If you're like us, then you've probably seen more than your fair share of time-travel movies. Everyone knows the rules, of course: don't touch anything, don't talk to anyone, and keep all your nifty future gadgets out of sight until a dramatically-appropriate moment. But have you ever wondered what might happen if you traveled through time and decided to just toss all the rules right out the window?
Cinester Theater Presents the story of Marty, the worst time-traveler in movie history. After a series of wacky mishaps involving murderous Libyan terrorists, Marty finds himself catapulted back to 1955, where he wastes no time bumping into both his parents and putting his very existence at risk. Unfortunately for Marty, the only person he has to help him Doc Brown, a wild-eyed, legally-insane "scientist" who puts the "mad" in the phrase "mad-science" (while, simultaneously, removing the word "science" from the phrase "mad-science"). Together, they must find a way to fix the past and return Marty where he belongs... and maybe destroy the entire town of Hill Valley while they're at it.
With a rocking soundtrack consisting almost exclusively of "Huey Lewis and The News" and more incest than a Greek tragedy, "Back To The Future" will be one rollicking adventure through time that you'll never forget!
(Note: For some reason, the synch lines later in the iRiff happen a second after the character in the movie says it.The actual riffs are all fine, but it looks like our synch-lines drifted at some point while we were rendering it to an .mp3 file. Sorry about the mixup, we're not sure what happened, but it should be fine if you start the MP3 track when we tell you... just keep in mind that the later synch lines come a second after the character in the movie says it.)
Once you've checked out this one, why not take a listen to "Cinester Theater Presents: Back To The Future, Part 2"? Or take a look at some of our other iRiffs?
Very good job on this one! Great jokes, no dead air, good variety of references, well done performances. Very impressed with this and I really hope you riff the others in this series.
And Shawn too...I guess. Just Kidding, do you know how hard it is to find a copy of Back to the Future these days. I think I'm also going to finally do a riff, so look out for it. Later.
This track was so much fun to listen to. I had doubts that a decent riff could be made out of a borderline comedy like Back to the Future, but these guys pulled it off. They offer a good variety of creative jokes with good voice delivery. If you're still on the fence about IRiffs, give this one a shot. I don't think you'll be disappointed. And for all you fellow IRiffers out there hoping to hang with the best, this is the group to beat.
This is by far one of the funniest iRiffs (and Rifftrax) ever. Every time I think about 'evil Doc' it still makes me laugh! Nice work.
I didn't find this riff funny. Additionally, the quality of the audio is very poor (lots of pops). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wErpaF1jvjU
I wasn't sure how well a riff track would work for "Back to the Future", as it's something of a comedy film and that can be a problem when it comes to riffing. But the riff worked quite well for me, and in thinking about it I guess the movie isn't a plain dumb comedy movie. It's obviously not serious drama, but it does have a real plot that goes consistently through the whole movie. Which is to say, the plot at the end of the film is the same plot that started the film. And actually, that makes it a better plot than most "serious" movies that we get these days! ___p___
Getting back to the riff, Cinester Theater has a good collection and good variety of riffs. The sound quality could be a bit better, but I wouldn't say it was poor. It was certainly good enough quality for me, although there is some room for improvement. Some of the B's and P's do "pop" a bit too much. But the main measure of a riff track is how much fun it adds to watching the movie, and this iRiff does a good job for me. I'm going to give it 5-stars, although I'll say that it's not quite as good as some other iRiffs I've recently given 5's to. Maybe more like a 4.6 or 4.7. After watching the movie twice with the iRiff, I went to watch it once without the iRiff and actually missed hearing the extra jokes from the iRiff!
Fantastic riff. Great running jokes too. I do suggest a pop filter though. Otherwise it was really well done.
I would definitely recommend this if you laughed at all during the sample. I was expecting it to drop off in humor some time, but I was laughing from beginning to end (which doesn't happen too often even with an official RiffTrax!). The sound quality is far from perfect. Popping with hard consonants, some mic bumping, an occasional volume inconsistency. But the jokes more than make up for it. 5 stars!
It was almost bizarre how hit-and-miss this riff was. Every time I started to give up on it, there came another golden riff to bring me back. I thought it was clever the way you brought time loop paradoxes into the riffing (though I think it could have been even better if you had taken it further). I didn't think the "Doc Brown is evil" line of jokes ever worked and most of the lines needed some reworking, but it was clear you have talent. You just need to spend more time on the writing.
this is the first Cinester Theater riff I've seen in it's entirety and may I just say bravo gentleman.
I laughed, I cried, then I got around to watching this funny as all get out riff. Keep em coming fellas!
"DOC I HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE FUTURE!" - IT RULES, WE HAVE NINTENDO!!