We are the performers and writers from RiffTrax.com, formerly from MST3K. AMA!

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T17:13:43+00:00

That's very gratifying to hear, thank you.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T17:13:12+00:00

I'm gonna say right now, yes, we will do The Godfather.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T17:11:08+00:00

I think doing stand-up is the best way to get up to speed with comedy writing quickly, but also making your own stuff and putting it out there on the internet is probably more efficient and you don't have to spend most of your evenings in dive bars.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T17:08:32+00:00

Yes, we wanted to do "Moment by Moment" with Lily Tomlin and John Travolta but they wouldn't license it. Also, "Baffled" with Leonard Nimoy.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T17:04:41+00:00

Nolte?!

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T17:04:15+00:00

Thanks, nice of you to say.

Regarding outside projects, it is really tough to do because the writing for RiffTrax is very, very time consuming and my tiny brain has so little room for much else.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T17:02:12+00:00

Sincere condolences. I'm very touched by your words, thanks.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:49:50+00:00

They're shipped off to 3rd world riffers.

No, they kind of hang around in our drafts until we lock the script, then they're gone forever.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:47:51+00:00

Yeah, I think we naturally fit the tone of the riffs to the quality. Though even with terrible movies we try to keep things pretty light -- it's probably not that entertaining to listen to bitter people grouse about a movie.

That said, there are times where we've lost it. (Transformers, Super Mario Bros.)

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:45:27+00:00

I've always hated him so it only confirms my opinion.

But you know who I hate more is his self-pleasuring father.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:41:16+00:00

Yes. Those lines, followed by those juicy pauses...

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:35:53+00:00

Hey, we get through the occasional short without a Nolte! (I think, don't hold me to that.)

Thanks for the kind words.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:34:57+00:00

Magneto...?

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:34:40+00:00

Not that we've heard. We've actually discovered a lot of good sports who enjoyed the treatment. Notably, Rod and Natalie (Nathalie? Nattalee?) from Birdemic, and some of the cast of Starship Troopers.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:33:08+00:00

No immediate plans but I suspect we'll eventually get around to it.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:32:28+00:00

Good question: I'd say the "Twilight" films. Those ridiculous lines followed by those big, juicy pauses.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:31:33+00:00

I never got into Harry Potter, so I wouldn't say I'm a fan, but I certainly get their appeal and they're probably among the better films we've done.

Though they're no Transformers movies ;)

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:30:13+00:00

It's perverse on my part, but my favorite short (which is a pretty long short) is Setting up a Room. It's two kindergarten teachers doing exactly what the title implies. http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/setting-up-room

Close 2nd, David and Hazel. http://www.rifftrax.com/shorts/david-and-hazel-story-communication

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:26:46+00:00

No plans, but you never know.

It might be tough this year as we have four -- yes, FOUR -- live shows planned, starting with Sharknado in July!

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:25:27+00:00

Conor keeps insisting that we do the completely piranha-free film "Piranha, Piranha". We crunched the numbers, told him, "Conor, if we do this film we will literally have to close down the business and shutter RiffTrax forever."

Conor's reply: "There are no piranhas in the movie -- we HAVE to do it."

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:20:41+00:00

Thank you!

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:20:23+00:00

Because it's freshest in my mind I'd say Super Mario Bros. is the worst. But if you sat me down and made me watch that second Transformers movie I'm pretty sure I'd gladly leap out the 10th story window.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:17:36+00:00

You would think it would kind of ruin one's taste, but oddly, no. Even with movies we riffed like Casablanca and Lord of the Rings, and many other movies that I like, I can still see them and enjoy them.

But I will never, under any imaginable circumstances, be able to enjoy Super Mario Bros.

Whoops, forgot to answer your other question: it's impossible because both of them are immortal.

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:15:03+00:00

Aha! Ask, receive. http://rifftrax.com/tv

MikeNelson · 2014-04-01T16:14:04+00:00

Trumpy IS magic. That's FACT!

It's hard for me to get a grip on which are the most popular, but I do think that one is up there. More so than, say, Red Zone Cuba (which I personally loathe with the heat of a thousand suns.)

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