A friend of mine clued me in to this most excellent and funny thing. RiffTrax is produced and performed by Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy, and Bill Corbett, late of Mystery Science Theater 3000. You thought that MST3K was over and the days of spoofing movies with the gang were gone. But no longer! Mike and Kevin have taken some popular movies and done the MST3K thing to them, creating RiffTrax. Their motto: “We don’t make movies; we make fun of them.”

The really cool thing is that you can download the audio files for just a couple of bucks. Then you play them while you’re watching the DVD. They have instructions and synchronization helps and now you’ve got a couple of funny guys watching the movie with you and making hilarious comments. Just like MST3K. These were the guys that did the voices of Mike and the Bots on the show.

Check out the website: http://www.rifftrax.com

Some of the movies they’ve done are: The Matrix, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Fifth Element, Star Trek V, and Road House. Visit the website to see the complete list. You can even get a sample of each one by clicking on “More Info” and selecting the “Listen to Free Sample” option.

Very funny and highly recommended!

[tags]MST3K, Mystery Science Theater, movies, humor, Mike Nelson, RiffTrax[/tags]