Where are the blockbuster movie riffs????

[Starman!]

As long as we get riffs for The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises when they come out on Blu-Ray.

[Darth Geek]

I loved MST3K but loved that Rifftrax was different. 

Totally agree with this.

To be honest, while I have enjoyed the VODs that I have tried, I don't buy all of them. I really think Cinematic Titanic was the the alternative to Rifftrax riffing bigger more recent movies. We don't need BOTH of them to be treading the same path.

[ShadowDog]

But I like MKB more than I like the CT people.

I do agree with that whole heartedly. But otherwise I'm with the new guy except that I HAVE tried a bunch of the VODs and with the exception of Ghost House and Laser Mission just didn't like them as much as the MP3s.

[Wernski]

'I have never tried a thing, but I know it's not as enjoyable.'

Well, I've never stuck a power drill up my nose and switched it on, but I think it's a safe bet I wouldn't find it enjoyable.  Seriously, it's not hard for people to make educated guesses about what they will and won't enjoy without trying absolutely everything. 

[Edward J Grug III]

'I have never tried a thing, but I know it's not as enjoyable.'

Well, I've never stuck a power drill up my nose and switched it on, but I think it's a safe bet I wouldn't find it enjoyable.  Seriously, it's not hard for people to make educated guesses about what they will and won't enjoy without trying absolutely everything. 

Yep, those things are comparable, and you've made a solid argument.

[ShadowDog]

I take that approach to Adam Sandler movies.  People actually tell me "But you haven't tried THIS Adam Sandler movie, so why are you cracking on it?"  "Um ... because of the long documented history of his movies sucking 1,000 asses?"

[ScottotD]

I take that approach to Adam Sandler movies.  People actually tell me "But you haven't tried THIS Adam Sandler movie, so why are you cracking on it?"  "Um ... because of the long documented history of his movies sucking 1,000 asses?"

...but then why bother engaging with it at all?

[Edward J Grug III]

I take that approach to Adam Sandler movies.  People actually tell me "But you haven't tried THIS Adam Sandler movie, so why are you cracking on it?"  "Um ... because of the long documented history of his movies sucking 1,000 asses?"

Exactly, and Mike, Kevin and Bill have a long, documented history of sucking 1,000 asses at riffing public domain movies. We all know this.

[Darth Geek]

I take that approach to Adam Sandler movies.  People actually tell me "But you haven't tried THIS Adam Sandler movie, so why are you cracking on it?"  "Um ... because of the long documented history of his movies sucking 1,000 asses?"

Yes. And you can replace "Adam Sandler" with Michael Bay or Uwe Boll, and it still holds true.

[Pak-Man]

At some point, I stopped caring what the subject matter was. They've now riffed great old movies, horrible old movies, great new movies, horrible old movies, kids' movies, shorts, repeats of MST3K material-- pretty much the whole spectrum short of pornography and holocaust films. The one thing they all have in common:

I buy 'em, I laugh. A lot.

Like everyone else, I have a dream-list of riffs that will probably never happen with the current market trends, and it bites that the rest of the world doesn't want to put in the effort to enjoy great riffs like High School Musical, but if riffing obscure old movies keeps the laughs coming, then riff those obscure old movies! I've lived in a world with no movie riffing. I didn't like it. I don't wanna go back.

[ShadowDog]

I take that approach to Adam Sandler movies.  People actually tell me "But you haven't tried THIS Adam Sandler movie, so why are you cracking on it?"  "Um ... because of the long documented history of his movies sucking 1,000 asses?"

Exactly, and Mike, Kevin and Bill have a long, documented history of sucking 1,000 asses at riffing public domain movies. We all know this.

Yikes!  That analogy didn't translate very well because that's not what I'm saying at all. AT ALL.  Mike, Bill, and Kevin would be funny riffing The Passion of the Christ, and we know how tough a row to hoe that would be.  Bros are ALWAYS funny.

The problem is that I'm personally just sick of the old crappy movies getting riffed.  We got that 200 times with MST3K and we kinda get that with the shorts (though I do still buy all those because I can take them in small doses) and I got that with the random VODs the first 3-4 years on this website.  But I started to notice that I wasn't enjoying the VODs as much and I wasn't rewatching them the way I rewatch the MP3 riffs.  And then I'd start waiting to buy the new VOD because I wasn't that excited about them and when I did end up buying them (along with the new MP3 that I'd get as soon as it came out) I'd watch it last.  Then there were a couple I couldn't even get all the way through.  I've never been able to finish the Ice Cream Bunny and Buffalo Solider whatever the Hell that one's called.  That was when I said "fuck this, I'm done with the VODs" and because that's all they sell now its literally been months since I've swiped my card on this site, the longest drought by far since I first started coming here.

Put another way, it doesn't matter if the finest hamburger chef in the world is making your hamburger, if you're sick of hamburgers because you binged on them for too long, you're not going to enjoy it and you'll stop buying it.  And like with food, this is just a matter of personal taste.  I'm not saying anybody who loves the VODs suck any more than if I was sick of hamburgers I'd say people who still like them suck.  It's just personal taste.

So, back to the original comment.  If someone asked me "How do you know you won't like this new VOD if you haven't seen it?" I'd reply "I haven't liked most of the others lately so I probably wouldn't like this one either.  Oh, and Mike, Kevin, and Bill are Comedy GODs! WOO HOO!"

[Danecho1967]

"The Disney Channel.  High schoolers' repressed secrets are, 'I like rap' instead of, 'dissecting the fetal pigs gave me a boner.'"

The single most amazing riff in the history of the art form.  Thank God for reauthoring, because I would have missed the next five minutes of the movie, having fallen, laughing, from my chair.

If that's not golden, I'm not sure what is. 

[ScottotD]

I love that one too

[MartyS (Gromit)]

Then there were a couple I couldn't even get all the way through.  I've never been able to finish the Ice Cream Bunny and Buffalo Solider whatever the Hell that one's called.

You haven't seen the end of Ice Cream Bunny?  That's where the best riffs are, I was in serious pain from laughing the last 15 minutes or so of that.  The bad driving and then his meeting up with santa was golden.

And speaking of Ice Cream Bunny, are we ever going to get a release of the streaming event?  I remember laughing a lot during the extra scenes.

[losingmydignity]

Go VODs. Go VODs. Go VODs!

(I look good in my High School Musical cheerleaking uniform)