Further "RiffTrax" ambivalence

[krpalmer]

Mystery Science Theater 3000 writer Michael J. Nelson has started a project where he records MST3K-like audio tracks to be synched up to big-budget movies. When I heard that one of the RiffTrax was going to be of The Phantom Menace, I got sort of depressed about it. Now, I hear there's going to be one for The Fellowship of the Ring... and I've proceeded to oscillate between "Maybe it is all a lark," and "Is this one going to be treated with much more respect?" I'm still not quite in the mood to rush out and buy either track. Still, for all that some MSTies I dared check out the latest reaction of to this announcement weren't reacting with "It's gonna get what it deserves!" this time, I'm reminded of an earlier comment to the suggestion that the "Lord of the Rings" movies might ultimately get commentary along the lines of "They wouldn't do a good movie"...

Comments

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Good movie indeed. It sure sucks to have the shoe on the other foot.

[krpalmer.livejournal.com]

Words of clarification seem necessary. The posts that I saw (http://community.livejournal.com/mst3k/1774735.html) seemed pretty pleased at the news; if there was anyone upset about it, they must have been keeping it to their personal journals (as I am, I suppose...) There just wasn't the nasty edge I remember to the TPM reaction, where people were rolling out the old slams against George Lucas and the angry yawns about the movie.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

I watched the YouTube preview they had posted on there and the LOTR commentary was funny without being mean. Unless you're a big Orlando Bloom fan ("...a beautiful princess"). But I doubt it would be the case with TPM.