My thoughts:
• Despite the fact that I have seen a DVD version of this riff, and also saw it live in San Diego last summer, I still went away with a bad case of “laugh stomach.” Another great show. There were definitely some new lines and that was fun: Sorry, Fort Worth!
• The short was lots of fun. It really got everybody warmed up. “Thank you for keeping the plane snake-free.”
• I really liked the thing where they showed the riffers at the side of the screen. I wished they’d done it more.
• For the record, my theater was about 80 percent full, and people were laughing a LOT.
• There were four really brief signal dropouts, all only a few seconds long, in the first half hour or so. Each time I thought “Oh, God, another technical disaster!” But it was fine.
• This was my first exposure to Mr. Coulton and I really enjoyed it. I will seek more of his stuff.
• Every time they showed the two girls in the front row who were singing along with Coulton, people in my theater laughed and, I fear, not WITH the young ladies.
• Lowtax’s stuff didn’t strike me as hold-my-sides hilarious, but I laughed some. I think it’s an acquired taste. I may be too old a fogie.
• This was also my first exposure to Ms. Belmont. I don’t want to come off like a cranky old grandpa here, but quite frankly, for somebody being billed as “the queen of the internet,” I had never heard of her, Revision3, Tekzilla, Qore or the PlayStation Network before she was announced as the host of the Comic-Con show. I’m not a gamer, and she looks young enough to be my daughter so, sorry Veronica, you’ve just never been on my radar screen. You kids get off my lawn! Actually, she seems pleasant enough, and she discharged her duties cheerfully, but she was also a little out of place. To her credit, she seemed to be aware of it. I could almost hear her thinking, “What the hell am I doing here?” Maybe somebody with actual comedy experience (Bridget perhaps?) might have been a better fit, but she was fine.
• I would say that about a tenth of the total laughs the show got were people simply laughing at the movie itself. I’ve seen this movie a dozen times now, at least, and its rank incompetence still stuns me every time.
• It was interesting to see that, in the bedroom scene, they left in the photo of the two contest winners. A couple of years ago they ran a contest, I forget the details, but the prize was that Legend would put your photo in that picture frame. And it was still there.
• Speaking of the color print, it is very nice, not garish at all. Those Legend wizards do a good job.
• Seeing this again made me wonder what the REAL reason was that they never did this movie during the MST3K years. The more I think about it, the more I think the excuses they gave at the time don’t really hold up.
• Fave riff: Why are we beating them off?
Erhardt adds:
• I saw the show in one of AMC’s hoity-toity Fork & Screen theaters. The auditorium was completely sold out. I honestly thought I’d be about the only one there and I was quite pleasantly surprised. I think there was one other auditorium at the AMC Studio 29 also screening the show, but I have no idea what its attendance was.
• Several people in our comments section have posted that they and/or the audience didn’t particularly care for John Coulton. I thoroughly enjoyed his performances…especially when Kevin guest-starred as “the zombie.” Unfortunately in my theater, very few people sung the “eat your brains” line that Mr. Coulton exhorted us to.
• The first Lowtax “sponsor” ad got a HUGE laugh from the Kansas City crowd I was sitting with, as did the quick mention in the “Plans 1-8” song. I’ve always noticed that the residents here love it anytime their city is mentioned, whether that mention is particularly complimentary or not. I can only imagine that the reactions from the Fort Worth audiences were similar. But where the heck was OUR apology, Bill?
• I’ve got to agree with Sampo about Ms. Belmont. Her appearance, along with Coulton’s, just seemed to be an attempt by RiffTrax to heighten their “geek” cred. As if they need to. But she did a good enough job.
• The RiffTrax site actually crashed after the show as audience members rushed to get their free downloads. But they were able to make a few database fixes and got the site back up after a few hours.
• Favorite riff: Can Kevin’s “ptoo!” noise whenever a character waved a gun be considered a riff? If not, I’ll go with “The captain thanks you for keeping our plane snake free.”
