Coming 8/30: ABRAXAS!

[RVR II]

This it??

[Bob]

Jesse should have opted for hair in this one.   I guess the dead racoon pelt was out of the producer's money range.

[Pak-Man]

The wikipedia entry is all kinds of fun too. Here's a choice sample:

Secundus wants to access a negative universe which he believes will give him omnipotent powers and make him immortal. To do this he needs the solution to the Anti-Life Equation. He travels to Earth and impregnates the first human female he finds, Sonia Murray (Marjorie Bransfield), simply by holding his hand over her belly. The resulting baby will be a prodigy able to solve the equation. Only a few minutes later, Sonia gives birth to a boy and names him Tommy. Meanwhile, Abraxas corners Secundus so other Finders can lock onto their location and transport Secundus to the prison planet Tyrannus 7. Abraxas is ordered to kill Sonia before she can give birth, but he can't bring himself to do it and leaves her with Tommy. When Sonia goes home her parents kick her out of their house since she doesn't know who the baby's father is. They don't seem to mind that the baby was conceived and born on the same day, though.

[sarcasm_made_Easy]

Stop that pak it hurts to look at it.  This looks worse than Future war. 

[byuni]

This it??

Wow, stunts and special effects that compare unfavorably with "Red Dwarf" - and that's just in the trailer.

This is gonna be good!   

[ManUnderMask]

To do this he needs the solution to the Anti-Life Equation.

Darkseid Is not in this movie.

[BEERxTaco]

I suspect it's not public domain but really really cheap to license, like Troll 2.

Is Troll 2 available VOD and I missed it???

[BEERxTaco]

Okay, I see that it is. I don't know how I missed that. So I just bought it and the only option is Divx. Is there an ISO file I can get anywhere?

[Thrashalla]

If it's not listed, it isn't available. That one was waaaay before my time, and way before we had the formats standardized. I'll work on getting one up when I get time.

[Kete]

This explains Mike's tweets a few weeks ago about movies with two actors from Predator.

[EmBean96]

Ok, couple of questions here, a) how does one acquire tickets for an event such as this (not for a movie theater, I mean the real deal) b) how long are they planning to stay at the Belcourt and c) where should I look for more info on Abraxas when it's available, should it just be on the site?
Many, many thanks.         

[RoninFox]

The live event is long over, and from what I hear the guys were rushed out pretty quick that thine though they usually stick around for awhile or have someplace set upfor an afterparty, like when they went to Stone Brewery right after the show. As for Abraxas, it's being released on the 30th so you'll be able to buy it from the site then.

[Kete]

I think that question 2 was asking how about how long they plan to do shows at the Belcourt, not how long will they stay after an event.  It's my understanding that Legend Films has an affiliation with the Belcourt, and it makes it cheap and easy to do shows there.  My guess is that they will continue there indefinitely.

[RoninFox]

Maybe I just read it wrong, but it seemed to me EmBean though the live show was still upcoming and would feature Abraxas.

[Thrashalla]

Here's the official announcement:
http://www.rifftrax.com/ondemand/abraxas

Our new release Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe follows the heroic exploits of a galactic defender, played by Jesse Ventura, who comes to Earth to--wait, wait, that can't be right. Jesse Ventura? The washed-up 80s wrestler known primarily for his feather boas and conspiracy theories? No, no way. Who would let THAT GUY guard a universe? Forget that, who would even let him guard some small part of the universe? Say, a state of the United States of America, a state with a population of roughly 5.3 million, perhaps located in the Midwest, with an area of 86,939 square miles, famous for its thousands of lakes? Totally implausible, the world just isn't that silly.

And yet, here he is, ready to stumble into action and visibly struggle when he speaks! It's a Terminator-infringing wonderland of snow, words like Comator (or Colemader, or Cone-mater, depending on who happens to be saying it) and organic apple sales. And it features JIM BELUSHI AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. He's there for some comic relief, in the sense that if someone has been stepping on your throat but then stops to step on your chest instead, it's sort of a "relief".

According to Jim, but also Mike, Kevin, and Bill, it's time to slap on a bald cap and rat-tail combo and take a ride in the Governor's car to Abraxas: Guardian of the Universe!
http://www.rifftrax.com/ondemand/abraxas