Rank a Dawn of Commie Red!

[Minnesota]

Definitely a perfect 10! Joel and Mike together was a real treat.

As for a couple comments made above. Red Dawn has always been on my list of movies to get the treatment, it wasn't my most wanted Rifftrax, but after many others showed similar interest it definitely climbed to my number one spot.

On the surface its just an average implausible fear based movie thats nothing altogether that special (apart from the big name actors) ... but soon the several memorable scenes easily turn into in jokes amongst friends. I thought me and my group of friends were basically alone in this (err...  thus the definition of an inside joke / screaming of an obscure movie quote) until I got to this forum I never realized so many people had ever even heard of the movie... a little bit obscure and mainstream at the same time... perfect fodder for an in joke... the South Park guys, Seth Mcfarlen a couple times, pretty sure I remember the Sklar Brothers or Simpson's, and many other comedy acts cant resist a good Red Dawn joke. Was it the perfect fodder for Rifftrax? Not really Red Dawn was certainly more challenging than a lot of movies, Batman and Robin is probably the easiest to make jokes at in my opinion... but not all movies are necessarily easy. Long story short, dozens of us on the forum GOT the in side joke, sorry if we hyped it up too much, certainly wasn't the intention. Just my take, perhaps others could take a stab at Conor's question.

Totally rambled there. As for the Rifftrax, its a solid 10 with tons of great jokes. Was the choice of Red Dawn a 'Joel Mchale trax' we were expecting him to do?... not really... as a fan of the Soup I was expecting a more recent film made this year or last year... but it really didn't matter because it was easy to notice Mike & Joel's chemistry. Maybe another time they can do a 'blockbuster' film, or perhaps instead Mike could do a cameo on Joel's turf (one of his two shows), that would be equally cool.

[Nunyerbiz]

I'm left wondering what the big deal was.

That's what I thought too.  Compared to a Road House or even an Over the Top, the unintentional comedy just isn't there ("avenge me" is probably the finest moment of that sort.)

They don't even yell "wolverines" that often, maybe twice? and wasn't even that funny when they did.

I think it was one of those things that just got legs and took on a life of it's own. I don't know if there was ever that many people clamoring for it as there were people who thought it was funny to clamor for it....

[dalem]

Yeah, I think it's a fine little cheesey movie that "dared" to have a little fun with a concept and got hammered for it.  Not going to win any awards but it's fun as hell.

-dale

[Thrifty]

I'm left wondering what the big deal was.

Don't get me wrong, the Rifftrax itself was awesome. A solid 8. Laughter and mirth abound, and Joel made an awesome guest-riffer, but after all these years of hyping it up as the best riff-fodder ever, I was expecting a goofier movie, or a worse movie, or maybe just a more rediculous movie, but the source material was fairly well-grounded, the movie was all right, and the script was reasonably plausable. Am I losing my ability to enjoy movies ironically? Has The Room made it so, by comparison, every other movie isn't so bad? Who started the whole "Red Dawn" thing on these forums? Anyone care to shed some light?

"Me too" post.

[Minnesota]

Outsiders.

[dalem]

Look here, Pony Boy.

-dale

[ScottotD]

Does it make me naive that I'd like to hope people these days are a bit more evolved than the kind of jingoistic yahoos who would have liked this movie when it first came out?



I really enjoyed this, the fact the guys keep breaking during the riffing gave it a good atmosphere too.

[Doctor Who?]

I gave it a 9.

Favorite bit?  Mike doing the Air Wolf theme.

[Thrifty]

Does it make me naive that I'd like to hope people these days are a bit more evolved than the kind of jingoistic yahoos who would have liked this movie when it first came out?

Well, yes.  I mean, you could remake this movie with Arabs instead of Communists and it would be a smash hit.

[Nunyerbiz]

Just got done with Red Dawn... Joel did a great job as a guest riffer, the mood was relaxed and they brought a bunch of nice jokes. It was one of those riffs where if you never saw the movie before, you could still follow along and enjoy it just fine. The guys didn't try to hard to overwhelm every sliver of dead air with riffs... but just kept a steady pace going throughout. I didn't get a ton of big belly laughs as I do with their best efforts but very few jokes fell flat... So as of right now, I'd give it an eight outta ten... but I got a feeling this one will probably bump to a nine with repeat viewings.

[dangfish]

Just got done with Red Dawn... Joel did a great job as a guest riffer, the mood was relaxed and they brought a bunch of nice jokes. It was one of those riffs where if you never saw the movie before, you could still follow along and enjoy it just fine. The guys didn't try to hard to overwhelm every sliver of dead air with riffs... but just kept a steady pace going throughout. I didn't get a ton of big belly laughs as I do with their best efforts but very few jokes fell flat... So as of right now, I'd give it an eight outta ten... but I got a feeling this one will probably bump to a nine with repeat viewings.

Ditto on pretty much everything above.  Not a lot of belly laughs but steady throughout.  My main issue had nothing to do with the quality of the riffs.  Joel wasn't miked as well as Mike or something.  There were quite a few times where I could barely hear Joel.

[Darth Geek]

Does it make me naive that I'd like to hope people these days are a bit more evolved than the kind of jingoistic yahoos who would have liked this movie when it first came out?

Well, yes.  I mean, you could remake this movie with Arabs instead of Communists and it would be a smash hit.

Towelheads are the new Reds.

We will always have stupid, hatefilled people. We only evolve if we ignore them and stop voting for conservatives.

[Edward J Grug III]

Does it make me naive that I'd like to hope people these days are a bit more evolved than the kind of jingoistic yahoos who would have liked this movie when it first came out?

Well, yes.  I mean, you could remake this movie with Arabs instead of Communists and it would be a smash hit.

I believe it's going to be the Chinese this time round.

Anyway, 9 out of 10 from me! Joel was fantastic (shame about the low mix on his jokes sometimes though).

MORE JOEL!

[The_Flash]

Late reply, but I just got around to watching this.  No offense to Bill or Kevin, but I enjoyed the Mike and Joel duo.  I think guest riffer trax are some of the best.

[Minnesota]

[honesty] Totally sucks that P.S. has passed... but I'm glad they got these last few Swayze films in. It probably would've been inappropriate otherwise. RIP. [/honesty]

Also, More Joel Mchale Trax please!!