TROLL 2? TROLL 2????? (Thoughts)

[Rude]

Speaking of movies that were shot well but sucked, check out "The Devil's Rain".
...Shatner and Eddie Albert.   It even had Tom Skerrit in it!   We had to watch.

The Devil's Rain is great! I own that one on DVD. Don't forget that it also features John Travolta is his first role, Ernest Borgnine as a cult leader who turns into a satanic goat-man and the huge ending featuring melting people?!@#

How could anybody not want to see that movie?~

-Rude

[peiz11]

Wow, my first post.  I've been a fan of MST3K for years and have 8 of these rifftrax, slowly starting to netflix them one by one.  I had a great time with Troll2.  Reading this thread I was worried about how lowtax would be but I found him to be really funny.  Obviously, it doesn't sound normal yet, but I thought he was great.  What a horrible movie that badly needed to be riffed!  Anyways, my favorite had to be the "row, row, row your boat" bit.  I was on the floor laughing at that.  Glad to be a part of the boards now!

[torgosPizza]

Wow, my first post.  I've been a fan of MST3K for years and have 8 of these rifftrax, slowly starting to netflix them one by one.  I had a great time with Troll2.  Reading this thread I was worried about how lowtax would be but I found him to be really funny.  Obviously, it doesn't sound normal yet, but I thought he was great.  What a horrible movie that badly needed to be riffed!  Anyways, my favorite had to be the "row, row, row your boat" bit.  I was on the floor laughing at that.  Glad to be a part of the boards now!

Glad to have ya! Welcome aboard!

[mrbakasan]

Speaking of movies that were shot well but sucked, check out "The Devil's Rain".
...Shatner and Eddie Albert.   It even had Tom Skerrit in it!   We had to watch.

The Devil's Rain is great! I own that one on DVD. Don't forget that it also features John Travolta is his first role, Ernest Borgnine as a cult leader who turns into a satanic goat-man and the huge ending featuring melting people?!@#

How could anybody not want to see that movie?~

-Rude

I own that one on DVD as well.  It really has an impressive cast for being such a craptastic movie.  The shining moment in the movie for me is when William Shatner lets out the most bizzare scream ever caught on film in a scene when he is caught and hung upside down by old Ernest.

[Bob]

Besides any Shatner scene or Ernest Borgnine making his "evil" face (complete with rolling eyes) is the scene with the rocking chair that is rocking with no one in it.   As the camera pans back, you see a knife stuck in the arm of the rocking chair.   Attached to the knife is a very large and very long piece of scotch tape.   You can see the tape get pulled by some unknown "special effects" guys offscreen.   It is hilarious.   I guess they were out of fishing line.

[shortstack]

My Troll 2 anecdote:

I've owned Troll 2 on VHS for a while now, mostly because I initially bought the first Troll movie based on a bunch of chatter from some Harry Potter fans on IMDB, and the idea that someone made a sequel to Troll just tickled me pink.
I only paid two bucks for the Troll 2 tape, hated it, but still kept it!

The real story is in the fact that the announcment for the Troll 2 rifftrack came just as I was moving out of my apartment of my recent-ex - I was down and out, everything had happened while I was looking for a job, I was strapped for cash, and I effectively had no place to live.  I managed to finally find a job, and before I start there (since I don't have an apartment yet), I decided to stay with my parents for a week while I search.  I spared some CC to buy the track, and while most of my stuff is in storage, I brought the movie with me. 

Well, my parents wouldn't understand Rifftrax, and they go to bed at like 10pm, so it was a couple of days before I got a chance to watch it.  Finally, yesterday, my dad was out, my mom was at work, so I popped it in, and tried to queue it up.  After noticing that the tape was old enough to not even have the MGM opening, I had to queue it from the Copyright Warning instead.  Suprisingly, it worked.  The track was only off by about a quarter of a second, which drifted to about half a second towards the end of the movie, which was fine (I didn't want to screw around with it).

