Paramus, NJ

[Sharktopus]

I know I've been as elusive as Robert Denby the last couple years*, but the Sharktopus will be making a rare public appearance at the Plan 9 riff at the Paramus Garden State Plaza in the beautiful, easy to drive in, not at all smelly state of New Jersey**. Will any of my old pals be there too? Or any new riffaholics I haven't met since I fell off the face of the interweb? Any extra-curricular plans to be hatched?

*And just where the hell have I been anyway, you may ask? Well, it's a long story, but rest assured, puzzled men of courage. I'm alive, well, and of normal size some 8000 miles away in a lifeboat. I hope none of you fine folks were worried.

**Description of New Jersey may not be entirely accurate.

[torgosPizza]

Welcome ba-- hey! Where'd you go now?

[Sharktopus]

That was an even better experience than I'd hoped - well worth the hour's drive each way with no air conditioning. The Paramus AMC 16 is easily the nicest movie theater I've ever visited, and the largest indoor screen I've ever seen besides Imax. I felt a distinct perverse pleasure in seeing Plan 9 in HD on such a huge screen, and as one of the riffers pointed out in the Onion A/V Club interview, somewhere Eddie's smiling that satellites in space were utilized to broadcast his magnum opus.

About 15 minutes before showtime, an usher informed us that the show was sold old and that we all had to give up our buffer seats. (Luckily, the AMC 16 features very comfy extra-wide seats and armrests. Kevin would approve.) Oddly, the front two rows of seats were empty despite the sold-out claim, but I'd feel sorry for any paying customer who would have to sit that close to such a giant screen.

The packed crowd warmed up very quickly with the short, in fact, there was a lot of laughter and applause even at the pre-show "movie facts," especially the Keanu/Day The Earth Stood Still one. This audience came prepared to yuck it up MST-style, and personally I felt that Jonathon Coulton and Lowtax's videos did more harm than good, though they went over pretty well in Paramus. By the way, Lowtax? You're trying too hard, dude. Dial it back a notch.

So, when's the next one?

[rolypolyman]

Actually our audience in Oklahoma totally got into the Kansas City Flour Blowout bit, since we're kind of at a convergence of farm culture / truck rally culture / etc, and not far from Kansas City.  I wonder how the KC showings reacted.  Anyway, not to derail the New Jersey thread!

[RVR II]

*And just where the hell have I been anyway, you may ask? Well, it's a long story, but rest assured, puzzled men of courage. I'm alive, well, and of normal size some 8000 miles away in a lifeboat. I hope none of you fine folks were worried.

Only a 2 year hiatus

Hope you drop by a bit more often..

[Steve-O]

Yay!  Sharktopus is alive!

[BBQ Platypus]

Wow!  I thought you were dead...or ran off to the cloister or something.

[carlobee]

yeah!