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The show was EXTREMELY funny; there was a good crowd at the Cinemark Tinseltown in Louisville KY, and all of us were in a festive/laughing mood, thanks to the riffers. I hope this type of event can become a recurring thing.
Kevin
Hilarious. Simply hilarious.
Thanks to the ceaselessly funny commentary by Mike, Kevin, and Bill and the energy & responsiveness of our audience (and there were a LOT of people in attendance), it was the most fun I’ve had at the movies in a long, long time.
I just about died laughing at Mike’s “The Unearthly” callback. I wasn’t expecting that at all.
They got a LOT of mileage out of “Plan 9.” There were moments where the film’s ridiculous scenes provided their own laughs (such as Tor attacking the cop).
What’s more, the gang was more than a little bit familiar with the movie’s weaknesses, making their observations about the continuity problems and design flaws a treat (especially when they riffed on the technical aspects of the plane’s cockpit).
I hope that the RiffTrax crew does something like this again very soon.
“Running or defending yourself hasn’t been invented yet!”
Westbury L.I.: I, and i think everyone else, had a wonderful time.
The theater was almost full, the crowd was good-natured and willing to get into it.
We had a few very minor technical glitches, but less than i sometimes get on cable at home.
The show was structrued very well. At first i was leary of the guest musical guy that I’d never heard of, and the somethingawful guy that likewise i knew nothing about. BUT, combined with the short and the rifftones, it all served as a great warm-up. the zombie sing-along i think really broke what ever little ice was left at that time.
The feature & riffing were better than i had hoped. I haven’t laughed this much in a theater since the Aristocrats. I can’t swear that i would laugh as hard at home watching the DVD, because the atmosphere of the theater and the crowd really helped get us all cranked up. But hey, that’s what i paid for.
I may still be buzzed from the fun last night but i can’t find anything bad to say. Stellar work all around.
Well worth the money and effort to go, and i will go again if givven the chance.
I absolutely loved the show. My 12 year old son (who is a new generation MSTie/RiffTrax fan) saw the show in Fairfax, Va. It was non-stop laughs all evening.
The new short Flying Stewardess’ was hilarious, as was Plan 9. There were even some new jokes thrown in, and seeing it with a theatre full of people definitely adds to the fun.
I think they should do this more often.
It was fantastic. There was a guy who brought a Crow replica to our theater, and he was greeted with cheering and applause as he entered.
The show was everything I hoped it would be and more. I guessed ahead of time which songs JoCo would play (after all, they’re both related to the movie), and maybe I would’ve liked to hear more from him…but I realize not EVERYBODY is as big a Jonathan Coulton fan as me and most of them just wanted to hear the riffing.
If anybody missed the show, definitely check your theater for an encore.
The Belcourt is like a second home to me, and I’ve been watching MST3K and Rifftrax for about half my life, I guess. Last night was sublime, everything I hoped it would be. I was hoping against hope that somebody would refer to “time for go to bed”, and I almost leapt out of my seat when Mike did it. I was laughing so much I had tears in my eyes for much of the night. So yeah, it was pretty good.
I was at a theater in Columbia, MD and the room was about 85% packed. There was only one very small hiccup during the show.
Best gag of the show was “Thank you for keeping our plane snake-free,” although I also laughed hard at the detective in the movie.
I checked the Internet Archive for the short but it’s not there. Any idea where they find shorts like it?
“Sorry Fort Worth!”
This was a lot of fun and the crowd was a mix of MSTies and just B-Movie fans. Reguardless, our theater was busting up from beginning to end. Fantastic short to start things off (boy did aviation have it good then) and Plan 9 riffing was, dare I say, out of this world. It’s interesting being a second generation MSTie, I realize more and more that our senses of humor are so similar. For example, when Jeff and the two cops come into the spaceship one by one, me and the guy sitting next to me both went “Hello, Hello, Hello…Hello” at the exact same time. All in all, a fun outing and I hope to see them do something like this again soon.
