Plan 9 from Outer Space & Plan 9 remake

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BloodyDisgusting.com has posted about Plan 9, the proposed Plan 9 from Outer Space remake.

This film was supposed to be released this year, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the original. But monetary issues, I believe, have kept that from happening.

Now set to start filming in April of 2010, the company behind the remake wanted to do something to mark the anniversary this year. So, last night they released what they are calling a 'teaser trailer':

Plan 9 Teaser Trailer from Darkstone Entertainment on Vimeo.

Wow. Honestly... viewing what is in this trailer, I can't say I am excited to see this. Hopefully things will improve when they actually start filming the movie. Damn.

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Darkstone Entertainment, the company in charge of the remake, has Vimeo links up. One of the videos is the original "Plan 9 from Outer Space", and you can watch the whole Ed Wood extravaganza below!

Plan 9 From Outer Space from Darkstone Entertainment on Vimeo.

As a side note, RiffTrax is going to have an encore presentation of their in-theaters riff on "Plan 9 from Outer Space" on October 8th.

If you want a good laugh, GO SEE IT!!! We loved it!

Click here to get more RiffTrax - Plan 9 info.

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Official Plan 9 remake site

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And just to be totally geeky:

I set this Plan 9 post to publish at 9:09 AM. On 9/9/09.

Told ya it was geeky.

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RiffTrax Live - Plan 9 From Outer Space

My wife, our kids and I saw this tonight:



RiffTrax is a spin-off of sorts from the old Mystery Science Theater 3000 show. Made up of most of the same guys, including Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett, the group riffs on old and new movies alike, selling the "riff trax" for you to sync up with your own DVD or download of the film.

This show tonight, a riff on Ed Wood's Plan 9 From Out Space, was done live from a theater in Nashville, where the trio sat on stage and riffed on the movie as it played. Occasionally, they were shown on the left hand side of the screen, reading their jokes and having a good time.

Before the movie, we were treated to a riff on an old short about Airline Stewardesses, a couple of songs from a guy named Jonathan Coulton, and then a Plan 9-related song from the riffers and Coulton together. Fun stuff!

The movie was cheesy, as usual, but the riffs and heckles from the trio made it highly watchable and there were A LOT of laughs! I think I laughed more at this show tonight than many of the so-called comedies I have seen in theaters recently.

I loved it, as did my family and, from what I heard, the entire theater. I really hope they do this again sometime. I would definitely be there!

RiffTrax Official Site

Fathom Events - The company that puts together these theater events

Jonathan Coulton's Official Site

UPDATE:

Invasion of the B Movies did a post on the show, as well!

Cutting Class... or, I Want My 90 Mintues Back!

Ok, so I DVR'd a movie the other day called "Cutting Class". It is a horror pic from 1989 I had never gotten around to watching, and I should have kept it that way. It's main "claim to fame" is being one of Brad Pitt's first big movie breaks. And really, that is ALL it has going for it. His acting is okay, but... the rest... meh.

On IMDb, it says the movie is a comedy/horror/thriller. This movie doesn't succeed or deliver on any of those levels. Not funny, not scary, not captivating. Just boring. Martin Mull and Roddy McDowall are both in this in minor parts, McDowall's role just being odd and Mull's being dumb.

There are good "bad movies" and bad "bad movies" and this is DEFINITELY a bad one. Not fun, in any regard, unless the MST3K guys ever need fodder for a reunion show or for their newer RiffTrax site.

NOT recommended, unless you are masochistic.