Cinematic Titanic

Cinematic Titanic is a project by Mystery Science Theater 3000 MST3K creator and original host, Joel Hodgson. The project involves riffing Bmovies, in a manner similar to that of MST3K. Joining Hodgson are many of the original MST3K cast, as well as some cast members who joined later in the shows run. These include Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff and Mary Jo Pehl. It was first performed live on December 7, 2007 and first aired on December 22, 2007.

Like Mystery Science Theater 3000, the series uses black silhouettes of the riffers placed over the films, but in the case of Cinematic Titanic they sit on both sides of the screen rather than just on the lower right. Visual gags are frequent such as Beaulieus use of a cherry picker in The Oozing Skull, and there are two or three host segments per episode, all performed in silhouette.The actors essentially play themselves as they participate in an experiment for some unknown possibly shadowy corporation or military force. The story currently provided to the cast is that there is a tear in the electron scaffolding that threatens all digital media in the world. Their experience doing MST3K is key to the organizations plans. The riffing for each film is recorded to a nanotated disc and inserted into a Time Tube by Hodgson that descends into the frame at the end of every episode. The unknown organization is very firm on keeping the cast focused on their duties, providing no time frame for completion and requiring them to stay within the facilities at all times. They apparently have massive resources and an autonomous military force, which they use to keep the cast in line. As of now, the cast is inquisitive of the true purpose of the experiments but have no major problems as, aside from having to watch bad movies, they are welltreated. ........

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