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Liberal Idiot posted:I for one am OUTRAGED that I can no longer turn my crank to Frank. He could still push your button though 
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So dazzled was I by the glitz and glamour of Octaman and the salivating prospect of even MORE Giant Spider Invasion I completely overlooked the sci-fi epic Star Raiders with Casper van Diem and bonus Cynthia Rothrock.
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Feb 23, 2019 18:12
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Anyone have episodes they like to watch because the movie itself is actually kind of good? I think Moon Zero Two isn’t that bad, and I get a kick out of the western-space setting that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
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Feb 23, 2019 18:48
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tankadillo posted:Anyone have episodes they like to watch because the movie itself is actually kind of good? I think Moon Zero Two isn’t that bad, and I get a kick out of the western-space setting that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It Conquered the World is great
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Feb 23, 2019 18:51
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Burkion posted:It Conquered the World is great If only the Space Artichoke was scarier.
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Feb 23, 2019 18:56
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Diabolik and Phase IV are both movies I’ve watched and enjoyed sans MST3K
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Feb 23, 2019 19:26
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tankadillo posted:Anyone have episodes they like to watch because the movie itself is actually kind of good? I think Moon Zero Two isn’t that bad, and I get a kick out of the western-space setting that doesn’t take itself too seriously. It would probably be cheating of me to say the two Godzilla films, but I've also watched and enjoyed both Doug McClure films from season 11 before they were riffed. I still think the uncut version of The Land of Time Forgot is really good classic sci-fi, but the edit they riffed really ruins the plot structure and pacing.
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Feb 23, 2019 19:40
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The non-MST3k version of Horrors of Spider Island I saw was just as enjoyably bad as the MST3k version. Ditto for Space Mutiny (the original version has a bit more background about the guy with the cane, as I recall) and Escape 2000 (which has a prequel that I also watched, and the original version also features the sad death of a beloved character whose name I will not reveal, but he did not feel like laughing very much at that moment).
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Feb 23, 2019 19:46
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tankadillo posted:Anyone have episodes they like to watch because the movie itself is actually kind of good? I think Moon Zero Two isn’t that bad, and I get a kick out of the western-space setting that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I have a fondness for Soultaker I cannot explain.
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Feb 23, 2019 19:46
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Maybe it's because I'm a big dumb hoser but i think Final Sacrifice is a pretty good flick
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Feb 23, 2019 19:53
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I don't actually hate Robot Monster as a movie. It's insanely weird and clunky, but that clunkiness kind of gives it atmosphere.
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Feb 23, 2019 20:41
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I have a soft spot for the following movies, because I saw them on "Son of Svengoolie" long before they were MST episodes: The Killer Shrews Attack of the (the) Eye Creatures The Leech Woman The Screaming Skull
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Feb 23, 2019 20:55
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I always thought The Unearthly had a great plot, too bad the execution was so poor.
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Feb 23, 2019 21:04
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Sydney Bottocks posted:The non-MST3k version of Horrors of Spider Island I saw was just as enjoyably bad as the MST3k version. Ditto for Space Mutiny (the original version has a bit more background about the guy with the cane, as I recall) and Escape 2000 (which has a prequel that I also watched, and the original version also features the sad death of a beloved character whose name I will not reveal, but he did not feel like laughing very much at that moment). Well, of course! You don't need MST to prove that any survivor of a plane crash becomes languid, helpless and sex-starved! For my own entry, Catalina Caper is a perfectly inoffensive beach comedy in the style of the time.
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Feb 23, 2019 21:18
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I was a fan of "The Master" (Ninja) when it first aired ... but I was also a kid who took it completely seriously.
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Feb 23, 2019 21:28
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Davros1 posted:I was a fan of "The Master" (Ninja) when it first aired ... but I was also a kid who took it completely seriously. Same. That series was a I CAN’T MISS THIS MOM, IT’S NINJAS! when I was a kid.
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Feb 23, 2019 21:37
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Oh! Because I was a big monster nut as a kid (and not really anything has changed) I did enjoy 'The Deadly Mantis' when I saw it way before MST. It's not quite 'Them' but it's a fine giant insect movie. (Worlds better than, say, 'Beginning of the End.')
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Feb 23, 2019 23:21
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I kind of like the Roger Corman movies, because he tries to do something different. He's also talented enough that if you give him five dollars, he will make something that looked like it costed him 10.
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Feb 24, 2019 19:24
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Today I learned that Josh Weinstein (Dr. Erhardt and the original Tom Servo) and Josh Weinstein (a comedy writer who prominently appears in the credits of practically every good animated show of the last 25 years) are not, in fact, the same guy. Huh.
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Feb 24, 2019 20:01
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Powered Descent posted:Today I learned that Josh Weinstein (Dr. Erhardt and the original Tom Servo) and Josh Weinstein (a comedy writer who prominently appears in the credits of practically every good animated show of the last 25 years) are not, in fact, the same guy. Huh. I think the MST3K Josh works under the name "J. Elvis Weinstein" for this exact reason.
