.

[Sharktopus]

Logan's Run is unavailable in Region 2? I'm sure you're all very jealous of my copy.

"Fish! Plankton! Sea greens! Protein from the sea!"

[SmilinJackRoss]

We should all be in the mindset that this bracket tournament would only be for fun.  To get your hopes up that Mike would actually riff it would be a long shot.  The mods would come up with their own tourney if this were a true possibility.

[MontyServo]

We should all be in the mindset that this bracket tournament would only be for fun.  To get your hopes up that Mike would actually riff it would be a long shot.  The mods would come up with their own tourney if this were a true possibility.

Well, given the types of movies that have been done as Rifftrax and the level of most of the movies suggested and favored by this board.  It would be likely that Mike would do our winning choice eventually anyway.  Unless something unexpected wins, such as Troll 2 or Gandhi.

I was just suggesting a way to give this tourney a bit of legitimacy.  It is, of course, completely up to the Rifftrax crew if they want to actually use the winning film as Rifftrax fodder.

[Conor]

Looks like an awesome event being planned here.  I say proceed with the tournament.  Seeing             how it plays out will be a good way to gauge interest in movies, but it'll also be really fun.  Blender (I'll admit that it arrives at my house every month) is currently doing the same thing with bands, and while it's far stupider than this idea, it's still kind of fun to read.

That said, like all the polls, it could be a great way to gauge interest, but it still has a few problems that I think would keep it from being a foolproof way to pick the next movie.  First of all, how do you make sure that voting is kept honest?  Maybe submitting votes by just replying to a thread for each matchup?  I'm not sure, but I think it would be relatively easy to vote many times for a poll, (not that anyone would be so desperate...actually, scratch that...)  And then you still run into the risk that whatever wins turns out not to really work for a riffable movie, and there's no way we could pour through all the choices ahead of time to see what wouldn't work.  Often what trips you up are the things you don't think about like a movie being too talky:  you don't really notice until you look for it.  We'd need a clause like in the Riff-Off where we can use all or part of the winners, but there's no real way to do that here.

That's my opinion.  But I say to go with it.  If we have a Cinderella story with an unexpected movie taking down some titans, it could call it to our attention in a way that posting "OMG TROLL 2!!!1111!!!" does not. 

What do the rest of you think?