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Gaspy Conana posted:What are the most watchable MST films other than This Island Earth? By 'most watchable' I mean least boring; they can be bad-good or good-good. I'm personally fond of lots of the monster movies that the show has featured - Gorgo is a good one, and some of the Gameras are good-bad (though others are just dire). Both of the Godzilla movies that MST3K did are fun, Sea Monster being actually a fairly good movie on its own merits and Megalon being among the best good-bad movies ever made. Sadly, those MST3K episodes are hard to come by now.
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Gaspy Conana posted:What are the most watchable MST films other than This Island Earth? By 'most watchable' I mean least boring; they can be bad-good or good-good. I have watched 'I Accuse My Parents' more times than I am comfortable admitting and it entertains me every time.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:Yeah, It Conquered the World is really only on a bad movie list because the alien is so loving stupid looking. It's entertaining enough for Frank Zappa to have written a song about it. It's silly that the title is technically a spoiler, except it isn't, because It doesn't. I really enjoy Catalina Caper, Horror at Party Beach, and Merlin's Mystical Shop on their own terms.
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I had to watch it a few times but I've actually come to like The Final Sacrifice. It's got a certain charm to it. e: Acinonyx posted:I have watched 'I Accuse My Parents' more times than I am comfortable admitting and it entertains me every time. Also one of my favorites, although I wish the parents had been in it more. They seemed like fun people.
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Ensign_Ricky posted:Yeah, It Conquered the World is really only on a bad movie list because the alien is so loving stupid looking. It is hard to be afraid of an immobile space artichoke.
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Bruceski posted:The guy who basically says "you don't need to take any responsibility for your actions, this is all bad parenting"? I mean, as far as the film goes he isn't exactly wrong... Also I'm genuinely fascinated by the Coleman Francis movies. Well What Now fucked around with this message at 00:37 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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PK loving SUBBAN posted:I had to watch it a few times but I've actually come to like The Final Sacrifice. It's got a certain charm to it. My go-to example of "yes, it's terrible, but you can't help but like it" is Prince of Space. It's just so endearingly goofy.
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Prince of Space also reminds you why cosplay should involve a cup. Aside from the movies already mentioned, I've been enjoying The Creeping Terror if only for Crow's bits during the dance hall scene. Soultaker is pretty funny, too.
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RIP Mohammad "Tony" Zarindast, director/writer/producer of Werewolf, in which he also played the security guard who becomes a werewolf. He was 82. 
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Where oh werewolf I've looked everywhere-wolf Where oh where Where is my my werewolf
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Senior Woodchuck posted:Where oh werewolf I don't know. You had him last.
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Action Jacktion posted:RIP Mohammad "Tony" Zarindast, director/writer/producer of Werewolf, in which he also played the security guard who becomes a werewolf. He was 82. 
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A waihr-wilf?
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Action Jacktion posted:RIP Mohammad "Tony" Zarindast, director/writer/producer of Werewolf, in which he also played the security guard who becomes a werewolf. He was 82. That sucks but it does explain why the movie is what it is. It's in that category of Samurai Cop and Dangerous men. Forgin directors trying to make american style films. Also, holy poo poo Werewolf is 1995. I always placed it in the late 80s.
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Gaspy Conana posted:What are the most watchable MST films other than This Island Earth? By 'most watchable' I mean least boring; they can be bad-good or good-good. Gotta go with Angels Revenge, again. Giant Spider Invasion. Squirm. Master Ninja I & II as well, but I may be biased. I actually watched that show when it was originally on. Some of the TV pilots too. Code Name: Diamond Head and Stranded in Space are watchable. And Riding With Death.
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It wasn't until I actually listened close to the movie that I realized that Mandark was in Laserblast.Gaspy Conana posted:What are the most watchable MST films other than This Island Earth? By 'most watchable' I mean least boring; they can be bad-good or good-good. The two Godzilla movies they saw are legitimately fun and are well-liked by Godzilla fans (vs. Megalon gave all monsters involved some real personality to them.) Ditto on the Gameras.
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Funky Valentine posted:It wasn't until I actually listened close to the movie that I realized that Mandark was in Laserblast. He's also the annoying puppeteer that holds surveillance in a ferris wheel in Spielberg's 1941.
