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I saw the rifftrax version of Santa Claus and the content that got cut from the MST3K version takes it to a whole new level.
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Crazy Ferret posted:
I would not be surprised to find that that movie was made by some pedo trying to groom kids or something. Probably the Sea King guy. Also its more evidence that in the 50s, adults thought kids only enjoyed nursery rhymes.
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Dec 25, 2018 18:17
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Fun in Balloon Land is right up there with Setting Up a Room where you wonder what circumstances led people to set up and film such a thing. On the other hand, there are no Marrying Turkeys in the room construction short.
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Dec 25, 2018 19:19
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IS there any extensive background information about Fun in Balloonland? It feels like it's one of those things that'll curse you if you do any research.
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tankadillo posted:I saw the rifftrax version of Santa Claus and the content that got cut from the MST3K version takes it to a whole new level. I'm glad that both things exist now, because I am hungry for more riffing than MST3K can provide, but I also really like the puppet show aspect of it, and feel it and the skits add something to the experience that Rifftrax lacks. That said, I wish they played whole movies without cutting.
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Fun in Balloon Land is on record as Mike's favorite thing he's ever riffed. Also remember that Mike suffers from some neurological condition that means he at some level has a constant headache of varying intensities at all times.
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Dec 25, 2018 23:14
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I must have been a bad boy because I haven't gotten my gift certificate.
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Mister Kingdom posted:I must have been a bad boy because I haven't gotten my gift certificate. Make sure to check the spam folder because that happened to me last year when they sent them out.
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Dec 26, 2018 01:20
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I don't know why but Waverly cracks me up. And googling up fun in Balloonland comes up with the Cinema Snob and rifftrax episodes, and that's it.
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Dec 26, 2018 01:23
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i love m. waverly and growler
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muscles like this! posted:Make sure to check the spam folder because that happened to me last year when they sent them out. Nope. Nothing there.
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Dec 26, 2018 02:00
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Maybe you have to have spent a certain amount over the year to qualify?
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Balloon Land, I lose it at "Yay Yay!" every time. That, Ice Cream Bunny, Star Wars Christmas Special are my Rifftrax gauntlet. Love 'em all. At some point, I need to watch the Cinematic Titanic Santa Claus Conquerors the Martians. Finished Season 12! I can't believe Cave Dwellers is the better Ator movie. Hell, the recap at the start of Cave Dwellers is a better movie. Solid season overall. Dr. St. Phibes reminds me of early Mike hexfield appearances. They weren't great either, but he got way, way better.
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Gaz-L posted:Maybe you have to have spent a certain amount over the year to qualify? Doubt it. Rifftrax sent me a  gift card last night, and while I've contributed to a few of their kickstarters, I've never actually bought anything from them directly.
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The live show had a fun bit with Dr. St. Phibes and actually had a video that explained her. Also someone posted a news article about the balloon parade. Apparently they had bad weather and the balloons we're lovely to begin with. Fezz fucked around with this message at 02:37 on Dec 26, 2018 |
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Powered Descent posted:Doubt it. Rifftrax sent me a I expect it's a random drawing.
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twistedmentat posted:I don't know why but Waverly cracks me up. The only explanation is that a hit was sent out to everyone involved in Balloonland so that any dark info won't see the light of day.
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Jet Jaguar posted:Fun in Balloon Land is right up there with Setting Up a Room where you wonder what circumstances led people to set up and film such a thing. fun in balloon land is an advertisement for an inflatable novelty company setting up a room is a training video on how to arrange the furniture in a young children educational space and the things you may want to consider, like "put the paints and messy crafts near the bathrooms" what makes them weird is the odd attempts to film them with a little narrative rather than in a flatter, boring, more direct infomercial or educational style. most of the time that doesn't work but sometimes it does https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFEXGYP1r1A
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Powered Descent posted:Doubt it. Rifftrax sent me a I got one too. Ordered the latest Shorts collection.
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Dec 26, 2018 19:38
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Even some of the ones being riffed aren't actually that bad and would be kinda fun in a cheesy way if you were in the industry being targetted. Like the bread one or Hired from MST, or Shake Hands With Danger from Rifftrax.
