Tripping the Rift: The Movie
by Bernie Denk
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Actor: Gayle Garfinkle, Jenny McCarthy, Maurice LaMarche, Rick Jones, Stephen RootDirector: Bernie Denk
Brand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: ANCHOR BAY
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Tripping the Rift is a TV show originally created as a short 3d animated film named "Love and Darph" in 1998. The concept was picked up by the Sci-Fi channel in 2002 and aired in 2004 through 2005. It was canceled and was picked up again in 2007. It has had a total of three seasons so far. The third season was not aired in the United States.
As a television show, it tends to rely on low humor, site gags, sex jokes and potty humor. Plots of the show often revolved around the libido of the purple blob, Chode, the show's central character. His crew, which includes a loudmouth quadruped alien, a sex-bot, a gay robot and a lizard, provide zany antics to complicate things. The antagonist to Chode is his arch-nemesis, Bobo the clown, a goofy Darth Vader type character with a clown-head and a lisp.
Despite the low brow humor, as a show, at least for the first season, it was somewhat original and clever. It's off the wall humor that made fun of famous sci-fi films and TV along with goofy story lines created a somewhat entertaining show. I always saw it as something of a guilty pleasure.
About the movie/dvd:
Tripping the Rift: The Movie, so far as I can tell is at least four episodes of the third season of the show shoehorned together into a movie in an attempt to sell something to US audiences. The four episodes that are sliced and diced together are "Chode Eraser," "Skankenstein," "Raiders of the Lost Crock of */@?#!," and "Witness Protection."
Unfortunately, if this is what the show has become, I must say I'm rather glad it's not being inflicted on US audiences any more. I have not seen any of the episodes of the third season of the show, but I can say that based on what I've seen of the movie, it's lost all of its charm and much of its humor.
The writing has gone downhill in a major way with the plots now just random parodies on TV shows and movies with very little in the way of original humor. The jokes and gags are formulaic and cliché'd. The first season of the show was far more original, and funny, both in plot and humor.
Even more noticeable is the voicework by Jenny McCarthy, who now plays Six (replacing Gina Gershon and Carmon Electra). McCarthy is really bad in the role. Gina Gershon gave Six bite, a sexy tone and interesting character. McCarthy sounds bored and toneless. Of course, writing doesn't help any.
So far as the plot of the movie, while Tripping the Rift's brand of comedy is not something you can expect to be strong on plot, this movie hardly has one at all. The story involves a terminator-like clown chasing after Chode to kill him, but the rest of the film ends up with the characters jumping into one unrelated b-story after another. Nothing fits together and undoubtedly, this Frankenstein like mess hurts everything, since they have no relation to one another at all.
I suppose that's what you get when you cram four 30 minute episodes into a 75 minute film. It certainly was unfunny and boring. I think I laughed out loud once during the entire thing, and the laugh I made was mostly a snort.
On the DVD side, this release is fairly barebones. It includes the movie, a trailer, and a making of featurette. The featurette doesn't say much, though you get to see what some of the voice actors look like.
Bottom line:
Overall, this is one to avoid. It's an unfunny movie made up of 4 episodes of the show that don't fit together. Rent it maybe if you're a fan of the show, but be prepared to be disappointed.
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