Mystery Science reincarnation (article on cinema titanic, rifftrax,etc )

[lester1/2jr]

http://www.reason.com/news/show/133218.html

[Torgo]

Cinematic Titanic comes the closest of the two by far in terms of quality compared to MST3K.  Riff trax can be fun when they're actually making fun of a truly bad movie but their too many attempts at skewering genuinely great flicks like The Dark Knight and Raiders of the Lost Ark  for instance just suck IMO.

[lester1/2jr]

I haven't seen either.  I've seen a few of the film crew things

[Rev. Powell]

I haven't gotten into any of these post-MST3K ventures, but I did check out an episode of "Film Crew" on youtube and it really was like a lost MST3K episode, as long as you didn't miss the silhouette.  The "host segments" were even pretty funny.  But I gather that series is over with.  Doubt I'll experience the others unless someone forces them on me.

[Doc Daneeka]

Cinematic Titanic comes the closest of the two by far in terms of quality compared to MST3K.  Riff trax can be fun when they're actually making fun of a truly bad movie but their too many attempts at skewering genuinely great flicks like The Dark Knight and Raiders of the Lost Ark  for instance just suck IMO.

Bah, I still say Squirm, Laserblast, and even Manos are unfairly judged by the moviegoing public. If one movie can be made fun of, I say they're all fair game :P

[Jim H]

Cinematic Titanic comes the closest of the two by far in terms of quality compared to MST3K.  Riff trax can be fun when they're actually making fun of a truly bad movie but their too many attempts at skewering genuinely great flicks like The Dark Knight and Raiders of the Lost Ark  for instance just suck IMO.

Doesn't surprise me, since Joel Hodgson was the best writer and performer the show ever had.  He's great.  I'll have to try viewing those.

Riff Trax is OK, from what I've seen, but nothing spectacular.