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Speaking of RiffTrax I wonder how many more Norman shorts are out there. If you haven't had the pleasure, Norman is the star of a series of comedic(?) shorts wherein the perpetually harried and put-upon lead is cursed by God to fail at even the most minor of tasks he attempts to accomplish.* However, it's not slapstick - I mean, it may attempt such - but it's far too joyless. I'm genuinely baffled as to who they were for. Like if Tim and Eric tried to make anti-humor in the 70's, they might have made Norman. *Seriously, he never talks in the shorts, although others do. The only verbalization he makes is this sort of long, drawn out sigh like he is constantly discovering he stepped in dog poop. Dawgstar fucked around with this message at 22:21 on Dec 26, 2018 |
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Dec 26, 2018 22:18
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the scene in shake hands with danger where the guy's arm gets sheared off is legitimately upsetting, even though the fake arm had no bones or anything. i think the audience found it pretty horrific too i think norman was the knockoff mr. bean minus any of the charm, joy, or ingenuity edit: uuuuuugggghhhh
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:i think norman was the knockoff mr. bean minus any of the charm, joy, or ingenuity That was actually what I had read about these when somebody looked into them. HBO used to show Mr. Bean shorts to fill time in between movies, and one of the other networks, possibly Showtime, had Norman in their rotation. I'm guessing the instructions to the filmmaker were something like, "Give us something to fill 10 minutes that's cheaper than licensing a Mr. Bean equivalent," and somehow this was the result.
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Dec 26, 2018 23:32
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Yeah the premium channels need filler because they show moves uncut and have no commercials and sometimes you don't want just 20 minutes of promos. Most of the time it's filled up by "First Look" type material but sometimes they get creative.
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Maxwell Lord posted:Yeah the premium channels need filler because they show moves uncut and have no commercials and sometimes you don't want just 20 minutes of promos. Most of the time it's filled up by "First Look" type material but sometimes they get creative. I remember when HBO first started out. They had a POV short of a guy riding a bike through a park. In the early 80s, they used music videos as filler.
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Dec 27, 2018 01:08
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I like PBS, they have short shows about local artists and nature and such to fill those gaps.
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I wish we knew how well the new season did for Netflix I hate how opaque this whole process is
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if my rewatches are any indication, it's probably doing ok
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I let my YouTube wander where it would and it started The Undead, which I haven't seen in ages. My God, I'd forgotten the imp.
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luxury handset posted:
Oh wow!!! Thanks so much for this little film -- my dad enlisted in the Navy 1944, and mentions 'this crazy office picture' that they had to watch as part of their basic training stuff. (ETA -- he kept a diary. I learned more that way about 'short arm' inspections than any 10 year old kid needs to know.). Not only was this a good laugh, but it was great to see the uniforms and stuff (I have my dad's entire uniform) and Miss Dibble's spectator pumps. My mum bought a pair in the late 40s that she kept for years that I played dress up with.  Really brightened up my morning.Also: I love Fun in Balloonland because of all of the Centre City (Philadelphia) landmarks in view. Well, that, and also because it's batshit. Ms Boods fucked around with this message at 11:59 on Dec 27, 2018 |
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The Undead is a solid episode. That teaser with Mike going through some kind of work PTSD is a favorite.
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i just saw "norman krasner", the stark, black and white, found-footage look really drives home the depression
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twistedmentat posted:That movie is really suspect, because why the gently caress is the little boy just wearing a tiny gold speedo the whole time? Creepy as gently caress.
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Clouseau posted:The Undead is a solid episode. That teaser with Mike going through some kind of work PTSD is a favorite. Don't forget Crow: "I'M AN IMP!" Bridget has a memorable appearance; Kevin has a singing tour-de-force with the collected songs of Digger Smolken; the climax is hilarous even without the riffing, which is great. One of my favorites from the Sci-Fi Channel era.
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You know, I’ve never known more about what isn’t going on in a movie.
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bad posts ahead!!! posted:the scene in shake hands with danger where the guy's arm gets sheared off is legitimately upsetting, even though the fake arm had no bones or anything. i think the audience found it pretty horrific too Also, how many of you heard that riff (like the actual guitar riff) when I posted... Shake Hands With Danger.
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Dawgstar posted:I let my YouTube wander where it would and it started The Undead, which I haven't seen in ages. My God, I'd forgotten the imp. STOP DA MOVIE!
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Jet Jaguar posted:Fun in Balloon Land is right up there with Setting Up a Room where you wonder what circumstances led people to set up and film such a thing. i need to watch this now because setting up a room is the best thing ever
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Thanks to you guys, I finally watched fun in balloon land... Just wow. It was amusing how drunk the narrator clearly was, insane story telling layers like ice cream bunny. When we got to the guessing game at the end and we were supposed to guess "crunch your teeth" it broke me. I fell off the couch and couldn't stop laughing for a while. The horrible imagery of crunching my teeth still haunts me!
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Gaz-L posted:Also, how many of you heard that riff (like the actual guitar riff) when I posted... Shake Hands With Danger. Antiquated Pants posted:Thanks to you guys, I finally watched fun in balloon land... Just wow. It was amusing how drunk the narrator clearly was, insane story telling layers like ice cream bunny. When we got to the guessing game at the end and we were supposed to guess "crunch your teeth" it broke me. 
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