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Feb 24, 2019 20:13
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tankadillo posted:Anyone have episodes they like to watch because the movie itself is actually kind of good? I think Moon Zero Two isn’t that bad, and I get a kick out of the western-space setting that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I enjoy all the eurospy films they did, with Danger Death Ray being my favorite of the bunch. I would and do unironically watch 60s spy James Bond ripoff movies. How about the opposite effect? I went back and watched all of Gemini Man (the 70s TV show that was hacked together to become Riding with Death) and kinda enjoyed it. Now I find it hard to watch the MST3K episode because I'm even more aware of the painful edits made to string together episodes 1, 10, and chunks of the pilot.
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Feb 25, 2019 05:30
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Catalina Caper, Moon Zero Two, and Marooned aka Space Travelers are all legitimately decent to pretty good movies. I think they make kind of awkward MST3K episodes because a lot of the jokes are reaches.
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Feb 25, 2019 09:35
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I used to rent a copy of Merlins Shop from a gas station when I was a child. I have a fondness for Soul Taker because the hospital at the end was my cities and that's kind of neat
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Feb 25, 2019 09:52
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Simplex posted:Catalina Caper, Moon Zero Two, and Marooned aka Space Travelers are all legitimately decent to pretty good movies. I've mentioned this before but I have a fondness for Catalina Caper since I have family over there on Catalina Island and used to visit it rather regularly Part of me wonders how hard it would be to get things worked out to do a theatrical showing of that episode over at the theater there in the Casino
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Feb 25, 2019 10:57
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Simplex posted:Catalina Caper, Moon Zero Two, and Marooned aka Space Travelers are all legitimately decent to pretty good movies. Catalina Caper is odd because it's hard to make fun of comedies, and also the reason they never did it again. The other two, I found them fertile ground. Although there is the fun story the crew have of meeting Dennis Miller when he had a talk show (for like a month, maybe) and told them while sweating profusely and looking extremely haggard that they'd screwed up picking Marooned and had maybe lost their touch. Then they just stared at each other in silence until somebody ushered Best Brains out.
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Feb 25, 2019 19:37
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I'd love to know what happened to Dennis Miller after the early 90s, like did he just stop doing drugs or what. He went from the funniest guy on earth to a confused wet fart overnight and never came back. I used to think he was one of the people whose brains broke after 9/11 but it started years before that.
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Feb 25, 2019 21:50
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Having grown up in California and having been to Catalina before, I am in awe that there are people who think that Catalina Caper is good in any way. Even as a comedy.
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Another Bill posted:I'd love to know what happened to Dennis Miller after the early 90s, like did he just stop doing drugs or what. He went from the funniest guy on earth to a confused wet fart overnight and never came back. From what I recall, it kinda started with the (of all things) Ross Perot campaign and then he just went off the chain during the Clinton Administration and then 9/11 meant he could really stop holding back.
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Going through yet another re-watch and find that Tormented is actually not that bad, either. Better actors and effects would make it a decent thriller.
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The Rebel Set isn't actually that bad of a film, either. It's a little pedestrian and a pretty typical example of most crime dramas from that era; but it's not as bad as, say, a Coleman Francis film.
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Feb 26, 2019 12:49
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Mostly I'm always tickled by Edward Platt's elaborate disguise, and all the accompanying jokes on it. "A mighty fortress is our God, hey!"
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Feb 26, 2019 13:05
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Kitten with a Whip is almost good, except the protagonist is so dull. Ann Margaret and her beatnik buddies chew scenery the whole movie while John Forsythe plays the most boring man alive, who is somehow a Senate candidate.
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Feb 26, 2019 17:20
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JoeCL posted:Kitten with a Whip is almost good, except the protagonist is so dull. Ann Margaret and her beatnik buddies chew scenery the whole movie while John Forsythe plays the most boring man alive, who is somehow a Senate candidate. Have you seen some of the people who became US Senators? 
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Feb 26, 2019 17:59
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I think it was Mike who said he's always shocked when a fan says "Kitten with a Whip" is their favorite.
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Feb 26, 2019 18:03
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JoeCL posted:Kitten with a Whip is almost good, except the protagonist is so dull. Ann Margaret and her beatnik buddies chew scenery the whole movie while John Forsythe plays the most boring man alive, who is somehow a Senate candidate. I always like to tell a buddy they're right, buddy.
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Feb 26, 2019 19:15
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I seem to recall whichever MST writer did the online write-up for I Was a Teenage Werewolf talking about how it was probably one of the best movies they tackled.
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Feb 26, 2019 19:38
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Gavok posted:I seem to recall whichever MST writer did the online write-up for I Was a Teenage Werewolf talking about how it was probably one of the best movies they tackled. Mary Jo posted:This movie is actually not that bad. It's quite competently rendered, although it does have long spells of goofiness. Case in point: the scene of the singing troll with the upsetting pants. I didn't hate this movie which is quite something, indeed! Source. And now I'm going to go re-read all those because I forgot Satellite News saved them.
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I think most of the movies they do aren't that far removed from being good movies. It's what makes the show and b movies in general fun. The only ones that are truly irredeemable are stuff like the red scare movies.
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