MST3K Reunion LIVE: Reunion Show Thoughts and Impressions

[Compound]

Really? No one put this up yet? Well, let's get this rolling.

I liked it. I really liked it. Every riff team seemed to be firing on all cylinders and quite into the riffing.  Well, except for Conor, who seems to still be bummed about Jeopardy. And I'd forgotten how funny Shake Hands with Danger was.

I'll also note that Kevin seemed to be taunting us with his reference to "A Talking Cat?!?" which, for the unaware, is a fairly recent very bad movie with Eric Roberts in the role of the talking cat. A riff would be greatly appreciated.

Our local theater was much more attended than normal, and the crowd seemed quite into it.

Also caught former forum person Veronica Fish in the credits. Oh, and Linkara wandered through the crowd shots as well.

Looking forward to Mothra.

[Gnome_Stomper]

I loved the show.  This was only my second live show after Timechasers and I had a blast!  Except the theater I was in 'lost transmission' of the satellite feed during 'What is grass?'.  I'm guessing I missed the last 5 - 10 minutes of the show.  Coincidentally, there were people waiting outside of our theater as we were being shuffled out to see the next movie.  And I got a coupon for a free game of bowling I will never use.  So, loved the show.  Very disappointed in the theater.

[Pak-Man]

That was a great show. Left me feeling good about Jonah as the new host. He has a good voice/tone for MST3K.

Frank and Trace took home the trophy for best team for me. I love how they turned "woman doing what it takes to get dates" to "woman tries to bed every man in sight."

[Toplar Scarre]

The show was great, from the flashy recap of the RiffTrax Live events before the RiffTrax opening credits to the extra long riff-a-palooza at the end of the show.

I liked the Ten Years of Riffs favorite moments video, and Trace and Frank's riff on the short More Dates for Kay was great.

I had never seen Shake Hands With Danger before, but now it is on my "to get" list.

And Kevin's occasional mentioning of "A Talking Cat?!?!?" seems to be more than that.  The fourth RiffTrax Live event this year, perhaps?

Favorite shorts in the reunion show:

1) More Dates for Kay
2) Shake Hands with Danger
3) The Talking Car

[Trekker4747]

Great, great, show. Our theater was also pretty crowded. Not sold-out. but most of the stadium seats were taken in one of the medium-sized screening rooms. I'd say it was the most attended RTL event I've been to in quite some time.

I think the Trace/Frank team was the better of the groups; though it's hard to top Mary Jo and Bridgette.  But it helps that Trace and Frank's short was so bizarre and sort of "risque." I mean, considering the era that was from was it even *allowed* for a young woman to so actively pursue every man she encounters?

I'm sort of disappointed we didn't get a team-up of Mike and Joel (the two hosts; maybe with Jonah in there too for all three hosts) since the was a missed opportunity in "Soul Taker" when Joel revisits the SOL. 

Really liked Jonah, look forward to him in the reboot/relaunch of MST3K; also loved how the flubbed line of the night went to him. :lol:

Great work on the "Shake Hands With Danger" retread; enjoyed seeing that short again.

Audience erupted in lots of murmurs and applause when the "Mothra" event-poster showed up during the pre-show slides/Fanthom Events notices.  A surprise for me and something that I think will be a FANTASTIC night.

Great work to the entire team at Rifftrax and MST3K!

[k1]

Great show!  The first short was ok, but the rest of the night was awesome.  I had no fears with Jonah riffing (and thankfully I wasn't wrong).  I loved how you could see on his face how excited he was to be up there with everyone.  Frank & Trace were amazing, Bridget & Mary Jo tremendous as always.

When they were starting to set up what Jonah & Joel were going to riff I turned to MrTorso & said "this sounds like that Americans At Work short my brother & I riffed back in May".  When they said it was also about beauticians I said "yep. That's the one!"

It was really fun/weird to hear "the pros" riffing something we had done. I kept waiting for duplicate jokes & thankfully there weren't really any.

Hopefully they will get Jonah & Joel to do some shorts down the road. I liked the dynamic between the two of them.

*Oh, if you want to check out our version of that short hit the link above & you can use the 50% off coupon code MST3Kreunion

[TeKno Ziz]

Have been attending both Rifftrax Live! and Cinematic Titanic events for a number of years now and really appreciated the whole gang being together. One of the funniest moments, though, from last night was the 10 Years of Rifftrax compilation. If there is anyway legally you can make that video available on your site, I guarantee more potential customers will understand and buy more riffs. It was great. That and the short about grass ala Riffapalooza were the best. Thanks for bringing a little comedy into this often dark place. 

[Darth Geek]

Have been attending both Rifftrax Live! and Cinematic Titanic events for a number of years now and really appreciated the whole gang being together. One of the funniest moments, though, from last night was the 10 Years of Rifftrax compilation. If there is anyway legally you can make that video available on your site, I guarantee more potential customers will understand and buy more riffs. It was great. That and the short about grass ala Riffapalooza were the best. Thanks for bringing a little comedy into this often dark place. 

They are going to have it for sale as a VOD on September 12th. Woohoo, that's my birthday!

[ohiojeff]

Theater I was in was pretty much sold out.  I checked a couple days ago and there were plenty of tickets but when I went to the box office, there were only 5-6 seats left.  I, too, thought Frank and Trace's short was the best, with Bridgette and MJ next.  The grass one was awesome, too.  I was not impressed with Jonah, but given it was live and he didn't have the years of experience the other guys have, I'll wait to see how he does.  Maybe he doesn't have the character association in my head that the other guys do when I hear their voices.  Some of his riffs weren't well written, either, but who knows who wrote them.  You see a show like this and realize how much there is to the timing and delivery and how much work goes into getting it just right.  I guess that's comedy.

[Pak-Man]

Jonah actually snuck in one of my favorite riffs of the night. When the short talks about how hair always grows back. "Right, Joel?"

It's juuust the right amount of zing. Not too mean, but with enough teeth to be funny.

[Darth Geek]

Jonah actually snuck in one of my favorite riffs of the night. When the short talks about how hair always grows back. "Right, Joel?"

Yeah, I loved that one (even though I am losing my hair).

[Darth Geek]

The Regal Brandywine that I usually go to was sold out. I think that's the first time it has been for any of the Rifftrax Live shows. Fortunately I found out a few hours beforehand and was able to get tickets at another theater not too far away.

I'm glad to see these shows being so successful.

[ScottotD]

A Talking Cat!?!? is a fantastic episode of the Flophouse Podcast featuring awesome new head writer Elliott Kalan.

[Darth Geek]

The grumpy car in the Talking Car short reminded me a lot of the shopkeeper in The Brute Man. It was hilarious!

[Prince of Space]

It was an awesome event to go to live! Some of the more resourceful fans found the stage entrance/exit after the show and got some good pictures with the stars. I got a great picture with Trace who insisted on operating the Tom Servo I was holding.