What was the last movie you've seen?

[isiolia]

Is there a MST3K episode of The Island!?
I'm in. I need to check out RiffTrax. Do they voice over recent movies?

Not exactly, no. There is one for Parts: The Clonus Horror, which The Island was accused of ripping off (it's not 100%, but, they did end up settling out of court).


Rifftrax does do more recent movies, though I'd say they've gone back to doing a bit more of the kind of things they'd have done with MST3K too (easier to market, since they can license the shorts/B movies to stream). The auto-sync app works pretty well for watching along with DVDs or Blu-rays of bigger budget stuff.

[noiseredux]

How does the app work? I assume you have to be watching on a PC or tablet?

[isiolia]

How does the app work? I assume you have to be watching on a PC or tablet?

The current app plays the Rifftrax audio on a mobile device, and uses the mic on the device to listen to the movie audio in order to keep it synced up. You can watch the movie via whatever means you want. When I've used it, I've wound up grabbing an extra amp and speakers to hook up to a phone for the purpose, while playing Blu-rays via PS3 or something, but it'd really depend on your overall setup as to what'd be best.

Way back when, they did have a PC application that was basically a DVD player with the ability to play the commentary track too, but it was never as seamless for me. I would still tend to rip the DVDs and merge in the commentary file (well, usually as a second audio track on an MKV) for best results. With the newer app, I don't bother, since it works very well.

[noiseredux]

The current app plays the Rifftrax audio on a mobile device, and uses the mic on the device to listen to the movie audio in order to keep it synced up. You can watch the movie via whatever means you want.

that's amazing.

[SamuraiMegas]

finished sicario last night,very good. excited to see the sequel now.

[prfsnl_gmr]

I watched Looper, with Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. It was pretty good, but Time Cop is better, I think.

(Internet high-five to anyone who gets the reference.)

[samsonlonghair]

I remember Time Cop with JCVD! I used to watch that all the time back in the day. It was one of those movies that would pay regularly on all of Ted Turner's channels (TNT, TNN, et cetera) in the 1990s. Many years later I saw Time Cop on DVD. I never knew that there was a nude scene in that movie because I had watched the edited-for-TV version so many times as a child.

I haven't seen Looper yet, but I take it that Looper must be based on a similar premise.

The [url=<a style="" href="https://www.rifftrax.com/app" class="skimlinks-unlinked" data-skimwords-word="https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rifftrax.com%2Fapp" data-skim-creative="500005" title="">https://www.rifftrax.com/app</a>]current app[/url] plays the Rifftrax audio on a mobile device, and uses the mic on the device to listen to the movie audio in order to keep it synced up. You can watch the movie via whatever means you want.

that's amazing.

But can it play Dark Side of the Moon in sync with Wizard of Oz?

I've been watching a lot of awesome movies lately, but I'm hopelessly far behind reviewing them for this thread.

[nullPointer]

I'm going to echo Jagosaurus' sentiments here. Once you have kids (assuming you go down that road), at some point you'll inevitably find yourself watching some highly questionable choices in kids 'entertainment'. But dammit those kids need to be entertained, and you absolutely cannot hack yet another viewing of Frozen (or whatever the current en vogue kids movie du jour is). Still ... once you get about halfway through a miserable piece of crap like this or this, you really start to question your life choices, ya know? At these moments you'll be praying for something with the wit and sophistication of the Emoji Movie ... and yet it's a salvation that will not come. Thankfully Coco was not one of those movies ...

Coco (2017)


So speaking of various kids movies, we went through a brief phase at Casa del Null in which The Book of Life was in fairly regular rotation on the family TV. FWIW the Book of Life is a very charming movie with a unique visual style, focussing on events surrounding Dia de Muertos in Mexico in which the principle character is a guitar playing mariachi. So when I saw that Coco was a movie centered on events surrounding Dia de Muertos ... in Mexico ... in which the principle character is a guitar playing mariachi ... um ... let's just say I was having some intense feelings of deja vu. This was made all the more unusual since Coco is not the product of some knock-off, fly by night, straight-to-video production company, but rather the mighty Disney-Pixar hit makers themselves. So! Despite the overwhelming similarities, I'll say that Coco is definitely its own unique film and story. In fact when put in tandem I think these two features would make a great double header for introducing your kiddos to Dia de Muertos. Coco has all the charm, wit, and sentiment one might expect from Disney-Pixar. A more cynical man might describe this style as trite and contrived, but the fact is that Disney-Pixar is extremely adept at making family oriented films that are truly enjoyable for the whole family. Coco is comfort food. It's not groundbreaking in any way, and most of the story beats are easily anticipated, but it's damn good comfort food. If you happen to find yourself growing ill from mediocre and/or downright horrible kids movies, Coco might just be the antidote. Recommended for family movie night (also recommended for middle aged dudes who enjoy watching family entertainment all by themselves ... I've been there homie )

[marurun]

... go back 1 page, 3 post above yours.

No thanks. I came to the topic and just posted about the last 2 movies I saw. I didn't know that would become an issue. Also no I don't have kids because I hate kids. Legit hate them.

It's generally a good idea to at least read a little of the content in a topic before posting just to get a feel of the mood and posting style. Strikes me as really odd and abrupt to just drop in and post without any lurking first.

[prfsnl_gmr]

I remember Time Cop with JCVD! I used to watch that all the time back in the day. It was one of those movies that would pay regularly on all of Ted Turner's channels (TNT, TNN, et cetera) in the 1990s. Many years later I saw Time Cop on DVD. I never knew that there was a nude scene in that movie because I had watched the edited-for-TV version so many times as a child.

I haven't seen Looper yet, but I take it that Looper must be based on a similar premise.

Pretty much. Also, it’s well-acted, but otherwise just OK. No time travel movie really compares to Primer, IMO. (I will have to rewatch Time Cop at some point to see if, I’m fact, it really is better than Looper.)

Also, if you are a JCVD fan, you must watch Jean Claude Van Johnson on Prime Video. It’s really weird, very funny, occasionally heartwarming, intermittently brilliant, and full of JCVD fan service. (My rough quote is from the absolutely bizarre Time Cop inspired sequences on the show.) I highly recommend it to anyone who grew up watching Kicboxer, Blood Sport, Time Cop, Hard Target, etc. on TNT.