RiffTrax

Looking to add a little zest to your movie watching experience?

Sure, we all do!

Sorry, had to quote Sally Struthers, there. A bit out of context, too. Oh, well.

Anyway, in the spirit of my beloved Mystery Science Theater 3000, Mike Nelson, now in his new position at Legend Films, the DVD studio that re-releases color-ized versions of campy, old sci-fi and horror movies (with the original black and white versions included on each disc), has introduced his new project called RiffTrax.

Mike has been lending his hilarious commentaries to such Legend Film DVD releases as Reefer Madness, The Night of the Living Dead and Plan 9 From Outer Space for over a year now, but has since been hired by Legend Films for "building and leading the company's creative content, providing on-going commentaries and developing other premium web-based programming."

This is where RiffTrax comes in. The idea, here, may seem a bit far-fetched, but it actually works quite well when executed correctly (which is not hard to do). With RiffTrax, fans can now download and hear Mike's commentary on not just the old Legend Films' DVDs, but on any movie Mike chooses to lampoon. I already purchased the commentary (just $1.99) for Rowdy Herrington's 1989 classic Road House starring Patrick Swayze as Dalton, zen-master and bar bouncer extraordinaire. I thought it was really great. I feel like I've been watching movies with Mike for about thirteen years, so, to me, I welcome this new project and consider myself a fan. I realize many of you may not own Road House (wrong, but forgivable), but take the poll on the website and, perhaps, we'll see Mike take on the likes of The Matrix and a movie MST3k was made for and actually got to make fun of during one of their "Oscar Specials," Titanic!