Comments on: Interview: “Mystery Science Theater 3000″ and Cinematic Titanic

By: Glenn E.

Glenn E. — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:02:15 +0000

I thought that the new silhouette trick looked a bit familar. Then it finally struck me exactly where I saw it before. The 4th episode of “The Prisoner”, titled “Free For All”, where #6 is being interviewed by the Labor Exchange man, and #2 is watching the process on his huge monitor, both men in silhouettes (one seated, one standing). The L.X. man even puts in hands on his head (in silhouette) as J. Elvis does a few times in Cinematic Titanic. That’s my two cents, anyway.

By: Cinematic Titanic at the Dallas Film Festival, Post-Mortem « deep ape

Cinematic Titanic at the Dallas Film Festival, Post-Mortem « deep ape — Sun, 04 May 2008 21:46:46 +0000

[...] of all, let’s get some warm-up time with the CT crew, with this excellent pre-Film Fest interview at Kulturblog, featuring a misplaced Kevin. A lot of good lines in this one, with Kevin, Trace, and [...]

By: Borisky

Borisky — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:54:28 +0000

Cinematic Titanic ROCKS!!

rifftrax SUCKS!!!

By: NoCoolName_Tom

NoCoolName_Tom — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 05:25:45 +0000

Perhaps it would be more akin to a lesser break than that, Ivan. They are two different projects really and there is even overlap in the riffers between them, so I don’t think there’s much (if any) bad blood.

Cinematic Titanic is much like the classic MST3K with silhouettes added to movies that they’ve obtained the rights for, which usually means they are as bad and obscure as the old MST3K films. Rifftrax usually goes after generally popular modern movies and avoids the rights issue by just making an audio file. Different experiences.

Perhaps the only bad blood would be that they both have about the same target audience. However, I think both companies’ efforts dove-tail nicely in my personal collection.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:00:14 +0000

Is Cinematic Titantic connected to Rifftrax, or is this like the Catholic/Protestant split of MST3K?

By: Brian W

Brian W — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:45:17 +0000

I get every Rifftrax that comes out. It is has major advantages to even MST3K, in that they can riff any movie they want even The Matrix, Star Wars, or Troll 2.

By: Susan M

Susan M — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:00:59 +0000

This was awesome. Thanks Greg.

By: Brian V

Brian V — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 10:13:48 +0000

Good interview with them on The Sound of Young America as well (one of my favorite podcasts, BTW) available here

By: Sean Cassity

Sean Cassity — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:49:11 +0000

Rifftrax.com is great. I bought their shows for Roadhouse and The Phantom Menace. If I had more time, I would make it my regular Saturday night thing.

By: Supergenius

Supergenius — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 05:35:32 +0000

AWESOME!! Huge interview Greg. Thanks!