My husband and I went to an AMC in Texas. (No Bill, not Fort Worth.) The theater was about 2/3 full. The crowd was a little quiet at first. Few participated in the zombie sing along, however once the main feature started everyone was laughing and applauding at the really good lines. ‘Time for go to bed’ brought the house down. True there were a few technical glitches, but we have been to events like this before and that is not unusual.
Definitely money well spent.
This was my first Rifftrax experience and I enjoyed it from start to finish. Either I was laughing or had a smile on my face the whole time, I liked it when they showed Mike, Kevin, and Bill on the side while they were riffing, they didn’t do it for long periods of time, just enough. Three times the short stopped for a few seconds then picked up again but other than that, no complaints.
Favorite riffs;
Flying Stewardesses ending, “now don’t get ugly and fat or we’ll fire your ass!”
Plan 9, “get out of here, this is my bull**** lecture!”
Let’s see if I can remember some of the riffs, on Flying Stewardesses at the end Kevin Murphy says “now don’t get ugly and fat or we’ll fire your ass!”
Plan 9 there were s
Watching from North Brunswick, NJ, there were a few technical glitches, mainly losing audio during the first “sponsor” gag. (I got a laugh when I suggested that we start the Father Mulcahy Sound-Alike Contest.) But, those were minor and were cleared up pretty quick.
Some in the audience didn’t much like the singer, but I thought he was OK. We all liked the two “sponsor” bits, though. “Flying Stewardesses” went over very big. There were a few dead spots during “Plan 9”, but that’s more due to the movie than the riffing (which was top notch).
This has been a good summer: live CT and live RT within two months of each other!
Two questions: first, for those who had the “Did You Know…” bits before the movie, how many tried the elbow thing? Second, did anyone jot down the URL for the free RT stuff? I missed it.
Charlotte, NC, Stonecrest 12.
House was 3/4 full and it was a very enjoyable evening had by all. Tech glich during the 2nd commercial, and was not cleared until Plan 9 had just started, but everyone was very patient and laughing actually.
Plan 9 is a great movie to riff, as it is familiar to just about everyone, and it also provides it own laughs ! The guys were spot on with the riffs ! It is soooo much more enjoyable sharing the experience in a crowded theater !
Having attended Cinematic Titanic event in Atlanta, I can say both events were well done, lots of fun , and proved that the entire MST3K cast are still able to bring us much laughter, fun and good times !
Funny as ever, still have headache from
laughing. Minor feed cutouts during the
short but the problem was sorted out quickly.
With no advertising the show was near full
in Pittsburgh; hope that bodes well for
more events.
“Beat them off? Why would we want to beat
them off?
Very full house of hard core fans in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was extremely fun to finally see the legends riff with a live audience – we all had a blast. Favorite lines included the “Time for go to bed” callback and “He studied acting under the dramatic prairie dog!” Some of the riffs got buried under the classic, well-known Plan 9 moments – such as “Your stupid, stupid minds!” The riffers themselves seemed to not be able to keep a straight face during the extreme “Wood” moments of this film. The colorized version only made the hilarious flaws that more apparent (“He’s turning into the hulk!”). Three word review: more, more MORE!
I also did not write down the URL….???
Saw it at the Plymouth Meeting 12 just outside of Philly, pa. Great show! I request one a year!
As many others have said, the theater was 2/3 to 3/4 full. One guy sat dead center front row and was wearing a red jumpsuit. lol
Loved the freebies as well, I currently have the “autographed” photo hanging next to my autograph of Jerry Maren. :mrgreen:
I’m in Austin and we got an extra special treat at our showing – Pearl!! I took my mom and we were talking before the movie started and I heard someone say “Hi Mary Jo” and I looked and sure enough it was her with 3 other people (one of them was her hubby I assume) and a few other people said hi to her too.