Okay, so this is a long story, but the whole point is that I laughed my ass off.  I'll admit I was doubtful, but Lowtrax did a great job, and so did Mike, and I really REALLY needed the sort of cathartic release that comes with watching a good Rifftrax or a good MST3k.  It made the past month and a half a hell of a lot more bearable. Somebody should prescribe Rifftrax as a form of therapy. 

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

and I really REALLY needed the sort of cathartic release that comes with watching a good Rifftrax or a good MST3k

I know what you mean, i got a few gigs of mst3k episodes out here to watch.  Ive been watching one ever morning before bed.  Its been a grounding expereince.

[dignan]

I enjoyed the Little Miss Sunshine reference, because, well, I didn't like that movie like everyone else on the planet did, so comparing Troll 2 to that amused.

[6079SmithW]

and I really REALLY needed the sort of cathartic release that comes with watching a good Rifftrax or a good MST3k

I know what you mean, i got a few gigs of mst3k episodes out here to watch.  Ive been watching one ever morning before bed.  Its been a grounding expereince.

I've just been spending most of my computer's time getting the series on to my iPod- I've got all but about thirty episodes on it now, and that's counting the KTMA seasons. You might think the screen was to small for MST3K to work, but honestly it hasn't caused me any trouble, possibly because I've seen all of the episodes at least once before.

So I get to watch episodes on the shuttle on the way to school, during lunch, or whenever else I'm bored. I've started having to watch serious movies as a cathartic release from MST...

(Now if only I weren't so lazy, I could get more than X-Men on there from Rifftrax. Authoring those dvds is such a huge bitch, though.)

[AmandaGal]

I enjoyed the Little Miss Sunshine reference, because, well, I didn't like that movie like everyone else on the planet did, so comparing Troll 2 to that amused.

It's ironic (well, in an Alanis way) that the Little Miss Sunshine riff came up because a friend of mine was all, "You have to watch Little Miss Sunshine if you haven't seen it! It's the best movie ever!" a few days before I watched Troll 2 and I just added it to my Netflix Queue (she also like Grey's Anatomy so I don't really trust her taste but I'll give any movie a chance once).   I was kinda looking forward to seeing it because I like Greg Kinnear.  I have a feeling she *may* be mistaken on how wonderful it was, especially since it was featured in a riff, which is a honor not held by many movies.

In Netflix, it has a "Long Wait."  That's never a good sign either.

[mrbasehart]

It's ironic (well, in an Alanis way) that the Little Miss Sunshine riff came up because a friend of mine was all, "You have to watch Little Miss Sunshine if you haven't seen it! It's the best movie ever!" a few days before I watched Troll 2 and I just added it to my Netflix Queue (she also like Grey's Anatomy so I don't really trust her taste but I'll give any movie a chance once).   I was kinda looking forward to seeing it because I like Greg Kinnear.  I have a feeling she *may* be mistaken on how wonderful it was, especially since it was featured in a riff, which is a honor not held by many movies.

In Netflix, it has a "Long Wait."  That's never a good sign either.

It's a good movie.  I wouldn't say it was a great one, and I'm a little puzzled as to why it's been nominated for best picture, but the cast are all excellent.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

because hollywood likes familys that are F*cked up.  it reminds them of home

[Minnesota]

I got little miss sunshine for my birthday and took it back without watching it... I feel kinda bad, but it just seems like a lame movie... maybe I'll rent it one of these days

[SecretAgentSuperDragon]

Good decision. I never understood why so many people like it. It wasn't a comedy. It had a few funny parts, but it more or less depressed the crap outta me. It was kinda in the same vein as Steve Zissou.

Get The Departed instead, or The Prestige when it comes out. Or if you can find it, the 2-disc edition of Memento is really really good.

[Minnesota]

the 2-disc edition of Memento is really really good.

christ, another dvd edition of memento, isnt that like the fourth one already... man some of these studio's are insane if they think I'm gonna buy a movie more than once... err wait I guess I've been suckered before... umm but never again  

also, memento is a pretty sweet movie, I'm still looking forward to seeing the prestige and the departed