Latest 'RiffTrax Live: TimeCop' Kickstarter Campaign Update Restocks High-Tier Rewards

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Kevin, Mike and Bill at RiffTrax are looking for the best way for their Kickstarter campaign funding their live show which will see them the 1994 film TimeCop starring Jean-Claude Van Damme to at the very least reach its first funding-based stretch goal at $420,000 which will allow them to produce a Blu-ray of the performance. And with $419,218 from 3905 backers, already up $2,000-$4,000 from when I started writing, they got there during writing. And how are they doing it? By reopening some of their biggest limited-capacity rewards to more people.

The guys added five spots to five rewards. First, the $250 Your Face on the Big Screen increased from 80 to 85 backers, which gets your picture in the end credits of the live show. The minute-long video greetings, $400 for Kevin, Mike and Bill and $405 for Bridget and Mary Jo, grew from 10 to 15, and two more people for each have taken them up so far. Singular additional takers for Corbett’s limerick writing for $495 have been found, with the space increased from 8-13. Same for Mike’s "underpants guy" drawings at $595.

‘RiffTrax Live: TimeCop' Kickstarter Hits Funding Goal, Lays Out Stretch Goal Bonus Shorts

TimeCop takes place in the futuristic world of 2004. Max Walker, played by Van Damme, is splitting the very barriers of space and time after the death of his wife, played by Mia Sara, at the hands of time-traveling goons, he is recruited to an elite task force of time-based police officers, the Time Enforcement Commission. Unfortunately, a U.S. Senator (Ron Silver) has gained access to their system of time travel and he’s using it to commit unspeakable evils across generations and must be stopped. The riff of the film will be performed live by the guys at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville, TN on June 26, and be broadcast to the big screen in over 700 movie theaters across America on Thursday, August 14 with an encore on Tuesday, August 19 as a Fathom Event, which is how it’s always been done, give or take an encore or change of performance location.

With the first stretch goal hit, the guys are already promising more stretch goals, as 24 days remain before the April 7 end of the campaign. By the next update, the campaign will cross 4,000 backers, unlocking the “Little Red Riding Hood” bonus short.

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Source: Kickstarter