Cinematic Titanic’s “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” On Sale Now

Posted by Sampo, on November 20th, 2008

Buy the DVD here for $14.99.
Or download it from EZTakes here for $9.99.

Here’s the trailer:

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Scott says:

November 22, 2008 at 10:39 am

I like this version better than the MST3K episode. There, I said it, and I’d say it again if I had to.

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Conor @ RiffTrax says:

November 22, 2008 at 12:46 pm

“Why is Bill a parrot?”

If you watch the short, you’ll understand.

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Matt D. says:

November 22, 2008 at 8:18 pm

For JRB again:

I read your definitions, and if Joel and the rest of the CT’s truly think they can do a better job with Santa than MST3K, then that kind of is elitist in a way. It is one group of people pridefully thinking that they can do a better job with riffing on a movie

For the record, I don’t know if Joel or any of them feel this way, and it’s more likely than not that they don’t. But if there is a smidgen of that elitist mentality in their decision to do an out of the blue “re-do” of an MST3K episode, then I think I have the right to use that term.

You know, I should really just relax.

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jrb says:

November 23, 2008 at 1:20 am

I still have to take issue with the use of elitism–that would mean every sports team is elitist for thinking they can beat another team, and every self-indulgent singer who thinks he/she is the best is elitist.

I think, assuming your take on CT’s attitude is right–which I doubt, as they’ve said it was an experiment–then arrogance would be a better term (among others). I see it more as healthy self-competition.

I normally don’t like to split hairs over grammar/diction on message boards, but ‘elitism’ has been abused a lot as of late and I wish it weren’t.

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John Seavey says:

November 23, 2008 at 7:30 am

And, having just sat down and watched it, I can say that it’s definitely worth the ten bucks to download. There were a few moments where it was hard to get the memory of the “correct” riff out of my head (every time the Martians greeted each other, it was hard not to say, “Headbutt”, for example)…

But there were a lot of great new riffs, there’s some great delivery in there, and the opening sequence, with Trace attempting to flee the theater when he discovers what the movie is, was a major winner with the whole household. My only real complaint is that they went down to just one sketch for this one; I still think they should be doing three, but so far it’s been 4, 2-ish, 2, 2, and 1.

But on the whole, worth what I paid for it, will be getting some rewatches, and I’m going to again say that I had an excellent experience downloading instead of buying the physical DVD. Started the download before going to bed (I work nights), started the burn before I fixed breakfast, and so I basically got it done in no time at all. And it was cheaper, too. That’s a good deal to me.

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Rotten as British Teeth says:

November 23, 2008 at 2:17 pm

an FYI to anyone who likes getting movies on MST without the riffing….Walgreen’s Pharmacy has a $2 DVD with both “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” and “Santa Claus” on it, along with a third movie called “Joe Santa Claus”. Hey, for that little amount for such Christmas cheese, why not? :grin:

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