Showing posts with label riffing movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label riffing movies. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

False Dialogue

As I recently watched a film, a fictional story about a revolution in Columbia, I was amused by an exchange between a reporter and the President of the United States. At a press conference the reporter demanded, "The President of Columbia said that the United States has begun an invasion of Columbia. Is this true?"

Before the character of the US President could answer I thought immediately that his response should be, "It's true. The President of Columbia said that."

I really wasn't into the movie. Can you tell?


Thursday, August 17, 2017

It's time for Rifftrax

Tonight is Rifftrax live night. If you're not familiar with Rifftrax, it's a comedy thing where three guys mock old and new, good and bad movies. On nights like tonight they broadcast live to theaters throughout the country, originating in Nashville, Tennessee. Tonight's film is a mocking of The Five Doctors movie from the Doctor Who franchise. It should be good.

Granted, their kind of humor isn't for everyone. But like a lot of good comedy many of their riffs (jokes) actually make a kind of sense. When they question sparkly vampires, as they did when lambasting the Twilight films, it actually makes sense. Why would vampires sparkle? Why, also, would werewolves eat muffins for breakfast, as they do in the Stephanie Meyer, uh, classics?

I'm just skimming the top here. Rifftrax finds and mocks all those old school short films which we were subjected to years ago. It mocks them well; if you know who Mr. B Natural is, you are on my page. Check out their website. There's something for everyone.

All right, enough of this. I'm beginning to sound like a commercial, and I'm not. I simply love Rifftrax. And you should too.

This has been from a non-compensated spokesperson I assure you.