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Bicyclops posted:I finished my rewatch and now I'm mad that there's no MST3K, which I will have to endure for a full two weeks and three days. Rifftrax?
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Bride of The Monster is definitely in my top 10. I wonder why they never did Plan 9. Too obvious a choice? It's such a famously bad movie that the rights are probably worth a drat. RiffTrax would eventually get to it, though. Coheed and Camembert posted:Gorgo is a fun movie, I don't think it takes itself too seriously and none of the riffs struck me as particularly mean spirited. I thought the scenes of destruction at the end were fun, too. Gorgo also has one of my all-time favorite host segments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8fjM6xrFCA Samuel Beckett would be proud.
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My favorite "surprisingly likable character" has to be Mickey from Prince of Space. Granted that is owed entirely to the vocalization decision to give him a New Jersey Little Rascals accent, but he is probably the only child actor the cast seemed to like when the role was otherwise occupied by annoying shits.
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Bimmi posted:Gorgo is too good a movie for MST3K, without the saving comedic grace of being bugshit insane like the Finno-Russian entries. Is there a non-joke explanation why Jack Frost is called a russo-finnish movie? I looked it up, and didn't see where Finland would be involved in production. I mean I should really just relax, but I'm sort of curious. Fun fact: Alexander Rou, a Soviet film director who worked on Jack Frost, was half Irish, which explains his unusual family name, originally spelled as Rowe.
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Bicyclops posted:I finished my rewatch and now I'm mad that there's no MST3K, which I will have to endure for a full two weeks and three days. Watch the Rifftrax of Roller Gator, "starring" Joe Estevez, for some real Deep Hurting.
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egon_beeblebrox posted:Watch the Rifftrax of Roller Gator, "starring" Joe Estevez, for some real Deep Hurting.
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WhiteHowler posted:There is nothing enjoyable about RollerGator, even with Rifftrax trying its hardest to make it funny. It's my only truly regrettable Rifftrax purchase. I managed to watch it in one sitting, somehow, which is more than I can say about Monster-A-Go-Go.
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ringu0 posted:Is there a non-joke explanation why Jack Frost is called a russo-finnish movie? I looked it up, and didn't see where Finland would be involved in production. I mean I should really just relax, but I'm sort of curious. All three were Russian movies, but I don't know where the "Finish" part comes from, though. egon_beeblebrox posted:I managed to watch it in one sitting, somehow, which is more than I can say about Monster-A-Go-Go.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Jack Frost is actually based on an old Russian fairy tale, as were Magic Voyage of Sinbad (which wasn't originally about Sinbad; that was added by the dub) and The Sword and the Dragon. Things were just way harder to look up and verify back then. Someone probably either told them they were Russo Fnnish, or someone just made a joke and they rolled with it. The fact that is was niche Foreign cinema makes it even more likely that they simply couldn't find decent information on the films.
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Rollergator was...painful. not in a good way either. Meanwhile people can keep Space Mutiny, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank is the best episode.
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Evil Mastermind posted:Jack Frost is actually based on an old Russian fairy tale, as were Magic Voyage of Sinbad (which wasn't originally about Sinbad; that was added by the dub) and The Sword and the Dragon. Out of curiousity, what was the hero of the second movie originally called (and for that matter, what was the film's orginal title) and why did the dub change it to Sinbad?
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Larryb posted:Out of curiousity, what was the hero of the second movie originally called (and for that matter, what was the film's orginal title) and why did the dub change it to Sinbad? Sadko. According to Wikipedia it's based on an opera which was (in turn) based on an old epic fable. e: the movie was changed by Roger Corman's distribution house, but the reason for the changes was probably the ol' "other cultures make people confused" thinking. Evil Mastermind fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Mar 28, 2017 |
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Mace Bacon posted:Rollergator was...painful. not in a good way either. "I love you this much..."
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Big Mean Jerk posted:"I love you this much..." i don't care for you
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Bicyclops posted:I finished my rewatch and now I'm mad that there's no MST3K, which I will have to endure for a full two weeks and three days. Did you catch all the Academy Award/summer blockbuster specials?
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Bicyclops posted:I finished my rewatch and now I'm mad that there's no MST3K, which I will have to endure for a full two weeks and three days. Here's a little extra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX4Gwl47ATE
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WhiteHowler posted:There is nothing enjoyable about RollerGator, even with Rifftrax trying its hardest to make it funny. It's my only truly regrettable Rifftrax purchase. Rollergator has one of my favorite Mike riffs, though. [Baby Gator is arguing about music with the rollergirl who carries him around.] Baby Gator: "Don't you listen to K-R-O-K?" Rollergirl: "You mean K-ROCK?" Baby Gator: "No, CROC! Like crocodile, get it?" [Baby Gator and Rollergirl laugh] Mike: "Yeah, I do, but you're an alliga--look, just go to Hell." Bill: "PLEASE go there!"
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WhiteHowler posted:There is nothing enjoyable about RollerGator, even with Rifftrax trying its hardest to make it funny. It's my only truly regrettable Rifftrax purchase. This. The movie is so drat painful that it's so difficult to make through in one sitting. It's seriously the most annoying movie I've ever seen.