I was surprised there weren’t more people though; the theater was only about a quarter full but we were a spirited crowd. The two young women sitting a few seats down from us were laughing so hard I thought they might need oxygen! I had a headache and was worn out myself by the time it was over from all the laughter.
We only had a few glitches during the short and then it was smooth sailing. I liked how they had it set up with the short first, then some funny sponsor ads and the singer was good too. This was the first time I’d seen Plan 9 and I couldn’t have picked a better way to experience it. I was also hoping someone would make a “time for go to bed” joke and everybody got cracked up at that one.
Overall it was a great time and I hope they’ll do it again. I saw the CT group when they came through back in April too and I think it’s just great that these guys (and gal) are still able to do what they clearly love and are so wonderfully good at.
The url is the rifftrax url followed by a slash and “Plan9”.
(I apologize if we’re not allowed to post that here.)
Re: #7 Tork 110: My understanding is Rifftrax has been getting the shorts from the A/V Geeks archive, based out of North Carolina. They do have an archive.org set, but not quite as many as the Prelinger Archive.
Re: #11 Kenneth: The URL is http://www.rifftrax.com/plan9 You will then need to either log into your Rifftrax account or create one before you can enter the special code to get the stuff.
As for Clackamas Town Center, Portland, OR, we had a pretty similar experience to everyone else (despite the tape delay), with about a 2/3 full house. There were three drops outs, but they didn’t seem too major. I wasn’t terribly impressed by the Lowtax spots, but the many in the theater did. On the other hand, I liked the JoCo songs, but not a lot people did the singalong. But everybody enjoyed the riffing, both for the short and the movie. I look forward when they can do more of these in the future.
Went to the show last night in Peoria Illinois and laughed my ass off. I was surprised about how many people showed up. I only found out about the show on Saturday at the theater. Everyone in my theater sang along to the zombie song. Hope they do this again soon.
I don’t know what it was about the little shooting sound that Kevin made every time the detective haphazardly flung his gun around, but just thinking about it makes me laugh even this morning.
Wow, the first person to post a reply went to the same theater we went to! Glad to see another local person visiting Satellite News, Kevin. A great time was had by all at the Cinemark Tinseltown in Louisville KY. I managed to directly or indirectly convince seven other people to come to the show with me, although two arrived a bit late. It wasn’t a sold out show, but I was happy that the theater was relatively packed. If it had just been the eight of us, I would have been a bit worried.
I should note that this almost felt like a secret showing. Hardly anyone seemed to be working at the theater that night and did not appear to make any effort to advertise the show. I assume everybody there found out about it entirely through the net. The only sign that something might be going on was that the particular area where it was showing was labeled “Fathom Special Event”. I guess the fact that it was “special” was supposed to be enough to sell it. Nobody asked to see the tickets I bought earlier for a friend and I, which made me suspect that we might have been able to come into the show free. That was surprising.
The facts at the beginning were a nice surprise. I had a nice discussion with the guys sitting behind me before and after the show. I liked the host and the Something Awful sketches. Most people (myself included) enjoyed the Jonathan Coulton performance. Unfortunately, a couple guys in front of me either didn’t get that he was supposed to be funny at first or just didn’t find him funny at all. One guy actually said “Why don’t they riff him?” which I didn’t appreciate since he wasn’t even really whispering it.
We lost the signal a few times during the short and once after the JoCo performance. This was met with vocal disapproval by the audience, but fortunately it was only brief blink outs and they never lost the signal during the main feature. The free digital goodies were very nice too. The place to get them, for those of you who forgot, is http://www.rifftrax.com/plan9
I plan on going to the September 2nd showing at the Stonybrook location in Louisville. I hope that tickets sell well for that showing too.
The show in Pittsburgh was sold out and the theater was practically filled. There were a few people there in MST shirts, but it was a rather good natured crowd. There were a lot of chuckles during the singer part whenever they cut to the 2 girls singing along (a little too enthusastically if you ask me).
