Has it really been so long since I revisited Cinematic Titanic? Well, let’s jump into this. The episode starts off with Dave “Gruber” Allen introducing the group at a live show. Gruber was one of the scientists in silhouette in the early studio releases of Cinematic Titanic, and he has a longtime tie to Mystery… Read More MSTing Links: Cinematic Titanic Episode 11, ‘War of the Insects’
I started this “MSTing Links” series way too long ago to bridge the gap between the original run of the show and the Netflix revival, with the plan to follow that up with the short run of The Film Crew, which happened in between the end of the original run of the show and the… Read More MSTing Links: KTMA Episode 3 ‘Star Force: The Fugitive Alien II’
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!
Tonight Rifftrax successfully funded its fifth Kickstarter. The former Mystery Science Theater 3000 team was seeking $250,000 to riff Samurai Cop, a selection of shorts featuring Paul F Tompkins, Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff, Mary Jo Pehl and Bridget Nelson and a super secret mystery movie that they can’t reveal the name of until the… Read More Kevin Murphy on Rifftrax writing, Weird Al and This Island Earth
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
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