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Was Catalina Caper the only studio film they did? I know Space Travelers was really Marooned, but it got the Sandy Frank treatment. Seeing the Warner logo was quite a shock.
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Bobbin Threadbare posted:It's such a famously bad movie that the rights are probably worth a drat. I think it's public domain actually. Might not have been considered PD back in the original MST3K run though.
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Jack Gladney posted:Was Catalina Caper the only studio film they did? I know Space Travelers was really Marooned, but it got the Sandy Frank treatment. Seeing the Warner logo was quite a shock. Moon Zero Two is Warner, I think.
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They did a whole bunch of Universal titles in season 8. I think there were a handful of others as well.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:Have they announced what movies they're doing? Not officially. The exception being S11E01, as seen in the trailer.
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The Unlife Aquatic posted:They tend to do movies that don't have a lot of entertainment value on their own. Things you can watch, even ironically, without them don't tend to be in their wheelhouse. There are better or worse films they've done, but that seems to be the general pattern. counterpoint: time chasers is extremely watchable
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Soul Takers is a pretty good watch too in my opinion.
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Godzilla vs Sea Monster (Ebirah) is watchable, though I say that as a huge Godzilla fan.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Godzilla vs Sea Monster (Ebirah) is watchable, though I say that as a huge Godzilla fan. That movie makes way more sense when you learn it was originally supposed to be King Kong instead of Godzilla.
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I'm a big Godzilla fan and I legitimately think Sea Monster is a good-to-great series entry. It's fun, the human cast has a lot to do, and the music is snappy. I like it a lot better than the 90s Godzilla movies anyway.
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Compendium posted:Soul Takers is a pretty good watch too in my opinion. I'm still working my way through everything, but Soul Takers has been my favorite so far when I would bounce around. I've seen a dozen or two from throughout the run and now I'm working my way through everything starting from Season 2.
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HannibalBarca posted:I'm a big Godzilla fan and I legitimately think Sea Monster is a good-to-great series entry. It's fun, the human cast has a lot to do, and the music is snappy. I like it a lot better than the 90s Godzilla movies anyway. Whoa, lets not get crazy here. The 90's films are Grade-A enjoyable schlock. It's the Millennium films that suck. Megalon too, I've never seen the MST version but I can't imagine how they'd make it watchable. robot roll call posted:That movie makes way more sense when you learn it was originally supposed to be King Kong instead of Godzilla. That does make more sense.
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Eh, the 90s films (besides King Ghidorah and parts of Mechagodzilla) take themselves too seriously IMO.
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Big Mean Jerk posted:Whoa, lets not get crazy here. The 90's films are Grade-A enjoyable schlock. It's the Millennium films that suck. Megalon too, I've never seen the MST version but I can't imagine how they'd make it watchable. You need to watch the MST3K version right the gently caress now. They make that abysmal trash so worth watching. REX DART, ESKIMO SPY! It also has what is definitely my favorite skit they ever did, the popcorn gag. Just seriously, watch it. You won't regret it.
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So my uncle passed away, left me all of his old VHS and DVD's we were watching them together for a bit, and I guessed he wanted me to have them. It's unimportant how I go the DVD's though, so there's about 35 MST3K DvD's here, and I'm uploading them all to my PLEX Server as we speak, but uh... Which one do I start with? I love Let's play and poo poo like that, and these are like the proto-let's play as far as I understand? Especially when you consider people trashing old games, well I kind of want to start with the funniest versions of that. Idk, he always talked about it, and we never got around to watching it.
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Turtlicious posted:So my uncle passed away, left me all of his old VHS and DVD's we were watching them together for a bit, and I guessed he wanted me to have them. It's unimportant how I go the DVD's though, so there's about 35 MST3K DvD's here, and I'm uploading them all to my PLEX Server as we speak, but uh... Which one do I start with? I love Let's play and poo poo like that, and these are like the proto-let's play as far as I understand? Especially when you consider people trashing old games, well I kind of want to start with the funniest versions of that. Idk, he always talked about it, and we never got around to watching it. Easiest way to go about this What's your favorite kind of movie
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Alien, shortly followed by Aliens, and then rounded out by Star Wars.
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Check out Space Mutiny then. The whole gist with MST3K is that they take on some seriously bad, but also some times pretty good, B movies and riff on them not unlike a Let's Play, as you mentioned. They do a wide range of movies, from the 40s to the 90s. Future War is another good bad one for what you're into especially if you like Terminator rip offs with kick boxing and dinosaur puppets. From there, just go nuts. Lots of amazing films they've covered beyond the scifi genre as well. The new series is rumored to have Starcrash, which should align with you pretty well too.
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Werewolf is always a good watch, one of their best.
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Future War is a national treasure. It proves that you too can make a movie for 20 bucks and some random people. Maybe even Robert Z'dar will drive by (though probably not these days) and agree to be in it. Better yet, chances are you will make a movie better than Future War. Also every moment they are fighting around the cardboard boxes has me in stitches. Easily one of my favorite MST3K sections. "Maybe they ship fully inflated balloons overseas."
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