{"id":236,"date":"2008-01-29T09:51:01","date_gmt":"2008-01-29T14:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2008-01-29T10:24:36","modified_gmt":"2008-01-29T15:24:36","slug":"battle-of-mst3k-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/2008\/01\/29\/battle-of-mst3k-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Uninformed Critic Presents: Battle of The MST3K Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is totally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lstr.net\/blog\/?p=226\">more Keri<\/a> bait (dude, do you even <em>read<\/em> emails?)&#8230;but here&#8217;s proving that I can judge a book by its cover:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rifftrax.com\/\">RiffTrax<\/a> vs. <a href=\"http:\/\/cinematictitanic.com\/\">Cinematic Titanic<\/a>&#8230;Mike vs. Joel&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>RiffTrax<\/strong><br \/>\nMike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett<br \/>\nAudio tracks to be played while viewing DVDs<br \/>\nAdvantage: 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 <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.rifftrax.com\/2008\/01\/24\/the-road-to-the-most-awesome-state-quarter\/\">battle of the state quarters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cinematic Titanic<\/strong><br \/>\nJoel Hodgson,  Trace Beaulieu,  J. Elvis Weinstein , Mary Jo Pehl and Frank Conniff<br \/>\nMST3K-style DVD of bad Movie<br \/>\nAdvantage: J. Elvis frickin&#8217; Weinstein, visual gags<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner <\/strong>(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. <\/p>\n<p>Since our home DVD player is also our home CD player, I cannot listen to any of the RiffTrax without expending effort (that&#8217;s haaard&#8230;waaah&#8230;and don&#8217;t get me started about watching on my computer). Then again, if Cinematic Titanic doesn&#8217;t appear on Netflix, there&#8217;s little chance I&#8217;ll see it anytime soon.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MQ0eAPAzvm4&#038;rel=1\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take Home Message<\/strong>: Why can&#8217;t Mike and Joel just get along?<\/p>\n<p>Note to Nelson: Write another novel. 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