The project has been "fully backed" as of earlier today. According to the update, negotiations are underway with Summit to get the movie for riffing, and if they cannot get Twilight (which I so hope they do), they will continue down the list of their recent customer-voted "Worst Movie Ever" list until they can get one. There's some real stinkers in there (Eragon jumps right out at me) so I'm keeping a keen eye on this. I've been a MSTie since way before it was cool or popular (from the "purple" set from the first Comedy Channel season, my first ep was The Crawling Hand), and continue to support it's offshoots such as Rifftrax, Cinematic Titanic, and The Film Crew.
On Wednesday, February 27, 2013 10:59:17 AM UTC-5, Scott D Hamilton wrote: > I'm really not sure this is going to work. Not because it's been funded, > but because it's being funded too much. If the Kickstarter continues at the > rate it has so far it will end around $1.5 million -- I'm sure it will slow > down some in the middle, but still, we're talking orders of magnitudes > above the $55000 "fair market value" the Rifftrax people were guessing. The > problem is, from a negotiating standpoint, Summit Entertainment now knows > *exactly* how much RiffTrax has to spend, and knows that Rifftrax is > financially beholden to a bunch of investors/fans to deliver something. I > don't see any reason why Summit (or any other company Rifftrax goes to to > get a "blockbuster" movie) won't just say, "We want the Kickstarter amount, > plus $10,000 because we know you can't disappoint your investors." It seems > to me this is going to guarantee Rifftrax has to ludicrously overpay for > the movie, and maybe hurt the company financially in the process. > > On Monday, February 25, 2013 7:37:37 PM UTC-6, cwpreston wrote: >> >> >> >> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/90538351/rifftrax-wants-to-riff-twilight-live-in-theaters-n?utm_source=RiffTrax+Mail&utm_campaign=5fed635d21-Kickstarter_02212013&utm_medium=email&mc_cid=5fed635d21&mc_eid=e4c7b4821c > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
