The episode starts off with Joel doing a little banter and introducing the five members of the cast (including himself). I figured I would do the same with the six titles of “Danger on Tiki Island.” It was filmed under the title “Orgy of Blood,” but originally released as “The Brides of Blood Island,” and… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 10, ‘Danger on Tiki Island’
The episode starts with Joel introducing Trace, Josh, Mary Jo, and Frank and giving a bit of backstory about them, before launching into the riffing. I don’t know quite how to sum up this movie. Weird monsters show up in a small town, along with a strange, mustachioed man (who is totally NOT an alien)… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 9, ‘The Alien Factor’
Back in 2017, I started doing write-ups about the long defunct Cinematic Titanic, a riffing project that the reunited Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, Frank Conniff, Josh Weinstein, and Mary Jo Pehl. It started as a studio project, but quickly became a touring show, and transitioned to DVDs of shows recorded in front of a live… Read More MSTing Links: Transmission incoming
Oh hey, remember when I had a blog? Then I started grad school, then a new job, then another stint of grad school, and suddenly it’s been years since I’ve posted anything. I’m hoping to change that, and I have a longer post planned for the near future. But I figured I would ease back… Read More Joel Hodgson IS Truman Capote AS Robert Crumb IN Hodgson & White’s Cheese-Capades!
This week I attended the Rifftrax Mystery Science Theater 3000 Reunion show at the State Theater in Minneapolis. I saw Cinematic Titanic at the same theater in 2008, and had long hoped to catch Rifftrax in person. This was a special treat, since in addition to Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, the show… Read More Review: Rifftrax/MST3K Reunion
This week Rifftrax is doing a live riff of “Time Chasers” in theaters (it will be showing locally at Jordan Creek’s Century 20). Back in 2009 I interviewed Kevin Murphy of Rifftrax for a now defunct website. I recently found the text for the interview and decided to revive it. It’s interesting to look back on… Read More That time I interviewed Kevin Murphy of Rifftrax
Last Thanksgiving I watched some of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day Marathon with my then almost there-year-old daughter, Ava. It went OK, so a year later I decided to revisit the idea with my almost four-year-old, taking notes while it happened. Her reaction to the Shout Factory logo: “That’s a pattern! Do I… Read More Ava reviews daddy stuff: Mystery Science Theater 3000
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