RiffTrax at Dragon*Con 2007 (Please read this if you were EVER a fan of MST3K)
Geena Phillips
For those of you who haven't gone there yet, check out www.rifftrax.com.
This is the new project from Mike Nelson (of MST3K fame) who, along with
fellow Riffers Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett (Tom Servo and Crow 2.0
from MST3K, respectively), offers running humorous audio commentaries
for many big-budget Hollywood "blockbusters" to play along with your DVD
player.
What I'm doing now is attempting to get the RiffTrax crew as guests at
this year's Dragon*Con, to do a live RiffTrax performance (something
they have done on a couple occasions already). Given that Mike Nelson
and Kevin Murphy filled a LARGE ballroom at D*C 2002 with a simple Q&A
panel, a live performance has the potential to be one the best-attended
events at this year's con.
If you'd be interested in helping to make this hope a reality, please
visit this online petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/2007rtdc/petition.html
Better yet, writing (drag...@dragoncon.org) or calling (770-909-0115)
would be an even MORE effective step you could take.
Trust me on this. Numerous events at Dragon*Con over its
twenty-year-plus history have happened solely because fans expressed a
demand for them; you have the ability to make this happen.
p.s. I have it on good authority that they like snail-mails about things
like this. The address is:
Dragon*Con
PO Box 16459
Atlanta, GA 30321-0459
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