hey i know i'm supposed to introduce myself here, but i just wanted to talk about mst3k and rifftrax.
i'm mid-30's, from new york, in good health overall. i've seen a lot of movies, and watched many television series. i'm big on horror and comedy. i'm a writer and artist and also was a musician. i'm in a finance major. i have a cat. and i watch mystery science theater 3000 still, even re-runs.
i had so much fun watching film crew and cinematic titanic.
i literally think that they almost eclipse the original series, but not quite. they try hard though.
however, sometimes you seriously can't help but hear tv's frank's voice on those riffs and just immediately know that you'll be laughing in tears. while he didn't get a chance to riff in the original series, he has moments to shine in the cinematic titanic spin-offs.
i'm a long time fan of patton and he definitely had to step into some huge boots to fill with the hairstyle, and having a new co-host besides dr. forrester.
i love the return in parts, but to me cinematic titanic was so amazing. it really gave the viewer the feeling of a cinematic experience.
the mads are so much fun in the original series, too. obviously they brought together the invention exchange bit.
i also think that the fact that the creators of the series change voice actors over the duration of the multiple series is a spectacle unto itself and worth watching and listening to see who will play who. bill corbett and kevin murphy are an amazing pair-up for the go-to guys for most of the riffs. they're all geniuses.
one thing that grew on me as i grew older was the singing. i love the singing when it's in reference to something, funny, and short, but it had to grow on me more. i'd watched the show since maybe 7-10 years old in north carolina on vacations from new york, but had always been able to ignore the singing because of the bravado of the choice to do so on television. when i became a collection owner, i started to identify the singing and then started to reprocess it. i always end up smiling at the shorter bits, even if i don't know the song.
now that i have joined rifftrax i have access to the friends collection. it's additionally very cool because it shows ones that i would have never seen or been able to access.
the especially neat thing about mystery science theater 3000, to me, has also been its embracing of the culture that responds to riffs, and by giving the riff-rippers the respect, they earned the full appearance of a healthy, good, long run of a career at multiple platforms and all due to popular response. it's truly a treasure of america.
Welcome!
If you like hearing Frank riff, you should check out The Mads. He and Trace have been doing a live show online each month since covid hit.
https://www.themadsareback.com/event/the-brain-eaters-livestream-screening/
Thank you! Yes, I would never have thought to look for "The Mads Are Back" by myself.
... I really want to see Jonah Ray and Anthony Jeselnik try to riff together one day that will never change.
Front Row Film Roast followed me on instagram... just on the topic of riffs.
Blank Check podcast was really good, too. It doesn't riff but it takes in the topics of movies and strange budget choices, and it can be pretty hilarious.
To me podcasting is the CBB universe (Comedy Bang Bang.) I know everybody's got their formats though. I listen to a few podcasts like that, comedy.
I'm going to check out some Mads Are Back riffs, asap, and their podcast looks cool! Thanks again!