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Action Jacktion posted:RIP Mohammad "Tony" Zarindast, director/writer/producer of Werewolf, in which he also played the security guard who becomes a werewolf. He was 82. drat you 2016
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Action Jacktion posted:RIP Mohammad "Tony" Zarindast, director/writer/producer of Werewolf, in which he also played the security guard who becomes a werewolf. He was 82. Did he just honk?
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Well, I got through all of the first season and something I never expected happened: I miss Josh Weinstein's Servo voice, and the chorus of "THANK YOU!" during the invention exchange. I remember Kevin Murphy being a much better riffer overall, though, and the show definitely gets better in season 2. e: Something about Murphy's voice just goes better with the weird little beak mouth in the sketches as well, for whatever reason. Bicyclops fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Dec 2, 2016 |
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I could totally watch Operation Double 007 by itself, maybe then Joel wouldn't ruin it for me. "I know."
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Some of my go-to faves are Cave Dwellers, Danger! Death Ray! Skydivers, 12 To The Moon, Catalina Caper, Fire Maidens, San Francisco International, and Creeping Terror. Admittedly, mainly for background listening.
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Never noticed it before, but when watching one of Joel's eps, in the opening credits, when it cuts to Joel and the Bots in the theater, the shot is actually reversed (The Gizmonics on Joel's jumpsuit is backwards).
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Franchescanado posted:Merlin's Mystical Shop "So Billy, by this time a kid had thrown a chicken while an infertile couple looked at a store." is in my Top 10 riffs of all time.
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Davros1 posted:Never noticed it before, but when watching one of Joel's eps, in the opening credits, when it cuts to Joel and the Bots in the theater, the shot is actually reversed (The Gizmonics on Joel's jumpsuit is backwards). This reminds me of something I just noticed a few days ago. In the season one opening, there's a shot where you can see both Jim and Josh's heads as they work the puppets. I think it was during the "to make his robot friends" line.
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Diabolik900 posted:This reminds me of something I just noticed a few days ago. In the season one opening, there's a shot where you can see both Jim and Josh's heads as they work the puppets. I think it was during the "to make his robot friends" line. I also noticed when Joel is making notes in the credits (when he tips his helmet), not only does his marker have the cap still on, he's holding it upside down.
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I like talking about how the puppets have changed and the voices are altered these days, and there will definitely be a lot of talk about it with the new cast, but part of me misses the days where I treated them sort of like the Muppets, where the social contract just dictates that you treat them as if they are actual people and nobody is operating them at all.
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Jet Jaguar posted:I could totally watch Operation Double 007 by itself, maybe then Joel wouldn't ruin it for me. Operation Kid Brother is totally available on its own on Amazon Prime.
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I'm genuinely fond of The Magic Sword — it's just an enjoyably harmless matinee fantasy that doesn't have any pretensions beyond that. Plus, Estelle Winwood has some pretty bangin' titties for a septugenarian.
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Gaspy Conana posted:What are the most watchable MST films other than This Island Earth? By 'most watchable' I mean least boring; they can be bad-good or good-good. Always loved Horror at Party Beach myself, my first ever one I watched. I will admit, I have a crush on Romulan Girl.
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Gaspy Conana posted:What are the most watchable MST films other than This Island Earth? By 'most watchable' I mean least boring; they can be bad-good or good-good. I've grown to really enjoy Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and can easily watch it without the riffs. It's a charming kids movie with a fun premise and decent pacing. There's some really dumb stuff in there, but unless you find Dropo really unbearable (and I don't), there's nothing in there that really breaks the movie. Just stuff like the polar bear costume and the military stock footage that's only there for a minute or so. Pumaman is a solid superhero movie hampered by the hokey visuals and music. Vadinho is one of the most likable characters in any MST3K movie. Especially once I finally realized that he was only a red herring in that "dudes getting thrown to their deaths" thing. It took me way too many viewings to realize that was Kobras' men's doing and Vadinho only did that to Tony because he was proving it to Tony himself.
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Moon Zero Two is like an extremely poorly executed old Bond movie, kind of. It's probably survivable on its own. That's probably the only one so far in my grand rewatch, but I'm still at the beginning of season 2.
