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Join Us Saturday, October 12th @ ~8:00PM (US/EDT) Here: http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven


For the uninitiated... A contingent of tropers (mostly from across America) holds regular get-togethers over the Interwebs on this site called Synchtube which lets individuals, such as ourselves, open and join in text-based chatrooms within typical web browsers (Firefox, Chrome, et. al.) that allow the chat participants to view YouTube videos in synchronization with everyone else present (without even needing to set up an account)... and we've decided to use said chatrooms to play cheeseball webvideos and feature-length movies found in the public domain which stretch all the way from letters B to Z, which everyone subsequently riffs on a la MST3K.

For over EIGHT years, everybody who gets involved mostly finds good enjoymentnote  in calling out tropes that are recognized in the videos and stories and coming up with jokes to fling back at whatever's happening on the screen, many of which turn into various in-jokes and running gags (a Coven Glossary is kept and maintained for everyone's help and convenience HERE) to repeat in the chat.

We're always looking for new ways to better coordinate and expand our activities and are more than happy to welcome newcomers interested in joining our gatherings.


Complete List of Past Features (and Their Respective Ratings)

Suggestions List for Future Features

Coven Glossary of In-Jokes, Memes, and Other Useful Terms to Know

Coven .gif Gallery (Our favorite moving images composed in the simplest of digital formats)

Edited by SeanMurrayI on Oct 12th 2020 at 1:47:43 PM

Prometheus136 What's eatin' you, chief? from Yoknapatawpha County Since: Sep, 2011 Relationship Status: It's so nice to be turned on again
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6977: Feb 14th 2014 at 7:11:48 PM

And another one in a similar vein[up] for the .gif Gallery, as well.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6978: Feb 15th 2014 at 8:14:36 AM

It's looking like a lot of us are going to be hit with even more snow and shitty winter weather again, and for times like these, we got just the right movie for warming our spirits (and our freezing asses)—Absolute Zero.

(BTW, the Wikipedia page on this movie even has a section for the Scientific Inaccuracies)

Jinxmenow Ghosts N' Stuff Remix from everywhere you look, everywhere you look Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
Ghosts N' Stuff Remix
#6979: Feb 15th 2014 at 1:26:10 PM

I thought for a moment that Absolut had come out with a new flavour.

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6980: Feb 15th 2014 at 4:16:16 PM

Alright, East Cost America is getting covered in yet another deep layer of snow, and we got a hell of a winter movie just for the occasion in the form of Absolute Zero.

But, first, come to the chat before the top of the coming hour for new Lowtax and Shmorky and more crazy gundam anime.

You know where we at! http://synchtube.6irc.net/r/TroperCoven

CompletelyNormalGuy Am I a weirdo? from a place where folks put cream cheese on hot dogs (Oldest One in the Book)
Am I a weirdo?
#6982: Feb 15th 2014 at 10:40:15 PM

I appear to have stumbled upon an interesting martial arts film for us to check out at some point. It's called Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (trailer) Based on the TV Tropes page, and the trailer, I think it could be something that we'll find interesting.

edited 15th Feb '14 10:40:49 PM by CompletelyNormalGuy

Bigotry will NEVER be welcome on TV Tropes.
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#6983: Feb 16th 2014 at 6:02:44 AM

I watched that once. It's actually the live-action version of the first arc of the manga, and while the movie is pretty much the epitome of Bloody Hilarious, it's got nothing on some of the bat-shit insane stuff that you'll find later on. (Also, it's pretty notorious and legendary among B-movie viewers.) Basically, think live-action Fist of the North Star - with gore intact.

...You know, I'm surprised we haven't watched it yet.[lol]

edited 16th Feb '14 10:05:25 AM by Pyrite

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6984: Feb 16th 2014 at 8:03:12 AM

[up][up] & [up] Come to think of it now, we've been putting off the live-action Fist of the North Star long enough, as well. The Story of Ricky is notorious, from what I remember reading a long time ago. It's amazing we've gone this long without that title coming up once. I may have to open a poll before Thursday's movie to decide which of the two we'll watch for Kung Fu Friday. On top of that, this Friday, we're gonna have to take a poll on what past movie to rewatch the following night, too.

Anyway, Sunday's movie is gonna be a bad comedy doozy. Post-Airplane!, Pre-Police Squad Leslie Nielsen carries a spoof comedy that's more forgettable and more unbearable than 2001: A Space Travesty.

Tonight, I give you... Spaceshit —I mean Spaceship (aka Naked Space aka The Creature Wasn't Nice aka Spaceshit)

edited 16th Feb '14 8:07:05 AM by SeanMurrayI

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#6985: Feb 16th 2014 at 8:16:06 AM

So what happens in this movie?

