"Are you a Mr. Bungle?"
Rifftrax is a spin-off or sequel to "Mystery Science Theater 3000" where three of the writers/performers from that show sell both mp3 files of movie mocking commentaries (which you sync up manually with the big studio's DVD release) and straight-to-DVD features where the commentary has already been synchronised up with a movie (usually a low-budget, public domain film) . I have found the feature length Rifftraxs to be hit-or-miss; some of them are great, but others leave me a little cold.
However, this is the second release they have made of commentaries over old industrial training shorts. These short films are a hold-over from the old MST3k days, and the shorts they tackled oftentimes resulted in producing some of their funniest material. Where would MST3k history be without Mr. B. Natural, Coily the Spring Sprite or a Date With Your Family?
And like Rifftrax's first volume of short...
Better Rifftrax DVDs Out There
Like other reviewers before me, I had an issue with the sound on this particular DVD. This is the first ever MST3K or Rifftrax product where I had such an issue. The Best of Rifftrax Shorts Volume 1 is great. So is Shorts-tacular Shorts-stravaganza. No problems with quality, and tons of laughs. But in addition to the poor quality of the sound on this DVD, many of the featured shorts were just too weird to be funny. Better than Swing Parade, but still pretty bad. Definitely shop around and pay attention to other reviewers when looking at Rifftrax stuff. It appears to be hit and miss with their products.
More MST please...
I have been a fan of MST 3000 since the very start, I miss the show so I continue to look for new material. The only bothersome thing is that the audio track of the movie goes way down (you can't really hear it) while the talk. I like to hear the movie at the same time while they have their input. This did not happen during MST movies so I don't know what the deal is.
Still fun to watch though...
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