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Gaspy Conana posted:What are the most watchable MST films other than This Island Earth? By 'most watchable' I mean least boring; they can be bad-good or good-good. Incredible Melting Man is one of my favorites Deadly Bees is actually not a terrible movie on top of having some very funny riffs too I ran across this looking for Jack Frost Clips. It must be seen to believed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc2h6S4RZcg
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Gavok posted:There's some really dumb stuff in there, but unless you find Dropo really unbearable (and I don't), there's nothing in there that really breaks the movie. I, uh, kind of think Dropo is funny and okay.
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Rewatching this show, there's one thing that really has surprised me about it: for a show that's built around making snide remarks about old, cheesy movies, it's almost entirely devoid of cynicism. There's kind of a boldness to the whole thing that isn't edgy. The invention exchanges with Joel are basically magic tricks your goofy uncle might do ("Wow! How'd he make the milk disappear! Look, he split his head from his body!"), there are corny, running gag catchphrases, it has homemade puppets in literal pageant sketch comedy, and the entire set looks like a fun, high school play craft project. They read letters from kids and show the drawings. Even for the early 90s, there's a kind of genuine love for dorky, square dad humor that sets it apart from most things. You can definitely see why it was canceled as Comedy Central evolved and found an identity more centered around stuff like The Daily Show (and why, despite definitely having most of my favorite episodes, the show was never a great fit for the Sci Fi Channel), but Netflix might just be the vehicle for it. It's hard to tell, though. It's not like kids can just come across it flipping channels, and I feel like middle school age is the way to get hooked on the show. It might just be us old fans enjoying a season or two of reliving it.
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rydiafan posted:"So Billy, by this time a kid had thrown a chicken while an infertile couple looked at a store." is in my Top 10 riffs of all time. Some of my favorite riffs from the Rifftrax of "Santa Claus Meets the Ice Cream Bunny" are also riffs about pointing out the movies poorly thought out framing devices. Santa tells these kids a story about Thumbelina, and the filmmakers didn't even edit out the credits from the whole other movie they sloppily plopped into the middle into their own, and that whole other movie has its OWN loving framing device, and madness ensues.
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Bimmi posted:I, uh, kind of think Dropo is funny and okay. Same. I'm considering being him for New York Comic Con next year.
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Bicyclops posted:Rewatching this show, there's one thing that really has surprised me about it: for a show that's built around making snide remarks about old, cheesy movies, it's almost entirely devoid of cynicism. There's kind of a boldness to the whole thing that isn't edgy. The invention exchanges with Joel are basically magic tricks your goofy uncle might do ("Wow! How'd he make the milk disappear! Look, he split his head from his body!"), there are corny, running gag catchphrases, it has homemade puppets in literal pageant sketch comedy, and the entire set looks like a fun, high school play craft project. They read letters from kids and show the drawings. Even for the early 90s, there's a kind of genuine love for dorky, square dad humor that sets it apart from most things. It's really amazing that it made it on television, to be honest. It hit in that magical space where cable TV didn't think it was regular TV yet, but network TV (and most cable TV bosses) were actively ignoring cable TV. A real network would've re-cast the lead instantly and had sponsor tie-ins. And then added an animal or cute kid in season 5 (both of which got spoofed, now that I think of it). No one creating the show worried about market share or demographics. There was never a focus group. A guy had an idea, and worked with a bunch of people around him who 'got' the concept and wanted to make the best danged ol' puppet show they could. Joel was the show's host, but he treated it like his third priority -- first he had to keep the ship running, and second he had to keep his 'bots learning and on the right path. There's just a magic to it when the show serves itself rather than its investors and it's hard to find in mass entertainment. If it weren't Joel at the helm of the new series I'd be really, really worried that all the "professionals" were going to ruin things. Knowing what I know of everyone involved, though, I'm hoping their shared love of the original is enough to keep that juice.
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Action Jacktion posted:RIP Mohammad "Tony" Zarindast, director/writer/producer of Werewolf, in which he also played the security guard who becomes a werewolf. He was 82. YEAH! Champaigne!
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Bummer:Shout Factory posted:Dear MSTies:
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