@freshbandito: @razielcuts: You guys seem to be waaaayyyy behind on Rifftrax. I know ya'll talked about this awhile ago in this thread but Rifftrax does riff full movies, still. They do it live (via a feed across a lot of movie theaters and in person live if you happen to be where-ever they actually broadcast from) and they sell many full movies with riffs on their site these days- they even have a netflix like system where you can download the riffed movie or you can stream it from their site. For the most part they are pretty great and I recommend them (especially Birdemic but they have other great ones too). They do get the license or whatever in order to sell these. For old bad movies I suspect getting the license isn't that hard (especially public domain)- although I have heard/read stories of some being a real bitch about it. Birdemic, just from interviews I've seen with the actors, it seems like they know the only way the movie would make money is if they let people make fun of it, so getting the license may not have been difficult. It's a shame Tommy Wiseau outlook isn't the same with The Room.
Anyway, just wanted to say that- as it seems around here a lot of people see Rifftrax as this cute thing those guy from the last 5 seasons of MST3K do, but its so much more than that now (it kinda was that at first, but it seems they actually make money from the site now and they tend to release full riffed movies on a regular basis).
Speaking of which... they are doing a nation-wide live show this Thursday. Everyone should go see it: http://www.rifftrax.com/
Their live shows are the best!
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