I really don't know if I wanna tune in. I mean, hell, I'm still recovering from watching North and Sextette!

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Pyrite Until further notice from Right. Beneath. You. Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Hiding
Until further notice
#6986: Feb 16th 2014 at 10:07:50 AM

[up][up]Well, I'm not going to be around this weekend, so pick what you will. (Unless it's another The Little Dragons / Karate Kids USA. That would be UNFORGIVABLE.)

edited 16th Feb '14 10:08:10 AM by Pyrite

Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6987: Feb 16th 2014 at 11:04:58 AM

[up][up]From what I can tell, it's a spoof of the general premise of Alien... with an old costume left over from This Island Earth thrown into the mix because... somebody wanted to raise questions about its ambiguous gender(?). I'm just as baffled.

It can't be as stupid as North or as uncomfortable as Sextette, though. You should come, if you can, and give that bad movie muscle some flexin'.

Jinxmenow Ghosts N' Stuff Remix from everywhere you look, everywhere you look Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
Ghosts N' Stuff Remix
#6988: Feb 16th 2014 at 11:35:21 AM

Prom, congratulations. "It's so nice to be turned on again." is now a status.

Also, some of my suggestions are now available!

I'm so proud!

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#6989: Feb 16th 2014 at 12:07:17 PM

I think I'll be coming.

[up][up] They left in a costume from This Island Earth? Is it one of the mu-tants?

And what about the pre-show? What'll that be?

edited 16th Feb '14 12:25:51 PM by Aldo930

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6990: Feb 16th 2014 at 3:10:10 PM

[up]Yeah, whatever that thing is in the trailer that says it needs to use the bathroom but "[isn't] sure if [it's] a boy of a girl" very closely resembles that alien from The Island Earth.

Anyway, I'm not entirely sure I'm gonna do for pre-show. Perhaps we can gopher the next episode of Pilot Candidate aaaaaand... IDK, whatever we anyone's got for another twenty minutes to fill. I'll be in the chat in another 10-15 minutes (as of 6:10 PM, EST) to try and figure it out, if anyone else wants hop in and throw something out there.

edited 16th Feb '14 3:12:17 PM by SeanMurrayI

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6991: Feb 16th 2014 at 4:15:51 PM

Alright, we're gathering in the chat now to watch some utter crap and an episode of Pilot Candidate. Then, at the top of the coming hour we start Spaceship (or whatever alternate title this video will surely be going by, instead)

You know where we at! http://synchtube.6irc.net/r/TroperCoven

BonsaiForest Since: Jan, 2001
#6992: Feb 16th 2014 at 4:59:27 PM

As much as I'd like to see tonight's movie and how corny a Leslie Neilsen comedy can be, I'm going to spend time with my dad. Who, ironically, likes Leslie Neilsen and also liked his experience with Synchtube, comparing it to MST 3 K, which is one of his favorite shows - but that's not what we're going to be doing. So, I'm going to have to skip tonight.

Jinxmenow Ghosts N' Stuff Remix from everywhere you look, everywhere you look Since: Oct, 2012 Relationship Status: Not caught up in your love affair
Ghosts N' Stuff Remix
#6993: Feb 16th 2014 at 4:59:38 PM

So considering that none of you wanted to watch Spaceship for some reason, here's the highlight of the preshow. If you don't watch the whole thing all the way, you're not a real man/woman and nobody will ever love you again.

"Monsters are tragic beings. They are born too tall, too strong, too heavy. They are not evil by choice. That is their tragedy."
Morgikit Mikon :3 from War Drobe, Spare Oom Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Mikon :3
#6994: Feb 16th 2014 at 6:20:18 PM

Hehe...boyfriend free girl.

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#6995: Feb 16th 2014 at 6:25:03 PM

"Tell me why I'm stuck as a virgin with rage, Tell me why I so need a cute girl my age, I ain't never wanna hear you say I have a boyfriend."

- Christian W. Chandler, "So Need a Cute Girl"

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
ColonelCathcart Since: Jun, 2013
#6996: Feb 16th 2014 at 6:29:14 PM

I think this looks promising. It has disintegration rays, "THEY'RE COMING RIGHT AT US!" and a guy who I think looks kind of like Frank Sinatra. Of course, it also has Teenagers from Outer Space.

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#6997: Feb 16th 2014 at 6:30:05 PM

That was on MST 3 K right?

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
AStrayBard Sega's Last Hope from 867-5309 Since: Aug, 2011 Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Sega's Last Hope
#6999: Feb 16th 2014 at 7:08:30 PM

I'm rather hesitant to say so, but this is on youtube.

Tropers watching movies
Morgikit Mikon :3 from War Drobe, Spare Oom Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
Mikon :3
#7000: Feb 16th 2014 at 7:28:24 PM

Sounds like it would be awkward to riff.


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