The short and Plan 9 were non-stop hilarious and I got light-headed from laughing so much. There was zero publicity done in Pitt(they didn’t even have a sign in the theater), but it sounds like they did well so hopefully they’ll keep them coming!
Yes, one of the highlights of the evening was the whole theater laughing at the girls singing along. :lol:
The show was excellent, I saw it in a movie theater in downtown Minneapolis, less than a block from the theater where I saw Cinematic Titanic last year and where they did their live riff of This Island Earth fifteen years ago.
I was so happy to see so many people in attendance… looks like the show was a hit! Here’s hoping to many more in the future.
The three of us (me, my wife and 12-year-old son), as with the Cinematic Titanic Live shows in MN and Philly, went to Rifftrax Live at the theater in Bowie, Maryland last night. It wasn’t what you’d call very full, but there were enough people for it to be lively with laughter. Definitely fun. Annoyingly, there were three or four times that the satellite feed went black for a seoond or two in the early part of the show, but after that it went smoothly.
We own the Rifftrax DVD of Plan 9 From Outer Space, but it was definitely fun watching it done live with other people. The shared laughter definitely adds something to the experience and the live performance had a few zingers that I believe are not on the DVD to the best of my recollection.
I especially enjoyed the short, Flying Stewardess. Rifftrax did a great job with that. The final joke about “now don’t get ugly and fat or we’ll fire your ass!” was a great climax.
I will say that I think the idea of having a musical interlude in between the short and the main feature was a mistake. Mike, Kevin and Bill already had everyone laughing hard after the short and the break for the musical performance really was a break as we felt it really but the brakes on the comedy and broke the mood. It wasn’t bad per se, but I don’t think it contributed anything to the show and we didn’t really enjoy it. Once Rifftrax and the laughter got going they should have just kept going.
I also went to the show in Kalamazoo and brought my parents, who are also MiSTies from way back. They were among the oldest people in attendance, but they still had a blast. It was wonderful to be in a theatre full of non-stop laughter for two hours. Going to this was *almost* as good as seeing the MST Live Show way back in 1994. Great job!
Saw the show in Ashwaubanon, WI. The theater was somewhere between 1/3 to 1/2 full. That was actually a bit disappointing given Ashwaubanon is significant in the birth of MST. Granted it is Joel’s alma matter and Joel has nothing to do with Rifftrax but still…
My complaint: Bill apologized numerous times to Ft. Worth for the riffs against that town but where was Wisconsin’s apology? :)
Apologies are meaningless when the offense is continually repeated as it was against Ft. Worth. The apologies were actually jokes as well, literally and figuratively. Mike Nelson is from Wisconsin and he’s never apologized for all the zingers they’ve thrown that way since MST3K days.
The show in Harrisburg was about 3/4 full, also with no signs whatsoever in the theater for the show. The crowd was very into it. I could have done without a sponsor or song for a second short about gun safety, just for the irony. Loved the show, would love to see more!
That’s how we felt. I even said that last night. Another short would have been a MUCH better idea than the musical break between short and feature.
Our theater was about halfway filled in grand ol’ Elgin, Illinois, with a very eclectic crowd – some teenagers (like me and my friends), some younger adults, some middle agers, and a couple older folk. But we instantly meshed and had a great time together.
Flying Stewardesses went over very well, and I really like that they did the short as a sort of warm-up…but still, it’s a short. And shorts are always fun.
Nobody in the crowd like Jonathon Coultan. My friend was deeply ashamed. “He’s usually better!”, which I know, but boy did we just want to get to riffing. The transmission had a brief hiccup right after he was done and somebody went “Of course, it cuts WHEN HE’S DONE”. When the crew came back for their Rifftones number, all I could do was lean over to my (other) friend and go “…Why can Mike play the nose flute? ._.”
And then came the movie…and there was much excitement. I mean, what can I really say? Top notch, great jokes, good pacing; it was a riot.
