This is totally more Keri bait (dude, do you even read emails?)…but here’s proving that I can judge a book by its cover:
RiffTrax vs. Cinematic Titanic…Mike vs. Joel…
RiffTrax
Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett
Audio tracks to be played while viewing DVDs
Advantage: New and dying-to-be-mocked films, Fred Willard, a library of over 50 flicks (including the Star Wars Christmas Special) and the completely necessary battle of the state quarters.
Cinematic Titanic
Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein , Mary Jo Pehl and Frank Conniff
MST3K-style DVD of bad Movie
Advantage: J. Elvis frickin’ Weinstein, visual gags
Winner (without actually sampling product): RiffTrax is strong, with 50 shows for easy download. However, if Cinematic Titanic can produce more than one video, they are the hands-down winners.
Since our home DVD player is also our home CD player, I cannot listen to any of the RiffTrax without expending effort (that’s haaard…waaah…and don’t get me started about watching on my computer). Then again, if Cinematic Titanic doesn’t appear on Netflix, there’s little chance I’ll see it anytime soon.
Take Home Message: Why can’t Mike and Joel just get along?
Note to Nelson: Write another novel. I loved Death Rat.