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   Doug Elrod to All   
   RiffTrax Live: Sharknado (July 10, 2014)   
   11 Jul 14 11:05:03   
   
   From: dre1@cornell.edu   
      
        If you're looking for a disaster film that shows what human ingenuity and   
   determination can accomplish against implacable Nature, don't look to   
   SHARKNADO.   
   This film makes films like "City Limits" look *good*.  After seeing this film,   
   you'll suddenly find *nuance* in "Invasion of the Neptune Men"....   
      
   Given that, I think that Mike, Kevin, and Bill got about as much out of it as   
   humanly possible.  I laughed several times, which is saying something for a   
   film as soul-deadening as this one.  They showed their new riffing of "A Case   
   of Spring Fever" (   
   featuring Coily!) before this, and it was quite good, but it's hard to compete   
   against the *extraordinary* MST3K original:  "Guns, huh?"  "Lots of loose soil   
   to bury someone out here" :-)   
      
   Given that I'm a relatively "tough case", I think this was well worth the   
   money.  If you missed it, they're reshowing it (direct broadcast to theaters   
   through fathomevents.com) on July 15, 2014.   
      
   -Doug Elrod (dre1@cornell.edu)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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