Our theater didn’t even bother to do anything for the event. The only way you’d know they were doing it was by the marquee and by the ticket stub. Otherwise, the theater we saw it in was supposed to be showing “The Ugly Truth”. …Oh, and brief anime nerdlet, me and my friend squeed at the Eureka Seven movie. Thank you Fathom for crossing my fandom streams.
Myrtle Beach here. Theater maybe half full. I was originally a little worried when we saw their reactions during the short, but that turned out just to be a momentary thing that they only repeated a few times, and it was only distracting at first.
Jonathan Coulton didn’t seem to go over very well on my end. When he got into his song, there was an exodus towards the bathroom and concession stand. I thought he did alright, but it was definitely an abrupt stop in tone, and not like the skits on MST3K, which provided solid segues.
Ultimately, though, the event was a huge hit. We laughed our asses off at both the short and the film. My favorite riff from the whole thing was “I’m Bob Executive. Which way to Business?”
The best part was seeing how many people did come. True, it was mostly guys in their 20s-30s, but there were older people, and more impressive, younger people. There was a kid who had to be 12, and he had a blast, especially with the singing Tor at the end. I love the idea that this never gonna get old.
I see there’s a concensus building here. Rifftones was good, but we didn’t need Coultan. Once the main act is on stage, in general in any performance, one should not break the mood by jumping to a different style and unrelated performer. Last night supported that idea.
Speaking of Rifftones, for anyone who does not own the House On Haunted Hill Rifftrax DVD, BUY IT! Of the ten complete Rifftrax DVDs currently available, that one is by far the most hilarious. Everything works perfectly. The Rifftones song at the beginning is amazing and the riffs right from the movie start are top-notch. The movie itself is goofy fun unlike some of the duller ones they’ve done. The whole thing works from Rifftones beginning at the menu till the end of the film.
Btw, I have to ask…did anyone else see the picture over the pilot’s wife’s bed change between shots? Either they did something during the colorization process, or I’m losing my freaking mind.
Mr. B(ob) #28:
Actually while Mike spent a significant amount of his life in Wisconsin he is actually an Illinios native. The name of the town escapes me though.
Yes I know it was joke and wasn’t actually offended. I still wanted my apology though. Equal time and all…
I went to see it at Crossgates Mall in Albany, NY. Even though it was poorly advertised (no advertisements that I saw) it was still a big crowd. I’d say sold out or darn pretty close to !!
It seemed like our show had a 1 second lip sync delay which started off being really annoying. The screen went black for a few seconds during Coultons song and when it came back on it was fixed !! Only to glitch again later and go back to being off for a second. It honestly didnt effect the movie or performance though. Mainly just the live segments with Bill, Mike, Kevin and the host. The crowd was VERY into the night and there was laughter and applause frequently.
I’m somewhat of a Coulton fan but got the impression the crowd in Albany was not into him at all. I appreciate Rifftrax trying to give us our money’s worth with the songs and sketches but I think everyone would honestly have been happy with just the short and Plan 9.
My wife even had a great time and she’s not nearly a 1/4 of the fan I am. All in all, a great night. Well worth it and we’d do it again !!
“Lick your favorite state”…best line.
The Riffer’s Woodstock : RiffStock.
They said there were 434 (?) theaters on-line for the show, do we know how that translates into actaull butts in seats ? Do i dare to think it was as much 1oo,ooo ? That’s 230 people per screen. is that too many ? too few ? Still pretty cool. I hope they made money on it.
By the time we got to RiffStock, we were a 1/10 of a million strong…..
Our hiccup was significant. We lost about 10-15 mins of the movie but we were given movie passes for our trouble.
I really liked the musical interlude and I’m still humming the “Future” tune. I had fun with the zombie sing along as did others in the theater where I watched. I will seek out his CD some time today.
All in all it was a hoot! I laughed and got to share MSTie memories with fellow fans. I had no idea there were so many in my area. I just found out one of my co-workers is a fan and she knew nothing about the show. That’s why they have to do it again!
