The Official and Very Rifftastic Mystery Science Theater 3000 Thread

[Christopher]

I finally found a Season 13 playlist on YouTube so I don't have to keep searching for them individually.

I've been working my way through Munchie, but it's a slog, as I can only handle so much in one sitting.

 

[tharpdevenport]

Too many Riker maneuvers.

What? He's just handling it manually...

 

[Gepard]

Well, here's the first update that gives me pause. Perhaps I'm just gun-shy from HarMarSuperstar.

Jonathan Coulton will be performing the new MST3K theme!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifftrax/rifftrax-makes-mst3k/posts/4614097

 

[DarrenTR1970]

That reminds me.
The opening animation for Rifftrax is done by Harry Partridge, son of Andy Partridge of XTC.
If you've seen Andy's work, you know where Harry gets his style from.

 

[Christopher]

I finally made it through Munchie, which amazingly got even dumber in the final act. The episode reveals at the end that Kinga and Max can't hear rhymes. Which makes me wonder, how can they sing the theme song? I know, I know, I should really just relax...

Looking ahead, the next movie, Doctor Mordrid, has a really impressive cast -- Jeffrey Combs, Brian Thompson, and Yvette Nipar, one of the most gorgeous and talented actresses of '90s TV. How bad could it be?

 

[Redfern]

Looking ahead, the next movie, Doctor Mordrid, has a really impressive cast -- Jeffrey Combs, Brian Thompson, and Yvette Nipar, one of the most gorgeous and talented actresses of '90s TV. How bad could it be?

Some argue that "Mordred" isn't really "bad" enough to be truly riffed. Some have endearingly said it's pretty much a frugally budgeted 'Dr. Strange" with the serial numbers filed off. Certainly Coombs puts his "all" into the role.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Some argue that "Mordred" isn't really "bad" enough to be truly riffed. Some have endearingly said it's pretty much a frugally budgeted 'Dr. Strange" with the serial numbers filed off. Certainly Coombs puts his "all" into the role.

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it was. They lost the rights to the Strange character so they filed off the serial numbers and made the film anyway,

 

[Christopher]

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it was. They lost the rights to the Strange character so they filed off the serial numbers and made the film anyway,

Wikipedia agrees with that, but the MST wiki says the producers have denied it.

 

[DarrenTR1970]

I'm pretty sure that's exactly what it was. They lost the rights to the Strange character so they filed off the serial numbers and made the film anyway,

Wikipedia agrees with that, but the MST wiki says the producers have denied it.

Here's the story behind Dr. Mordrid

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[Christopher]

Here's the story behind Dr. Mordrid

Interesting video. So it wasn't based on Doctor Strange in terms of actually having the rights, but just in terms of Jack Kirby doing a knockoff of Lee & Ditko's character. Someone should edit the film's Wikipedia article, then. The article does mention it as an alternate theory, with a notation saying better sources are needed, but the opening paragraph asserts it did start as a Strange movie.

But I'm stunned to realize (and I checked this with another video where she confirmed it herself) that I've been mispronouncing Yvette Nipar's name for three-plus decades. I've been assuming it had a French-style pronunciation, rhyming with "guitar," but it actually rhymes with "viper."