New Feature Length VOD "Prisoners of the Lost Universe" Now Available!

[MrTorso]

http://www.rifftrax.com/vod/prisoners-lost-universe

When a local TV host gets into a car accident with an electrician, she didn't count on one thing: that he would be the two time state champion who had also defended the interstate trophy in the ancient art of Kendo Swords. Because honestly, why would you count on that? It's patently absurd, clearly some sort of horrible plot contrivance. What the hell is a kendo sword anyways? Certainly nothing a grown man should be messing around with.

The point is, those two end up as Prisoners in the Lost Universe, which looks a heck of a lot like Earth except that there is a kind of tree that grows dinner plates, and another kind that grows pods of orange berries. Just try to wrap your little head around that, and also how a film this derivative and cheap looking came out the same year as Return of the Jedi. One thing it did have in common with that film, however, is the presence of horrible little sidekicks. Return of the Jedi had the Ewoks, and Prisoners has Malachi, who makes the Ewoks look like Martini sipping, bon mot spewing embodiments of class and dignity. Malachi...Damn, now we're thinking about Malachi again. He's...He's just the worst. Ugh.

He's also joined on the quest by the Green Man, who's called that because he's the same shade of blue as a Na'vi, a giant killer baby in a diaper, and a talking vulture. Grab your finest kendo sword and get ready to defend the interstate trophy with Prisoners of the Lost Universe!

[Darth Geek]

Funny promo, as usual. Although the greenscreened unmoving background felt offputting when the camera moved around.

[David]

Funny promo, as usual. Although the greenscreened unmoving background felt offputting when the camera moved around.

Offputting? I'll tell you what's offputting- THAT HUMAN DISEASE MALACHI CAN EAT SHOVELFULS OF MY SASSAFRASSIN GRARBLRBLR$#%(*#)%(

[losingmydignity]

I'm going to run against the tide and say that I think the little bugger is.............FABULOUS!

[RVR II]

 
I agree with Kevin

[Bob]

The guy that Kevin hated reminded me of this guy from Bones.

[CHF01]

One of their best promos...EVER   

[TheUnabeefer]

Watching this, I honestly forgot that I was watching a Rifftrax and not an episode of MST3k... That's a good thing.  It really had a great feel to it, and it was a top-notch riff!!!

[Darth Geek]

Kevin's rant during the promo felt very much like a "Tom Servo moment". I was just hoping he would devolve into crying by the end.

[Bob]

Where did they film this disaster that everyone drove a car with the steering wheel on the right hand side?

[TheUnabeefer]

Also, I really love that they do some form of schtick over the end credits.  Aside from perfect Disembaudio singing opportunities, I really would love it if they did that more often... Even on the MP3 riffs.

[Artie]

Very enjoyable riff for a pretty goofy movie (which kept reminding me of Hawk the Slayer, a shame that one is not in the public domain).

My only complaint is that, once again, you just had to put in a trans bashing joke.  I've asked before and I'll ask again - please stop with those jokes.  It's a very simple issue to fix, just stop doing it.

[swstephe]

Wait ... I recognize that balding scientist, that transporter thing, the girl ... that's the movie that FVI's "Stranded in Space" stole from for their opening credits.  After all these years of searching and I finally get to see what looked like a much more interesting movie than "Stranded in Space".  Is this the start of a trend, Rifftrax did "Galaxy Invaders" which was played as the credits for "Pod People".  Now, to complete the trifecta, they need to do a Rifftrax of "Son of Godzilla", which was played in the credits for "Godzilla versus the Sea Monster".

The final bonus ... I could finally die with a sense of completion ... if Rifftrax riffed "Grunt!", the trailer the guys in the camper were watching in Troll 2.

[qlopp]

Very enjoyable riff for a pretty goofy movie (which kept reminding me of Hawk the Slayer, a shame that one is not in the public domain).

My only complaint is that, once again, you just had to put in a trans bashing joke.  I've asked before and I'll ask again - please stop with those jokes.  It's a very simple issue to fix, just stop doing it.

What kind of trans did they bash?

[TheUnabeefer]

Very enjoyable riff for a pretty goofy movie (which kept reminding me of Hawk the Slayer, a shame that one is not in the public domain).

My only complaint is that, once again, you just had to put in a trans bashing joke.  I've asked before and I'll ask again - please stop with those jokes.  It's a very simple issue to fix, just stop doing it.

What kind of trans did they bash?

Maybe he means trans-fat... I'm sick of the trans-fat jokes too. No one cares about trans-fats anymore. The big thing now is Splenda.