In the Germantown, MD Regal Cinemas we had a special guest… Conrad Brooks was signing autographs at the theater before the film started. I meant to go back and get something signed after the show, but he’d already left.
Coulton was harmless I guess. He’s a competant musician and singer, if un-remarkable. The longish pre-game did serve a purpose.. people were antsy and excited and giving us something to chew on settles us in and gets us in the mood, so we can hit the movei running as it were.
I’m one of those people that loves all the ads and trailers and junk before the movie starts, it gets me tuned into the movie experience before the movie starts.
Saw the Cincinnati showing (technically Mason) with friends of mine. A few glitches in the short, to which our crowd responded “Stupid internet!” Pretty packed house, although maybe under 10 seats were empty. Coulton went over well with us, though I wasn’t looking around to see if people were singing along, being busy singing along. and dafs, I saw the photo change too, so we both must be losing our minds.
“This is MY bulls**t lecture!”
Saw it at the Jordan Landing Cinemark in West Jordan, UT. Downright hilarious from beginning to end. It was definitely far more enjoyable to watch with a big crowd rather than all alone in the basement.
The riffs that got the heaviest laughs were-
Short: “The captain would like to thank you for not bringing any snakes onto this plane.” – Mike
Movie: “NORM!” – All
I managed to get a few off that people laughed at too.
Kevin: “Now don’t get fat or ugly or we’ll fire your ass!”
Me: “And they’ll end up sinking the boat.”
*During the “touching pillows” bedroom scene when a picture on the wall suddenly changes from a scenery shot to one of two random people.*
“She’s in the wrong house!”
*During the final scene with Dr. Smith’s gayer brother.*
“That’s really a nice MEDIEVAL-looking space uniform.”
And a few extra Dr. Smith impressions.
A lot of people made “Time for go to-” jokes whenever Tor was on screen, even before Mike’s soliloquy.
There were a few other callbacks to MST3K courtesy of watchers.
Bride of the Monster:
“Good thing it isn’t raining because Tor will drown with his mouth open like that.”
“He’s such a stealthy giant.”
The Sinister Urge:
“Officer Johnny Ride.”
I actually didn’t mind Coulton — I took the opportunity to take a bathroom break so I wouldn’t miss the main show (and that’s just fine).
The AMC Theater at Pleasure Island at Downtown Disney was sold out — I couldn’t believe it when we got to the box office (luckily to pick up our already paid for tickets). I hope that was a trend across the country. And the crowd, while raucous and rowdy during the wait, was extremely respectful during the show, hushing down (which was good because the sound system was actually fairly low in that theater).
I’ve watched nearly all the permutations of “post” MST3K there are and I think this was superb — much MUCH better than anything RT has done before, much much better than Cinema Titanic, and about on a par with the Film Crew work (but the live element added a lot). I don’t think I’ve ever laughed this hard in a movie theater in my 50 years of movie going.
(If Connors is reading this thread perhaps he’ll note this just confirms that RT should concentrate on the oldies — it’s what Mike and Co. do best and it’s what the whole MST3K experience is all about. Leave newer films alone and remember it’s THE CHEESE that counts!)
Small notes: young fellow (probably in his 20’s) sitting next to me and I said he HAD to be too young to remember MST3K and he said he grew up watching it with his dad and then he bought all the DVDs. In general the crowd was a touch younger than I might have expected (skewed to around 30’s rather than 40’s or older). And one very loud person (pre-show) in the front kept chanting “MST3K” over and over again.
It was a great, great evening and well worth the $75 (tickets, gas to Orlando, and, of course, refreshments :>)
My brother and I saw the show in Bel Air, MD and knowing half the town of Bel Air, I was just a little bit worried the theater would be empty, but it was surprisingly packed, and almost everyone showed up in MST3K t-shirts (a lot of Crow ones, specifically). The crowd really got into it, and it was so much fun. I was crying with laughter. It definitely helped being a in a theater full of fans. There were few technical difficulties, but I wish they hadn’t used the Legend films print, because I don’t like it colorized (though luckily it wasn’t stretched). Jonathan Coulton was okay, I wasn’t familer with him, but I liked him. Lots of people in my theater used him as a time for a bathroom break. But everyone was really into the short and the movie. Having seen CT and now this, I’m not going to bother comparing, but I’ll just say I’m happy that they all know how to put on a hell of show.
Random question: When Jonathon Coulton was performing, and they kept showing that one woman singing along in the front row- was that Kevin’s wife? She looked damn familier, and Bridget was seated right next to her…I’m just curious.
Had the best time last night watching live from Los Angeles, California. Lots and Lots of laughs. You guys are the best!!!. I hope we can have many more of these events in the future. I just couldn’t stop laughing. thanks for the the laughs and good times. :mrgreen:
Saw the show at the Barrywoods theater In KCMO. (My Mom humored me by taking me to see this as a very early birthday present.)
The theater had a few people in it when we first arrived and by the time the event started the theater was about half full. We booed at the two or three times we lost the feed. Everyone had a wonderful time. The crowd ranged in age from 12 to a couple in their Seventies.
I loved the short. Had never heard of the singer, but thought his bit was good. The riffs were very good.
Only problem I had was that there was some rumbling coming from the theater next door. Other then that I loved the event. :grin:
…I also meant to add that the theater in Albany was mainly 25-35 but there were certainly a good chunk of people in their 40s and 50s. Also more kids than I would have expected. I heard a few of the kids as I exited and it sounded like they had a great time. It was good to hear.
I also wanted to add that Im very happy I did not see this film at “Smoothie of Great Power’s” theater. I hate when a movie-goer yells out their own lame jokes. I would have told him to pipe down. Thats not what I pay for. Luckily our crowd didnt participate and let the professionals do their thing.
what a blast! i hope this was a successful enough screening to becomes a regular thing – it was great to watch the guys riff with that much energy in the room. it reminded me of watching the mst3k movie with a packed house back in 1996. damn, i’m aging.
i do wish that the skits between the short & the movie starred mike, kevin & bill to maintain a consistent tone. as much as i enjoyed lowtax’s “sponsor clips” (kinda reminded me of “tim & eric” skits, but, you know… funny), they really didn’t mesh well with the rest of the performance.
also: coulton was a comedy black-hole in our theater.
there were 4 or 5 people who were obviously fans of his forcing out LOUD guffaws to get everyone else to think he was as funny as they, but…. no. people were walking out, texting, talking, etc. i was waiting for him to perform a third song about ninjas or pirates to complete his trilogy of songs from the school of “the lazy 5” (for the record, the inoffensive comedy writer’s lazy 5 are: zombies, robots, ninjas, monkeys & pirates). thankfully, we were spared.
all in all, though, it was well worth the money. if they end up doing another broadcast live show, i’d love if they premiered a riff – i had already seen the solo mike & three riffer versions of plan 9, so i knew 3/4 of the jokes already. but what are you gonna do, eh? it’s the energy of the audience that i paid to experience, and it didn’t let me down.
>> from post #43 “I’ve watched nearly all the permutations of “post” MST3K there are and I think this was superb — much MUCH better than anything RT has done before, much much better than Cinema Titanic”
Everyone’s taste is different. I really enjoyed last night’s Rifftrax Live show, all three of us did.
However, I have to emphatically state that, as much as we liked it, none of us thought it was better than Cinematic Titanic. We’ve seen Cinematic Titanic Live three times now and there was no comparison. As funny as Rifftrax Live was, if CT Live and Rifftrax Live were playing simultaneously and we could only watch one, CT Live would be the winner of our ticket dollars.
Same for the DVD at home experience. Rifftrax is great, but I think as a whole CT is more consistenly funny.
I left after 9 minutes because my theater couldn’t get the feed to work! I got a cash refund but still, what a disappointment.